Written and Oral Questions to Ministers

LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES: RURAL AREAS

21st July 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve service delivery by local authorities in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.

NATIONAL SECURITY

21st July 2015

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will assess the vulnerability of the UK to economic and financial warfare when developing the National Security Strategy.

RURAL AREAS: INNOVATION

21st July 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase innovation in the rural economy; and if she will make a statement.

PRODUCTIVITY

21st July 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of employee ownership on national productivity; and if he will make a statement.

EDUCATION: QUALIFICATIONS

21st July 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.13 of the report Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, published in July 2015, what qualifications he intends to abolish; and if he will make a statement.

OFFICE OF TAX SIMPLIFICATION

21st July 2015

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional responsibilities he intends to give to the Office for Tax Simplification; and if he will make a statement.

BUSINESS INNOVATION

21st July 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage greater business participation in the Horizon 2020 research and innovation framework programme; and if he will make a statement.

SCIENCE: FINANCE

21st July 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 8.3 of the document Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, what areas and markets are of strategic importance and potential to the UK economy; and if he will make a statement.

PENSION FUNDS

21st July 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of UK pension fund (a) equity assets, (b) fixed income assets, (c) real estate assets, (d) private equity assets, (e) private equity assets (f) infrastructure assets, (g) hedge fund assets and (h) cash held in (i) the UK and (ii) overseas.

APPRENTICES: TAXATION

21st July 2015

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what level he intends to set the apprenticeship levy; and if he will make a statement.

DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT

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