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  • Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the stabilisation period in respect of the privatisation of Royal Mail, as detailed in the engagement letter between his Department and the underwriting banks, ends; and how that period has been defined.

    Michael Fallon

    The stabilisation period, also known as a "greenshoe" or "over-allotment" option, is a market-standard provision that allows the Initial Public Offering’s (IPO) stabilisation manager to provide share price stabilisation (if required) for up to 30 days post-commencement of conditional dealings. In the case of the Royal Mail, the stabilisation manager was UBS and the stabilisation period ended on 8 November.

    In the engagement letter, the payment of the discretionary fee was linked to the ending of the stabilisation period. However, we informed the banks involved that a decision would not be taken in the timeframe set out in the engagement letter given the volatility of the Royal Mail share price after the IPO.

    We have not set a rigid timetable for the decision on the payment of the discretionary fee which remains unpaid.

  • Biography information for William Bain – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Biography information for William Bain – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for William Bain on Cabinet Office.

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    Mr Nick Hurd

    This Government has transformed central government procurement to make it more accessible to small and medium sized businesses. We are in the process of implementing Lord Young’s recommendations to create an SME-friendly ‘single market’ in wider public procurement, and we will go even further through reforms in the forthcoming Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill.

  • Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in which years from 1984 to 2010 was there a reduction in the number of workless households.

    Mr Nick Hurd

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

  • FALSE – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    FALSE – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by FALSE on Energy and Climate Change.

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    Baroness Verma

    We are on track to introduce enabling regulations to have the OLR mechanism in place ahead of the first CfD allocation in Autumn 2014. This will include a final version of the Backstop Power Purchase Agreement (BPPA) contract terms that generators will be entitled to. Generators will therefore have a high degree of clarity about the arrangements well in advance of the first auctions. We are shortly publishing a draft version of the BPPA contract terms this week to give generators further clarity on the terms they can expect.

    Whilst the OLR will be in place, generators will not be able to access a Backstop PPA contract immediately, with BPPA contracts being available from April 2016 at the very latest. In light of the time taken to commission projects and the likelihood that a PPA falls away and cannot be replaced, the period between the legislation being in place and the first BPPA contract being available is unlikely to have significant impacts in practice. This process has been tested with stakeholders, including the Offtaker of Last Resort Advisory Group, and we continue to work with Ofgem to bring forward the date when the first BPPA contracts can be awarded.

  • Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to consolidate departmental funding streams into a single national infrastructure fund; and if he will make a statement.

    Danny Alexander

    The Government believes that there is a powerful case for giving local business and political leaders the levers they need to create jobs and drive growth. In ‘Investing in Britain’s Future’, the Government accepted Lord Heseltine’s recommendations to devolve economic power to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) through the creation of the Local Growth Fund (LGF) with over £2 billion of budgets from skills, housing and transport for 2015-16. An area’s allocation from the LGF will be available to be spent on the priorities LEPs and their partners have determined in their strategic economic plans.

    The Government allocated capital funds between programmes at Spending Review 2010 and Spending Round 2013 on the basis of a zero-based review of the economic returns of every central government capital programme, with investment being targeted increasingly at economic infrastructure. Once allocated between programmes, funds were moved into the appropriate departmental budgets to allow departments to deliver those programmes.

  • Biography information for Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Biography information for Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Dominic Raab on Home Office.

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    Damian Green

    The figures provided show the number of police officers per 100,000 population
    in England and in Wales as at 31 March 2013.

  • Philip Hollobone – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Philip Hollobone – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Hollobone on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much financial support his Department provided to Show Racism the Red Card in each of the last three years; and what controls are in place to prevent the use of such monies for party political campaigning.

    Stephen Williams

    The Department for Communities and Local Government provided the following funding to Show Racism the Red Card:

    Calendar Year

    2012 £52,460

    2013 £105,077

    2014 £47,427

    Total £204,964

    We are satisfied that the funding for Show Racism the Red Card was used for purposes outlined in the funding agreement – the provision of education workshops to equip young people with skills to reject the divisive messages of groups like the English Defence League – and that no funding was used for purposes of a political nature. Conditions in the funding agreement prevent funds being spent on anything other than educational work (including a prohibition on any political campaigning) and their status as a charity further preludes them from engaging in political activities.

  • Biography information for James Clappison – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Biography information for James Clappison – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for James Clappison on Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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    Hugh Robertson

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office receives daily updates from our posts in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. We have offered practical support. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), spoke to the Israeli Foreign Minister on 17 June about this issue. I also discussed this issue with both Israeli and Palestinian authorities during my visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories between 18-19 June.

  • Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department’s cost of defence output categories taxonomy.

    Mr Philip Hammond

    The Ministry of Defence’s cost of defence taxonomy is as follows:

    Frigates
    Aircraft Carriers
    Destroyers
    Lynx Mk 3/8
    Minehunters
    Patrol vessels
    Survey vessels and Ice Patrol
    RW (SAR)
    Test, Simulation
    Landing Platform Dock
    Landing Platform Helicopter
    Landing Ship Dock
    Sea King Mk 7 ASaC, Mk 5 SAR
    Army Manning/Training Margin
    Army phase 1 training
    Army phase 2 training
    Army phase 3 training
    Defence CBRN Wing
    Civilian Training
    Light Brigades
    Air Assault Brigade
    Armoured Brigades
    Attack Helicopters
    Support Helicopters
    Mech Brigades
    RAF Force Protection
    RAF Reserves
    Royal Marines
    RNR and RMR
    Logistic Brigades
    2 MED Brigade
    Defence Medical Services
    Artillery Regts
    Engr Regts
    Signals Regts
    HQ Theatre Troops
    Commitments staff
    PJHQ, JFHQ, Theatre HQs
    Battle-Space Command and Control Communications and Information Systems
    IS and Communications Capability Projects
    Deployed Ops supporting units
    Deployable HQ
    Maritime Warfare Centre
    Joint Combat Aircraft
    Tornado
    Nuclear Deterrent
    Nuclear Estate
    Merlin
    Ship Submarine Ballistic Nuclear
    Ship Submarine Nuclear
    Estate Disposals
    MOD Estate
    Regional Prime Contracts
    Service Families Accommodation
    Single Living Accommodation
    Supporting infrastructure (utilities)
    Sustainability (DE&S War Reserves / Op Stocks)
    IS for Logistics
    Permanent Joint Operating Bses
    A400M
    BAe125
    BAe146
    C17
    Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft
    Hercules
    Tristar
    VC10
    Auxiliary Oiler
    Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment
    Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    Forward Repair Ship
    Joint Casualty Treatment Ship
    Defence Intelligence Staff
    ASTOR
    E3-D
    Rivet Joint
    Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
    Electronic Warfare
    UK Air Surveillance and Control
    Army Joint and Collective Training
    Specialist Training
    Defence Academy
    RAF Joint and Collective Training
    RN Joint and Collective Training
    RAF Manning/Training Margin
    RAF phase 1 training
    RAF phase 2 training
    RAF phase 3 training
    Army Cadets
    Army Recruiting
    RAF Cadets
    RAF Recruiting
    RAF Aerobatic Team
    RN Cadets
    RN Recruiting
    Regional Forces – Northern Ireland
    Regional Forces – Germany
    Regional Forces – GB
    SIT Outputs
    Army Reserves
    RN Manning/Training Margin
    RN phase 1 training
    RN phase 2 training
    RN phase 3 training
    MOD Police and Guarding
    Special Forces
    Typhoon
    Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing

  • Mike Crockart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Mike Crockart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Crockart on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether households in Scotland on the feed-in-tariff scheme will continue on that scheme for the duration of their contract in the event of a Yes vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.

    Gregory Barker

    The UK and Scottish Governments have both said that there can be no pre-negotiations on what the terms of Scottish independence might be before the referendum takes place on 18 September.