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679670

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of earnings is of the (a) highest and (b) lowest-paid employees of his Department, its agencies and arms-length bodies; and what the median level of earnings is for such employees.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	61995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publish annually the highest and median salary for each Civil Service organization as part of the Civil Service Statistics. This information can be found on the Office for National Statistics website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/medianpayannexb" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/medianpayannexb</a></p><p> </p><p>Earning levels for the lowest paid employee are not publically available.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 01/02/2017 15:51:59 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

679673

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Local Government Finance: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of its total annual budget Lancashire County Council received from the Local Government Grant (Local Government Finance Settlement), for each budget heading, in 2016-17; and what such proportion, by budget heading, that council has been allocated to receive in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	62087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>For 2016-17, Lancashire received £118.8 million in Revenue Support Grant (RSG) as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement. Lancashire had a budgeted Revenue Expenditure of £1.7 billion in 2016-17. RSG was equivalent to 7.1% of this budgeted figure.</p><p>For 2017-18, Lancashire is provisionally set to receive £81.5 million in RSG. Local authority budget figures are not available for 2017-18. Budget Revenue Account figures are scheduled to be published in the summer.</p><p>Revenue Support Grant is un-hypothecated. The funding has no specific conditions attached to it and any spend on services financed by the grant is not ring-fenced.</p><p>Local authorities are best placed to assess, deliver and take decisions on financing the services their communities need, and are locally accountable for those decisions.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/02/2017 16:42:53 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

679674

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Parking: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of parking charges on low income families.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	62132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not make an assessment of the effect of parking charges on low income families.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for determining local parking needs and setting parking charges which include considering potential impacts on local communities.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/02/2017 17:10:57 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

679675

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Mobile Phones: Radio Frequencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of UK landmass has mobile voice and SMS coverage.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	62092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>According to Ofcom's 2016 Connected Nations Report, there is voice and SMS coverage from at least one Mobile Network Operator to 90% of the UK landmass.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 01/02/2017 13:35:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

679676

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of households in the top 10 most (a) rural and (b) urban parliamentary constituencies have access to high speed broadband.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	62094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department measures broadband rollout by premises and as such does not distinguish between households and businesses; nor does it have a measure of ‘most rural’. Third party websites like Think Broadband do list superfast broadband rollout by constituency - the link for this information is here: http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/browse</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 01/02/2017 13:34:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

679679

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) homeless veterans and (b) veterans experiencing mental health problems; and whether each of those issues is supported by the Armed Forces Covenant.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	62105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>For details of the latest estimate of the number of homeless veterans I refer the hon. Member to the answer provided by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Local Government) (Mr Jones) to Question 50027, to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Luciana Berger) on 10 November 2016:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-10-24/50027" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-10-24/50027</a></p><p> </p><p>In the UK, primary responsibility for the provision of healthcare, including mental healthcare, for veterans rests with the NHS in England and the Devolved Administrations. The Ministry of Defence provides advice, information and signposting to support services for veterans though its Veterans UK web pages and free telephone helpline service and we encourage veterans wishing to seek help with mental health problems to visit: www.gov.uk/mental-health-support-for-the-uk-armed-forces or call the 24-hour veterans' mental health helpline on 0800 138 1619.</p><p> </p><p>The £10 million per annum Covenant Fund makes grants to support the Armed Forces community and has funded projects across all four countries in the UK to support veterans with complex needs. This includes grants made through the Veterans in the Criminal Justice System programme; and the Veterans Gateway programme which will offer signposting to veterans for a range of issues including homelessness and mental health needs through a 24 hour helpline, website and app.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/02/2017 16:26:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 10 November 2016 HOC 50027.docx title Veterans Homelessness
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

679681

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made on the effect on reservist recruitment and retention of paying reservists a quarter day's pay as opposed to a half day's pay for their evening's training.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	62090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not carried out any specific research into a proposal to pay Reservists a half day's pay for training in the evening. The Future Reserves 2020 programme has delivered a significant improvement to the overall Reserves experience which has been demonstrated by improved recruitment numbers.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/02/2017 16:29:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

679682

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken was to conclude an internal formal complaint by each of the armed forces in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	62118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides the average number of weeks to conclude a Service complaint from the date of submission, in each year since 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Naval Service</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>32.4</p></td><td><p>25.1</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/02/2017 16:24:41 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

679683

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the level of earnings is of the (a) highest and (b) lowest-paid employees of his Department, its agencies and arms-length bodies; and what the median level of earnings is for such employees.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	61993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 December 2016 to Question 56984 to the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Mr Berry).</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/02/2017 16:31:56 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20161219_WQnA_extract_on_MOD_Pay.docx title 56984 - WQnA extract on MOD Pay
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

679684

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many in-service complaints recorded by each of the armed forces included an oral hearing; and if he will detail the procedures for securing an oral hearing in each of the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	62122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The numbers of Service complaints last year which included an oral hearing are given below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Naval Service</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>A complainant may request an oral hearing, but the final decision as to whether one will be held is determined on a case-by-case basis by the body appointed to decide the Service complaint. Full details of the policy position regarding oral hearings in Service complaints are set out in Joint Service Publication 831 ‘Redress of Individual Grievances: Service Complaints’, Part 2, Chapter 5, paragraphs 29 to 34. This publication can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jsp-831-redress-of-individual-grievances-service-complaints" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jsp-831-redress-of-individual-grievances-service-complaints</a></p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/02/2017 16:28:39 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson