Tag: Ian Mearns

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Mearns on 2015-12-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) company groups and (b) vessels qualified for the tonnage tax scheme in each year since 2008-09.

Mr David Gauke

The table below shows the number of tonnage tax groups and vessels that have reported tonnage tax profits in each year since 2008. The latest data available are for 2013.

Year	Tonnage tax groups	Vessels
2008	80	1,190
2009	80	1,070
2010	80	1,080
2011	75	1,050
2012	75	1,140
2013	70	1,080

Notes:

1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Mearns on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the recommendation in the Low Pay Commission’s Spring 2016 report on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) that HM Revenue and Customs investigation of third party reports of NMW breaches be subject to a public protocol.

Nick Boles

The Government is carefully considering the non-rate recommendations in the Low Pay Commission Spring 2016, and will respond in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Mearns on 2016-07-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have been transferred from disability living allowance to personal independence payments in the last three years.

Penny Mordaunt

Information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearances by type (e.g. awarded/disallowed after or before referral to the assessment provider or withdrawn), for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)), is published on Gov.UK: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk

Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Mearns on 2015-12-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total (a) gross and (b) net revenue has been collected by HM Revenue and Customs from companies in the tonnage tax scheme since 2000-01.

Mr David Gauke

The table below shows estimated tax liabilities due to tonnage tax for each year from 2000-01 to 2013-14 (the latest year for which data are currently available):

Tax	Tax Liabilities
Year	£m Rounded
2000-01	1.4
2001-02	2.3
2002-03	2.9
2003-04	3.1
2004-05	3.4
2005-06	3.9
2006-07	4.3
2007-08	4.3
2008-09	4.4
2009-10	4.6
2010-11	4.6
2011-12	4.4
2012-13	4.2
2013-14	3.6

Notes: 1. The latest data for 2013/14 are provisional and may be subject to change.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Mearns on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on convening a cross-government and stakeholder working party on the application of the national minimum wage for seafarers; and when he expects that working party to meet.

Nick Boles

The application of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for seafarers continues to be considered by the cross-Government working group which is reviewing the implementation of the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011.

The Government is working with key stakeholders through this working group to agree and finalise revised guidance on the NMW for seafarers which will be published shortly.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Mearns on 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) apprentice ratings and (b) officer cadets the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has trained in each year since 2009-10.

Mr Julian Brazier

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) started an Apprentice scheme with Ratings in 2015 and so far 50 apprentices have started training.

The numbers of Officer Cadets the RFA has trained in each year since 2009-10 are as follows:

2009-10	25
2010-11	25
2011-12	25
2012-13	25
2013-14	25
2014-15	25
2015-16	30 (to date)

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Mearns on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the recommendation in the Low Pay Commission’s Spring 2016 report on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) that HM Revenue and Customs investigation of third party reports of NMW breaches be subject to a public protocol.

Nick Boles

The Government is carefully considering the non-rate recommendations in the Low Pay Commission Spring 2016, and will respond in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Mearns on 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 1.17 of the UK National Strategy for Maritime Security, published in May 2014, how many policy decisions in relation to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been taken to date by the ministerial working group on maritime security.

Penny Mordaunt

The Ministerial Working Group has not made any policy decisions on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). The role of the RFA in providing logistic support to the Royal Navy (RN) is implicit within the support that the RN provides in delivering the National Strategy for Maritime Security.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Mearns on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on convening a cross-government and stakeholder working party on the application of the national minimum wage for seafarers; and when he expects that working party to meet.

Nick Boles

The application of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for seafarers continues to be considered by the cross-Government working group which is reviewing the implementation of the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011.

The Government is working with key stakeholders through this working group to agree and finalise revised guidance on the NMW for seafarers which will be published shortly.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Mearns on 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to paragraph 1.17 of the UK National Strategy for Maritime Security, published in May 2014, how many meetings there have been of the ministerial working group on maritime security.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

As Chairman, I write to the members of the Ministerial Working Group on maritime security biannually with operational and policy updates, the most recent of these was on 19 November. The Ministerial Working Group intends to meet in 2016 to discuss the implications of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review.