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605786

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual revenue raised from VAT on tourism and related services was; and what proportion of this revenue was generated in Scotland for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	49327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The government does not hold data on the annual revenue raised from VAT on tourism and related services in the UK and in Scotland. This is because tourism does not follow the standard classification of sectors. For example, revenue raised from travel and hotel accommodation will be a mixture of tourism and non-tourism activity.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/10/2016 16:12:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

605901

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funds for which purposes the Government pledged at the Brussels conference on Afghanistan, held on 4-5 October 2016; what measures she has put in place to monitor how those funds are (a) distributed and (b) spent; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	49420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>On 2 October the Secretary of State announced that the UK would spend up to £750m in ODA to Afghanistan to 2020, depending on Afghan government performance and security conditions. UK support will help build a safer, more stable and prosperous Afghanistan through increased state capacity and legitimacy; it will support increased economic growth and self-reliance and decreased poverty and vulnerability. It will be delivered via multi-donor trust funds and contracts with commercial providers of good and services, UN agencies and UK, Afghan, and international NGOs, and monitored by both internal and external mechanisms.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/10/2016 16:31:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

605982

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the recent change in the proportion of rape cases that result in a conviction; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	49401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>In 2015-16 the CPS conviction rate in rape cases rose to 57.9% from 56.9% in 2014-15. The volumes of convictions reached 2,689. This is the highest volume ever recorded and represents a rise of 108 defendants (4.2%) since 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS continues to prioritise its response to cases involving allegations of rape and other forms of serious sexual offending and has taken a number of steps to improve the conviction rate. These include increasing the number of specialist staff within its dedicated Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) Units; providing revised and up-dated specialist training for prosecutors, and developing closer working arrangements with the police, including enhanced arrangements for the provision of early investigative advice to assist the police to build stronger cases.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/10/2016 10:04:48 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

606016

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
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	Industrial Health and Safety
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 take steps to ensure that all health and safety regulations will be (a) protected in the long-term and (b) retained in legislation after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	49395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>As a Government, we have been clear that we will do nothing to undermine workers’ rights. The United Kingdom has one of the best records on occupational safety and health in Europe and the wider world and the Government intends to keep it that way. Health and safety regulations are secondary legislation under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Government has no plans to change this.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/10/2016 11:44:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

604877

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will review the effect on access to justice and protection of human rights of civil legal aid reforms introduced under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	49049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to reviewing Parts 1 and 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 within three to five years of its implementation.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 48967 48968 49060 question first answered 25/10/2016 15:16:34 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

604997

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Government has had with the European Investment Bank on continued investment in the UK following the UK leaving the EU; and how many loans were issued by the European Investment Bank to projects in each region of the UK in the 2015-16 fiscal year.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	49236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the UK Governor of the European Investment Bank and continues to fulfil his governance duties. The Chancellor continues to meet his European counterparts on a regular basis to discuss a range of issues.</p><p>The EIB publish all loans made to UK borrowers as well as details on future projects yet to be financed. In 2015 the EIB lent over €7.77bn to UK projects. The link below provides full details on EIB lending to the UK.</p><p>http://www.eib.org/projects/regions/european-union/united-kingdom/index.htm</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/10/2016 09:23:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

603989

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the Government plans to publish its report outlining the international and domestic approach to implementation of the UN Sustainable Goals.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	48805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The drafting of the Government’s report outlining the UK’s approach to implementing the Global Goals for Sustainable Development is a cross-government effort. The report will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/10/2016 13:34:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

603993

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS England: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS England spent as a proportion of its budget in PFI repayments each year since the first such repayment was made.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	48876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Individual National Health Service trusts, NHS foundations trusts (‘NHS Providers’) and NHS Property Services Ltd make the payments from their overall income for the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) schemes they are individually accountable and responsible for under the contract. NHS England’s budget and expenditure is principally to commission services from NHS Providers either directly or through clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but also from non-NHS providers (e.g. private and voluntary sector) as well as public health and primary care providers (e.g. general practitioners).</p><p>The latest published information for the overall cost projections for all PFI schemes is available on the Treasury’s website, via:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2015-summary-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2015-summary-data</a></p><p>The Treasury table shows that for the 106 NHS PFI schemes that have now been signed, the estimated total revenue payments (over the lifetime of their contracts) are £79.0 billion (in nominal terms i.e. including an inflation assumption). This is from the date of the first construction completions in 2000-01 to the date of the very last payment in 2049-50. The revenue payment figures include not just the financing costs (debt repayment and interest) for initial construction but also the costs of all the other services such as building maintenance and support services (cleaning, catering, portering etc) provided over the lifetime of the contract. The payments are subject to meeting agreed performance and quality standards and include an annual uprate assumption for inflation of 2.5%.</p><p>The total PFI payment made by NHS Providers for 2015-16 was £1.9 billion, which represents 2.4% of total budgeted expenditure of NHS Providers.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 20/10/2016 16:19:24 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

603998

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to mitigate the effect of planned increases to the national minimum wage on the ability of childcare providers to recruit staff.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	49024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>We are investing £1 billion more per year in the early years to fund our commitments on the entitlements. This includes £300 million per year from 2017-18 for a significant increase to the rate paid for the two, three and four year old entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>To inform the size of the funding rates increase, the government conducted a six-month long review of the cost of providing childcare and published its findings in November 2015. It looked at both the current costs of provision and the implications of future cost pressures facing the sector, including the introduction of the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to developing a workforce strategy to help employers attract, retain and develop staff to deliver high quality provision.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/11/2016 17:27:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

604040

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received from the National Union of Teachers on the effect of children's centre closures.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	48810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>We have no record of having recently received representations from the National Union of Teachers on the effect of children’s centre closures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/10/2016 13:11:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman