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76248

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government departments administer their own departmental civil service payrolls; and which Government departments' payrolls are administered by which other outside firms.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	204611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Detail on the payroll service arrangements of all departments is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/07/2014 16:19:47 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

76369

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Somalia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals have required emergency consular assistance in Somalia in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	204395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>We are unable to provide direct consular assistance in Somalia. However, while we advise against all travel to Somalia except for the cities of Hargeisa and Berbera, to which we advise against all but essential travel, we have provided some consular assistance to British nationals who have travelled to Somalia through our embassy in Addis Ababa and High Commission in Nairobi. There have been three cases so far in this financial year. There were seventeen cases in 2013-14, eight in 2012-13, nine in 2011-12, and ten in 2010-11.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 10/07/2014 16:16:17 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

76420

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	National Employment Savings Trust Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who are enrolled in NEST and make additional payments by monthly direct debit.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	204519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The National Employment Savings Trust announced on 1 April 2014 that they have over a million members.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold any information about NEST scheme members.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/07/2014 16:24:29 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

76429

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by her Department in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	204474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for the Home Department can confirm the information <br>relating to lost, and stolen, mobile phones, Blackberrys and laptops can be <br>found on the following link to the Home Office webpage on the Gov.UK website:</p><p><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306918<br>/2013_Annual_ICT_Losses.csv/preview</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>January - December 2013</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Device / Incident</strong></td><td><strong>TOTAL</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Lost Blackberrys / Mobile Phones</td><td>62</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Stolen Blackberrys / Mobile Phones</td><td>12</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Lost Laptops</td><td>3</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Stolen Laptops</td><td>5</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Lost Removable Media</td><td>1</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Stolen Removable Media</td><td>0</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Recovered Blackberrys / Mobiles</td><td>2</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Recovered Laptops</td><td>0</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information is recorded and published under calendar year, information on items <br>lost and stolen for 2014 will be published in early 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/07/2014 14:12:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

76542

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	National Employment Savings Trust Scheme: Kilmarnock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) males and (b) females in Kilmarnock and Loudoun are enrolled in the National Employment Savings Trust.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	204520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The National Employment Savings Trust announced on 1 April 2014 that they have over a million members.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold any information about NEST scheme members.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/07/2014 16:20:48 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

65933

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Bangladesh
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ask the government of Bangladesh to investigate reports of an attack on a vehicle carrying members of the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission in Rangamati on 6 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>We monitor the ongoing tensions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region closely and are aware of the incident reported in Rangamati. We condemn all acts of violence and call on the Bangladeshi authorities to investigate all such incidents promptly, transparently and impartially. At Bangladesh's second Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council on 29 April 2013 the British Government urged the Government of Bangladesh to fulfil its commitment to fully implement the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord which will provide greater security to indigenous populations by establishing political and social rights and providing a mechanism for resolving land disputes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 10/07/2014 13:31:40 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

65964

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with banks about the consequences for a mortgage application of taking out a payday loan.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	204209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet with a range of stakeholders to discuss relevant policy issues.</p><p> </p><p>In making mortgage lending decisions, lenders must follow the appropriate regulatory and legislative requirements. Beyond this, decisions about who they lend to and on what terms are a commercial matter, including how they use information about existing or previous credit commitments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Credit risk models and approaches vary between lenders, so while a history of payday loans may prevent a borrower taking out a loan with one lender, others may take a different approach.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/07/2014 16:06:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

65965

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review existing trade descriptions legislation and its effect on regulating companies that describe themselves or hold themselves to be acting as legal firms.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
uin	204154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Most of the Trade Descriptions legislation has been replaced by the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. These Regulations prohibit traders from engaging in unfair commercial practices against consumers. The Regulations apply across all business sectors and set out a framework for how businesses must deal with consumers.</p><p> </p><p>It is also an offence under section 21 of the Solicitors Act 1974 for an unqualified person to wilfully pretend to be a solicitor and section 24 of that Act makes equivalent provision in relation to a body corporate. Section 17 of the Legal Services Act 2007 makes it an offence to wilfully pretend to be entitled to carry on a reserved legal activity. The reserved legal activities are: a) the exercise of a right of audience, b) the conduct of litigation, c) reserved instrument activities, d) probate activities, e) notarial activities and f) the administration of oaths.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/07/2014 16:44:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

65967

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Healthcare UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether public sector organisations from the devolved administrations have been invited to participate in Healthcare UK's Business Forum for stakeholders on 24 July 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	204220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Yes, public sector organisations from the devolved administrations have been invited to participate in Healthcare UK's Business Forum for stakeholders on 24 July 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 10/07/2014 14:40:33 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

65970

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of apprenticeships commenced in the last 12 months were with (a) small and medium-sized enterprises, (b) larger firms, (c) public sector employers and (d) voluntary sector employers.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	204315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the size of organisations offering Apprenticeships is presented in the <em>Apprenticeship Evaluation: Employer</em> research publication:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-evaluation-employer" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-evaluation-employer</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not separately measure the number of apprenticeship starts in the public, private and voluntary sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/07/2014 14:46:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms