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101298

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	GPT Special Project Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many meetings staff from the Serious Fraud Office have had with officials of the Ministry of Defence in relation to its investigation into GPT Special Project Management Ltd; and on what dates those meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Anas Sarwar
uin	212319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Attorney General and I meet the Director frequently to discuss a variety of issues. However, as was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s policy to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office announced in August 2012 that the Director had opened a criminal investigation into allegations concerning GPT and aspects of the conduct of their business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, however it would not be appropriate to give a running commentary on the progress of current investigations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 212318 212320 212325 question first answered 04/11/2014 14:39:10 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3981 label Biography information for Anas Sarwar

101301

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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	Video Games: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government's estimate is of the proportion of video games sector employees who are women.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	212360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>This data is not included in our Creative Industries Economic Estimates. However, a census carried out by the relevant sector skills council, Creative Skillset, in 2012 reported that 14% of the games workforce were women. This was an increase from 6% in their 2009 census. Creative Skillset will be re-evaluating the proportion of video games sector employees who are women in their next survey, which is due in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/11/2014 16:56:29 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

101305

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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	Met Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the new Met Office supercomputer will be better able to predict heavy storms such as the one in Castle Point on 20 July 2014; and whether that supercomputer will enable agencies listed as category one flood responders to obtain more accurate data about catastrophic weather events with more notice than they currently receive.
tabling member constituency	Castle Point
tabling member printed	Rebecca Harris
uin	212282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The new supercomputer will enable the Met Office to predict small-scale, high impact weather features – such as thunderstorms – with greater detail and accuracy, and to provide earlier warnings of severe weather to emergency responders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 06/11/2014 14:10:23 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3948 label Biography information for Rebecca Harris

101308

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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	Farepak
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in which publications the Insolvency Service has placed advertisements about Farepak unclaimed funds.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	212231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service has not placed any adverts about Farepak in any publications. However, the Insolvency Service has liaised with media outlets and the matter has been covered by BBC Moneybox, MoneySaving Expert and BBC Watchdog. The issue has also been covered in the Western Daily Press, Accountancy Age, Scotland Mail, and the Swindon Advertiser.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, a statement has been published on the Insolvency Service website asking creditors to contact them to claim their money (<a href="http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/insolvency/Companies/Farepak" target="_blank">http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/insolvency/Companies/Farepak</a>). The statement was also sent out via Twitter and generated 21 associated tweets, discussing the dividends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 03/11/2014 17:19:57 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

101310

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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	Farepak
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many advertisements the Insolvency Service has placed about Farepak unclaimed funds in (a) newspapers, (b) magazines, (c) television, (d) social media, (e) transport and (f) radio.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	212233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service has not placed any adverts about Farepak. However, a statement was published on the Insolvency Service website (<a href="http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/insolvency/Companies/Farepak" target="_blank">http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/insolvency/Companies/Farepak</a>) asking creditors to contact them to claim their money.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The statement was also sent out via Twitter and generated 21 associated tweets, discussing the dividends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Director of Business Services at The Insolvency Service was interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland and Wiltshire, two of the areas most affected by the collapse of the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The story also appeared in the Western Daily Press, Accountancy Age, Scotland Mail, and the Swindon Advertiser.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service has liaised with media outlets and the matter has been covered by BBC Moneybox, MoneySaving Expert and BBC Watchdog.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 03/11/2014 17:18:47 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

101318

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date (a) new and (b) existing claims to tax credits will end.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	212374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Such plans were set out previously in the Written Ministerial Statement by my Rt. Hon Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on Monday 13 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/2014-October/13th%20October/17.DWP-welfare-reform.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/2014-October/13th%20October/17.DWP-welfare-reform.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/11/2014 14:55:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

101319

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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	Housing Benefit
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 make it his policy that people entitled to carer's allowance are included in the groups that qualify for the childcare costs earnings disregard for the purposes of calculating housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	212199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to amend housing benefit regulations to include entitlement to carer’s allowance to the groups who qualify for the childcare costs earnings disregard.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/11/2014 15:19:49 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101327

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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	Betting Shops
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of betting shops on high streets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	212246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission publishes figures on the total number of licensed betting shops. Their most recent figures show that as of March 2012, there were 9,128 licensed betting shops in Great Britain; 9,066 as of March 2013; and 9,021 as of March 2014. In other words, the number of betting shops is falling.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2014, the Government published its gambling strategy “Gambling protections and controls” including a number of measures to tackle problem gambling and address the problems caused by the Labour Government’s gambling legislation.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2014, my Department published a technical consultation paper on planning, which included reforms to require a planning application for a change of use to a betting shop. We are currently reviewing the responses and will publish our conclusions in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/11/2014 16:36:07 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

101328

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to enable local authorities to retain information on sex offenders to inform the granting of licences to taxi drivers.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	212298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>In 2012, the Government amended legislation to allow local authorities to undertake enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks on all applicants for taxi and private hire vehicle driver licences. These checks will disclose convictions for sex offences and other relevant information that local authorities can take into consideration when deciding who to license. I have asked my Noble Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Baroness Kramer) to write to all local authorities reminding them of the importance that the Government attaches to this matter.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 03/11/2014 17:06:58 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

101333

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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	Public Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the planning systems helps to promote physical activity, including cycling and walking; what assessment he has made of the wellbeing benefits of such measures; and what assessment he has made of the potential savings to the public purse from public health improvements arising from such measures.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	212306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to my written answer of 22 October to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavillion (Caroline Lucas), PQ 210760. Such steps are implemented and reported on locally.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/11/2014 17:05:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert