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58429

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Bolton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid through working tax credits to people in Bolton North East constituency in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	199151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Table 1: Bolton North East constituency Working Tax Credit entitlement</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Total WTC entitlement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£19 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£18 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1<del class="ministerial">7</del><ins class="ministerial">6</ins> million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £ million.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/06/2014 14:42:34 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 12:39:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 939 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

62193

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Conditions of Employment: Bolton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed on zero-hour contracts in Bolton North East constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	200973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/06/2014 16:14:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 200973.pdf title ONS Letter to Member
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

62194

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Pay: Bolton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are paid at a rate below the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation in Bolton North East constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	200967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/06/2014 16:12:48 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name image2014-06-19-162648.pdf title ONS Letter to Member
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64149

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Government spending was in reform of the process of procurement and across central Government in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	202636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has been working with central Government departments to implement a demanding Commercial Reform agenda which is aimed at leveraging the Crown's buying power, deriving better value for money and savings for the taxpayer to support deficit reduction and growth. This work has been carried out across departments and costs are not held centrally.<br> <br> As a result of our work to date, we have made the way we buy goods and services in central Government quicker, more competitive, more transparent, better value and far simpler than before. This has saved the taxpayer £2.9bn in 2010-11, with a further £3.0bn in 2011-12, £3.8bn in 2012-13 and £5.4bn in 2013-14. These savings are all calculated against a 2009-10 baseline and include both recurring and non-recurring items.</p><p>All of this could have been started before the 2010 General Election. However in May 2010 there was no effective central oversight of procurement, commercial skills were lacking and Government didn't even know who its strategic suppliers were, let alone how much was being spent with them.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 03/07/2014 14:54:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

46706

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to increase the availability of credit for small businesses in (a) Bolton North East constituency and (b) England in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	195045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring businesses can access the finance they need for investment and growth.</p><p> </p><p>The Bank of England and HM Treasury announced in November that the Funding for Lending scheme would be focused on lending to businesses to reflect the success that the scheme has had with households. Lending under the Funding for Lending Scheme has totalled over £16bn according to the latest figures.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank is being established to ensure that business finance markets work efficiently and effectively for smaller businesses, and its loan guarantee and investment programmes supported £660 million of lending and investment in 2013 across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of the value of debt finance facilitated to businesses in Bolton North East constituency and England through British Business Bank programmes in the last year is detailed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Enterprise</strong><strong> Finance Guarantee Scheme (drawn down)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Start Up Loans Scheme </strong></p><p><strong>(drawn down)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lending facilitated by the Business Finance Partnership</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton North East Constituency</p></td><td><p>7 Loans with a value of £1.14m</p></td><td><p>24 loans with a value of £117 330</p></td><td><p>North West Region: 462 loans with a value of nearly £ 27m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>2857 loans with a value of £307.6 million</p></td><td><p>13432 with a value over £75m</p></td><td><p>3721 loans provided with a value of nearly £226m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58430

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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	Sleeping Rough: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many rough sleepers there were in each local authority in the North West in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	199273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>As outlined in the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 September 2012, <em>Official Report,</em> Column 32WS, my Department no longer publishes statistics by the former government office regions. National and local authority data on rough sleeping can be found in the Rough Sleeping in England statistical release, which can be found on the Department's website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collectinos/homelessness-statistics#rough-sleeping" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collectinos/homelessness-statistics#rough-sleeping</a>.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>We are investing £470 million over the current spending review period to help local authorities and voluntary sector partners prevent and tackle homelessness, rough sleeping and repossessions. This includes £20 million to support the roll out of the ‘No Second Night Out' standard and protect vital front line services. We have also supported the voluntary sector to deliver 'StreetLink' a national rough sleeping hotline, website and app, to connect rough sleepers to local services.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>On 10 June we announced that over £65 million of funding across Whitehall is being offered to councils and other organisations to tackle homelessness around the country and ensure that vulnerable people can access a range of support and lead independent lives.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 12/06/2014 15:49:47 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58431

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Bolton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) headteachers, (b) deputy headteachers and (c) teachers in Bolton Local Education Authority took early retirement on the grounds of ill-health in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	199211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Between April 2010 and March 2013 there were seven teachers who retired on ill-health grounds from publicly-funded schools in Bolton local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Given the very small number of people involved, the statistics provided have not included a grade or year split to avoid disclosing data on specific individuals.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 11/06/2014 14:25:51 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64167

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to record cases of bullying as reported by victims in schools by counts of cyber-bullying and similar sub-categories.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	202637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>There is no legal requirement on schools to record and report incidents of bullying and we have no plans to introduce one. Schools are free to develop their own approaches to monitoring bullying and exercise their own judgement as to what will work best for their pupils. For some schools, this will involve formal recording of incidents so that they can monitor bullying and identify where it is recurring between the same pupils. Alternatively, some schools may prefer to take a different approach, such as surveying their pupils anonymously to identify trends in bullying, including how safe young people feel at school.</p><p>Schools are held clearly to account by Ofsted for pupil behaviour and safety which includes how they tackle bullying. Inspectors consider the types, rates and patterns of bullying and the effectiveness of the school's actions to prevent and tackle all forms of bullying and harassment, including cyberbullying.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/07/2014 16:24:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64176

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Natural Gas: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that the recent reductions in wholesale gas prices available to energy companies are benefiting consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	202635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>In a competitive market, pricing decisions are a commercial matter for companies.</p><p>Consumers can put pressure on companies to reduce prices by switching to the best deal for them – Ofgem's Retail Market Reforms to deliver a simpler, clear market combined with Government's push to significantly reduce switching times and require suppliers to share consumer data with trusted third parties, should make this easier to do.</p><p>The Government supported Ofgem's recent letter to the largest suppliers, challenging them to explain to consumers the impact of falling wholesale prices on their retail prices. Evidence that large suppliers raise prices more quickly when costs increase than they reduce prices when costs fall was one of the issues underpinning Ofgem's recent referral of the energy markets to the Competition and Markets Authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 03/07/2014 13:19:44 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64326

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on provision for the kennelling and seizure of suspected dangerous dogs; and what changes he expects to make to the regulations on dangerous dogs.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	202747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 6 February 2013 the Government announced, as part of its package of measures to tackle irresponsible ownership of dogs, that it would provide powers for the police to allow suspected prohibited type dogs to be kept with the owners in cases where they considered that the dog was not a threat to public safety. The Government is in the process of making changes to the relevant regulations to enable this power to be available to the police.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/07/2014 15:15:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby