Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the revenue raised in each of the last four years from machine games duty on (a) Type 1, (b) Type 2 and (c) Type 3 machines; and if he will list the revenue raised in each of the last four years from remote gaming duty.
Answered by Andrew Jones
Total receipts from Betting and Gaming duties are published here:
https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx
A breakdown of revenue for Machine Games Duty and Remote Gaming Duty is included in this publication. A separate breakdown for revenue from Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 machines is not available.
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to extend the broadcasting of court proceedings.
Answered by Dominic Raab
Broadcasting of live footage of the UK Supreme Court is already allowed. Since 2012, judgements and sentencing decisions in cases before the Court of Appeal, in both criminal and civil divisions are also broadcast.
In 2016 we conducted a not for broadcast test for judges’ sentencing remarks in eight Crown Court centres.
We will consider the lessons learnt from this test before considering next steps so to ensure that proper safeguards are introduced and that parties are treated fairly and their rights are respected.
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Penalty Fair, the Intellectual Property Office study of criminal sanctions for copyright infringement available under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, what plans his Department has to strengthen the penalties for online copyright infringement.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
This Government is committed to tackling intellectual property crime and is carefully considering the findings and recommendations of ‘Penalty Fair’, the independent review on criminal sanctions for copyright infringement.
Appropriate next steps may include a public consultation, as recommended in the review, giving rights holders, members of the public and all copyright and internet interest groups the opportunity to provide their views. The implementation of any change would need careful consideration to understand its potential impact.
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to what programmes the Government has provided technical assistance to support reform of financial and economic governance in Ukraine; and how much the Government has provided to those programmes in each of the last three years.
Answered by Justine Greening
The UK Government has committed £10 million over financial years 2014/15 and 2015/16 to support governance and economic reform in Ukraine. This includes work with partners including the Government of Ukraine; civil society; a trust fund with the World Bank; an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development focussed on anti-corruption; a partnership with the German government on public financial management; support to asset recovery; support to donor coordination; and humanitarian assistance.
During the financial years 2012/13 and 2013/14 the UK Government did not provide Ukraine with bilateral assistance.
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government plans to provide to Ukraine through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund under each category of expenditure.
Answered by David Lidington
The House will be informed of Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) allocations for 2015/16 in due course, via a Written Ministerial Statement.
This financial year, the CSSF’s precursor, the Conflict Pool, provided £9m in support to Ukraine on a range of programmes which included gifting non-lethal equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, treating wounded Ukrainian servicemen, supporting the Organisation for Security and Co-oporation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission, building strategic communications capacity, as well as providing peace building activities.
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what technical and financial assistance the Government is planning to provide to Ukraine in 2015-16.
Answered by Justine Greening
The UK Government has committed £10 million over financial years 2014/15 and 2015/16 to support governance and economic reform in Ukraine. This includes work with partners including the Government of Ukraine; civil society; a trust fund with the World Bank; an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development focussed on anti-corruption; a partnership with the German government on public financial management; support to asset recovery; support to donor coordination; and humanitarian assistance.
During the financial years 2012/13 and 2013/14 the UK Government did not provide Ukraine with bilateral assistance.
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish draft regulations for community amateur sports clubs; and what his policy is on when those regulations will come into force.
Answered by Priti Patel
Draft new regulations for Community Amateur Sports Club scheme were published by HM Revenue & Customs on 9 October. A consultation document explaining how the new regulations will work was published at the same time. The consultation will close on 5 November.
The new regulations are expected to come into force on 1 April 2015.
HMRC will register a club as a Community Amateur Sports Club from the beginning of the accounting period in which the club applied for registration if the club is eligible for Community Amateur Sports Club status under the new regulations and met all conditions of the scheme at the time their application was submitted.
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy that sports clubs qualifying for community amateur sports clubs status under proposed regulations will be able to backdate that status to the date of application.
Answered by Priti Patel
Draft new regulations for Community Amateur Sports Club scheme were published by HM Revenue & Customs on 9 October. A consultation document explaining how the new regulations will work was published at the same time. The consultation will close on 5 November.
The new regulations are expected to come into force on 1 April 2015.
HMRC will register a club as a Community Amateur Sports Club from the beginning of the accounting period in which the club applied for registration if the club is eligible for Community Amateur Sports Club status under the new regulations and met all conditions of the scheme at the time their application was submitted.
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged over 50 were on NHS hospital waiting lists for in-patient treatment on the latest date for which figures are available.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The information is not collected in the format requested. Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times are collected and published each month and include information on the number of patients who are waiting to start treatment at the end of the month. However, these data do not include information on either the age of these patients or whether their treatment will involve inpatient treatment. Latest data shows 3.1 million patients were waiting to start treatment at the end of June 2014.
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received about the implications of the proposed EU Package Travel Directive on insolvency protection for consumers; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jenny Willott
BIS officials are in regular contact with a variety of organisations which have a particular interest in the implications of the proposed Directive, including the elements covering insolvency protection for consumers. Those organisations are among the 42 which responded to this Department's Call for Evidence on the Proposal for a New Directive on Package Travel and Assisted Travel Arrangements. Responses commenting on the insolvency protection proposals were received from a wide range of organisations, representing the interests of the travel trade, consumers, tourism, and legal firms.