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443172

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill Communities Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from (a) landfill operators and (b) environmental bodies on the proposed removal of third party contributions from the Landfill Communities Fund; and whether he plans to change that proposal in response to those representations.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	21539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Since its introduction in 1996, the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) has contributed over £1.4bn to community projects in areas affected by a local landfill site and the government acknowledges the positive impact of this funding for communities. However, as the LCF is a tax credit scheme, it reduces tax revenues and we therefore have a responsibility to seek value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>Despite difficult decisions on spending, the government has decided to retain and reform the LCF. Following representations on the issue of contributing third parties, the government softened proposals in this area at Budget 2016, and the requirement for a 10% landfill operator contribution has not been set in legislation. However, the government wants landfill operators to make a greater contribution to the LCF, and the regulator of the scheme, ENTRUST, has published guidance setting out this expectation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/05/2016 09:12:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

443238

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 19268, what financial penalties and other mechanisms are available to ensure that all private rented sector landlords improve their properties to a minimum energy efficiency rating of E from April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	21529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The requirement on private rented sector landlords to improve their properties to a minimum energy efficiency rating of E from April 2018, subject to certain exemptions, will be enforced by individual local authorities. The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015 empower local authorities to enforce the provisions, including the power to impose compliance and penalty notices. Authorities will be able fine landlords up to £5,000 per property if they fail to comply with a compliance notice relating to a breach.</p><br /><p>Landlords who qualify for an exemption to meeting the minimum standard will be required to provide details to a centrally held register. Exemptions will be valid for a period of five years, after which time the landlord will once again need to try to improve the energy efficiency rating of the property. The register will be accessible to Local Authorities (and the general public) and will be audited by Local Authorities or DECC.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/01/2016 17:29:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

443299

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Stoke on Trent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many jobs in (a) her Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies and other accountable statutory bodies (i) have been abolished or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent since 2010 and (ii) will be abolished in or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	21450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department records actual staffing levels, but does not centrally record the number of jobs by location. Actual staffing levels for (a) the Department, between March 2010 and March 2015, have slightly reduced (less than 10 FTE¹) in Stoke-on-Trent. However, this does not necessarily mean that posts have been abolished or relocated as a consequence.</p><p>The Department is still planning its workforce requirements for 2020 in line with the Spending Review settlement; this level of detail is not yet known.</p><p>(b) For the Department’s executive non-departmental public bodies and statutory bodies, there have been no staff or offices based in Stoke-on-Trent during this period. The Department’s executive non-departmental Public Bodies are:</p><p>• the Independent Police Complaints Commission;</p><p>• the Gangmasters Licensing Authority;</p><p>• the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner;</p><p>• the Security Industry Authority; and</p><p>• the Disclosure and Barring Service</p><p>None of the Department’s Advisory and Tribunal NDPBs employ staff or have offices in Stoke-on-Trent.</p><p>¹Data Source: Data View, the Home Office's single source of Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate human resources data Period Covered: Figures are as at 31 March each year.</p><p>Extraction Date: 1st April each year</p><p>Organisational Coverage: March-10 - Figures include core Home Office and the Executive Agencies; United Kingdom Border Agency, Identity and Passport Service and the Criminal Records Bureau March -15 - Figures include core Home Office (including Border Force, UK Visas &amp; Immigration, Immigration En-forcement and Her Majesty's Passport Office.) Employee Coverage: Data is based on headcount and FTE of all current paid and unpaid civil servants as at 31st March each year</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/01/2016 15:27:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

443336

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
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	Local Housing Allowance: Supported Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the likely change in the total cost of housing benefit as a result of the introduction of capping of housing benefit for tenants in supported housing at the local rate of local housing allowance in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	21490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The overall change in the total cost of Housing Benefit from the introduction of the Local Housing Allowance caps into the Social Rented Sector is available on the GOV.UK website and can be accessed using the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480565/SRAS2015_policy_costings_amended_page_25.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480565/SRAS2015_policy_costings_amended_page_25.pdf</a> (Page 35).</p><br /><p>However, the Department does not hold in the information required to provide the change in the total cost of Housing Benefit for supported housing.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/01/2016 14:38:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

442831

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Energy Intensive Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps in the business rates review to make specific provision for energy intensive industries.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	21274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering the impact of business rates on all business sectors including energy intensive industries, manufacturing industries and the retail industry as part of the business rates review. The review will be fiscally neutral and will report at Budget 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 21275 21276 question first answered 11/01/2016 16:55:28 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

442833

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps in the business rates review to make specific provision for manufacturing industries.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	21275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering the impact of business rates on all business sectors including energy intensive industries, manufacturing industries and the retail industry as part of the business rates review. The review will be fiscally neutral and will report at Budget 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 21274 21276 question first answered 11/01/2016 16:55:28 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

442834

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Retail Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps in the business rates review to make specific provision for the retail industry.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	21276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering the impact of business rates on all business sectors including energy intensive industries, manufacturing industries and the retail industry as part of the business rates review. The review will be fiscally neutral and will report at Budget 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 21274 21275 question first answered 11/01/2016 16:55:28 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

442844

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the most recent assessment of progress in the roll-out of the universal credit programme by the Infrastructure and Project Authority is.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	21263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of Universal Credit was set out in the MPA Annual Report 2015, published in spring 2015. This is available at: (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/major-projects-authority-annual-report-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/major-projects-authority-annual-report-2015</a>)</p><p>The 2016 Report will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/01/2016 17:03:20 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

442850

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government will publish its response to the discussion document on Intermediaries Legislation (IR35).
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	21182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The discussion period closed on 30 September and the Government will announce next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/01/2016 16:56:10 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

442856

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the budget for IT contractors employed by HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	21197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is investing £1.3bn to transform HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) into one of the most digitally advanced tax administrations in the world. Along with other changes, this will enable HMRC to transition to a new IT delivery model following the ending of the Aspire contract. Through these changes, HMRC will be able to make savings on its annual IT budget.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/01/2016 17:10:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess