The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2016-05-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans to publish its Skills White Paper.
Nick Boles
The Government is implementing reforms to the skills system to ensure we have the technical skills that the economy needs. We are considering when and how to publish details of our plans for further reform of the skills strategy.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burgon on 2016-06-15.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs’ draft report on the proposal for a regulation on securitisation and creating a European framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation; and whether he supports the Committee’s proposal to increase risk retention from five per cent to 20 per cent based on a vertical slice of securitised assets.
Harriett Baldwin
The Government welcomed the development of international and EU standards to revitalise the regulatory framework for securitisation by encouraging the use of simpler and more transparent products. We agree with the Bank of England that a well-functioning and stable securitisation market will benefit financial stability and the wider economy. We support the Basel standards for securitisation, set with the intention of enhancing financial stability, which see features such as tranching and synthetic structures as being legitimate activity. We also support the need for all securitisations to adhere to appropriate rules on transparency and investor due diligence, and that they must be afforded sensibly calibrated capital requirements. Following the financial crisis it was Basel, working with the Financial Stability Board and the International Organization of Securities Commissions which, set the 5 percent risk retention standard.
In the development and delivery of policy, Treasury Ministers and officials are in regular contact with relevant institutions, regulatory authorities, other governments, industry and other civil society groups including think tanks such as Finance Watch.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Green on 2016-09-12.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled, Chancellor steps up industry engagement, published on 7 September 2016, what plans he has to engage with the bio-tech and pharmaceutical industry as part of that industry engagement.
Mr David Gauke
The Treasury regularly engages with businesses from all sectors and values the opportunity to hear their views.
Over the next month, the Chancellor will be meeting with over 80 representatives from businesses of all sizes, and from a wide variety of sectors and regions, including the bio-tech and pharmaceutical industry.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-10-19.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have indicated that they have non-domiciled status on their tax returns in each of the last five years for which such data is available.
Jane Ellison
The information requested is set out below :
|
Tax Year |
Number of Non-Domiciled Individuals |
Number of UK Resident Non-Domiciled Individuals |
Income Tax Paid by UK Resident Non-Domiciled Individuals (£bn) |
Proportion of Total UK Income Tax (%) paid by UK Resident Non-Domiciled Individuals |
|
2010/11 |
115,100 |
80,900 |
6.09 |
4% |
|
2011/12 |
113,200 |
80,200 |
6.20 |
4% |
|
2012/13 |
116,600 |
81,700 |
6.29 |
4% |
|
2013/14 |
118,200 |
83,000 |
6.56 |
4% |
|
2014/15 |
118,100 |
83,400 |
6.44 |
4% |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-11-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department has used benefit off-flow data in the last three years to calculate remuneration for jobcentre (a) managers and (b) advisers.
Priti Patel
Benefit off-flow data is not used to calculate increases to consolidated pay.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2015-12-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether victims of crime are informed when foreign prisoners are (a) deported and (b) expected to be released.
James Brokenshire
A victim may contact the Home Office directly or make a request via their Victim Liaison Officer (VLO) for information on the progress of a foreign prisoner’s deportation. When a request is received the Home Office will respond to the victim or their VLO on whether deportation is being pursued or has been enforced.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-01-12.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged 65 and over have continued to work in each of the last two years.
Mr Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2016-02-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on debt collection agencies in each of the last seven years.
Joseph Johnson
The core Department has spent £0 on debt collection agencies in the last seven years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report, Uneven Growth: Tackling City Decline, published in February 2016, what steps he plans to take to address the findings of that report on the relative decline of Dundee.
David Mundell
I refer the hon Gentleman to my answer of 4 March 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mowat on 2016-04-11.
To ask the Attorney General, what steps the CPS is taking to improve the conviction rate for hate crimes involving disabled people.
Robert Buckland
The CPS treats all allegations of hate crime, including those involving disabled people, extremely seriously and continues to place priority on this work. Legal guidance on disability hate crime was refreshed in 2015 and a supporting training package was delivered to all CPS lawyers by January 2016. This equips prosecutors with up to date knowledge to inform their decision making and approach to building the strongest cases possible. In addition, a National Scrutiny Panel on disability is assisting with the development of further refinements to policy guidance on crimes against disabled people and the preparation of a joint CPS/Police/HMCTS statement concerning support to disabled victims of crime.