The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-08.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that discussions are held with any relevant third parties regarding the boundaries of the proposed enterprise zone near Coleraine in relation to proposed private sector developments on adjacent land.
Danny Alexander
Designating the boundaries of the pilot Enterprise Zone in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-28.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in income tax relief was added to the personal pensions of higher rate taxpayers in 2013-14.
Mr David Gauke
Figures for 2013-14 are not yet available.
The latest available estimates (from 2011-12) of the number of people receiving income tax deductions for their personal pension contributions and the value of deductions by different income levels can be found in Table 3.8 at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/276037/tables3-1_3-11.pdf
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions on climate change he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive.
Gregory Barker
My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on climate change.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-06-11.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in each constituency in Northern Ireland were in receipt of child benefit during 2013.
Nicky Morgan
The latest information on the number of families receiving Child Benefit, by each parliamentary constituency, local authority and region is available in the HMRC snapshot publication “Child Benefit Statistics Geographical Analysis. August 2013”. This can be found at:
Table 6 has this information by Westminster Parliamentary Constituency.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Pakistan expressing disapproval of the recent decision in that country to prosecute a nine month old child for planning a murder.
Hugh Robertson
This is a matter for the Pakistani authorities. However, I am pleased to hear that charges against the child have now been dismissed by a judge.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-28.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Equitable Life policyholders are expected to benefit from the compensation scheme.
Andrea Leadsom
Around 1 million policyholders are eligible for a payment from the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were in the Army Cadets in Northern Ireland on 1 January 2014.
Anna Soubry
On 1 January 2014 there were 1,422 members of the Army Cadet Force and 598 members of the Army Combined Cadet Force in Northern Ireland.
In addition there were 397 Adult Volunteers.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-06-11.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory definition of a personal service company to enable HM Revenue and Customs to make a better informed assessment of those using such devices to artificially reduce income tax.
Mr David Gauke
There are currently no plans to create a statutory definition of a personal service company. Working through a personal service company does not indicate that a person is artificially reducing their tax.
The Government keeps all areas of the tax system under review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has updated its advice given to UK nationals in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, South Sudan and Gabon or who are considering visiting those countries following the recent outbreak of Ebola in the region.
Mark Simmonds
We have updated our travel advice for the following countries to notify travellers about the recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease: Guinea, Senegal, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania and Cote d’Ivoire.
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
We advise people travelling to the affected region to check the health advice issued by the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC).
http://www.nathnac.org/ds/map_world.aspx
We will continue to monitor the situation in each country to ensure that our travel advice is up to date and accurate.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has held with education ministers in the devolved legislatures on proposals for English baccalaureate certificates and reforms of A-levels.
Elizabeth Truss
The Secretary of State met the Minister for Education for Northern Ireland and the Minister of Education and Skills for Wales on May 13 2013, along with Ofqual’s Chief Regulator Glenys Stacey, to discuss proposed reforms of GCSEs and A levels.
In line with the concordats between the Department for Education and the Northern Ireland Government, we give the Ministers of the devolved Governments advance notice of our intentions wherever possible. Department for Education and Ofqual officials meet regularly with their counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland to discuss matters of common interest and share information. This includes GCSE and A level reforms in their respective administrations.