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  • Toby Perkins – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Toby Perkins – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Toby Perkins on 2014-04-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many responses he has received to the consultation on the introduction of a Land Registry service delivery company; and how many of those were in favour of the proposals.

    Michael Fallon

    We are currently considering all consultation responses. The Government response to the consultation will set out the main issues raised by respondents and how the Government intends to address these issues.

  • Debbie Abrahams – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Debbie Abrahams – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Debbie Abrahams on 2014-04-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish his Department’s response to the consultation on Building a responsible payment culture.

    Matthew Hancock

    We are currently analysing responses to the Government’s discussion paper on building a more responsible payment culture and will publish the response shortly.

  • Toby Perkins – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Toby Perkins – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Toby Perkins on 2014-04-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when Ministers in his Department met officials from the Insolvency Service to discuss insolvency practitioner (a) fees and (b) partial licences in the last 12 months.

    Jenny Willott

    Ministers in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills meet with officials from the Insolvency Service on a regular basis to discuss a wide variety of insolvency issues.

  • Simon Kirby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Simon Kirby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Simon Kirby on 2014-04-02.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on reform of the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement.

    Mr Francis Maude

    In July 2013 we published a One Year On report that gave a frank account of progress against the Civil Service Reform Plan. This is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-reform-plan-one-year-on–2:

    I took the opportunity to update the House on progress during the backbench debate on Civil Service Reform on 3 April 2014 and will update the House further in our Two Years On report this summer.

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  • Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-04-02.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the members of the Honours Committee in each of the last five years.

    Mr Francis Maude

    The Voting Membership of the Main Honours Committee comprises Head of the Civil Service (Chair); Chairs of the 9 Honours Committees; Chief of the Defence Staff; Permanent Secretary of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office; another Permanent Secretary; Cabinet Secretary and a representative from the Prime Minister’s Office. Membershipfor the past five years is set out below. Current membership of all honours committees is available at www.gov.uk/honours-committees.

    A copy of the table listing the Membership of the committee over the last 5 years will be placed in the Library of the House.

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  • Chi Onwurah – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Chi Onwurah – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2014-04-02.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many local authorities have adopted the Government’s public service network to date.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    570 local authorities have completed compliance.

  • Graham Brady – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Graham Brady – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Brady on 2014-04-02.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount is in additional payments made by the Equitable Life payment scheme as a result of successful appeals to date; and what proportion that amount is of the total compensation awarded.

    Sajid Javid

    The value of additional payments made as a result of appeals is £17,023.61. This is 0.0019% of the total value paid by the Scheme to date.

    Two annuitants have made successful appeals, and the total value of the payments made to them will depend on the duration on their annuity.

  • Graham Brady – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Graham Brady – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Brady on 2014-04-02.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals made to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme (a) have been decided and (b) are awaiting resolution.

    Sajid Javid

    Out of the over 800,000 payments that have been made, a total of 495 cases have been submitted to the Independent Review Panel to date. 477 have been resolved and 18 are in the process of being resolved.

  • Graham Brady – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Graham Brady – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Brady on 2014-04-02.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average additional award paid following a successful appeal made to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme is.

    Sajid Javid

    Out of the 9 successful appeals by non-annuitants following receipt of new input data, the highest, lowest and average additional payments were:

    a) £5,230.31
    b) £32.91
    c) £1,891.51

    In addition two annuitants have made successful appeals. The total value of the payments made to them will depend on the duration on their annuity.

  • Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-02.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely reduction to the block grant for Northern Ireland in the current financial year arising from lack of progress on welfare reform.

    Danny Alexander

    I have written to the Northern Ireland Minister for Finance and Personnel setting out that the Treasury will reduce Northern Ireland Executive budgets to reflect savings foregone as a result of the lack of progress on welfare reforms already in place in the rest of the United Kingdom. For 2014/15 those estimated savings are £87m and in 2015/16 they will rise to £114m.