Asked by: Stuart Blair Donaldson (Scottish National Party - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the Land Registry to publish data on which foreign countries own which land property titles in England and Wales.
Answered by Anna Soubry
Land Registry has no plans to publish data on which foreign countries hold land and property titles in England and Wales.
Asked by: Stuart Blair Donaldson (Scottish National Party - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government has taken to make property ownership by foreign companies more transparent.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The Prime Minister stated during a speech made in Singapore on 28 July that he will consult on the best way forward to extending what we ask of UK companies to foreign companies.
He has also asked Land Registry from this autumn to publish data on which foreign companies own which land and property titles in England and Wales.
Asked by: Stuart Blair Donaldson (Scottish National Party - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to reform company law to require the disclosure of beneficial controlling interests of offshore companies.
Answered by Anna Soubry
From next year companies registered in the UK will be required to hold a register of people with significant influence or control over them. This information will be filed with Companies House, which will maintain a central, publicly accessible register.
Asked by: Stuart Blair Donaldson (Scottish National Party - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the annual cost to businesses of inconsistent broadband coverage.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
An estimate of the annual cost to businesses due to inconsistent broadband coverage would quickly be out of date given the rate at which superfast broadband coverage is being extended. Under the government-funded broadband programmes each week we continue to see a further 40,000 premises able to access superfast broadband speeds. Through government investment of over £780 million, superfast broadband is available to over 80% of homes and businesses in the UK compared to 45% in 2010 and by the end of 2017 it will be available to 95% of homes and businesses.
Asked by: Stuart Blair Donaldson (Scottish National Party - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the name, responsibilities and pay band are of each special adviser in her Department.
Answered by Karen Bradley
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Parliamentary Question 5983, by my Rt Hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 13th July 2015.
Asked by: Stuart Blair Donaldson (Scottish National Party - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to help families protect a missing person's financial and legal affairs.
Answered by Dominic Raab
Such arrangements are a devolved matter in Scotland but I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for York Outer on 15 June 2015 regarding our proposals for England and Wales, which can be found at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&member=4079&uin=1400.
Asked by: Stuart Blair Donaldson (Scottish National Party - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2015 to Question 5750, when figures for after August 2014 will be available.
Answered by Priti Patel
The figures are already available. The response to Question 5750 included links to statistics for periods beyond August 2014.
Asked by: Stuart Blair Donaldson (Scottish National Party - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the name, responsibilities and pay band are of each special adviser in his Department.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office today.
Asked by: Stuart Blair Donaldson (Scottish National Party - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the name, responsibilities and pay band are of each special adviser in her Department.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department has not undertaken a comparative assessment between energy consumption reductions attributable to smart meters and those attributable to future energy efficiency developments other than smart meters. Energy efficiency measures are generally complementary and decisions on each policy are taken based on their own merits taking into account the impact of other policies.
Asked by: Stuart Blair Donaldson (Scottish National Party - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the name, responsibilities and pay band are of each special adviser in her Department.
Answered by Nick Gibb
I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Parliamentary Question 5983 given by the Minister for Cabinet Office, my Rt Hon. Friend the member for West Suffolk (Matthew Hancock MP) on 13 July 2015.