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659461

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date	15/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Contingencies Secretariat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total (a) budget and (b) full-time equivalent workforce was of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	57940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The budget and headcount for the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) for each of the last six years are set out in the table below. Headcount reflects staff paid directly from the CCS budget.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Total Budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>£9,615,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£10,514,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>£10,281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>£9,104,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>£8,029,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>£10,518,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A significant proportion of staff in CCS are on loan or secondment from other departments or agencies, including from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated agencies. This figure changes regularly due to staff turnover.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 57942 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:14:41 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

659462

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Contingencies Secretariat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were seconded to the Civil Contingencies Secretariat from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and its associated agencies, during (a) 2015 and (b) 2016; and in what capacity such employees were seconded.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	57942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The budget and headcount for the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) for each of the last six years are set out in the table below. Headcount reflects staff paid directly from the CCS budget.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Total Budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>£9,615,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£10,514,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>£10,281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>£9,104,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>£8,029,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>£10,518,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A significant proportion of staff in CCS are on loan or secondment from other departments or agencies, including from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated agencies. This figure changes regularly due to staff turnover.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 57940 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:14:41 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

659463

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Conservative Party
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many appointees to (a) executive non-departmental and (b) other public bodies declared political activity for the Conservative Party in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	57967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Political activity of all public appointments is collected and published by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The statistical methodology has changed since 2014-15, and the figures are not directly comparative over the last five years.</p><p><em>Political affiliation as percentage of total number of public appointments:</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Conservative</p></td><td><p>Labour</p></td><td><p>Lib Dem</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>10.2%</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Political affiliation as percentage of those who answered the question on political activity:</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Conservative</p></td><td><p>Labour</p></td><td><p>Lib Dem</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>6.2%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sub>NB. These figures are not comparative with the previous table: the rise is due to the different methodology.</sub></p><p>Overall, 94% of appointees in 2015-16 declared no political activity. By contrast, the political activity declaration rates under the last Labour Government were 10.2% in 2008-09, 10.4% in 2007-08 and 15.8% in 2006-07.</p><p>Being involved in a political party is a healthy part of civic democracy, and those interested in politics are often the same people who will be interested in public service. Individuals are appointed on the basis of their skills and experience, not their party background.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/12/2016 09:14:50 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

659464

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the proportion of chairs who were (a) appointed and (b) re-appointed to public bodies who were (i) female, (ii) from an ethnic minority and (iii) disabled by (A) executive and (B) non-executive body in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	57968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Data on executive body chairs is not held centrally. Data on chairs of non-executive bodies which are public appointments is collected and published by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The data can be found on the Commissioner’s website at: <a href="http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/statistical-reports/" target="_blank">http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/statistical-reports/</a></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/12/2016 09:10:38 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

659465

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional tax revenue his Department has collected since 1 April 2016 as a result of stamp duty reform.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	57920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Historical monthly Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) receipts are published in HMRC's 'Tax &amp; NIC Receipts' publication, which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Further analysis, including estimated receipts from the higher rate of SDLT on ‘additional properties’ from 1 April 2016, is published in 'Quarterly Stamp Duty Statistics', available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-stamp-duty-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-stamp-duty-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/12/2016 10:45:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

659466

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Policy: Channel Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2016 to Question 56258, if he will publish an assessment of the net benefit to the UK economy of Jersey and Guernsey setting independent economic and taxation policies.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	57886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>HM Treasury has not made a formal assessment of the costs and benefits to the UK economy of Jersey and Guernsey setting independent economic and taxation policies.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 20/12/2016 14:10:51 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

659467

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Financial Services: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities are fulfilling their responsibilities under the Care Act 2014 to protect older people with care and support needs from financial abuse.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	57791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Local Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) must have arrangements in place to deliver the duties and functions under Schedule 2 of the Care Act. The objective of an SAB is to help and protect adults in its area by preventing the abuse and neglect of adults with care and support needs. Although the local authority has the lead role in making enquiries, most financial abuse amounts to theft or fraud and would be a matter for the police to investigate. Being alert to the possibility of abuse, including financial abuse, is everybody’s business, including banks, care and support services, family, friends and neighbours.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 57823 57824 question first answered 20/12/2016 16:27:50 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

659468

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of local bank branch closures on vulnerable older people.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	57782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury does not make assessments of the impact of bank branch closures or reductions in customer service staff on vulnerable older people.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on the opening and closing of individual bank branches as well as on numbers of customer service staff are taken by the management of each bank on a commercial basis without intervention from Government. Banks and building societies need to balance customer interests, market competition, and other commercial factors when considering their strategy.</p><p>The Government welcomed the industry-wide Access to Banking protocol announced in March 2015 as well as Professor Russel Griggs’ recently published ‘one year on’ review evaluating the operation of the Protocol to date. We are pleased to see that, following the publication of the review, the industry is committing to further improvements to protect those affected by closures.</p><p> </p><p>Banks’ and building societies’ treatment of their customers is currently governed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its Banking Conduct of Business Sourcebook. The Sourcebook includes a general requirement for firms to provide a prompt, efficient and fair service to all of their customers. This includes older people, the disabled, and those who may lack the capacity to manage their account on their own. In addition, like all service providers, banks and building societies are bound under the Equalities Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments, where necessary, in the way they deliver their services.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA has also launched a programme of work on how older consumers engage in financial services and make best use of financial products and services. They intend to release a regulatory strategy and recommendations in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes all fraud extremely seriously and is taking steps that will help to protect older people from online banking fraud. In February, the then Home Secretary announced the creation of a new Joint Fraud Taskforce. The Taskforce is a partnership between government, law enforcement and the financial sector, working in new innovative ways to deliver a more effective response to fraud.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Secretary chaired an Oversight Board of the Taskforce in September, where a forward programme was agreed that will focus on: improving the national, regional and local law enforcement response to fraud; introducing a system to make it much easier for the victims of fraud to have their money repatriated; an industry led strategic action plan to address ‘card not present’ fraud; launching a very visible national fraud prevention campaign to provide targeted advice to protect members of the public; and a new collective approach to better support victims of fraud.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 57783 57787 57811 question first answered 20/12/2016 14:07:52 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

659469

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to review the effect of local bank branch closures on vulnerable older people.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	57783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury does not make assessments of the impact of bank branch closures or reductions in customer service staff on vulnerable older people.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on the opening and closing of individual bank branches as well as on numbers of customer service staff are taken by the management of each bank on a commercial basis without intervention from Government. Banks and building societies need to balance customer interests, market competition, and other commercial factors when considering their strategy.</p><p>The Government welcomed the industry-wide Access to Banking protocol announced in March 2015 as well as Professor Russel Griggs’ recently published ‘one year on’ review evaluating the operation of the Protocol to date. We are pleased to see that, following the publication of the review, the industry is committing to further improvements to protect those affected by closures.</p><p> </p><p>Banks’ and building societies’ treatment of their customers is currently governed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its Banking Conduct of Business Sourcebook. The Sourcebook includes a general requirement for firms to provide a prompt, efficient and fair service to all of their customers. This includes older people, the disabled, and those who may lack the capacity to manage their account on their own. In addition, like all service providers, banks and building societies are bound under the Equalities Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments, where necessary, in the way they deliver their services.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA has also launched a programme of work on how older consumers engage in financial services and make best use of financial products and services. They intend to release a regulatory strategy and recommendations in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes all fraud extremely seriously and is taking steps that will help to protect older people from online banking fraud. In February, the then Home Secretary announced the creation of a new Joint Fraud Taskforce. The Taskforce is a partnership between government, law enforcement and the financial sector, working in new innovative ways to deliver a more effective response to fraud.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Secretary chaired an Oversight Board of the Taskforce in September, where a forward programme was agreed that will focus on: improving the national, regional and local law enforcement response to fraud; introducing a system to make it much easier for the victims of fraud to have their money repatriated; an industry led strategic action plan to address ‘card not present’ fraud; launching a very visible national fraud prevention campaign to provide targeted advice to protect members of the public; and a new collective approach to better support victims of fraud.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 57782 57787 57811 question first answered 20/12/2016 14:07:52 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

659470

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plans to take to improve measures to protect older people from online banking fraud.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	57787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury does not make assessments of the impact of bank branch closures or reductions in customer service staff on vulnerable older people.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on the opening and closing of individual bank branches as well as on numbers of customer service staff are taken by the management of each bank on a commercial basis without intervention from Government. Banks and building societies need to balance customer interests, market competition, and other commercial factors when considering their strategy.</p><p>The Government welcomed the industry-wide Access to Banking protocol announced in March 2015 as well as Professor Russel Griggs’ recently published ‘one year on’ review evaluating the operation of the Protocol to date. We are pleased to see that, following the publication of the review, the industry is committing to further improvements to protect those affected by closures.</p><p> </p><p>Banks’ and building societies’ treatment of their customers is currently governed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its Banking Conduct of Business Sourcebook. The Sourcebook includes a general requirement for firms to provide a prompt, efficient and fair service to all of their customers. This includes older people, the disabled, and those who may lack the capacity to manage their account on their own. In addition, like all service providers, banks and building societies are bound under the Equalities Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments, where necessary, in the way they deliver their services.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA has also launched a programme of work on how older consumers engage in financial services and make best use of financial products and services. They intend to release a regulatory strategy and recommendations in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes all fraud extremely seriously and is taking steps that will help to protect older people from online banking fraud. In February, the then Home Secretary announced the creation of a new Joint Fraud Taskforce. The Taskforce is a partnership between government, law enforcement and the financial sector, working in new innovative ways to deliver a more effective response to fraud.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Secretary chaired an Oversight Board of the Taskforce in September, where a forward programme was agreed that will focus on: improving the national, regional and local law enforcement response to fraud; introducing a system to make it much easier for the victims of fraud to have their money repatriated; an industry led strategic action plan to address ‘card not present’ fraud; launching a very visible national fraud prevention campaign to provide targeted advice to protect members of the public; and a new collective approach to better support victims of fraud.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 57782 57783 57811 question first answered 20/12/2016 14:07:52 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves