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228305

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total cost was of the GREAT campaign launch in Shanghai; what the cost was of each element of that launch; and if he will publish a list of attendees at that launch.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	228206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

228286

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of small firms and shops likely to be affected by the planned reduction in business rates in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	228218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 business rate bills, bringing the total support of 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement polices to £1.4 billion. This help includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>doubling small business rate relief for a further year. In England, this means an estimated 400,000 properties will pay no rates at all, while a further 200,000 properties will benefit from tapered relief;</li><li>a 2% cap on the increase of the small business rates multiplier. This is a continuation of the 2% cap introduced in 2014-15 as part of Autumn Statement 2013 measures;</li><li>increasing the temporary discount for shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000 from £1,000 to £1,500 for 2015-16, benefitting an estimated 200,000 properties in England; and</li><li>extending the existing transitional relief scheme for two years for properties with a rateable value up to and including £50,000.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These measures are in addition to previous Autumn Statement measures that continue into 2015-16, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>a 50 per cent discount for 18 months to new occupants of vacant shops;</li><li>allowing businesses to keep their small business rate relief for a year where they take on an additional property;</li><li>business rates relief for empty new builds; and</li><li>allowing businesses to pay their business rate bills over 12 months, in order to assist with their cash flow.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Central Government also now funds 50% of any additional local discounts granted.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on a constituency basis, but Pendle constituency lies entirely within the boundary of Pendle Borough Council. Table 1 (attached) shows the estimated number of properties in 2015-16 within the boundary of Pendle Borough Council that benefit from business rates measures extended in this year’s Autumn Statement. Table 2 (attached) presents the same information for properties within Lancashire County Council.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 20/03/2015 12:51:49 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 228218 Stephenson.docx title Table 1 and Table 2
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228236

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Diesel: Health Hazards
	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 help reduce the health problems caused by exposure to diesel fumes at work.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	228022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Occupational exposure to Diesel Engine Exhaust Emissions (DEEEs) is subject to the provisions of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH).</p><p> </p><p>These provisions require employers to prevent exposure to hazardous substances or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately control it.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides guidance for both employers and employees, giving practical advice on how employers should control exposure to DEEEs in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is also undertaking research to better understand the current exposure profile of workers in GB, including assessing the impact of changes in fuel and engine technology on occupational exposures to DEEEs.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/03/2015 17:00:45 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228237

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Radiation: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has produced on the prevention of health problems caused by exposure to solar radiation at work.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	228023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Guidance on the prevention of health problems caused by exposure to solar radiation at work can be found on the following page of the Health and Safety Executive’s website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/occupational-disease/cancer/solar-radiation.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/occupational-disease/cancer/solar-radiation.htm</a>”</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/03/2015 17:05:26 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228238

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Carcinogens
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the cost to the UK economy of carcinogen exposure at work.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	228024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>HSE currently publish estimates of the total cost to the economy of occupational injuries and ill health arising from current working conditions. These totals do not include the costs of long latency diseases, such as occupational cancer, which are due to past working conditions. To address this gap, HSE is currently finalising estimates of the economic costs of occupational cancer in Great Britain. This research will value the impacts to individuals, employers, taxpayers and society as a whole from cases of work-related cancer diagnosed each year, and these estimates will be the first of their kind in the world. HSE will publish the results of this research in summer 2015.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/03/2015 17:08:22 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228239

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration is to date spent claiming jobseeker's allowance by people who have returned to Jobcentre Plus after being on the Work Programme for two years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	228025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The information as 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 23/03/2015 16:33:12 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228246

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will direct Jobcentre-plus districts to address the geographical variations in the distribution of jobseeker's allowance sanctions as set out in the report by Crisis entitled Benefit sanctions and homelessness: a scoping report, published March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Dame Joan Ruddock
	uin	228286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We deploy a comprehensive monitoring regime to check that sanctions are applied appropriately across our network. Where any site is making significantly more or fewer referrals, an independent team reviews their activity to ensure sanctions are being applied appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/03/2015 16:47:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	190 label Biography information for Dame Joan Ruddock

228247

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Work Programme: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of recipients of employment and support allowance referred to the Work Programme in (a) Blackpool South constituency and (b) Blackpool local authority area moved into sustained employment in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	228267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The information showing the number of Work Programme Referrals, Job Outcomes and Sustainment Payments, up to December 2014, by various geographies can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/03/2015 17:12:59 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

228248

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance (JSA) sanctions there were per 100 JSA claimants in each London borough in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Dame Joan Ruddock
	uin	228288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) sanctions, by various geographies, is available and published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Claimant count JSA figures are published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These figures will enable the information requested to be estimated.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/03/2015 17:13:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	190 label Biography information for Dame Joan Ruddock

228249

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Work Capability Assessment: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people appealed against a work capability assessment decision in (a) Blackpool South constituency and (b) Blackpool local authority area since the introduction of such assessments; and how many and what proportion of those appeals were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	228268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available by constituency or local authority.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data for Work Capability Assessments was released on the 12 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-claims-made-to-june-2014-and-appeals-to-dec-2014" target="_blank">ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to June 2014 and appeals to Dec 2014 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/03/2015 16:52:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden