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176324

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made with pilot projects to assist people with mental health conditions return to work.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	222451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The procurement stage of the mental health pilots is underway. The Skills Funding Agency published an invitation to tender (ITT) on the 5<sup>th</sup> January 2015 for organisations in direct receipt of Community Learning funding and on the register of training organisations, with a closing date of 6<sup>th</sup> February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Learning providers will design courses in collaboration with local mental health services. External evaluators will assess the impact of different delivery approaches, including reduction in participants’ use of medical services, progression to further learning / training and return to work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has committed £20 million to the mental health pilots over two years (£5m 2015-16 and £15m 2016-17).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/02/2015 15:59:17 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

176326

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Communication
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's communications budget has been for each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	222563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Admin Budget</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 £5,588,000</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 £5,657,000</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £5,538,223</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 £6,047,000m (this includes the internal Communications budget of £703k, in later years this was moved outside of the communications budget area)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Programme Budget</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 £12,888,000</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 £6,046,000</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £2,700,000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for earlier years are no longer held centrally and will require access to the Department’s previous financial system. I will write to the hon Member with this information once it has been extracted and place a copy of this letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 02/02/2015 14:48:00 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

176332

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to the hon. Member for Mid Sussex to Question 218376, when he plans to publish the curriculum and reading list.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	222382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Information will appear on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> this week. I will place a copy in the library.</p><p>Through its programme of Civil Service Reform, the Government is taking urgent action to address long-standing skills gaps in the Civil Service. Our four priority areas remain digital, project management, commercial and leadership skills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 222385 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:46:12 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

176333

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department provides guidance to the civil service on the (a) number of days of training that should be available to each civil servant and (b) training budget that should be available per full-time equivalent civil servant.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	222385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Information will appear on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> this week. I will place a copy in the library.</p><p>Through its programme of Civil Service Reform, the Government is taking urgent action to address long-standing skills gaps in the Civil Service. Our four priority areas remain digital, project management, commercial and leadership skills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 222382 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:46:12 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

176335

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Communication
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's communications budget has been for each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	222564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>My Department is responsible for cross-Government communication as set out in the Annual Government Communication Plan. As part of our long-term economic plan we have substantially reformed Government communications since the 2010 General Election, abolishing the Central Office of Information and ensuring that Government communications activity is better coordinated and more effective. Thanks to these reforms we have halved the cost to taxpayers of government communications since the 2010 General Election. The NAO has confirmed that Government made savings of £378 million in each of the last two financial years on proactive paid-for communications, compared to a 2009-10 baseline. This is based on proactive (paid-for) communications spend of £589m in 09/10, £216m in 12/13 and £210m in 13/14.</p><p> </p><p>My department regularly publishes data on: <a href="http://www.data.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.data.gov.uk</a> showing how public money has been spent and how government is performing against its objectives and goals.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 02/02/2015 17:45:36 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

176339

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Overseas Residence: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) has been and (b) is expected to be raised by the annual charge for non-domiciled individuals who elect to pay tax on the remittance basis and who have lived in the UK for (i) seven of the last nine years, (ii) 12 of the last 14 years and (iii) 17 of the last 20 years in (A) 2012-13, (B) 2013-14, (C) 2014-15, (D) 2015-16 and (E) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	222440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Remittance Basis Charge is for resident non-domiciled individuals who elect to be taxed on the remittance basis. The charge is set at £30,000 for those individuals who had been resident in the UK for at least 7 of the last 9 years and longer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From the start of the 2012-13 tax year, a new £50,000 charge was also introduced for those individuals who had been resident in the UK for at least 12 of the last 14 years and longer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount of revenue raised by the annual Remittance Basis Charge for non-domiciled individuals in each tax year since 2008-09, rounded to the nearest million, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Charge Paid</p></td><td><p>Revenue Raised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£30,000</p></td><td><p>£162m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£30,000</p></td><td><p>£157m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£30,000</p></td><td><p>£165m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£30,000</p></td><td><p>£167m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£30,000 or £50,000 (depending on length of residency)</p></td><td><p>£226m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount of revenue raised by the annual Remittance Basis Charge for non-domiciled individuals in the 2012-13 tax year, broken down by the time they have spent in the UK and rounded to the nearest million, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years Resident</p></td><td><p>Charge Paid</p></td><td><p>Amount Raised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 of the last 9</p></td><td><p>£30,000</p></td><td><p>£43m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 of the last 14</p></td><td><p>£50,000</p></td><td><p>£183m</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£226m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for the 2013-14 tax year onwards are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The expected exchequer impact of the changes to the Remittance Basis Charge announced at Autumn Statement 2014 is set out on page 41 of the policy costings document, available on GOV.UK at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/384071/AS2014_policy_costings_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/384071/AS2014_policy_costings_final.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The final exchequer impact is affected by behavioural responses to the policy, as explained in the policy costings document.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 02/02/2015 17:42:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

176344

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Savings Bonds: Pensioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria were used to determine eligibilty for the 65-plus Guaranteed Growth Bonds; and for what reason the qualifying age was set at 65 years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	222506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Low interest rates have played an important part in stimulating the recovery over the past few years. But there are those – especially pensioners – who rely on a reasonable rate of interest on their savings as a key source of income in their retirement. Therefore these bonds are designed to support them by providing a good return. 65 years was chosen as the requisite age for the Bonds because at this age in 2015 both men and women will be in receipt of a state pension.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/02/2015 15:57:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

176351

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Bishops
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Commissioners have had with Church of England bishops on the laying on of hands during the consecration of (a) female and (b) male bishops; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	222446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p><strong>The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York have always had the power to delegate to another bishop their role as chief consecrator. The five guiding principles of the House of Bishops’ declaration which underpinned General Synod’s agreement to women bishops clearly provided a framework to make it possible for arrangements to develop for the Church of England to maintain the highest possible degree of communion and contribute to mutual flourishing across all the diverse traditions that exist. Paragraph 30 of the House of Bishops’ declaration gave a very clear commitment to continuing the supply of traditionalist Catholic Bishops and Headship Evangelical Bishops.</strong></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 02/02/2015 14:38:00 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

176352

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department last published data about the extent of deprivation in different parts of the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	222450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government produces measures of neighbourhood deprivation in England. The most recent publication is the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2010" target="_blank">English Indices of Deprivation 2010</a>, published in March 2011. The devolved administrations each publish their own Indices of Deprivation but there is no UK-wide version. The Department is currently updating the English Indices of Deprivation, for publication in summer 2015.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/02/2015 16:40:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

176354

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Mayors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221426, what mechanisms will be put in place to enable the public to hold the city-region Mayor to account other than at election time; and whether he plans to consult the public about those arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	222436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>In addition to the primary accountability of the Elected Mayor to the people of Greater Manchester through the ballot box, the Mayor, as all elected mayors, will be subject to scrutiny by elected members of Greater Manchester, scrutiny meetings being open to the public, to whom this Government has given the right to film, blog, tweet or use any other type of social media. The Mayor will also be subject to the provisions of the local government Transparency Code.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 02/02/2015 17:30:15 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy