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450659

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of businesses and other organisations in (a) Wiltshire and (b) the UK that will be required to pay the apprenticeship levy.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	25885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy will apply across the UK and will be collected from employers on a UK wide basis. An allowance of £15,000 means those with a paybill exceeding £3million will have to pay the levy.</p><p> </p><p>Regional level estimates of those likely to pay the Apprenticeship Levy is not available.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/02/2016 14:34:09 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

450700

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to end the offering of compensation in personal injury claims when there is no medical evidence.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	25986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is determined to crack down on fraud and the compensation culture.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that offers to settle made to claimants without medical evidence may encourage opportunistic and fraudulent claims. The Government introduced new court rules in October 2014 to discourage such offers and we continue to keep the matter of third party capture, including the impacts on motor premiums, under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 26008 question first answered 11/02/2016 10:16:34 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

450743

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Egypt: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the listed dates for flights to Sharm el Sheikh airport on which his Department advised against all travel to the region.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	25850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The advice against all but essential travel by air to or from Sharm el-Sheikh was issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 4 November 2015, and flights by UK carriers were suspended on the same day. Repatriation flights took place between 6–17 November 2015, supported by additional security measures.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working closely with the Egyptian authorities with a view to a resumption of flights as soon as possible, whereupon scheduling of such flights would be a matter for the airlines concerned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/02/2016 12:45:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

450782

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Africa: Ivory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Government (a) has provided and (b) plans to provide to governments in Africa for eradicating the killing of animals for the ivory trade.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	25875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government works closely with African and other countries to promote the conservation of the world's wildlife, including through galvanising action to end the illegal trade in ivory.</p><p> </p><p>We hosted the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade in February 2014, and supported the Government of Botswana in its hosting of a follow-up Conference in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The UK actively supports the African-led Elephant Protection Initiative, launched in the margins of the London Conference, which now has eleven African countries as members. We have committed over £1 million to this initiative over the last two years.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund has made grants to 19 projects in its first round, including eight projects in Africa, worth £2.1 million, tackling the ivory trade. Projects to be funded under a second round will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also providing training in counter-poaching activity in Gabon, through the Ministry of Defence, and has provided support for judicial capacity building in skills related to tackling the illegal trade in wildlife products in Kenya and Tanzania.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/02/2016 16:06:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

450179

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to officials in his Department to support the implementation of the Family Test.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	25587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Family Test guidance was published online in October 2014, and is available to all officials. The guidance can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 08/02/2016 11:42:06 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

450186

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies using HM Revenue and Customs' Large Business Service are subject to investigations relating to their tax; and how long each of those companies has been subject to such investigation.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	25615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Until 31 March 2014, HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Large Business Service dealt with the tax affairs of around 800 of the largest businesses in the UK. From 1 April 2014 HMRC’s new Large Business directorate deals with the tax affairs of around 2,000 large businesses.</p><p> </p><p>At 31 December 2015 HMRC had enquiries open with 567 of the largest 800 businesses covering 2,826 risks.</p><p> </p><p>At 31 December 2015 HMRC had enquiries open with 1,117 of the large businesses dealt with by the Large Business Directorate, covering 3,981 risks.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/02/2016 15:41:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

450187

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans HM Revenue and Customs has to take into account the effect of downtime of the HSBC online banking system during January 2015 when issuing penalties for late self-assessment tax returns.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	25650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>The downtime of online HSBC had no impact on customer’s ability to successfully file their tax return</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/02/2016 16:03:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

450189

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	HSBC: Politically Exposed Persons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with the Chief Executive of HSBC that bank's application of money laundering rules to hon. Members of both Houses of Parliament and their immediate and extended families; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	25616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Under the UK’s Money Laundering Regulations 2007, the meaning of a politically exposed person does not include an individual who is or has been entrusted with a prominent public function by the UK. The Fourth Money Laundering Directive, which will be transposed into national law by June 2017, makes no distinction between the prominent functions by the UK and third countries. However, the Government's view is that the Directive permits a risk-based approach to the identification of whether an individual is a politically exposed person and, when identified, the Directive enables the application of different degrees of enhanced measures to reflect the risks posed. We will be setting out this view in our consultation which will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p>This change should not prevent any Member of this House, or any other individual in this category, from gaining or maintaining a UK bank account. I regularly raise these issues with banks and the regulator and we encourage the banks to implement these measures domestically in the most risk-based manner possible.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 25617 question first answered 08/02/2016 16:32:56 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

450202

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military veterans live in each parliamentary constituency in Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	25633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not collect or hold information on all veterans, the majority of whom are of the World War II and National Service generations.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 08/02/2016 16:04:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

450212

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Child Protection Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role the child protection task force has in preventing harm to children.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	25599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>At the heart of the government’s agenda for all children is how to safeguard and protect children from harm. An important part of this is the work of the cross-government Ministerial taskforce on Child Protection.</p><p>The Child Protection Implementation Taskforce is taking a comprehensive approach to child protection through looking at the children social care system as a whole. Every stage of the child’s journey in the care system is important to safeguard and protect children. The Taskforce has looked at how we get the best people to deliver the right outcomes for allchildren– in particular through social work reform and improving leadership; through improving systems and practice – building a better performing, more innovative social care sector; and through accountability and governance, looking at how arrangements locally and nationally help to drive a strong and improving system. It is monitoring implementation and driving forward improvements and reform.</p><p>The Department for Education published a paper in January 2016 - ‘Children’s social care reform: a vision for change’ - which outlines the areas of reform the Taskforce has been looking at. This can be found on the gov.uk website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-social-care-reform-a-vision-for-change" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-social-care-reform-a-vision-for-change</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 08/02/2016 16:40:45 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton