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61453

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled entrepreneurs have been able to access additional support funding through the Access to Work programme.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	200306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In the financial year April 2013 – March 2014 DWP supported 4066 disabled customers who are registered as self employed through the Access to Work programme. Of which 57 customers were also from The New Enterprise Allowance programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/06/2014 15:48:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

65810

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 letter of 6 March 2014 from the Minister for Disabled People to Macmillan Cancer Support, for what reason his Department does not consider data on clearance times of personal independence payment normal and special rules claims to be robust enough to be included in the published quarterly statistics.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	203902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Releasing information on clearance times at this stage would give an incorrect representation of the process since the system has not yet reached maturity.</p><p>Professional statisticians determine when a series meets the criteria for publication as official statistics. That stage has not yet in their judgement been reached for this information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 14:38:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

65809

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his contribution of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 647, on DWP: performance, how his Department will demonstrate that no claimant is waiting more than 16 weeks for their personal independence payment by the end of 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	203901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication and the Department's analysts are currently considering what information will be included in the release.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 14:14:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

65101

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the data on clearance time for personal independent payments are robust enough to be published; and what timescale he has set for implementing such steps.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	203324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication but releasing them at this stage would give an incorrect representation of the process since the system has not yet reached maturity, and further quality assurance of the data is required. Departmental analysts are currently assessing the quality of this data to ensure it meets the standards set by the UK Statistics Authority before it can be published.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with UK Statistics Authority guidelines, we will pre-announce our intention to release these statistics, at least one month prior to their publication, on the UKSA hub and also on our PIP statistics webpage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 203399 question first answered 07/07/2014 14:32:05 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

65102

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to demonstrate transparency and accountability with specific regard to the level of service provided to customers claiming personal independent payments.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	203323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department has introduced a number of actions to ensure that our levels of service are transparent and claimants are aware of how long their PIP claim might take. Information about estimated journey times is included with the &quot;How your disability affects you&quot; form and by sending a text message acknowledging receipt of this form. We have updated the online information available to claimants and support organisations via gov.uk to include information regarding how long a claim might take.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to regularly publishing details of the numbers of cases we process and the numbers of awards of PIP.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 13:58:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

65808

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his contribution of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 642, on DWP: performance, what level of service his Department expects to provide to meet his aim of providing a personal independence payment system that works for those most in need; and how he will measure success.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	203900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>By the Autumn, we expect no one to be waiting for an asessment for longer than 26 weeks and by the end of the year, we expect no one will be waiting longer than 16 weeks.</p><p>We have committed to two independent reviews of the PIP assessment, the first of which will report to Parliament by the end of this year, and we will carefully consider any recommendations made. The terms of reference for the review are available at:</p><p /> <p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/simplifying-the-welfare-system-and-making-sure-work-pays/supporting-pages/introducing-personal-independence-payment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/simplifying-the-welfare-system-and-making-sure-work-pays/supporting-pages/introducing-personal-independence-payment</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 14:23:33 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

451044

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will commission an assessment of the effect on victims of domestic abuse and their families of the use of common entrances at family courts for both the perpetrators and victims of that crime.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	26113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Every family court has a system to support vulnerable court users. Protective measures are put in place whenever a court is aware that an individual involved in a case may be violent. These can include separate waiting areas, additional security and the use of separate entrances where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of children or women injured by a perpetrator of domestic violence after a Family Court decision relating to child contact is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by manually checking case files in criminal and family courts and matching records.</p><p> </p><p>The family court takes the issue of domestic violence extremely seriously. Where domestic violence or abuse is admitted or proven, any child arrangements order put in place must protect the safety and wellbeing of the child and the parent with whom the child is living, and not expose them to the risk of further harm. In particular, the court must be satisfied that any contact ordered with a parent who has perpetrated violence or abuse is safe and in the best interests of the child.</p><p>Where the court does conclude that direct contact is safe and beneficial for the child, it can impose conditions such as supervised contact to protect the child.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 26114 question first answered 10/02/2016 17:30:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

451049

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children and women were seriously injured by a perpetrator of domestic violence after a Family Court decision to allow child access for a perpetrator of that crime in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	26114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Every family court has a system to support vulnerable court users. Protective measures are put in place whenever a court is aware that an individual involved in a case may be violent. These can include separate waiting areas, additional security and the use of separate entrances where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of children or women injured by a perpetrator of domestic violence after a Family Court decision relating to child contact is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by manually checking case files in criminal and family courts and matching records.</p><p> </p><p>The family court takes the issue of domestic violence extremely seriously. Where domestic violence or abuse is admitted or proven, any child arrangements order put in place must protect the safety and wellbeing of the child and the parent with whom the child is living, and not expose them to the risk of further harm. In particular, the court must be satisfied that any contact ordered with a parent who has perpetrated violence or abuse is safe and in the best interests of the child.</p><p>Where the court does conclude that direct contact is safe and beneficial for the child, it can impose conditions such as supervised contact to protect the child.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 26113 question first answered 10/02/2016 17:30:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

432303

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Nature Conservation: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with Police and Crime Commissioners on the priority afforded to the enforcement of wildlife crime.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	17686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have a range of discussions on a wide variety of subjects. Police and Crime Commissioners are helping to ensure that police forces’ priorities reflect those of the communities they serve, with individual police forces enjoying the flexibility to deploy their resources without unnecessary interference from central government.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 17706 question first answered 01/12/2015 16:49:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

432304

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Wildlife Crime Unit: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Police and Crime Commissioners about the funding of the National Wildlife Crime Unit.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	17706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have a range of discussions on a wide variety of subjects. Police and Crime Commissioners are helping to ensure that police forces’ priorities reflect those of the communities they serve, with individual police forces enjoying the flexibility to deploy their resources without unnecessary interference from central government.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 17686 question first answered 01/12/2015 16:49:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham