First elected: 7th June 2001
Left House: 30th March 2015 (Retired)
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Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 8 March. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law).
This Bill received Royal Assent on 8th March 2012 and was enacted into law.
Mark Hoban has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
The British Business Bank has brought together the management of all the Government lending and investment programmes into a single, commercially minded institution which makes finance markets work better for small firms, allowing them to prosper, grow and support the UK economy.
Between October 1st 2013 and September 30th 2014, six businesses in the Fareham constituency obtained loans which were supported by our Enterprise Finance Guarantee programme. The total value of these loans was £780,000.
In the same period the Bank’s Start Up Loan programme provided loans to 13 entrepreneurs in the constituency with a total value of £56,050.
Small businesses are vital to our economy and our small business owners have driven this economic recovery. The Fareham constituency has benefitted from a number of support schemes. The Start-Up Loan Scheme has provided business advice and 13 loans, with a value of over £56,000, to people starting a business. Since October 2013, 6 businesses have benefitted from the Government’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme with a total value of £780,000.
We are committed to making Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business, and are doing this in a number of ways:
• £10 billion of financing will be unlocked for smaller business over the next 5 years by our British Business Bank;
• Government grants of up to £3,000 for better internet connectivity are available to small businesses;
• The Business Support Helpline is available to provide bespoke information and advice;
• Cuts to corporation tax from 28% to 21%; and
• £2,000 cut from the National Insurance bills of small firms from the new Employment Allowance.
Data for each of the last 3 years on the number of Apprenticeship starts by workplace location is shown in Table 1. Geographic information for workplace location is not available for earlier years.
Table 1: Apprenticeship starts by workplace location
| 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 |
Fareham Constituency | 590 | 640 | 840 |
Source: Individualised Learner Record (ILR) | |||
Additional information on the number of workplaces employing apprentices by geography is published at:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The Department for Education collects information from local authorities on the number of school places in state-funded primary and secondary schools, except special schools, as part of the annual School Capacity Collection. The most recent data available relates to the position at May 2013 and is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2012-to-2013.
Data on the number of school places for the past 12 months is not yet available as this information is currently being collected from local authorities and will be published in due course. The information is not available at constituency level.
Between May 2012 and May 2013, the number of places in primary schools in Hampshire increased by 585 and the number of places in secondary schools increased by 176.
A full list of academies that were awarded an allocation through the latest round is published at:
https://www.gov.uk/academies-capital-maintenance-fund
The Early Years Foundation Stage framework makes clear that providers must have and implement a policy and procedures to promote equality of opportunity for children in their care, including support for children with special educational needs (SEN) or disabilities.
The Government is introducing wide-ranging reforms through the Children and Families Act 2014 to improve provision and support for children and young people with SEN and disabilities from birth up to the age of 25.
The Act requires local authorities to publish a local offer of services for children with SEN or a disability which will include children with cerebral palsy. The local offer will set out in one place information about provision families can expect to be available across education, health and social care for children and young people who have SEN or are disabled, including those who do not have Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans.
The local offer will also provide parents with clear, comprehensive and accessible information about the services and support available and how to access it, including that from Early Years services. This should include relevant services from agencies such as Portage and Early Support, arrangements for identifying and assessing children's needs in the early years and support available to parents to aid their child's development at home.
The offer will make provision more responsive to local needs and aspirations by directly involving families and service providers in its development and review, enabling them to have a greater say in how services and support develop over time.
The new birth to 25 SEN Code of Practice, due to come into force from September 2014, will set out clear expectations for practitioners on how they work together with families of children with SEN or disability to understand their child's needs and help them to access support quickly.
In the June 2013 spending round, 15 smart motorway interventions were confirmed for delivery post 2015. The M27 J4 – J11 was one of 15 locations identified.
The Highways Agency has been progressing traffic modelling, technical/environmental surveys, development of the operational concept and design work. This will support delivery of a programme of smart motorway solutions across the 15 locations.
The information requested is not available.
The latest information published by The Pensions Regulator shows that over 4.7 million eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension. It is not possible to identify how many of these jobholders had no prior pension savings.
The information requested is not available.
Findings from qualitative research with large employers show the overall opt out rate was around 9 per cent. Most individual employers had an opt out rate between 5 and 15 per cent. Opt out is only possible within the opt out window which is one month after being automatically enrolled.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has overall responsibility for monitoring compliance with the new employer duties and employers must register with TPR and state how they are meeting the duties.
We expect around 15,900 medium employers (50-249) to stage between April and June 2014 (based on PAYE information as at 1 April 2012).
Research published by The Pensions Regulator in February 2014 shows that most small to medium employers (91%) were confident that their organisation would have done everything it needed to by the deadline.
The Pensions Regulator expects to publish further information on their Compliance and Enforcement work this summer.
The Pensions Regulator is focusing on educating and enabling employers of all sizes to ensure they are aware of automatic enrolment and understand what they have to do.
The Regulator has implemented an employer journey that consists of a series of letters and emails being sent to employers from 12 months prior to their staging date. As their staging date approaches each email informs the employer at what stage they should be at and also signposts employers to guidance and tools that have been provided by the Regulator.
There is a suite of tools on the Regulator's website including an interactive planning tool to assist employers in getting ready, a staging date tool to find out your staging date, and detailed guides. They have also established a customer support centre for employers to discuss any questions they may have.
The Regulator is also working with intermediaries such as software developers, payroll bureaux and trade body groups to make sure they are able to provide suitable tools, guidance or support if employers require it. Recently an employer advertising campaign has been underway to raise awareness and guide employers to the regulator's website to help them in their preparations.
Throughout the initial roll out of automatic enrolment the Regulator has been assessing the impact of their communications and updating their products to ensure they meet the needs of the changing audience, from the UK's largest employers with thousands of workers, through to those with a small workforce. The Regulator's communications are developed following testing and research and are updated to meet the needs of the changing audience.
Based on research by The Pensions Regulator, levels of employer awareness and understanding of their automatic enrolment duties are high and showing appropriate progress towards employers being able to comply with their duties.
The Government is aware of the capacity challenges facing the pensions industry. DWP is engaging regularly with pension providers to ascertain capacity as we move through the medium employer staging dates.
We are confident that NEST will continue to accept all employers in accordance to their Public Service Obligations and will be able to overcome any challenges of employers going to them late.
Automatic enrolment has been designed so that employers do not need to take advice in order to comply with their duties although we understand that many will choose to pay for advice. The Government engages regularly with intermediaries and believes that there is capacity and interest in the market to meet demand.
The information is shown in the following table.
Mean and median duration (in minutes) to treatment for Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust accident and emergency (A&E) department, 2009-10 – 2012-13. | |||
Year | Number of attendances with a valid Duration to Treatment | Mean Duration to Treatment | Median Duration to Treatment |
2009-10 | 102,395 | 83 | 52 |
2010-11 | 108,101 | 83 | 55 |
2011-12 | 118,719 | 65 | 49 |
2012-13 | 128,728 | 70 | 48 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Analysis Team at the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Notes:
Information on the number of people with dementia has been collected since 2006-07. Information is collected at National Health Service organisation level, and not constituency level. Data on the number of people with dementia in England, Hampshire Primary Care Trust, and the clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) that replaced it, are shown in the following table.
Table 1: Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF): Patients on the dementia register and prevalence rates in England, 2006-07 to 2013-14
Year | Number of Practices1 | Sum of List Sizes1 | Sum of Dementia Register1 | Dementia Prevalence1 (percentage - based on QOF registers) |
2013-14 | 7,921 | 56,324,887 | 348,973 | 0.62 |
2012-13 | 8,020 | 56,012,096 | 318,669 | 0.57 |
2011-12 | 8,123 | 55,525,732 | 293,738 | 0.53 |
2010-11 | 8,245 | 55,169,643 | 266,697 | 0.48 |
2009-10 | 8,305 | 54,836,561 | 249,463 | 0.45 |
2008-09 | 8,229 | 54,310,660 | 232,430 | 0.43 |
2007-08 | 8,294 | 54,009,831 | 220,246 | 0.41 |
2006-07 | 8,372 | 53,681,098 | 212,794 | 0.40 |
Note:
1. Practices, practice list size and number of patients on the dementia register are based only on those GP practices that participated in QOF.
Table 2: Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF): Patients on the dementia register and prevalence rates in the specified CCGs, 2012-13 and 2013-14
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 | ||||||
CCG Name | Number of Practices1 | Sum of List Sizes1 | Sum of Dementia Register1 | Dementia Prevalence1 (percentage - based on QOF registers) | Number of Practices1 | Sum of List Sizes1 | Sum of Dementia Register1 | Dementia Prevalence1 (percentage - based on QOF registers) |
North Hampshire
| 22 | 217,387 | 1,090 | 0.50 | 20 | 218,955 | 1,215 | 0.55 |
Fareham and Gosport
| 21 | 200,959 | 1,277 | 0.64 | 21 | 201,596 | 1,413 | 0.70 |
Portsmouth | 26 | 217,685 | 1,473 | 0.68 | 26 | 218,672 | 1,510 | 0.69 |
South Eastern Hampshire
| 28 | 208,977 | 1,568 | 0.75 | 27 | 209,540 | 1,699 | 0.81 |
Southampton | 36 | 267,765 | 1,376 | 0.51 | 35 | 269,948 | 1,467 | 0.54 |
West Hampshire
| 54 | 543,354 | 4,031 | 0.74 | 52 | 536,744 | 4,295 | 0.80 |
North East Hampshire and Farnham | 24 | 218,868 | 1,079 | 0.49 | 24 | 220,174 | 1,317 | 0.60 |
Note:
1. Practices, practice list size and number of patients on the dementia register are based only on those GP practices that participated in QOF.
Table 3: Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF): Patients on the dementia register and prevalence rates in Hampshire Primary Care Trust, 2006-07 to 2011-12
Year | Number of Practices1 | Sum of List Sizes1 | Sum of Dementia Register1 | Dementia Prevalence1 (percentage - based on QOF registers) |
2011-12 | 146 | 1,334,272 | 8,695 | 0.65 |
2010-11 | 146 | 1,325,050 | 8,288 | 0.63 |
2009-10 | 147 | 1,316,394 | 7,998 | 0.61 |
2008-09 | 147 | 1,298,398 | 7,518 | 0.58 |
2007-08 | 146 | 1,289,145 | 7,109 | 0.55 |
2006-07 | 148 | 1,288,615 | 6,763 | 0.52 |
Note:
1. Practices, practice list size and number of patients on the dementia register are based only on those GP practices that participated in QOF.
Data on childhood obesity are not collected by parliamentary constituency. The data in the attached table 1 and 2 are for the area of Fareham district, Hampshire County and England. The National Childhood Measurement Programme data collection began in 2006-07 and only collects data on two age groups; reception year (4-5 years) and year 6 (10-11 years).
Data on adult obesity and excess weight (overweight and obese) for Fareham district, Hampshire County and England are available from the ‘Local Health Profiles’ using data from the ‘Active People Survey’ commissioned by Sport England. The data are only available for 2012 and are presented as a total figure for males and females. This data is not collected by parliamentary constituency.
- Excess weight defined as the proportion of the adult population who are overweight or obese in 2012
Fareham district 64.8%
Hampshire County Council 65.1%
England 63.8%
- The proportion of the adult population classified as obese in 2012.
Fareham district 26.1%
Hampshire County Council 22.2%
England 23.0%
No estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of supporting people with cerebral palsy.
National Health Service expenditure on cerebral palsy is included in the programme budgeting category ‘neurological problems’, but cannot be separately identified. Aggregate annual NHS expenditure in this category in 2012-13, the latest period for which data is available, was £4.44 billion.
The programme budgeting data return is an analysis of commissioning expenditure by healthcare condition and care centre based on figures provided to NHS England by primary care trusts (PCTs) and PCT successor organisations. Programme budgeting data, as well as further information on how these figures were calculated, can be found on the NHS England website at the following link:
www.england.nhs.uk/resources/resources-for-ccgs/prog-budgeting/
Information is not collected centrally on the age at which children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy and therefore no estimate of the average age of diagnosis has been made.
The age at which a diagnosis of cerebral palsy is made will depend on its severity and type. In some cases it will be diagnosed at birth other cases will be picked up through screening and monitoring.
Under the Healthy Child Programme schedule, babies undergo screening and health checks or immunisations at birth, at 72 hours, at five to eight days, at six to eight weeks, 12 weeks, 16 weeks, six to eight months and 12 months, 2½ years and at school entry.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent organisation established by Government to provide national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. It has published clinical guidance and quality standards on the treatment of diabetes and its complications. The NICE Diabetes Quality Standard is clear that people with diabetes who are at risk of foot ulceration should receive regular reviews by a foot protection team in accordance with its clinical guidance. The Health and Social Care Act (2012) places a duty on NHS England to have regard to the NICE Quality Standards. Clinical commissioning groups (CCG) should also have regard to them in planning and delivering services, as part of a general duty to secure a continuous improvement in quality.
As part of the Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF), general practitioners are remunerated for assessing nerve damage and poor blood supply to the feet in people with diabetes on an annual basis. Information is collected annually both through QOF returns and through the National Diabetes Audit (NDA).
The NDA provides information of local practice against NICE guidelines and can be used by local areas to compare their own performance over time and against others, helping to drive service improvement. The latest published NDA report shows that more than 85% of all those with diabetes in England and Wales, received these checks in 2011-12.
In July 2014, NHS England will be launching the National Diabetes Footcare Audit. This is a new module of the NDA, and will provide information on the effectiveness and quality of the entire diabetes foot care pathway, including the elements delivered in primary, community and secondary care settings.
The Government works with Health Education England, which provides leadership on the training of the health workforce, and the professional regulatory bodies, such as the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, which set professional standards, to ensure that health professionals are appropriately trained in identification and support of children with special educational needs, or cerebral palsy.
Clinical commissioning groups are under a statutory duty to make arrangements to notify the local authority where a provider is of the opinion that a child under compulsory school age has special educational needs (having first discussed this with the child's parents). The Children and Families Act introduces new arrangements for local authorities and health services to work together to support children with special educational needs.
The information is shown in the following table.
The closest geographical boundary to the question is the area covered by NHS Fareham and Gosport Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
Fareham and Gosport CCG General Practice spend 2013-14
General Practitioner Practice Name | Weighted List Size as at Q4 2013-14 | Total Spend 2013-14 (£) | Spend Per Capita – Weighted (£) |
Gosport Health Centre Practice | 8,638.37 | 1,336,261 | 155 |
Portchester Practice | 8,596.25 | 795,373 | 93 |
The Whiteley Surgery | 9,993.36 | 1,180,482 | 118 |
Centre Practice | 15,540.52 | 1,363,476 | 88 |
Gudgeheath Lane Surgery | 7,804.48 | 773,741 | 99 |
Jubilee Surgery | 8,259.15 | 874,108 | 106 |
Stoke Road Medical Centre | 8,752.48 | 905,412 | 103 |
Bury Road Surgery | 4,337.50 | 446,570 | 103 |
Forton Medical Centre | 9,656.23 | 1,125,220 | 117 |
Stubbington Medical Practice | 13,184.17 | 1,240,984 | 94 |
Waterside Medical Centre | 11,926.55 | 1,448,573 | 121 |
Brune Medical Centre | 8,549.08 | 1,118,871 | 131 |
Brockhurst Medical Centre | 4,345.77 | 488,803 | 112 |
Bridgemary Medical Centre | 8,503.24 | 936,475 | 110 |
Fareham Highlands Practice | 15,323.71 | 1,424,597 | 93 |
Westlands Medical Centre | 9,802.59 | 1,075,039 | 110 |
Lockswood Surgery | 10,786.16 | 1,106,611 | 103 |
Lee on the Solent Health Centre | 6,603.07 | 596,335 | 90 |
Brook Lane Surgery | 10,787.97 | 1,209,754 | 112 |
Manor Way Surgery | 4,566.91 | 444,296 | 97 |
Rowner Health Centre | 6,092.44 | 774,137 | 127 |
Totals/Average | 192,050.00 | 20,665,119 | 108 |
Source: NHS England Wessex Area Team
Note:
The average spend per capita figure of 108 is calculated as follows: Total spend 2013-14 (£20,665,119) / Total weighted list size Q4 2013-14 (192,050) = £107.60
The NHS Health Check raises awareness of diabetes and its symptoms by assessing and discussing with participants the risk factors for this disease, along with other conditions relevant to the programme. Between April and December 2013, over 2 million people were offered an NHS Health Check and almost 1 million people took up the offer.
Action for Diabetes, published in January 2014, sets out NHS England's broad vision and direction for supporting improvements in outcomes for people with and at risk of diabetes in the coming years, both as a direct commissioner and by providing support to the commissioning system. The report is available at the following link:
www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/act-for-diabetes.pdf
In addition, NHS Improving Quality is working with NHS England's National Clinical Director for Diabetes to identify potential areas of service improvement. Work focusing on the cardiovascular health of people with diabetic-related foot disease is currently being developed and will be delivered during 2014-15.
Ministers have participated in a number of Parliamentary and external events to raise awareness of diabetes. Diabetes and its effects also feature throughout Living Well for Longer, the Department's recent publication on preventing premature mortality.
The Department does not hold this information centrally, but details of practices identified by NHS England have been sent to area teams.
As part of the changes to the General Medical Services (GMS) contract from April 2014, we have reduced the Quality and Outcomes Framework by more than a third. These changes are intended to free up space for general practitioners to provide more proactive and personalised care for their patients which includes their new responsibility of being accountable for all of their patients aged 75 and over.
These changes were part of changes to GMS contract negotiated with the General Practitioners Committee of the British Medical Association.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent organisation established by Government to provide national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. It has published clinical guidance and quality standards on the treatment of diabetes and its complications. The NICE Diabetes Quality Standard is clear that people with diabetes who are at risk of foot ulceration should receive regular reviews by a foot protection team in accordance with its clinical guidance. The Health and Social Care Act (2012) places a duty on NHS England to have regard to the NICE Quality Standards. Clinical commissioning groups (CCG) should also have regard to them in planning and delivering services, as part of a general duty to secure a continuous improvement in quality.
As part of the Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF), general practitioners are remunerated for assessing nerve damage and poor blood supply to the feet in people with diabetes on an annual basis. Information is collected annually both through QOF returns and through the National Diabetes Audit (NDA).
The NDA provides information of local practice against NICE guidelines and can be used by local areas to compare their own performance over time and against others, helping to drive service improvement. The latest published NDA report shows that more than 85% of all those with diabetes in England and Wales, received these checks in 2011-12.
In July 2014, NHS England will be launching the National Diabetes Footcare Audit. This is a new module of the NDA, and will provide information on the effectiveness and quality of the entire diabetes foot care pathway, including the elements delivered in primary, community and secondary care settings.
Both the Government and NHS England consider Minimum Practice Income Guarantee (MPIG) payments to be inequitable because practices serving very similar populations get paid very different amounts per patient.
As part of the general practitioner contract settlement in 2013, the Department decided to phase out MPIG payments over a seven year period, starting in the financial year 2014-15. The money released by doing this will be reinvested in the basic payments made to all General Medical Services (GMS) practices.
NHS England advises that there are 16 practices in Fareham and Gosport currently receiving a MPIG payment under GMS contracts. Practices that face particular difficulty are encouraged to contact their local NHS England Area Team to discuss any issues so that they can together plan to mitigate these.
Both the Government and NHS England consider Minimum Practice Income Guarantee (MPIG) payments to be inequitable because practices serving very similar populations get paid very different amounts per patient.
As part of the general practitioner contract settlement in 2013, the Department decided to phase out MPIG payments over a seven year period, starting in the financial year 2014-15. The money released by doing this will be reinvested in the basic payments made to all General Medical Services (GMS) practices.
NHS England advises that there are 16 practices in Fareham and Gosport currently receiving a MPIG payment under GMS contracts. Practices that face particular difficulty are encouraged to contact their local NHS England Area Team to discuss any issues so that they can together plan to mitigate these.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent organisation established by Government to provide national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. It has published clinical guidance and quality standards on the treatment of diabetes and its complications. The NICE Diabetes Quality Standard is clear that people with diabetes who are at risk of foot ulceration should receive regular reviews by a foot protection team in accordance with its clinical guidance. The Health and Social Care Act (2012) places a duty on NHS England to have regard to the NICE Quality Standards. Clinical commissioning groups (CCG) should also have regard to them in planning and delivering services, as part of a general duty to secure a continuous improvement in quality.
As part of the Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF), general practitioners are remunerated for assessing nerve damage and poor blood supply to the feet in people with diabetes on an annual basis. Information is collected annually both through QOF returns and through the National Diabetes Audit (NDA).
The NDA provides information of local practice against NICE guidelines and can be used by local areas to compare their own performance over time and against others, helping to drive service improvement. The latest published NDA report shows that more than 85% of all those with diabetes in England and Wales, received these checks in 2011-12.
In July 2014, NHS England will be launching the National Diabetes Footcare Audit. This is a new module of the NDA, and will provide information on the effectiveness and quality of the entire diabetes foot care pathway, including the elements delivered in primary, community and secondary care settings.
On 7 November 2014, the IAEA Director General issued his latest report on the status of Iran’s nuclear programme, which will be discussed at the November Board of Governors (20 – 21 November). The report covers Iran's nuclear programme, the IAEA's efforts to address the Possible Military Dimensions (PMD) of Iran’s nuclear programme, and the nuclear aspects of the Joint Plan of Action (JPoA) with the E3+3. We are grateful for the IAEA’s work, and welcome the confirmation in the report that Iran continues to implement the JPoA.
We have serious concerns about Iran's support for a number of militant groups in the Middle East, including Hizballah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the military wing of Hamas, and Shia militia groups, including in Iraq. This support undermines prospects for peace and stability in the Middle East. We have raised our concerns about such activity during our expanding bilateral engagement with Iran, and will continue to do so.
Bitcoin itself is not regulated. However, the UK’s regulatory perimeter in relation to derivatives is wide and would capture Bitcoin and digital currency derivatives that were futures, options or contracts for difference.
On 3 November the Treasury published a Call for Information, focused on the potential benefits and risks of digital currencies and looking into whether digital currencies could or should be regulated in the UK.
On 3 November the Treasury published a Call for Information on digital currencies. This Call for Information asks whether there are currently barriers to digital currency businesses setting up in the UK, and will consider access to UK bank accounts as part of this.
In October, the Financial Conduct Authority launched its Innovation Hub to provide support to innovative businesses. It has identified helping innovators access bank accounts as an area of priority.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has not issued guidance to vendors accepting digital currencies as payment for goods and services.
In August 2014 the Chancellor announced the Government would undertake a major programme of work looking at the benefits and risks of digital currencies, and look into whether they could or should be regulated.
This question has been passed on to the Presidential Regulation Authority (PRA). The PRA will reply to directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
The publication of details and statistics on new bank authorisations, and changes of control are matters for the independent financial regulators: the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The PRA and FCA published a Review of the authorisation process as part of A review of requirements for firms entering into or expanding in the banking sector: one year on, on 7 July 2014. This followed an earlier review of barriers to entry published in March 2013.
The PRA published its Annual Report and Accounts 2014 in June, which included details of the number of banks and insurance firms authorised between 1 April 2013 and 28 February 2014. The PRA has committed to publish authorisation statistics on an annual basis.
The publication of details and statistics on new bank authorisations, and changes of control are matters for the independent financial regulators: the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The PRA and FCA published a Review of the authorisation process as part of A review of requirements for firms entering into or expanding in the banking sector: one year on, on 7 July 2014. This followed an earlier review of barriers to entry published in March 2013.
The PRA published its Annual Report and Accounts 2014 in June, which included details of the number of banks and insurance firms authorised between 1 April 2013 and 28 February 2014. The PRA has committed to publish authorisation statistics on an annual basis.
The Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority are responsible for overseeing the authorisation of insurance companies. The Treasury does not publish data on authorisations of insurance providers.
This question has been passed on to the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, and they will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Estimates of the Exchequer effect of equalising the tax relief given on employee contributions to pension schemes at 30 per cent are not available.