The below Parliamentary question was asked by Wes Streeting on 2016-01-22.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings have taken place between officials of his Department and the Financial Conduct Authority since May 2015.
Harriett Baldwin
Treasury Ministers and officials meet regularly with the Financial Conduct Authority to discuss relevant regulatory issues.
As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Treasury’s practice to provide details of all such discussions.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Wes Streeting on 2016-01-22.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings Ministers of his Department have had with the Financial Conduct Authority since May 2015.
Harriett Baldwin
Treasury Ministers and officials meet regularly with the Financial Conduct Authority to discuss relevant regulatory issues.
As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Treasury’s practice to provide details of all such discussions.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Wes Streeting on 2016-01-22.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has made to the Financial Conduct Authority on its review of banking culture since May 2015.
Harriett Baldwin
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is an independent regulator. No Treasury Minister or official made any representations to the FCA about its review of banking culture before the FCA decided to discontinue that review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Wes Streeting on 2016-01-22.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which constituencies he has visited in an official capacity since 7 May 2015; when each such visit took place; and what the purpose was of each such visit.
Harriett Baldwin
The Chancellor has visited constituencies all across the UK on official tour days since 7 May 2015. Please refer to the transparency data published on gov.uk for further information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of employees in his Department has (a) taken the CESG Certified Cyber-Security Training Course and (b) received other relevant cyber-security training.
Brandon Lewis
Technical cyber-security services are provided to the Department by the Department for Education under a shared services agreement. All Information Asset Owners in the Department have undertaken the Information Asset Owner module of the cross government Responsible for Information Training, which includes cyber-security training.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-01-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in temporary accommodation which will be affected by the introduction of the lower benefit cap; and if he will estimate the average proportion of the income of such households that will be subject to that cap.
Justin Tomlinson
The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. A link to the impact assessment is included.
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-01-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of homeless families with children who are living in bed and breakfast accommodation have been in that accommodation for more than six weeks.
Mr Marcus Jones
As at 30 September 2015 there were 3,000 families with children in bed and breakfast style accommodation in England, of which 960 had been in bed and breakfast style accommodation for longer than six weeks.
Whilst this is less than the previous peak, we are clear the long term use of bed and breakfast accommodation for families with children is both unacceptable and unlawful. The law and statutory guidance make clear it should only ever be used in an emergency, and then for no longer than six weeks.
Tackling and preventing homelessness remains a priority and that is why we have protected homelessness prevention funding for local authorities, through the provisional local government finance settlement totalling £315 million by 2019/20 , increased central government funding for homelessness programmes to £139 million over the Spending Review period; and have made a commitment to work with local authorities, homelessness organisations and across Departments to consider options, including legislation, to prevent more people from becoming homeless.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-01-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support Liverpool’s status as a City of Music as declared by UNESCO.
Mr Edward Vaizey
The Government will be providing over £12 million of public funding via the Arts Council to support arts organisations in Liverpool in 2015/16. The Arts Council has also supported major capital projects in Liverpool including over £16 million towards the redevelopment of the Everyman Theatre and over £7 million towards the refurbishment of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
Venues in Liverpool such as Constellations, Lomax and the Zanzibar Club demonstrate the impact of Government’s approach to entertainment licensing, planning guidance and business rates relief, all aimed at supporting and promoting music across the UK.
The Government supports the UNESCO Creative City Network, including Liverpool as a designated City of Music through its membership of UNESCO. The UK National Commission for UNESCO will be holding a workshop with Liverpool and the UK’s other Creative Cities to consider new opportunities and practical ways of working together to enhance the benefits that UNESCO accreditation brings, both nationally and internationally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees in his Department have (a) taken the CESG Certified Cyber-Security Training Course and (b) received other relevant cyber-security training.
Penny Mordaunt
CESG certify a range of cyber security training courses, such as the Open University Introduction to Cyber Security and the MSc in Cyber through Cranfield University. As most employees complete these courses in their own time, it is not a requirement to record it on departmental systems. It would be impossible to present accurate statistics for their take-up as this information is either not held, or not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
All users of MOD IT systems, some 255,000 people (both civilian and military), are mandated to undertake the Defence Information Management Passport, an e-learning course, which includes a cyber security element. In addition all Services have now implemented Cyber Awareness Training across their Single Service introductory training. Further, a range of cyber security material is promulgated, including briefings, online and hardcopy materials, in order to maintain awareness across Defence.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2016-01-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people applied to join the Army Reserve in 2015; and how many such applications were successful.
Mr Julian Brazier
Defence Statistics publish information on a regular basis showing intake figures for the Armed Forces, including the Army and Army Reserve. The most recent information is contained in ‘UK Armed Forces Monthly Service Personnel Statistics: December 2015’ and associated tables, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-index.
The number of applications to the Army Reserve in the 12 months ending 30 September 2015 was 29,730. The intake of Army Reserve New Entrants in the 12 months ending 30 September 2015 was 3,750.
There is not necessarily a direct correlation between the individual applicants who applied within the period above, and the individuals who were classed as new entrants within the same period: due to the time taken to process applications, not all new entrants would have been applicants during the period specified.
New Entrants reflect intake into the initial phase of training only, and comprise new recruits, ex-Regulars and Reserve re-joiners that require training.
‘UK Armed Forces Monthly Service Personnel Statistics: 1 January 2016’ will be published on 11 February 2016.