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1027741

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of imposing sanctions on disabled claimants of universal credit on (a) the subsequent time they spend in receipt of benefit and (b) the likelihood of those claimants subsequently entering and remaining in employment.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	203221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the effect of imposing sanctions on disabled Universal Credit claimants. In our response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Report on Benefit Sanctions (Nineteenth Report of Session 2017-19), the Department committed to evaluating the effectiveness of reforms to welfare conditionality and sanctions. The Department will focus its evaluation on whether the sanctions regime within Universal Credit is effective at supporting claimants to search for work.</p><p> </p><p>Sanctions are only used in a small percentage of cases, and that is when people fail to meet their agreed commitments without good reason. Latest data, published on 19 February 2019 in the Benefit Sanction Statistics, shows that in November 2018, 2.8% of people subject to conditionality on Universal Credit had a deduction taken from their benefit award as a result of a sanction.</p><p> </p><p>When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good cause, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/03/2019 14:28:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 94108 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1037783

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the number of hardship payment awards to sanctioned claimants of universal credit was in each conditionality category for (a) live and (b) full service claimants in each month since August 2015.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	206209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested by each conditionality group is not readily available for Universal Credit Full and Live Service claimants and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Sanctions are only used in a small percentage of cases, and that is when people fail to meet their agreed commitments without good reason. When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good reason, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p><p>However, the information that is readily available is displayed in the table below. This shows the number of Universal Credit Full Service sanction decisions which were followed by a Recoverable Hardship Payment during 2017 and 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Sanction decision month</p></td><td><p>Number of UC Full Service sanction decisions which were followed by a Recoverable Hardship Payment<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Number of people on Universal Credit<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>437,751</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>458,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>481,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>504,748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>513,481</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>527,535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-17</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>551,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-17</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>574,802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>601,921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-17</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>623,565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-17</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>650,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>692,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>717,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>762,909</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>801,401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>856,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>902,317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>1100</p></td><td><p>961,643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>2200</p></td><td><p>1,019,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>2400</p></td><td><p>1,093,073</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The information provided in the provided table is based on preliminary analysis of internal management information and may be subject to future revision. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. Subsequently, figures in the table that are 0 are less than 50.</li><li>The number of people on Universal Credit is published on Stat-Xplore. (<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>)</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/03/2019 14:09:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 94873 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1042289

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	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	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of employment growth which can be attributed to (a) agency work, (b) self-employment and (c) zero-hours contracts in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	209292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Data from the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that since the 2010 election employment has grown, by over 3.6 million, to a record high of 32.714 million. Over 75% of this has come from full-time, permanent employment. And over 75% of the growth since 2010 has come from higher-skilled occupations, which generally command higher wages.</p><p> </p><p>The latest ONS data shows that agency temporary workers represent 1.0% of people in employment.</p><p> </p><p>Self-employed people make up 14.8% of people in employment – up 1.3% points from when comparable records began in 1992.</p><p> </p><p>In October-December 2018 2.6% people in employment had a zero hours’ contract – down from 2.8% the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this answer we provide a table showing the requested trends in different forms of employment. The following points should be noted:</p><ul><li>The ONS publish some of the requested data only in quarterly rather annual format. Annual comparisons are made using quarterly data.</li><li>In some years it is not possible to provide the proportion of net employment growth, as employment in the requested categories of employment fell. For consistency we therefore only provide the net changes in employment levels.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Data on the numbers of people working in agency temping jobs is available quarterly. Oct-Dec 2018 is the most recent data; therefore, this quarter has been used to calculate the requested change on year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Change on year in agency temping level</p></td><td><p>Change on year in employment level</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-Dec 2011</p></td><td><p>36,831</p></td><td><p>17,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-Dec 2012</p></td><td><p>12,019</p></td><td><p>565,759</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-Dec 2013</p></td><td><p>-12,604</p></td><td><p>382,666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-Dec 2014</p></td><td><p>26,361</p></td><td><p>653,578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-Dec 2015</p></td><td><p>15,570</p></td><td><p>595,671</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-Dec 2016</p></td><td><p>-19,207</p></td><td><p>305,424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-Dec 2017</p></td><td><p>-26,884</p></td><td><p>308,505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-Dec 2018</p></td><td><p>19,854</p></td><td><p>443,687</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on the numbers in self-employment is quarterly. Nov-Jan 2019 is the most recent data, therefore this quarter has been used to calculate for the change on year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Change on year in self-employment level</p></td><td><p>Change on year in employment level</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-Jan 2012</p></td><td><p>102,251</p></td><td><p>-44,853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-Jan 2013</p></td><td><p>79,384</p></td><td><p>544,571</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NovJan 2014</p></td><td><p>294,505</p></td><td><p>437,994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-Jan 2015</p></td><td><p>40,775</p></td><td><p>674,611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-Jan 2016</p></td><td><p>120,358</p></td><td><p>537,415</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-Jan 2017</p></td><td><p>146,389</p></td><td><p>306,505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-Jan 2018</p></td><td><p>-34,995</p></td><td><p>393,697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-Jan 2019</p></td><td><p>65,138</p></td><td><p>472,665</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Comparable zero hours contracts data is available annually until 2013, then for Apr-Jun and Oct-Dec each year thereafter. Apr-Jun 2018 is the most recent data; therefore, this quarter has been used for the change on year.</p><p> </p><p>The figures in this analysis are calculated from responses to the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As part of the survey the LFS asks people in employment if their job has flexible working and if so to choose from a list of employment patterns those which best describe their situation. The number of people who are shown as on a zero-hours contract will therefore be affected by whether people know they are on a zero-hours contract and will be affected by how aware they are of the concept. The increased coverage of zero-hours in the latter half of 2013 may have affected the response to this question. Therefore, please do not compare data before 2014, with data from 2014 onwards.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Change on year in zero hours contracts level</p></td><td><p>Change on year in employment level</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>22,514</p></td><td><p>107,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>61,993</p></td><td><p>251,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>333,033</p></td><td><p>255,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct-Dec 2014</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct-Dec 2015</p></td><td><p>104,959</p></td><td><p>595,671</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct-Dec 2016</p></td><td><p>103,022</p></td><td><p>305,424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct-Dec 2017</p></td><td><p>-5,100</p></td><td><p>308,505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct-Dec 2018</p></td><td><p>-57,489</p></td><td><p>443,687</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Apr-Jun 2014, the time period changes from annual to quarterly data, these are not directly comparable periods. It would also not be accurate to compare these periods, as ONS advise there was a rise in awareness of zero hours contracts in late 2013 which caused the numbers to rise.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2019 17:53:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1046104

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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, with referenced to her speech entitled Universal Credit: personal welfare delivered on 11 January 2019, how many recipients of universal credit where payments go to the woman’s bank account are in paid work.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	211355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 211354 question first answered 20/03/2019 13:51:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 97892 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1045519

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to increase the safety of people that use bicycles.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	210578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make cycling and walking safer and easier, which is why the Department for Transport undertook a major cycling and walking safety review in 2018. The response to the review, which was published on 22 November and is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/governments-response-to-the-cycling-walking-investment-strategy-safety-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/governments-response-to-the-cycling-walking-investment-strategy-safety-review</a>, included a detailed two-year action plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/04/2019 09:45:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1039568

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2019
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2019 to Question 203928 and the Answer of 8 January 2019 to Question 205307, on Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000: Fines, if the Speaker's Committee will undertake a review of whether it is an appropriate and proportionate enforcement policy practice by the Electoral Commission for a political party to be fined £6,000 for submitting a quarterly reporting one day after the deadline.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	207584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>It is not the remit of the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, as set out in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, to scrutinise the Electoral Commission’s enforcement policies.</p><p>Parliament made it an offence to deliver, without reasonable excuse, donation reports that are inaccurate or miss the statutory deadline. Parliament gave the Commission investigation and sanction powers for these, and other, offences. Parliament also set out a legal right of appeal for those sanctioned by the Commission, including on the grounds that the amount of the penalty is unreasonable.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 20/05/2019 12:48:14 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1041294

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	208330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>The highest hourly rate paid for Legal Advice by Ministry of Justice and its Arm’s Length Bodies in 2018 was £360 (excluding VAT). <br> <br> <br> Please note that Ministry of Justice, uses Government Legal Advice Services Framework (RM3786) with maximum rate cards agreed with all suppliers on the framework.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/03/2019 17:32:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1027572

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister of State for Immigration plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Tottenham dated 14 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	203222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>I can confirm that a response was dispatched on 20 December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/04/2019 15:40:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1029309

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people have been charged, (b) cases have been taken to court and (c) convictions have been made since the Serious Crime Act 2015 created a new offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	204514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p><br>This is a matter for the Ministry of Justice. The 2017 information from MoJ is available online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017 </a>in the spreadsheet “Outcomes by Offence Data Tool”.</p><p>This can be accessed directly with the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx%20" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx </a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/04/2019 17:42:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

987998

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	179072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>There are no gagging clauses within Home Office contracts or Grant agreements specifically to stop criticism of Home Office Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/04/2019 12:38:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake