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425700

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of Pakistan in securing justice for people killed in the 2007 Mumbai attacks.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	14509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The 2008 Mumbai attacks were a deplorable act of terrorism in which a British national was amongst the 166 innocent people killed. Many hundreds of others were seriously wounded. Given the gravity of those horrific events, the UK Government is deeply concerned by the release on bail of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, one of the alleged planners, in April. Pakistan has committed to bring to justice the perpetrators and sponsors, and we continue to urge Pakistan at the highest levels to follow through on that commitment.</p><p>The UK Government recognises that Pakistan is on the frontline of terrorism, and continues to make considerable sacrifices on a daily basis. We remain fully committed to working in partnership with Pakistan to tackle the scourge of violent extremism which threatens both our interests. It is essential for stability in the South Asia region and for the safety of UK nationals that Pakistan delivers on its commitment to tackle all terrorist groups.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/11/2015 11:33:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

425301

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
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	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration his Department has given to suspending the UK's arms export licences to Saudi Arabia in the light of the conflict in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	14382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>All export licence applications are carefully assessed on a case by case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking account of all relevant factors at the time of the application. A licence will not be issued for any country if to do so would be inconsistent with any provision of the Criteria.</p><br /><p>We keep all licences under review in the light of changing circumstances in countries of destination for UK arms exports, including Saudi Arabia.</p><br /><p>A political solution is the best way to bring long term stability to Yemen and to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe. The UK is fully and actively supporting the UN’s efforts to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2015 13:59:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

425303

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on (a) businesses affected by pre-pack insolvencies and (b) employees of such businesses of such insolvencies.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	14312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>The University of Wolverhampton undertook research as part of Teresa Graham’s June 2014 review into pre-pack administrations. This found that returns to creditors from a pre-pack were slightly lower than from non pre-packed administrations.</p><br /><p>The report also found that in about 60% of pre-pack deals all jobs were saved, and in a further 10% some jobs were saved. No data is available on the impact of the insolvency on employment at creditors of the company.</p><br /><p>A voluntary package of reforms to pre-packs, as recommended by the Graham review, was launched on 2 November with support from the insolvency industry and creditor groups. The reforms are intended to bring greater transparency and improved creditor confidence in pre-packs, and especially those in which sales are to connected parties.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2015 13:58:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

425314

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what fiscal steps he is taking to support the Government's aim of halving the disability employment gap.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	14320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to giving disabled people the opportunity to fulfil their potential and achieve their ambitions. Work is an important part of this. That is why we have committed to halving the disability employment gap, requiring us to transform policy, practice and public attitudes.</p><p>We must build on recent progress. We have already:</p><p>- extended Access to Work to provide support to more disabled people in pre-employment, such as work experience and also to undertake employment-based training, such as supported internships, traineeships and self-arranged work experience.</p><p>- launched Specialist Employability Support, an innovative new programme which provides intensive, specialist support to the disabled people who need the most help.</p><p>- continued to work with employers through our Disability Confident campaign to ensure that they understand the benefits of recruiting and retaining disabled people in work.</p><p>- announced new funding in the Budget of up to £100m per year for additional practical support to provide the right incentives and support to enable those who have limited capability, but who have some potential to prepare, for work to move closer to the labour market, and when they are ready, back into work.</p><p>- committed to spending £43m over the next 3 years to develop the evidence base on what works for those with common mental health conditions retain and return to employment. This will be done through a range of voluntary mental health and employment pilots that will go live next year</p><p><br>We set up the Work and Health unit in the summer to bring together the Work and Health agendas, to help disabled people and people with health conditions get into work, stay in work, and return to work with the right support and we are developing our plans in this area.</p><p>The Government will set out it its spending plans for this Parliament in the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/11/2015 14:36:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

425330

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many (a) EU and (b) Commonwealth citizens from which countries were registered in each London borough to vote by October 2015.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	14317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission holds data on the the number of European Union (EU) citizens (including attainers) on the electoral registers in December 2014. These figures are collected annually by the Office of National Statistics for England and Wales. Data is not available on the number of registered Commonwealth citizens as the registers do not distinguish Commonwealth citizens as they are entitled to vote in all elections.</p><p><strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>London borough</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of registered EU citizens</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>11,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>23,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>5,148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>30,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>8,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>17,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>15,731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>31,339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>16,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>15,217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>18,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>18,965</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>21,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>14,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>5,282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>12,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>21,089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>16,334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td><td><p>20,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>8,971</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>28,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>16,651</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>16,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>25,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>13,999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>9,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>20,368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>7,848</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>19,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>22,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>24,764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>19,565</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 05/11/2015 12:46:04 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

425339

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	RAF Northolt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2015 to Question 13499, when the Civil Aviation Authority began its review of certain aspects of the safety of operations at RAF Northolt; if he will publish the full remit of the review and its conclusions; when he expects to receive the conclusions of the review; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	14459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) began its review in July in order to respond to several points raised in a letter from Biggin Hill Airport dated 8 July 2015.</p><br /><p>The CAA has now concluded the review and I understand, will communicate the results directly to Biggin Hill Airport shortly.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/11/2015 12:20:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

425370

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Stationery
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 estimate she has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in each of the last five fiscal years; and what the cost was of replacing such stationery.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	14368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>No estimate of value has been made as there were no reported losses or thefts of stationery from the Department in the last five fiscal years.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/11/2015 12:19:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

425371

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 recent estimate she has made of the amount the EU will pay farmers in the UK in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	14325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>In 2015, the UK has been allocated a total of €4 billion in CAP funds.</p><p>In pounds sterling, based on the average European Central Bank exchange rate for September used for calculating direct payments, this equates to a total of £2.9 billion. Of this amount, £2.3 billion is allocated to Pillar 1 direct payments and £620 million to Pillar 2 rural development.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/11/2015 10:42:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

425372

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
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	Fly-grazing
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 steps her Department is taking to tackle illegal fly grazing in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	14450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The Control of Horses Act 2015 (the 2015 Act) came into force on 26 May and specifically applies to horses that are fly-grazing or abandoned on another person’s land. Under the 2015 Act, local authorities and private owners and occupiers of land are able to deal with fly-grazing or abandoned horses more quickly and effectively. Specifically, it permits the disposal of such horses after 4 working days from detention, rather than the 14 days currently prescribed by the previous law. The 2015 Act applies to the whole of England.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/11/2015 10:30:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

425375

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
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	Burbot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether burbots are extinct within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	14409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>Burbot were last reported in the UK in the early 1970s and the species has not been recorded since in the British Isles.</p><p>Various factors are likely to have contributed to the demise of the species, including the impacts of climate and environmental change. However, a precise cause remains unclear.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/11/2015 11:34:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn