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754484

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voting Behaviour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure people can vote only once in an election.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	6701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Voting more than once at a General Election or at other national polls such as a referendum is a crime which carries a financial penalty.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We take this matter very seriously. I have raised this issue as a priority with the Electoral Commission, and will consider carefully the findings of their report on electoral registration at the 2017 General Election, as well as their upcoming report on the administration of that poll.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is possible to determine whether an individual has voted twice at a General Election by checking the marked register of those who have voted. If anyone has evidence of someone voting twice, then they should report this to their local returning officer and to the police.</p><p> </p><p>I have also written to the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) to reiterate the Government's support for the police to make every effort to investigate reports of criminal behaviour in relation to elections.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to consider if further steps should be taken to ensure the integrity of the electoral system and where opportunities could exist to reiterate that voting more than once at the General Election or other national polls is illegal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/09/2017 13:26:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

754489

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff at HM Revenue and Customs are employed on a sub-contractual basis.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	6702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>As of June 2017, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) had a headcount of 67,421 paid staff and employed a further 497 contractors. The contractors therefore represent 0.74% of the combined headcount. These figures do not include contractors working for Revenue and Customs Digital Technology Services, or external service suppliers who provide IT or other services to HMRC.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/09/2017 16:00:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

754609

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel claimed the Armed Forces Independence Payment in each year (a) before 6 April 2005 and (b) from 6 April 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	6700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) was not introduced until 8 April 2013. The number of currently serving Armed Forces personnel who claimed AFIP in each Financial Year since that date is set out below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AFIP Claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>36*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The higher number of claimants in Financial Year 2013/14 includes those who were eligible to claim retrospectively from the date of inception of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme on 6 April 2005.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>AFIP only becomes payable once an individual leaves the Armed Forces and is in receipt of a Guaranteed Income Payment of 50% or more, under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/09/2017 14:10:26 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

754942

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Bury St Edmunds
	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 constituents in Bury St Edmunds constituency have had their personal independence payments overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	6703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsideration decisions where the award was changed by year since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituency of Bury St Edmunds.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table 1 - Number of Mandatory Reconsiderations decisions where the award changed by financial year of decision.</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of Mandatory Reconsideration</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/ 15</p></td><td><p>2015/ 16</p></td><td><p>2016/ 17</p></td><td><p>2017/18 (April 17 only)</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury St Edmunds</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2 below shows the Number of appeals found in favour of appellant by financial year, data from Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table 2</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Bury St Edmunds constituency<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td><td><p>Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)<sub>2</sub></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>By financial year - from April to March.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. As such, appeal volumes in HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service in the Year 2013-2014 are low.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2017 11:54:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

754943

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants moving from disability living allowance to personal independence payment have been awarded less than they were receiving through disability living allowance in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each year since April 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	6704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of applicants moving from disability living allowance to personal independence payment who were awarded less than they were receiving through disability living allowance between April 2013 and October 2016, the latest date for which figures are available.</p><p> </p><p>Table – Decreased awards following reassessment for PIP in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and England &amp; Wales.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Bury St Edmunds</p></td><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>England &amp; Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan to Dec 2013</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan to Dec 2014</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>15,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan to Dec 2015</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>58,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan to Oct 2016</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>135,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>209,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2017 11:39:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

754945

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 personal independence payment claimants has the original decision on their application overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration, (b) the lodging of an appeal, without that appeal being heard and (c) an appeal hearing in each month for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	6706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>a) Statistics on outcomes of Mandatory Reconsiderations split by month can be found in published statistics in tables 7B of: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p><p>These statistics relate to normal rules claims (i.e. excluding special rules cases for the terminally ill).</p><p> </p><p>b) The following table gives the number of decisions overturned by DWP after an appeal had been lodged, but before the appeal was heard by the tribunal for the period Apr13-Mar17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month/Year<br> cases were settled</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>3400</p></td><td><p>4300</p></td><td><p>2500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>‘#’ Fewer than 50 claims in this category</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2013 and March 2017 11,000 cases were settled by the Department after the Mandatory reconsideration had taken place and an appeal been lodged, but before the tribunal hearing.</p><p> </p><p>c) Quarterly statistics on overturned cases at appeal can be found in published statistics from the Ministry of Justice in table SSCS.3 of: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#history</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 6270 question first answered 06/09/2017 10:39:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

710828

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tax Yields: Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total annual revenues were from all land-based accident and rescue charities across the UK for each financial year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	67728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold information on total tax revenues from charities that can be broken down to this level of detail.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/03/2017 11:42:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

711009

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the accelerated access review.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	67897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the recommendations in the Accelerated Access Review with its key partners and will provide a formal response shortly.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 20/03/2017 16:50:55 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

711011

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Drugs: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many technology appraisals NICE has undertaken for medicines which have successfully passed through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme; and what the NICE recommendation was for each of those appraisals.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	67898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that it has published seven technology appraisals on products that have received a positive scientific opinion through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme. Information on NICE’s recommendations for each appraisal is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 20/03/2017 17:37:07 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name PQ67898 attached table.docx title PQ67898 attached table
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

711017

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Drugs: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account NICE takes of the fact that medicines have successfully passed through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme due to high unmet medical needs when undertaking technology appraisals.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	67809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that it takes the opinion provided by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency into account, where it is considered relevant to its recommendations. NICE offers companies the opportunity to meet with NICE and NHS England to discuss feasibility/applicability of proposed plans to collect data during the Early Access to Medicines Scheme period which could inform a NICE evaluation. NICE endeavours to schedule these topics into its work programme as soon as possible, so that it can produce timely guidance.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 20/03/2017 16:53:19 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill