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417537

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what definition of social investment is used by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Social investment is the provision of finance to generate social and financial returns.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 11/09/2015 11:25:55 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

417542

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances spending from the UK Conflict, Stability and Security Fund will be counted towards the Government targets of spending (a) 0.7 per cent of gross national income (GNI) on overseas development assistance, (b) 2 per cent of GNI on defence and (c) towards both of these targets.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Where applicable, the UK’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) spending will be counted towards the government’s commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) or 2% of GDP on Defence spending. This is completed in accordance with NATO and Organisation for Economic Co-operation &amp; Development guidelines. Some CSSF spending may count to both the ODA and Defence spending commitments, where it is consistent with the classification guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/09/2015 11:42:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

417543

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what process his Department set the age limit for passing on a pension tax free.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	9402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The age 75 is a feature of the existing pensions tax system. It is the age at which individuals stop receiving tax relief on pension contributions and by which most people will have brought their pension into payment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/09/2015 10:43:22 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

417551

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition of social investment is used by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Social investment is the provision of finance to generate social and financial returns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/09/2015 11:40:54 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

417552

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the use of technology in (a) making savings to the public purse and (b) improving public services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have regular meetings with departments in which a wide range of issues are discussed as part of the process of policy development. However we do not disclose details of confidential discussions between Ministers or advice received from civil servants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/09/2015 11:44:47 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

417555

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Budgets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to publish an analysis of the distributional impact of changes alongside each Budget Statement in this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Distributional analysis of the impact of government policy across the household income distribution has been published at every fiscal event since the June Budget 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The analysis published alongside the Summer Budget shows that the proportion of public spending received by households in each income quintile remains similar between 2010-11 and 2017-18, indicating that reductions in public spending since the start of the last Parliament have not altered its overall distribution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/09/2015 10:44:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

417604

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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, whether her Department's commitment to open 500 Free schools by 2020 as announced on 2 September 2015 will include those schools that open as (a) converter and (b) sponsored academies.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	9642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s commitment to open 500 free schools during this Parliament will not include schools that will open as converter or sponsored academies<em>.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/09/2015 11:45:24 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

417633

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	Government Departments: Mergers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the merging of those departments.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	9592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to have such discussions at the present time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/09/2015 10:47:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

417634

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	South Korea: Embassies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons civil partnerships are not permitted in HM Embassy in South Korea.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	9596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>We are awaiting confirmation from the authorities in the Republic of Korea that they would have no objection to our Embassy registering civil partnerships. Such cooperation is required under UK legislation.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 11/09/2015 09:08:14 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

417658

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that expert clinicians are consulted when assessing new treatments for pancreatic cancer.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	9406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance is based on a thorough assessment of the available evidence and is developed through wide consultation with stakeholders. NICE makes every effort to ensure that appropriate stakeholders, including clinical experts, are able to engage with the development of its guidance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of NICE’s technology appraisal process, clinical specialists, commissioning experts and patient experts are invited by the Appraisal Committee to provide written evidence and attend the Committee meeting to help in the Committee's discussion of the technology being appraised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is responsible for administering the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) and decisions on which treatments are included on the national CDF list are made by the CDF clinical panel. The panel includes expert oncologists, oncology pharmacists and patient representatives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 11/09/2015 11:55:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper