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date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Spectacles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged between (a) 1 and 16, (b) 17 and 30, (c) 31 and 50, (d) 51 and 65 and (e) over 65 years wore spectacles in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the numbers of people who wear spectacles.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 08/07/2014 15:25:30 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1027741

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date	18/12/2018
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	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of imposing sanctions on disabled claimants of universal credit on (a) the subsequent time they spend in receipt of benefit and (b) the likelihood of those claimants subsequently entering and remaining in employment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the effect of imposing sanctions on disabled Universal Credit claimants. In our response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Report on Benefit Sanctions (Nineteenth Report of Session 2017-19), the Department committed to evaluating the effectiveness of reforms to welfare conditionality and sanctions. The Department will focus its evaluation on whether the sanctions regime within Universal Credit is effective at supporting claimants to search for work.</p><p> </p><p>Sanctions are only used in a small percentage of cases, and that is when people fail to meet their agreed commitments without good reason. Latest data, published on 19 February 2019 in the Benefit Sanction Statistics, shows that in November 2018, 2.8% of people subject to conditionality on Universal Credit had a deduction taken from their benefit award as a result of a sanction.</p><p> </p><p>When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good cause, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/03/2019 14:28:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma previous answer version 94108 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1665685

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ARAP applicants who applied (a) before and (b) during Operation Pitting are awaiting a decision on their application from his Department.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	203221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>As of 19 October 2023, 178 ARAP applications submitted before Operation PITTING are awaiting an eligibility decision. 267 ARAP applications submitted during Op-PITTING are awaiting a decision.</p><p> </p><p>We only have approximately 1,000 complex cases awaiting an eligibility decision from over 95,000 principal applications received. We are working hard to resolve these remaining cases, often working alongside other Government Departments.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/10/2023 15:22:20 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey