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1087088

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	o ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release of 11 March 2019, Thousands of places created in new special free schools, where in the South West he plans for those new special free schools providing 500 new places to be located.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	231398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>On 11 March 2019, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, announced the approval of 37 special free schools and 2 alternative provision free schools, providing thousands of new school places for children with special educational needs or those facing additional challenges in mainstream education. This includes the approval of 6 new special schools in the south-west. The schools will open in the following local authority areas: Cornwall, Dorset, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset and Wiltshire. The new school to be opened in Wiltshire local authority will be located in Salisbury and will also cater for students in the surrounding areas.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/03/2019 17:36:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1365674

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Dentistry: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to add dentists to the shortage occupation list.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	68139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) last reviewed whether Dental Practitioners should be included on the SOL in 2019, and did not recommend doing so.</p><p> </p><p>Dentists are an eligible occupation to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker route, subject to the rules and requirements of the route being met.</p><p> </p><p>The main benefits of an occupation being on the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) is a lower salary threshold and reduced visa fees. Dentists already receive these benefits through tradeable points and the Health and Care visa (which also exempts them from paying the Immigration Health Surcharge), so there would be little visible benefit in adding them to the SOL.</p><p> </p><p>Following recommendations in their 2020 review the Government have agreed to review the SOL more regularly, the next review is expected to be in 2022. As with all SOL reviews, the MAC will launch a call for evidence and dental stakeholders will be able to provide their input to this process.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/11/2021 10:57:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

652737

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Bail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on reforming pre-charge bail.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	56340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government plans to reform pre-charge bail through the provisions of chapter 1 of Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Bill, which is currently at Report Stage in the House of Lords.</p><p>In the expectation that the Bill will receive Royal Assent early in the new year, we are working closely with the College of Policing to develop guidance which will form part of the College’s Authorised Professional Practice on Detention, Custody and Bail Management. In parallel, we are working with colleagues at the Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service to develop Criminal Procedure Rules for use by the courts for pre-charge bail extension hearings.</p><p>The Government is also working with the Police, NHS England, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, NHS Wales and the Local Government Association on a series of Memoranda of Understanding to streamline the provision and processing of evidence to enable the police to conclude their investigations within the 28-day initial bail period.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/12/2016 10:57:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

454237

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information police forces hold on the (a) nationality and (b) ethnicity of those (i) arrested for (ii) convicted of sexual assaults against women.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	28000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Under the annual data requirement (ADR), police forces are required to submit data to the Home Office on the ethnicity and sex of persons arrested for sexual offences. These data cannot be broken down to identify the number of arrests for sexual offences against women. Data on the nationality of persons arrested are not collected centrally.</p><p>Police forces hold a range of personal information on the Police National Computer (PNC) and local police databases on those arrested and convicted of any offence, including sexual assaults against women.</p><p>Additionally, the personal information of anyone cautioned or convicted for a sexual offence listed in Schedule 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, including sexual assault, is held on the police dangerous persons’ database, Violent and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR).</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/02/2016 16:17:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

654450

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Nuclear Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implication for her Department's policies on the cyber security of nuclear facilities of the Stuxnet cyber attacks.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	56541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The cyber security of existing and proposed nuclear facilities is a priority for the Government, for which BEIS is the lead department. The Home Office works closely with BEIS to ensure effective security of the UK civil nuclear sector.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/12/2016 17:48:37 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

626724

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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	Pensioners: Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated projected cost is of (a) the basic state pension and (b) additional pensioner benefits by benefit for (i) the lifetime of the current Parliament and (ii) 2020 to 2025.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	51308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the estimated projected costs of pensioner benefits:</p><p> </p><p><strong>DWP Benefit Expenditure directed at pensioners, Budget 2016 forecast, £ million</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Attendance Allowance</p></td><td><p>5,534</p></td><td><p>5,615</p></td><td><p>5,780</p></td><td><p>6,039</p></td><td><p>6,363</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Bereavement Benefits</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Carer's Allowance</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Christmas Bonus - contributory</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Cold Weather Payments</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Disability Living Allowance</p></td><td><p>4,446</p></td><td><p>3,896</p></td><td><p>3,325</p></td><td><p>3,061</p></td><td><p>2,896</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Financial Assistance Scheme</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Funeral Expenses Payments</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Housing Benefit</p></td><td><p>6,243</p></td><td><p>5,866</p></td><td><p>5,573</p></td><td><p>5,348</p></td><td><p>5,352</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Industrial injuries benefits</p></td><td><p>515</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>504</p></td><td><p>509</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Mesothelioma 2008</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Over-75 TV Licence</p></td><td><p>631</p></td><td><p>653</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Pension Credit</p></td><td><p>5,751</p></td><td><p>5,516</p></td><td><p>5,317</p></td><td><p>5,292</p></td><td><p>5,281</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Personal Independence Payment</p></td><td><p>661</p></td><td><p>1,319</p></td><td><p>1,729</p></td><td><p>1,957</p></td><td><p>2,179</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Pneumoconiosis 1979</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Severe Disablement Allowance</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>State Pension</p></td><td><p>91,677</p></td><td><p>94,054</p></td><td><p>97,222</p></td><td><p>100,297</p></td><td><p>103,339</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which basic element</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>69,023</p></td><td><p>68,468</p></td><td><p>68,516</p></td><td><p>68,610</p></td><td><p>68,189</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which earnings-related element (&quot;Additional Pension&quot;, &quot;SERPS&quot; or &quot;S2P&quot;)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18,139</p></td><td><p>17,841</p></td><td><p>17,738</p></td><td><p>17,784</p></td><td><p>17,676</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which Graduated Retirement Benefit</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,170</p></td><td><p>2,110</p></td><td><p>2,068</p></td><td><p>2,041</p></td><td><p>1,999</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which lump sums (covering all contributory elements)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>655</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which new State Pension (excluding protected payments)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>4,550</p></td><td><p>7,726</p></td><td><p>10,664</p></td><td><p>14,242</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which new State Pension Protected Payments (including inherited elements)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which non-contributory (&quot;Category D&quot;)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>State Pension Transfers</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Winter Fuel Payments</p></td><td><p>2,059</p></td><td><p>2,022</p></td><td><p>1,988</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td><td><p>1,959</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total Expenditure directed at pensioners</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>118,174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>120,100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>122,570</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 125,393</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 128,529</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Projections of benefit expenditure to 2025, based on Budget 2015 assumptions and earlier population projections are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432575/ltp-publication-2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432575/ltp-publication-2015.pdf</a></p><p>with more detail at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432576/long-term-projections-pensioner-benefits-tables-2015.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432576/long-term-projections-pensioner-benefits-tables-2015.ods</a>. These are not directly comparable to the numbers provided in this answer due to differing uprating assumptions and underlying population projections.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/11/2016 17:00:55 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

626723

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	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 cost of a real terms increase of (a) 1.5 and (b) 2.5 per cent in the basic state pension in each year to 2025.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	51307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The following table shows forecasts of Basic State Pension expenditure with</p><p>(1) Triple lock uprating using Budget 2016 uprating assumptions</p><p>(2) Real terms increase of 1.5% (CPI + 1.5%) using Budget 2016 CPI assumptions</p><p>(3) Real terms increase of 2.5% (CPI + 2.5%) using Budget 2016 CPI assumptions</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Basic State Pension Expenditure, Budget 2016, under various uprating schemes from 2017/18 to 2020/21, £ billion</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(1) BSP expenditure, Budget 2016</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>68.5</p></td><td><p>68.5</p></td><td><p>68.6</p></td><td><p>68.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(2) BSP expenditure uprated by CPI + 1.5%</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>68.2</p></td><td><p>67.9</p></td><td><p>68.1</p></td><td><p>67.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(3) BSP expenditure uprated by CPI + 2.5%</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>68.9</p></td><td><p>69.2</p></td><td><p>70.1</p></td><td><p>70.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Forecasts to 2025 are not available as the most recent long-term projections were published in summer 2015 and use different uprating assumptions and different underlying population projections to these Budget 2016 based forecasts.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/11/2016 15:42:17 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

600788

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have opted out of workplace pensions in each month since the inception of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	48345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Since automatic enrolment began rolling out in 2012, DWP has collected data on the proportion of automatically enrolled employees opting out of schemes via its Employers’ Pension Provision (EPP) survey, which is run every two years. In 2013, the EPP survey found that the proportion of employees who had opted out of, or left, a scheme after being automatically enrolled was between nine and ten per cent. The 2015 EPP survey findings were similar, with nine per cent of automatically enrolled workers having chosen to opt out.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/10/2016 11:58:52 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

600789

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials employed by the Child Maintenance Service are responsible for (a) identifying and (b) supporting victims of (i) domestic and (ii) financial abuse.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	48346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>During the Child Maintenance Service application process, clients can identify to us that they were subject to domestic violence, and during the process of establishing payment mechanisms we can help with discussing accounts that have no traceable characteristics. These functions are carried out in Applications and New Case teams. However, all caseworkers across both the Child Maintenance Service and Child Support Agency are trained to be sensitive and to take appropriate action, such as signposting to relevant support organisations. As at 30 September 2016, there were over 6500 dedicated caseworkers working across all child maintenance schemes, which excludes team leaders and all managers who would also be able to undertake similar signposting as required.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/10/2016 11:13:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

654490

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities his Department has consulted on the progress of plans for the construction of High Speed 2 since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	56540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department has conducted four consultations since May 2015, all of which relate in various ways to preparation and planning for the construction of High Speed Two. As these were public consultations, all local authorities were of course able to respond to these. The consultations were:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Decision Document HS2 Phase Two: West Midlands to Crewe Property Consultation 2015 (CM 9286). May 2016.</li><li>High Speed Two Phase 2a: West Midlands to Crewe Design Refinement Consultation (CM 9285). September 2016.</li><li>HS2 Crewe to Manchester, West Midlands to Leeds: Route Refinement Consultation 2016. (D1) November 2016</li><li>High Speed Two Phase 2b Crewe to Manchester West Midlands to Leeds: Property Consultation 2016 (D2). November 2016</li></ul><p> </p><p>At the conclusion of each consultation, a list of all respondents is published on GOV.UK</p><p> </p><p>In addition to formal consultation, there is also extensive and ongoing engagement with local authorities along the HS2 line of route.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/12/2016 12:28:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison