Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) Limited Partnerships in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, (b) Scottish Limited Partnerships and (c) Limited Liability Partnerships in England, Wales and Northern Ireland were incorporated in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
(a) Limited Partnerships in England, Wales and Northern Ireland | ||
| England and Wales | Northern Ireland |
2023 | 620 | 43 |
2022 | 854 | 57 |
2021 | 708 | 32 |
2020 | 814 | 40 |
2019 | 752 | 63 |
2018 | 1415 | 349 |
2017 | 645 | 73 |
2016 | 742 | 96 |
2015 | 597 | 64 |
2014 | 526 | 1 |
(b) Scottish Limited Partnerships | |
2023 | 630 |
2022 | 729 |
2021 | 591 |
2020 | 657 |
2019 | 751 |
2018 | 2,689 |
2017 | 4,932 |
2016 | 5,706 |
2015 | 3,884 |
2014 | 3,499 |
(c) Limited Liability Partnerships in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland | ||
| England and Wales | Northern Ireland |
2023 | 4,901 | 26 |
2022 | 5,102 | 42 |
2021 | 5,338 | 48 |
2020 | 4,618 | 47 |
2019 | 4,935 | 62 |
2018 | 5,062 | 89 |
2017 | 8,663 | 72 |
2016 | 8,025 | 68 |
2015 | 6,789 | 130 |
2014 | 8,472 | 148 |
The year in the table provided refers to the financial year ending year, i.e. 2023 means 2022-23 Financial Year.
The data in the tables comes from the annual official statistics publication that Companies House produces: Companies register activities: statistical release 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the Government plans to vote in favour of establishing a budget for the Member State-led, intergovernmental committee at the United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The UN's Fifth Committee (Administration and Budget) is a technical committee which applies appropriate resources to UN mandates and seeks agreement amongst the broadest possible consensus. The UK encourages budget discipline across the UN System and calls for the appropriate level of funding for agreed mandates.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the total funding for (a) the NHS North East London Integrated Care Board and (b) other Integrated Care Boards in London is capital funding.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The total funding received by the North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) and other London ICBs in financial year 2022/23 is set out in the below table (rounded to the nearest 100,000), alongside the relevant capital funding figures. The figures for capital funding exclude IFRS 16 and primary care allocations.
ICB | Total funding | Total capital funding | Capital proportion of total funding |
North Central London | £3,301,800 | £218,600 | 6.6% |
North East London | £3,700,000 | £99,700 | 2.7% |
North West London | £4,645,600 | £213,000 | 4.6% |
South East London | £3,343,100 | £221,900 | 6.6% |
South West London | £2,498,200 | £138,200 | 5.5% |
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was received by (a) North East London Integrated Care System and (b) other London trusts in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The total funding received by the North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) and other London ICBs in financial year 2022/23 is set out in the below table (rounded to the nearest 100,000), alongside the relevant capital funding figures. The figures for capital funding exclude IFRS 16 and primary care allocations.
ICB | Total funding | Total capital funding | Capital proportion of total funding |
North Central London | £3,301,800 | £218,600 | 6.6% |
North East London | £3,700,000 | £99,700 | 2.7% |
North West London | £4,645,600 | £213,000 | 4.6% |
South East London | £3,343,100 | £221,900 | 6.6% |
South West London | £2,498,200 | £138,200 | 5.5% |
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly Second Committee on establishing a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation adopted on 22 November 2023, whether the Government plans to support this resolution.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
The UK strongly supports developing countries' efforts to scale-up domestic resource mobilisation to finance sustainable development.
The UK engaged constructively in the negotiations on the UN tax resolution. However, the UK, alongside many other countries, is concerned that proceeding with a UN convention on international tax at this time would not be the most effective way to achieve these goals. An Explanation of Vote was published on GOV.UK on 22nd November. [LINK]
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Crime Agency International Corruption Unit, what data his Department holds on the (a) number and proportion of permanent staff who were in the unit for more than 12 months, (b) staff attrition rate and (c) average of years of service in (i) anti-money laundering and (ii) anti-bribery in the (A) 2021-22 and (B) 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The International Corruption Unit (ICU) in the NCA investigates serious criminal allegations of bribery and corruption. In 2022/23 86% of staff had been in the unit for more than 12 months compared to 84% in 2021/22.
The ICU staff annual attrition rate was recorded at 5.5% in both 2021/22 and 2022/23. I am unable to provide the average years of staff service.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, published on 22 November 2023, which organisations will receive the £7 million funding to help tackle antisemitism in schools and universities in the next three years.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
Following the Autumn Statement announcement, the government is preparing to issue an invitation for interested organisations to tender, to tackle anti-semitism in schools, colleges, and universities. The department encourages all interested organisations to consider submitting a bid in response to the invitation to tender.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many live births have been recorded at the Barking Birth Centre in each month since it first opened.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The information requested is shown in the attached table and covers the period since December 2012 up to its closure in June 2023.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many live births there were in the Barking Birth Centre in each (a) calendar month and (b) week between January and November 2023.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Department does not hold the information in the format requested. The following table shows the average number of births per week in Barking Birth Centre between January 2023 to June 2023, as the centre closed for live births from that date:
Month and year | Average number of births per week |
Jan-23 | 1.75 |
Feb-23 | 1.25 |
Mar-23 | 1.5 |
Apr-23 | 2.5 |
May-23 | 1.75 |
Jun-23 | N/A |
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of when (a) the Bailiwick of Jersey, (b) the Bailiwick of Guernsey and (c) the Isle of Man will implement a publicly accessible register of beneficial ownership.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
In 2019, the Bailiwick of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey and Isle of Man (the Crown Dependencies) committed to implement publicly accessible registers of beneficial ownership in line with principles adopted by the European Union.
In December 2022, following the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the Crown Dependencies issued a statement announcing that they were pausing work on their public commitments while they sought legal advice.
Currently 14 EU Member States allow public access to their beneficial ownership registers. Gibraltar has maintained a publicly accessible beneficial ownership register since 2020 and has not noted any negative economic impacts resulting from implementation of its public register.
The UK and the Crown Dependencies have differing legal views on implementing publicly accessible registers in light of the CJEU ruling. The UK is satisfied with the lawfulness of our own publicly accessible registers and continues to believe that the CDs could legally implement public registers of their own.
The Home Office is actively engaging the Crown Dependencies to understand their position. We will keep Parliament updated in the weeks ahead.