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44954

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the working population of Rossendale and Darwen constituency is employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
	tabling member printed	Jake Berry
	uin	193530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <blockquote><p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p></blockquote><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 193530 ONS 137.pdf title Working Population - ONS Letter
	tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

43581

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how disputed child tax credits claims will be managed under the universal credit system.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Mike Crockart
	uin	192385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>Currently the child element will be awarded to the parent with whom the child or qualifying young person normally lives. Where separated parents both share the care of a child or qualifying young person they are expected to jointly nominate which of them has the main responsibility.</p><p>Where parents are unable to come to an agreement themselves, a determination will be made. This will take account of where the child normally lives and who has the main day to day responsibility. </p><p>The proposed approach to Universal Credit was set out in a White Paper &quot;Universal Credit: Welfare that Works&quot; and in draft Regulations upon which a wide range of organisations responded to in the consultation exercise carried out by the Social Security Advisory Committee.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 192380 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3967 label Biography information for Mike Crockart

43582

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation his Department has had with groups representing separated parents on steps to ensure universal credit makes shared parenting a financially viable option for parents who do not have family-based financial arrangements in place.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Mike Crockart
	uin	192380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>Currently the child element will be awarded to the parent with whom the child or qualifying young person normally lives. Where separated parents both share the care of a child or qualifying young person they are expected to jointly nominate which of them has the main responsibility.</p><p>Where parents are unable to come to an agreement themselves, a determination will be made. This will take account of where the child normally lives and who has the main day to day responsibility. </p><p>The proposed approach to Universal Credit was set out in a White Paper &quot;Universal Credit: Welfare that Works&quot; and in draft Regulations upon which a wide range of organisations responded to in the consultation exercise carried out by the Social Security Advisory Committee.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 192385 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3967 label Biography information for Mike Crockart

42886

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued on the requirement to have £16,000 or less in savings for eligibility for income-based jobseeker's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	191792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>For Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), guidance on the requirement to have £16000 or less in capital and savings is in the JSA procedural guidance. Corresponding guidance for Decision Makers is in the Decision Makers Guide, chapter 29.</p><p> </p><p>Public facing communications are available via the:</p><p>· Government website <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>;</p><p>· information leaflet INF4: changes you must tell us about; and </p><p>· Jobseeker's Allowance: help while you look for work leaflet.</p><p> </p><p>There has always been a level above which income-based JSA was not payable if savings were held since 1996.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

42874

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote small business entrepreneurial skills for people who are currently unemployed.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	191768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Government is keen to promote and provide support to help people start and build their own business. One of the ways we are doing this is through the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA).</p><p> </p><p>The NEA provides access to business mentoring and financial support for people on benefits interested in starting up their own business. The financial support consists of a weekly allowance payable over 26 week's worth up to £1,274. If participants need start-up capital they may also apply for an unsecured loan through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills start-up loan scheme.</p><p> </p><p>So far 32,520 businesses have been created and 56,700 claimants have started working with a mentor.</p><p> </p><p>We announced in the Autumn Statement our intention to extend the scheme through to 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

44148

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit sanctions in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency were (a) issued and (b) dropped following requests for reconsideration or appeal in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	192798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

44417

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	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 her international counterparts on the control of legal highs; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	193090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>My officials and I have been having ongoing discussions with a <br />number of international partners regarding new psychoactive substances to <br />help inform the review, which I announced to Parliament on 12 December 2013, <br />and which is considering how the UK's domestic response can be strengthened. This has <br />included discussions during the UK presidency of the G8, in the EU on the <br />Commission's latest proposals for controlling new psychoactive substances at <br />EU-level and more recently, at the Commission for Narcotic Drugs 57th Session <br />in Vienna.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

44094

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision she has made to allow charities and expert groups to contribute to the expert review into new psychoactive substances.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	192962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 192912 192914 192915 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44095

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the members of the expert panel into new psychoactive substances are; and what the list of witnesses to be called is.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	192914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 192912 192915 192962 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44096

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish the findings of the expert review of new psychoactive substances.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	192915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 192912 192914 192962 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson