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78645

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Pay: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to increase the number of workers from ethnic minority backgrounds who are paid the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	206515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/08/2014 answer text <p>The Government encourages employers to pay the Living Wage when it is affordable and not at the expense of jobs. However our primary policy for supporting the low paid is the National Minimum Wage (NMW) which is carefully set by the independent Low Pay Commission at a level that maximises their wages without damaging employment by setting it too high.</p><p>The NWW has benefitted all low paid workers across the UK, not just those from ethnic minority backgrounds. Since its introduction in 1999 it has increased faster than average earnings and inflation without an adverse impact on employment.</p><p>In addition to the NMW we are increasing the personal allowance for income tax, allowing workers to take home more of what they earn. From April 2015 changes to income tax will provide the average worker with an additional £800 to their pay packet and by then will have taken 3.2 million people out of tax altogether.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 29/08/2014 09:22:31 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

78734

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sunbeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring in legislative proposals to (a) require that sunbeds should be supervised, (b) limit access to sunbeds for repeat customers and (c) obligate the display of health warnings.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	206516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department has noted the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin's report on sunbed regulation in England and is considering the recommendations carefully.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 206594 question first answered 02/09/2014 11:09:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

77337

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to increase the national minimum wage so that its real terms value is equal to that of January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	205379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>This Government is fully committed to the national minimum wage (NMW) set by the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC) at a level that maximises the wages of the low paid without damaging their employment prospects by setting it too high.</p><p>We welcome the LPC's 2014 assessment that marks the start of a new phase of bigger, real increases in the minimum wage, provided economic conditions continue to improve. In our recent 2015 remit we have asked the LPC to think ahead and build on the forward guidance that sets out our ambition to see real increases in the NMW.</p><p>Furthermore, since its introduction the NMW has increased faster than average earnings and inflation without an adverse effect on employment. From October this year the 3% rise of the adult rate means full time workers on national minimum wage will receive an additional £355 a year. This is the biggest cash increase since 2008.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/07/2014 13:41:18 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

65718

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Public Health: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to request reports from those signed up to the Responsibility Deal for Public Health who have yet to submit reports.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	203969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Departmental officials remind partners, by both telephone and email, to submit their annual updates. Officials liaise directly with the Responsibility Deal partners to request the return of updates, giving clarification and any necessary support where required.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/07/2014 15:05:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

65719

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of companies who have only signed up to pledges set out in the Responsibility Deal as they refer to the health of their own workforce rather than those regarding the content of their products.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	203970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the number of companies who have only signed up to pledges set out in the Responsibility Deal as they refer to the health of their own workforce rather than those regarding the content of their products. Details of partners and the pledges they are committed to taking action on are available in full on the Responsibility Deal website at:</p><p> </p><p>https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/partners</p><p> </p><p>including those taking action under the Health at Work network.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/07/2014 14:19:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64149

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Government spending was in reform of the process of procurement and across central Government in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	202636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has been working with central Government departments to implement a demanding Commercial Reform agenda which is aimed at leveraging the Crown's buying power, deriving better value for money and savings for the taxpayer to support deficit reduction and growth. This work has been carried out across departments and costs are not held centrally.<br> <br> As a result of our work to date, we have made the way we buy goods and services in central Government quicker, more competitive, more transparent, better value and far simpler than before. This has saved the taxpayer £2.9bn in 2010-11, with a further £3.0bn in 2011-12, £3.8bn in 2012-13 and £5.4bn in 2013-14. These savings are all calculated against a 2009-10 baseline and include both recurring and non-recurring items.</p><p>All of this could have been started before the 2010 General Election. However in May 2010 there was no effective central oversight of procurement, commercial skills were lacking and Government didn't even know who its strategic suppliers were, let alone how much was being spent with them.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 03/07/2014 14:54:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64152

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Prudential Regulation Authority and (b) Financial Conduct Authority about reports of UK banks paying allowances to employees in order to avoid the EU's bonus cap; and what steps he plans to take to reduce such practices.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	202634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of global efforts to tackle excessive pay in the financial sector and ensure that pay is aligned with performance, with a tough Remuneration Code that requires deferral of at least 60% of bonuses of senior bankers and limits the amounts that can be paid in cash. Bonuses are down significantly since their peak under the last Government, and are now largely deferred and paid in shares.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In contrast, the EU's bonus cap is a poorly thought through measure that undermines rather than reinforces our efforts by pushing up fixed pay. It was introduced without any proper impact assessment and has issues around its compatibility with the EU Treaty; for these reasons we are challenging it in the European Court of Justice. However, pending the outcome, the Government is fully implementing the cap in the UK, and the Prudential Regulation Authority is responsible for ensuring that the banks comply with these rules.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/07/2014 15:39:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64167

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to record cases of bullying as reported by victims in schools by counts of cyber-bullying and similar sub-categories.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	202637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>There is no legal requirement on schools to record and report incidents of bullying and we have no plans to introduce one. Schools are free to develop their own approaches to monitoring bullying and exercise their own judgement as to what will work best for their pupils. For some schools, this will involve formal recording of incidents so that they can monitor bullying and identify where it is recurring between the same pupils. Alternatively, some schools may prefer to take a different approach, such as surveying their pupils anonymously to identify trends in bullying, including how safe young people feel at school.</p><p>Schools are held clearly to account by Ofsted for pupil behaviour and safety which includes how they tackle bullying. Inspectors consider the types, rates and patterns of bullying and the effectiveness of the school's actions to prevent and tackle all forms of bullying and harassment, including cyberbullying.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/07/2014 16:24:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64176

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Natural Gas: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that the recent reductions in wholesale gas prices available to energy companies are benefiting consumers.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	202635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>In a competitive market, pricing decisions are a commercial matter for companies.</p><p>Consumers can put pressure on companies to reduce prices by switching to the best deal for them – Ofgem's Retail Market Reforms to deliver a simpler, clear market combined with Government's push to significantly reduce switching times and require suppliers to share consumer data with trusted third parties, should make this easier to do.</p><p>The Government supported Ofgem's recent letter to the largest suppliers, challenging them to explain to consumers the impact of falling wholesale prices on their retail prices. Evidence that large suppliers raise prices more quickly when costs increase than they reduce prices when costs fall was one of the issues underpinning Ofgem's recent referral of the energy markets to the Competition and Markets Authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 03/07/2014 13:19:44 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64326

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Dangerous Dogs
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 progress he has made on provision for the kennelling and seizure of suspected dangerous dogs; and what changes he expects to make to the regulations on dangerous dogs.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	202747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 6 February 2013 the Government announced, as part of its package of measures to tackle irresponsible ownership of dogs, that it would provide powers for the police to allow suspected prohibited type dogs to be kept with the owners in cases where they considered that the dog was not a threat to public safety. The Government is in the process of making changes to the relevant regulations to enable this power to be available to the police.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/07/2014 15:15:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby