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61542

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date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	War Memorials
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that war memorials around the United Kingdom are kept in good condition.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>There is a wide range of support available for the repair, conservation and protection of war memorials from the Memorials Grant Scheme run by DCMS, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the War Memorials Trust, English Heritage and others. In addition, the Government has announced an additional £5 million to ensure that war memorials and significant burial sites are in a good condition for the centenary. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 16/06/2014 15:53:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

61569

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many parliamentary questions tabled to the Law Officers' Departments in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 16/06/2014 15:47:31 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61570

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what visits each of the Ministers in the Law Officers' Departments have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	200478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Details of Law Officer visits are published quarterly online at www.gov.uk</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 17/06/2014 12:38:24 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

61573

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Apprentices: Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to make apprentices who earn below earning thresholds eligible for statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	200562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There is no intention to increase the financial burden on business and extend the qualifying rules for Statutory Sick Pay to bring apprentices earning below the lower earnings level into eligibility. An apprentice earning below the lower earnings limit will, in line with other employees on a low income, continue to have access to Employment and Support Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/06/2014 12:51:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

61585

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are registered as self-employed in each region and constituent part of the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	200518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the numbers of individuals with self employment sources for each region of the UK in the year 2011-12 are provided in the table attached.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Self-employed<br> (thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> North East </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 158 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> North West and Merseyside </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 497 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Yorkshire and the Humber </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 402 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> East Midlands </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 352 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> West Midlands </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 418 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> East of England </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 556 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> London </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 883 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> South East </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 844 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> South West </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 559 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Wales </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 240 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Scotland </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 368 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Northern Ireland </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 177 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Address abroad </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 34 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> All UK </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,490</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes for 2011-12 which is the latest year available.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2014 15:01:36 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

61589

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 8 May 2014, Official Report, column 298W, on Highways Agency, what the (a) criteria and (b) procedures are for considering the extension of the provisions of section 41(3) of the VAT Act 1994 to a new body.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	200463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>Section 41(3) of the VAT Act 1994 applies to Government departments and health authorities. It is governed by a Treasury Direction. Any extension of the provisions is a matter for Treasury Ministers.</strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2014 14:59:46 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

61591

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many parliamentary questions tabled to the Church Commissioners in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>All written questions tabled to the Church Commissioners received a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 17/06/2014 14:37:09 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61592

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All questions due for answer before prorogation received a substantive reply.No prorogation answers were given.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/06/2014 14:19:07 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61593

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research his Department has (a) conducted or (b) commissioned on recent trends in homelessness among people under the age of 35 years.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	200364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government is continuing to work hard to support vulnerable homeless people get their lives back on track.</p><p>We commissioned Homeless Link to undertake studies on Youth Homelessness in 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13. All three reports are available at: <a href="http://www.homeless.org.uk/youth-homelessness" target="_blank">www.homeless.org.uk/youth-homelessness</a>.</p><p>Tackling youth homelessness is a priority for this Government and on 10 June I announced a package of £65 million funding from across Whitehall to tackle homelessness, with youth homelessness a central part of the programmes. The package includes:</p><p> </p><p>· £41.5 million which will be shared between the Homelessness Change Programme to provide tailored temporary hostel accommodation for rough sleepers to get them off the streets and transform their lives through health, training and education facilities and Platform for Life - a low rent shared accommodation programme for low needs homeless young people so they have a stable platform for work and study;</p><p>· £15 million for the Fair Chance Fund which aims to improve the accommodation, employment and training outcomes for vulnerable homeless 18- 25 year olds;</p><p>· £8 million Help for Single Homeless Fundthat will improve council services for single people facing the prospect of homelessness and;</p><p>· over £580,000 to extend the Homelessness Gold Standard scheme which helps councils to improve frontline housing services for homeless families and single people.</p><p>This is in addition to the £470 million this Government has invested over the spending review period to tackle and prevent homelessness, and work we are already supporting to look at how local services for young people at risk of homelessness can be better joined up, to develop the skills needed to help homeless people into employment and to help single homeless people find accommodation in the private rented sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 17/06/2014 14:18:08 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

61595

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Fire Services: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he intends to bring forward new proposals for the Firefighters' Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	200517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 23 May I published a consultation on draft regulations to implement the Proposed Final Agreement for the Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2015. Under this scheme design a firefighter who earns £29,000 and retires after a full career aged 60 will get a £19,000 a year pension. The consultation can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-regulations-to-introduce-a-new-firefighters-pension-scheme-from-april-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-regulations-to-introduce-a-new-firefighters-pension-scheme-from-april-2015</a>, and a copy has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/06/2014 14:20:07 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown