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724236

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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	Motability
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 18 April 2017 to Question 69687, on Motability, whether his Department plans to collect information on the numbers of people who have had to return a Motability vehicle when migrating between disability living allowance and personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	71848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on how many people had Motability vehicles on DLA. Therefore, we are unable to collect information on the number of people who have had to return a Motability vehicle following reassessment from Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/04/2017 08:14:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

724237

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to make carer's allowance available to carers in receipt of a state pension.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	71855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Where a carer's State Pension is less than Carer's Allowance, State Pension is paid and topped up with Carer's Allowance to the basic weekly rate of Carer's Allowance, which is currently £62.70 a week.</p><p> </p><p>However, where the State Pension paid is higher than £62.70, social security rules operate to prevent Carer’s Allowance and State Pension being paid together, since they are designed to meet the same need i.e. to help maintain income. Paying both benefits together would represent duplicate provision. The relevant legislation is The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 (regulation 4), which can be found at <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/597/pdfs/uksi_19790597_290216_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/597/pdfs/uksi_19790597_290216_en.pdf</a></p><p><br>Where Carer’s Allowance cannot be paid, the person will keep underlying entitlement to the benefit. This gives access to the additional amount for carers in Pension Credit, worth up to £34.95 a week, and even if a pensioner’s income is above the limit for Pension Credit, he or she may still be able to receive Housing Benefit.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 27/04/2017 08:36:09 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

720863

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are seconded to his Department; and how many such staff are seconded from which companies and organisations.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	70961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold a central register of staff seconded into the Department. The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2017 14:55:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

715185

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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	Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people in (a) Batley and Spen constituency, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England who have had a Government-funded leased Motability car removed from their possession in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect information on the numbers of people who have had to return a Motability vehicle. Also, the Department does not have data available on the numbers who have leased a vehicle under the Motability scheme by year and parliamentary constituency. As the information requested is not readily available, it could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Motability is an independent charitable organisation that is wholly responsible for the administration of the Motability scheme, including collating its own management information. Questions relating to this aspect of the scheme’s operation should be directed to Motability itself.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/04/2017 14:53:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

714231

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Maternity Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the average amount of maternity pay received under (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) casual, (d) fixed-term and (e) zero hours employment contracts in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Women wishing to claim Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) do so directly to their employer and are paid SMP as part of their pay. DWP does not deal with these cases, and holds no information on the work patterns of the women wishing to claim.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/03/2017 14:36:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

714251

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Jobcentres: Batley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse from the closure of Batley Jobcentre; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse incurred by moving the operations of that jobcentre to other centres.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The department has always reviewed its offices to make sure it delivers value for money. However, the anticipated costs and savings for each individual Jobcentre is commercially sensitive information. The overall anticipated savings figure was published as part of the last Spending Review announcement.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/03/2017 14:39:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

714253

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Maternity Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the average amount of maternity pay received in the (a) agriculture, forestry and fishing, (b) mining and quarrying, (c) electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, (d) manufacturing (e) water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, (f) construction, (g) wholesale and retail trade, (h) repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, (i) transportation and storage, (j) accommodation and food service activities, (k) information and communication, (l) financial and insurance activities, (m) real estate activities, (n) professional scientific and technical activities, (o) administration and support service activities, (p) public administration and defence, (q) education, (r) human health and social work activities (s) arts, entertainment and recreation and (t) other service activities employment sector in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Women wishing to claim Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) do so directly to their employer and are paid SMP as part of their pay. DWP does not deal with these cases, and holds no information on the sector in which the woman works.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/03/2017 14:45:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

712529

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Swine Flu: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on legal fees in all stages of legal proceedings related to Pandemrix.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	68578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department has spent £33,255.39 on legal fees in all stages of legal proceedings related to Pandemrix. This figure represents the costs of external Counsel and services provided by the Government Legal Department’s Litigation team. In addition, the Department has received support from the Government Legal Department’s Advisory team but this was provided as part of a broader fee arrangement and it is therefore not possible to separately identify the fee element relating to any particular case or group of cases.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/03/2017 16:37:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

685608

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches his Department has employed in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK in each of the last three years; and how many work coaches his Department plans to employ in each such region and part of the UK in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	63215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of work coaches employed by the department in each of the last three years, shown by each nation within Great Britain and also by Jobcentre Plus district can be seen in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of March 2018 we plan to have around 2,500 more Work Coaches in Jobcentres across the nations and regions of Great Britain. However, the final allocation of work coaches will be based on funding, claimant activity and determined by need.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>12,613</p></td><td><p>11,341</p></td><td><p>11,596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>10,855</p></td><td><p>9,723</p></td><td><p>9,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,136</p></td><td><p>997</p></td><td><p>1,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>622</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>750</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> <strong>Jobcentre Plus Region</strong></strong></ins></p></td><td><p><strong>Jobcentre Plus District</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Central England </ins></p></td><td><p>Birmingham &amp; Solihull</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Black Country</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">349</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">326</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>East Anglia</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">272</del><ins class="ministerial">349</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">296</del><ins class="ministerial">326</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Leicestershire &amp; Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">321</del><ins class="ministerial">272</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">327</del><ins class="ministerial">296</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire &amp; Rutland</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">216</del><ins class="ministerial">321</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">242</del><ins class="ministerial">327</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Mercia</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">406</del><ins class="ministerial">216</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">409</del><ins class="ministerial">242</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*Midland Shires</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">406</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">409</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Staffordshire &amp; Shropshire</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">238</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">228</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>Bedfordshire &amp; Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">445</del><ins class="ministerial">238</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">374</del><ins class="ministerial">228</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>East London</p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">288</del><ins class="ministerial">445</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">238</del><ins class="ministerial">374</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">249</del><ins class="ministerial">288</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">246</del><ins class="ministerial">238</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">390</del><ins class="ministerial">249</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">336</del><ins class="ministerial">246</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>North London</p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">555</del><ins class="ministerial">390</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">464</del><ins class="ministerial">336</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>South London</p></td><td><p>624</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">369</del><ins class="ministerial">555</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">361</del><ins class="ministerial">464</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>West London</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">332</del><ins class="ministerial">369</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">362</del><ins class="ministerial">361</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>Durham &amp; Tees Valley</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">353</del><ins class="ministerial">332</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">336</del><ins class="ministerial">362</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>North East Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">352</del><ins class="ministerial">353</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">377</del><ins class="ministerial">336</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>Northumberland Tyne &amp; Wear</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">344</del><ins class="ministerial">352</ins></p></td><td><p>377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">573</del><ins class="ministerial">344</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">523</del><ins class="ministerial">377</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,392</del><ins class="ministerial">573</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">343</del><ins class="ministerial">523</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Cumbria &amp; Lancashire</p></td><td><p>347</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">370</del><ins class="ministerial">343</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester Central &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">371</del><ins class="ministerial">370</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester East &amp; West</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">427</del><ins class="ministerial">371</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">315</del><ins class="ministerial">427</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>East &amp; South East Scotland</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">395</del><ins class="ministerial">315</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>Glasgow Lanarkshire &amp; East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">205</del><ins class="ministerial">395</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>North of Scotland</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">271</del><ins class="ministerial">205</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>West of Scotland</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">392</del><ins class="ministerial">271</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p>Devon Cornwall &amp; Somerset</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">363</del><ins class="ministerial">330</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*Avon Severn and Thames</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">302</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">363</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Gloucestershire &amp; West of England</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">330</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p>Greater Wessex</p></td><td><p>445</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Surrey &amp; Sussex</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">750</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">172</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Wales</ins></p></td><td><p>North &amp; Mid Wales</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">303</del><ins class="ministerial">172</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Wales</ins></p></td><td><p>South East Wales</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">275</del><ins class="ministerial">303</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Wales</ins></p></td><td><p>South West Wales</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">449</del><ins class="ministerial">275</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><ol><li>The number of Work Coaches is expressed as a Full Time Equivalent.</li><li>Numbers rounded to the nearest whole number.</li><li>Numbers may not sum due to rounding</li><li><ins class="ministerial">* Highlights change to District structure</ins></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/02/2017 16:56:41 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2017 16:21:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 35189 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

638435

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Oral Answer of 14 November 2016, Official Report, column 30, what the entire amount spent by his Department was on every stage of legal action defending the under-occupancy penalty; and how many hours, at what cost, officials spent working on that case.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	53598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The total legal costs of the proceedings in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in respect of MA &amp; Others, Re A and Rutherford, which concerned the under-occupancy penalty, as of the 9 November 2016, when the Supreme Court judgement was handed down, was £484,077.94.</p><p>This figure includes the costs of the Supreme Court proceedings in respect of MA &amp; Others, Re A and Rutherford, as of the 9 November 2016, which was £206,842.65. Previous references to this figure were made during an Urgent Question debate and also in a recent PQ answer.</p><p>These can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-14/debates/D5D5E72C-3772-46E6-8A4F-15A8F8EBA19A/Under-OccupancyCharge" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-14/debates/D5D5E72C-3772-46E6-8A4F-15A8F8EBA19A/Under-OccupancyCharge</a></p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=53044" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=53044</a></p><p>It should be noted that the above figures include Counsel’s fees, Government Legal Department litigation fees and other disbursements as well as VAT where payable.</p><p>Government Legal Department litigation have worked approximately 1365.9 hours in relation to these proceedings. Time spent by Government advisory lawyers is not recorded in a manner that allows it to be attributed to individual cases. Time spent by policy officials supporting lawyers is also not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/11/2016 16:39:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin