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533553

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date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Universities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the vote to leave the EU on academic collaboration.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	42184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made clear, while the UK remains a member of the EU, current EU funding and collaboration arrangements continue unchanged, including those that apply to students, researchers, and businesses. I am in close contact with Commissioner Moedas on the topic of Horizon 2020 funding, and I met with the Italian Minister for Education, Universities and Research on 11 July.</p><p>The UK is world-class in research and innovation and we play a leading role in major European and international collaboration, including ESA and CERN.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 42196 42202 question first answered 20/07/2016 14:47:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

533555

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the immediate effect of the vote to leave the EU on UK research (a) in general and (b) funding.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	42196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made clear, while the UK remains a member of the EU, current EU funding and collaboration arrangements continue unchanged, including those that apply to students, researchers, and businesses. I am in close contact with Commissioner Moedas on the topic of Horizon 2020 funding, and I met with the Italian Minister for Education, Universities and Research on 11 July.</p><p>The UK is world-class in research and innovation and we play a leading role in major European and international collaboration, including ESA and CERN.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 42184 42202 question first answered 20/07/2016 14:47:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

533557

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2016 to Question 39599, on Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: reorganisation, if he will place in the Library a copy of any document detailing the assessment that was made of the merits of split-site working and recruiting on a flexible basis through the consideration of alternative options.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	42209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s consideration of alternative options is set out in ‘Consultation Response - Proposal for a Combined Headquarters and Policy Centre in London dated Thursday, 26 May, 2016.’</p><p> </p><p>This document was shared with BIS staff and the Departmental Trade Unions. I refer the hon Member to my response to question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-06-07/39823/" target="_blank">39823</a>, which explains why the Department will not be publishing the document; the same reasoning would apply to placing a copy in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/07/2016 16:38:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

533562

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that all outstanding complaints relating to class 2 national insurance contributions are resolved before those contributions are abolished.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	42162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Each year HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) receives and responds to 50 million phone calls and 15 million letters from Self Assessment and PAYE customers. HMRC commits to responding to complaints within 15 days of receipt and therefore expects that, excluding any that may be received in the last few weeks before abolition, outstanding complaints will have been cleared.</p><p> </p><p>The number of complaints relating to Class 2 contributions received in the last three years is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>No. of complaints</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>831</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/07/2016 16:40:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

533576

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools offer nursery provision that delivers 15 hours free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	42152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities receive funding for early years places through the Dedicated Schools Grant and are responsible for deciding how best to distribute this funding. They are required to fund all early years providers, including free schools with nursery provision, who meet the quality requirements set out in statutory guidance. The department does not keep a central list of the early years providers that are funded by local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/07/2016 09:33:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

533587

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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	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, how her Department plans to encourage more farmers to submit their Basic Payment Scheme payments applications online.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	42133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>For the Basic Payment Scheme 2016 over 80% of farmers chose to apply online.</p><p> </p><p>For the Basic Payment Scheme 2017 the Rural Payments Agency will have a planned campaign of activity to encourage as many as possible of the remaining 20% of customers that applied on paper to apply online.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/07/2016 11:59:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

533590

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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	Dairy Farming: Northern Ireland
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 discussions she has had with her Northern Ireland counterparts on assistance for dairy farmers in Northern Ireland; and what assistance her Department is giving such farmers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	42197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is writing to the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland to outline the steps we are taking to help our hard-pressed dairy farmers. These include: securing a £26.2 million aid package from the European Commission, introducing a new system of extended tax averaging, and working with the Treasury to assess whether improved access to risk management tools can contribute to the resilience of the dairy industry.</p><p> </p><p>I regularly meet representatives of the dairy industry from across the UK, including from Northern Ireland, to discuss issues of mutual interest and Defra officials maintain regular contact with their counterparts in the devolved administrations on a range of dairy issues.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/07/2016 11:07:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

533597

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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	Travel: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage UK travellers abroad to take out adequate holiday insurance.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	42121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Encouraging travellers to obtain comprehensive travel insurance is a key part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s ‘Travel Aware’ communications campaign, which has been active since 2001 (formerly known as Know Before You Go). Messaging on insurance is prominent in many of our travel safety materials and we run specific campaigns on insurance, reaching the travelling public through media engagement, digital activity and collaboration with industry partners such as ABTA and the Association of British Insurers.</p><p>We have worked with the Association of British Insurers to create a new ‘checklist’ to help travellers choose the right insurance policy for their needs, which we communicate through social media and our network of industry partners. Our messages on insurance have also been reinforced by broadcasts on a wide range of national, regional and community TV and radio stations.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 13/07/2016 12:47:15 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

533608

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Travellers: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken under the National Roma Integration Strategy to enhance the health integration of Gypsy Traveller Roma people.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	42164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>We have taken steps to improve the health of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma people as part of our broader social inclusion policies. The inclusion health programme sought to identify and promote good practice across the National Health Service and elsewhere. It has included: developing practical guidance on the commissioning of more inclusive services to help ensure the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups are taken into account in shaping local plans and priorities; working with primary health care professionals and others to improve access to services for these groups; and supporting the education and training of health professionals to enable them to work more effectively with these groups. This work is being carried forward across the health system.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/07/2016 17:12:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

533620

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of public bodies across government.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	42122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>This government will streamline the public bodies landscape through a robust programme of “tailored reviews” overseen by the Cabinet Office and department-led transformation programmes. Non-ministerial departments, non-departmental public bodies and executive agencies will be reviewed once per parliament. These reviews will examine whether their functions should still be delivered at arm’s length, and if so, aim to increase their efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability. This builds on the public bodies reform programme delivered from 2010-15, which successfully produced fewer, more accountable, and more efficient public bodies.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/07/2016 08:27:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon