Tag: 2016

Richard Burgon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

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 systemic financial risk from tranching 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.

01/01/2023
Tom Watson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2016-09-12.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department have applied for career breaks in the last 12 months.

Ben Gummer

Records of applications for career breaks – approved and rejected – are not held centrally and would incur disproportionate costs to determine.

I can confirm, however, that at 31^st August 2016, 26 officials in my Department had commenced an approved career break in the last 12 months.

01/01/2023

Nicholas Soames – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

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%

01/01/2023

Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-01-12.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five most common causes of death of children were in (a) England and Wales and (b) each London borough in (i) 2014, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2005 and (iv) 2000.

Mr Rob Wilson

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

01/01/2023
Baroness Rebuck – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Rebuck on 2016-02-04.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the merger of the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

No assessment has been made of the merger of these two independent organisations.

01/01/2023
Gregory Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-03-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make representations to the Indian government on the incidence of attacks on Christian property and families in parts of that country.

Mr Desmond Swayne

India’s Constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practice and propagate religion. The Indian government has a range of policies and programmes to support religious minorities. However, incidents of discrimination against minority communities in India, including Christians, do still occur.

Officials at the British High Commission continue to discuss minority issues, including religious tolerance of Christians, with civil society, the Indian National Commission for Minorities, with Indian ministers and ministries, and with relevant State-level authorities.

01/01/2023
Karl McCartney – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karl McCartney on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure equality of educational attainment between boys and girls at all key stages.

Nick Gibb

Our goal is to deliver educational excellence everywhere, so that every child and young person can achieve to the best of his or her ability. Girls’ key stage 2 results are better than ever and their entries to mathematics and science A levels have increased by more than 12,000 since 2010. We continue to consider what more needs to be done to support equality in educational attainment, in particular the justified concerns about white working class boys.

01/01/2023

Anne Main – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne Main on 2016-05-03.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have spent on infraction proceedings in each of the last 10 years.

Matthew Hancock

The Cabinet Office, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have incurred nil expenditure on infraction proceedings before the European Court of Justice.

Figures held centrally by the Cabinet Office are set out below, which show costs incurred by other government departments in engaging counsel as a result of infraction proceedings issued against the UK before the Court.

	2010/2011	2011/2012	2012/2013	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017 (year to date)
BIS	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
CO	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
DCLG	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
DCMS	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
DECC	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
DEFRA	Nil	£1,740.00	Nil	Nil	Nil	£8,791.61	£966.66
DfE	£780.00	3,630.00	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
DfT	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
DFID	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
DH	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	NIl	NIl
DWP	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
FCO	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
HMT (HMRC)	£687.50	£3,797.50	£16,610.67	£24,004.95	£6,749.99	£9,834.99	Nil
HO	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
MoD	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
MoJ	Nil	Nil	£2,520.00	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
NIO	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
SO	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
WO	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

*The above represents all data held. We do not hold financial records on these matters before FY 2010/2011.

The UK has never been fined by the European Court of Justice as a result of infraction proceedings.

Costs for departments include costs incurred by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which they are the lead department. While some departments will have incurred ad hoc costs in the pre-litigation stage of infraction proceedings, and costs associated with the attendance of government officials at infraction hearings, the cost of identifying that data would be disproportionate.

Departments do not quantify the cost of time spent by government officials throughout the infractions process.

01/01/2023

Chi Onwurah – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the Digital Economy Bill.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Digital Economy Bill will be introduced to Parliament shortly.

01/01/2023
Jeff Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jeff Smith on 2016-09-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect on consumers of the practice by certain mobile phone companies of enforcing a two-week wait before customers can receive their unlock codes in order to change provider.

Matt Hancock

At Autumn Statement 2015, we challenged the mobile phone industry to improve their handset unlocking practices; since then operators have committed to unlocking many more of their customers’ handsets for free, and as of this autumn, no major mobile provider will charge a customer to unlock their phone outside of an initial contract period.

During the Government assessment of handset unlocking practices in early 2016, the major mobile providers were challenged on their turnaround times for issuing unlock codes. Although many providers state that it can take up to 10 working days to issue an unlock code, this is only in the instance that the provider has to contact the handset manufacturer to obtain the unlocking code. In the majority of cases, providers are able to issue unlock codes within 1-3 working days.

01/01/2023