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1013080

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date	23/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electronic Commerce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department is providing to online vendors on the rules for online and distance selling after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	195054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement recently agreed between the United Kingdom and the European Union, current European Union rules relating to distance and online sales will remain in place in the United Kingdom until the end of the Implementation Period. This means businesses will be able to trade on the same regulatory terms as now up until the end of 2020.</p><p>Businesses can find regularly updated guidance on rules affecting distance sales on the Business Companion website: <a href="https://www.businesscompanion.info/en/quick-guides/distance-sales/consumer-contracts-distance-sales" target="_blank">https://www.businesscompanion.info/en/quick-guides/distance-sales/consumer-contracts-distance-sales</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/12/2018 17:17:11 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1013091

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the (a) diagnosis, (b) treatment and (c) awareness among medical professionals of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in (i) Oxfordshire and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	195086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>To support clinicians in diagnosing and managing complex regional pain syndrome, guidance on the condition is available from a variety of authoritative professional sources. Advice from the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and a copy of the Royal College of Physicians guidance can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy/complex-regional-pain-syndrome-adults" target="_blank">www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy/complex-regional-pain-syndrome-adults</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.rnhrd.nhs.uk/page/79" target="_blank">www.rnhrd.nhs.uk/page/79</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:08:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1013092

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of claimants of Universal Credit that have had deductions of more than 40 per cent from their Standard Allowance as a result of overpayments made by (a) computer and (b) other administrative error.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	195087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible for a deduction of more than 40 per cent of the Standard Allowance to be made as a result of overpayments whether made by a computer or other administrative error.</p><p> </p><p>When an overpayment deduction is being applied, then it has to be within the overall 40 per cent limit for deductions (reducing to 30 per cent from October 2019). The maximum deduction that can be taken for overpayments that have occurred due to computer or administrative error is either 15 per cent (standard rate) or 25 per cent (in receipt of UC with earnings) of the standard allowance. The 40 per cent maximum is only applied to overpayments caused as a consequence of fraud. As last resort deductions are higher up the deduction priority order, they will already have been taken as third party deductions, and as such the total deduction cannot exceed the 40 per cent maximum.</p><p> </p><p>For example:</p><ol><li>Last resort deduction for arrears of rent at 10%;</li><li>Last resort deduction for arrears of gas at 5%;</li><li>Last resort deduction for arrears of electricity at 5%;</li><li>Arrears of overpayment caused by error for a claimant with earnings. The maximum deduction rate for this is 25% but as 20% is already being taken for the third party deductions above, only 20% will be taken for the overpayment, so as not to exceed the 40% limit.</li></ol><p /><p>More generally, it is possible for the 40% ceiling to be breached but only when there is a Fraud Penalty or Sanction or an Advance repayment which means that some or all of the Last Resort Deductions cannot be applied while remaining within the 40% ceiling. If it is nevertheless in the claimant’s best interests to apply the Last Resort Deductions, then the ceiling can be breached. At this point, anything lower down the priority order (such as overpayments) would not be deducted.</p><p> </p><p>The Deduction Priority Order can be found here (p. 72) - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/683470/benefit-overpayment-recovery-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/683470/benefit-overpayment-recovery-guide.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 03/12/2018 17:57:37 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1013093

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of claimants of tax credits that will not be eligible for universal credit as a result of the savings limit qualification.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	195088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We have, however, made an estimate for the number of tax credit claimants with capital in excess of £16,000 likely to be managed migrated, across Great Britain, which is around 35,000.</p><p> </p><p>As announced on 7 June 2018, for claimants with capital exceeding £16,000 who are managed migrated onto Universal Credit by the Department, any capital which exceeds the limit will be disregarded for 12 months, which means they are entitled to Universal Credit. This protection period for claimants is contingent on parliamentary approval of the required legislation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 16:21:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1013122

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to date of the Government's CAP IT system.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	195104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Delivery Programme was a combined effort between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Rural Payments Agency, Government Digital Service and other bodies to develop new systems and processes to support the implementation of the CAP in England. It was established in 2012 to address failings in how it was previously delivered and to adapt to the increased complexity of the new CAP.</p><p> </p><p>More information on the programme costs and benefits can be found at: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-accounts-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/early-review-of-cap-delivery-programme-15-16/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-accounts-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/early-review-of-cap-delivery-programme-15-16/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Programme for England was formally closed in March 2017 at a cost of £216 million. Since programme closure it has cost circa £3m per year to make year on year improvements to the system such as making it available online and on-going maintenance and support.</p><p> </p><p>Costs incurred in other regions is a Devolved issue.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/12/2018 13:40:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1013135

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Blaenau Gwent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 13 November 2018 to Question 188789 on Social Security Benefits: Blaenau Gwent, what the total number of appeals made for both those benefits were in that same (a) constituency and (b) timeframe; and what proportion of those appeals were successful.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	195064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals</p><p> </p><p>In the Blaenau Gwent constituency, 170 appeals were completed in relation to PIP in 2017-18. Of these, 79% (130 appeals) were successful.</p><p> </p><p>40 appeals were completed between April and June 2018, the latest date for which statistics have been published. Of these, 79% (30 appeals) were successful.</p><p> </p><p>These figures include all PIP appeals; so they will contain appeals where claimants appealed for a higher PIP award as well as those appeals against a disallowance decision.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Constituency geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p><p> </p><p>Since PIP was introduced 3.5m decisions have been made nationally up to June 2018, of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appeals</p><p> </p><p>Information on appeal outcome by claim start date and Parliamentary Constituency is available on Stat-Xplore under “ESA Work Capability Assessments”.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p> </p><p>https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Between April 2014 and March 2018, 3.5m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made nationally, of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 03/12/2018 17:27:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1013136

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many claimants who were overcompensated through the Civil Service Injury Benefit Scheme have had to repay monies upon reaching retirement age in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	195114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Annual allowances payable under the Civil Service Injury Benefit Scheme are reviewed each year and reduced where appropriate to take account of retirement pensions that become payable wholly or partly out of public funds. The information about claimants who have been overcompensated can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 195115 question first answered 03/12/2018 16:45:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1013146

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Contraceptives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all data collected by his Department relating to waiting lists for contraceptive provision in (a) GP practices and (b) community sexual and reproductive health services.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	195070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Data on waiting lists for contraceptive provision is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:03:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1013147

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Contraceptives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average spend per woman on prescribed contraceptive services is by (a) local authority, (b) clinical commissioning group and (c) parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	195071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:07:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1013150

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the total (a) NHS England budget and (b) his Department's budget (i) has been spent on mental health services in each of the last five years, (ii) is planned be spent on mental health services in 2018-19 and (iii) is planned to be spent on mental health services in each year from 2019-20 to 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	195072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s budget is not spent directly on mental health services. The bulk of the Department’s budget is managed by NHS England, which is responsible for improving health and care outcomes for people in England. NHS England collates information on mental health expenditure for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and specialised commissioned services. Other areas of direct commissioning also provide mental health services, most notably general practitioners, but NHS England does not currently collect details of spend on mental health in these areas.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s mental health spend for 2016/17 and for 2017/18 are published in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health dashboard, and the planned spend for 2018/19 is due to be published shortly. The dashboard also reports national CCG mental health spend as a percentage of overall CCG programme allocation.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows specialised mental health spend and the total of CCG and specialised mental health spend as a percentage of CCG and specialised programme allocations for 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 using data from the mental health dashboard where relevant. The table also provides this information for 2013/14 and 2014/15, although this information is not included in the mental health dashboard.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England mental health spend, as a proportion of overall health spend 2013/14-2017/18</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CCG mental health spend</p></td><td><p>Specialised mental health spend</p></td><td><p>Total CCG and specialised mental health</p></td><td><p>CCG and Specialised mental spend as a % of allocation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>7,819</p></td><td><p>1,764</p></td><td><p>9,583</p></td><td><p>12.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>8,289</p></td><td><p>1,790</p></td><td><p>10,079</p></td><td><p>12.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>9,148</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p>10,979</p></td><td><p>13.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>9,723</p></td><td><p>1,879</p></td><td><p>11,602</p></td><td><p>13.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>10,080</p></td><td><p>1,896</p></td><td><p>11,976</p></td><td><p>13.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS England</p><p> </p><p>The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health dashboard is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/</a></p><p> </p><p>For future years, the Government announced its long term financial settlement for the National Health Service in June. This will represent an increase of £20.5 billion in real terms by 2023/24. The Government has asked the National Health Service to develop a long-term plan which will set out a vision for the health service and ensure every penny is well spent, this will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 03/12/2018 17:18:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth