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636975

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Fraud Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish its response to the report by the right hon. Sir Eric Pickles on his review into electoral fraud.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	52949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fraud and making our electoral process more secure. We have welcomed Sir Eric Pickles’ report on his review into electoral fraud, and we are giving careful consideration to the findings and recommendations that the report sets out. We will publish our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/11/2016 08:51:49 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

636976

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on advertising in (a) The Times, (b) The Sunday Times, (c) The Mail on Sunday, (d) The Sun, (e) The Sun on Sunday, (f) The Huffington Post, (g) Mail Online, (h) Daily Mail, (i) The Guardian and (j) Trinity Mirror newspapers in each Department in the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	53019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Government advertising is purchased by our media buying partner, Carat.</p><p>Carat has held the contract for UK Government media buying since January 2015. The figures that are supplied below show spend by departmental groups for the financial year 2015/16. HM Government does not hold figures for previous financial years.</p><p>In the last Parliament, the Government saved £18.6 billion through efficiencies and reform - and we are aiming to make another £15-20 billion in efficiency savings by 2019-20.</p><p>Since 2010, we have already reduced Government spending on communications by £1 billion.</p><p>Government advertising supports the government’s priorities and helps deliver its programmes. Government communications helps improve the lives of people and communities in the UK, assists with the effective operation of our public services and delivers responsive and informative communications 24 hours a day.</p><p>The advertising expenditure figures below are provided by Departmental Group, and include for each Department expenditure by Arms Length Bodies reporting to the respective Secretary of State.</p><p><strong>Daily Mail/Weekend Magazine </strong></p><p>DEFRA £12,160</p><p>DCLG £74,100</p><p>DWP £79,888</p><p>HMT £569,594</p><p>Home Office £18,816</p><p>DCMS £64,600</p><p>DH £74,240</p><p><strong>Total £893,398</strong></p><p><strong>Trinity Mirror – Daily Mirror/Daily Record/Sunday Mirror/The People/We Love Telly</strong></p><p>BIS £8,100</p><p>DCLG £16,200</p><p>DWP £64,613</p><p>HMT £104,669</p><p>DH £134,943</p><p>DCMS £6,400</p><p>MOD £4,200</p><p><strong>Total £339,125</strong></p><p><strong>Guardian/The Guide/Weekend</strong></p><p>DEFRA £2,420</p><p>DFE £10,956</p><p>DCLG £4,840</p><p>DWP £4,180</p><p>HMT £69,575</p><p>DFT £1,210</p><p>Home Office £2,640</p><p>UKTI £4,840</p><p>DCMS £5,808</p><p><strong>Total £106,469</strong></p><p><strong>Mail on Sunday/Event Magazine/You Magazine</strong></p><p>DEFRA £36,922</p><p>DWP £65,268</p><p>HMT £363,836</p><p>Home Office £16,023</p><p>BIS £8,000</p><p>DH £41,610</p><p>DCMS £32,900</p><p><strong>Total £564,559</strong></p><p><strong>Sun on Sunday/Fabulous</strong></p><p>DWP £76,853</p><p>HMT £236,859</p><p>DH £75,298</p><p>DCMS £10,763</p><p><strong>Total £399,773</strong></p><p><strong>The Sun/TV Magazine</strong></p><p>MOD £12,000</p><p>BIS £41,370</p><p>DCLG £105,887</p><p>DWP £109,603</p><p>HMT £301,713</p><p>DCMS £42,000</p><p>DH £231,631</p><p><strong>Total £844,204</strong></p><p><strong>The Sunday Times</strong></p><p>DEFRA £33,380</p><p>DFE £122,904</p><p>DWP £31,864</p><p>HMT £493,084</p><p>Home Office £55,307</p><p>BIS £11,370</p><p>DCMS £11,380</p><p><strong>Total £759,289</strong></p><p><strong>Times/Times Magazine</strong></p><p>DEFRA £14,400</p><p>DFE £36,941</p><p>DWP £10,151</p><p>HMT £337,019</p><p>Home Office £347,341</p><p>DCMS £5,970</p><p>UKTI £11,488</p><p>DCMS £34,498</p><p><strong>Total £797,808</strong></p><p><strong>Mail on Line</strong></p><p>HMT £149,500</p><p>MOD £154,442</p><p>BIS £37,802</p><p>DH £162,614</p><p><strong>Total £504,358</strong></p><p><strong>Huffington Post</strong></p><p>We only use one supplier for AOL owned properties (that includes Huffington Post) so it is impossible to distinguish from other AOL bookings that run across the portfolio.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/12/2016 09:55:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 21172 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

636977

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Main Honours Advisory Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of the Main Honours Advisory Committee has been in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	53010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The costs associated with the Main Honours Committee are included within centrally-aggregated departmental administrative contracts.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/11/2016 12:12:49 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

636978

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has been in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	53011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments' costs are set out in its annual reports, which are available on the Committee's website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-committee-on-business-appointments/about" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-committee-on-business-appointments/about</a></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/11/2016 12:07:32 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

636979

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what performance data the Crown Commercial Services (a) collects and (b) recommends be collected from public sector fleet operators in relation to the Government's air quality targets.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	53122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) does not routinely collect data from public sector fleet operators in relation to the Government's air quality targets. It does, however, capture data from suppliers relating to fuel types and CO2 Emissions.</p><p>The CCS Call Off contract template for Vehicle Purchase and Vehicle Lease and Fleet Management allow departments to specify the provision of this type of information from their appointed suppliers, but there is no specific data set that is recommended.</p><p>The CCS Vehicle Telematics framework enables organisations to manage their fleets more effectively by improving safety and efficiency through the use of telematics technology by monitoring things like fuel consumption, vehicle tracking and driver behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/11/2016 12:09:26 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

636153

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Gulf Strategy Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2016 to Question 47797, whether the Gulf Strategy Integrated Delivery Team's remit includes co-ordinating the Government's strategic policy on the size of the UK's permanent military presence in the Gulf states.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	52851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Gulf Strategy Integrated Delivery Team is not responsible for coordinating policy relating to Britain’s permanent military presence in the Gulf States. This is a Ministry of Defence responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 21/11/2016 09:45:59 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

636154

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Closures
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 towns and villages which have been left without a bank in the last five years due to local branch closures.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	52877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury does not produce estimates relating to bank branch closures.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 17/11/2016 16:37:40 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

636155

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of the system due to replace Customs CHIEF to a more-intelligence led, frictionless border.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	52733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The controlled physical release of goods at UK ports is an essential part of the future Customs operational model. To support this model the new Customs Declaration Service will incorporate a fully automated risk assessment tool using intelligence driven information to target illicit freight movements. This approach will minimise the administrative burdens at the border for the majority of compliant imports and exports.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/11/2016 17:45:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

636156

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Concentrix
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department concluded its agreement with Concentrix to end the contract with that company to administer tax credits on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	52750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs and Concentrix concluded the final terms of the mutually agreed decision to terminate the contract on Friday 11th November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/11/2016 17:44:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

636157

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many EU nationals who live abroad claim UK state pension in each non-UK EU country; and what the total value is of these payments annually.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	52796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is paid worldwide to those who are eligible. Entitlement to State Pension is based not on nationality but on a person’s national insurance contributions record. Therefore, from the information we hold on those in receipt of the UK State Pension in EU countries we cannot separately identify EU and UK nationals. In addition, we do not hold information on pension entitlements administered by other EU countries.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 52797 question first answered 22/11/2016 12:57:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah