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64002

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed people claimed (a) child tax credits and (b) working tax credits in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	202509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of families in receipt of tax credits containing at least one member identified as self-employed</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Families benefitting from both WTC and CTC</p></td><td><p>Families benefitting from WTC Only</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">170</del> <ins class="ministerial">169</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data from earlier years is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The decrease in the number of self employed households in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ of tax credits in April 2012. This policy change removed a large number of higher income households from the whole tax credits population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In general, there is and has been a long term trend of growth in the number of self employed people.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/07/2014 15:57:45 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 11:57:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 7782 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

62026

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place a copy of 2014DIN07-082 on 2014/2015 Defence Cyber Practitioner Courses in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	200739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>I have placed a redacted copy of the Defence Information Notice 2014DIN07-082 in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 03/07/2014 15:19:25 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name 2014DIN07-082 - REDACTED[1].pdf title Defence Information Notice 2014DIN07-082 previous answer version 5062 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

63961

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Valuation of Life and Health Interdepartmental Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what monetary thresholds were applied to the cost-per-quality adjusted life year quoted in the evidence submitted as part of his Department's work with the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
	uin	202427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As suggested by the evidence submitted as part of the Department's work with the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in 2008, the Department for Transport does not use cost per quality adjusted life year in its analysis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 14:04:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

63962

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Northern Rail on modernising stations on the South Fylde line.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	202376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As owner and manager of the stations on the South Fylde line, it is for Network Rail and Northern to look at improving facilities at the stations on this line, working to develop schemes with other local stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government support and funding for station modernisation and improvements are available through various schemes including Access for All and the National Station Improvement Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 14:02:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

63968

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the match between service levels and passenger demand on each section of the (a) TransPennine Express and (b) Northern Rail franchises.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Between 2002 and 2012 rail demand in the North of England grew by a total of 66% and demand is expected to continue to grow. The Department for Transport is currently preparing its own forecasts of passenger demand for the next franchises to inform the specification.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Northern and TransPennine Express franchises consultation document included information from the Government's Rail Investment Strategy for the period up to March 2019. This set out the number of passengers to be accommodated on services into Leeds and Manchester on a weekday during the morning peak period, as set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Table 2.2 Number of passengers to be accommodated into Leeds and Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Peak Three Hours</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>High-Peak Hour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Forecast demand in 2013/14</p></td><td><p>Extra demand to be met by 2018/19</p></td><td><p>Forecast demand in 2013/14</p></td><td><p>Extra demand to be met by 2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>25,400</p></td><td><p>5,100</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>28,100</p></td><td><p>6,200</p></td><td><p>13,600</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HLOS (2012)</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 15:06:35 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

63969

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the value for money of current levels of service on each section of the (a) TransPennine Express and (b) Northern Rail franchises.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>At a Direct Award or franchise Re-let we carry out value for money assessments (in order to calculate Benefit-Cost Ratios) of changes to service levels but we do not undertake this assessment of the existing base service levels where they carry forward into the new Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, for any large procurement exercise such as a Direct Award or Franchise Re-let, we use externally produced comparators that cover the whole of the franchise to allow us to evaluate the price of any bid that we receive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 14:09:12 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

63972

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the franchise specifications for rail passenger services on the (a) TransPennine and (b) Northern lines contained in his Department's consultation document published on 9 June 2014 will increase the total number of daily (i) peak and (ii) off-peak services on these routes.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises have not yet been decided. A public consultation exercise is being conducted, which will inform these specifications. The consultation can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a>. No decisions on services will be made until the consultation process has finished.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 14:07:17 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

63976

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the franchise specifications for rail passenger services on the (a) TransPennine and (b) Northern lines contained in his Department's consultation document published on 9 June 2014 will lead to a reduction in services for passengers in the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises have not yet been decided. A public consultation exercise is being conducted, which will inform these specifications. The consultation can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a>. No decisions on services will be made until the consultation process has finished.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 13:55:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

64088

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail on the introduction of a passing loop on the South Fylde Line.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	202445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I have had no discussions with Network Rail on this subject. Network Rail is currently undertaking a Long Term Planning Process in consultation with industry, local and other stakeholders to identify priorities for future development of the rail network following the 2014-2019 Control Period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 14:10:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

62961

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Islam
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to raise awareness amongst Muslim couples that Islamic marriages without a legal component are not recognised in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	201474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text A small working group of internal and external stakeholders was established by the MoJ in 2012 to consider why so few mosques are registered for the purpose of conducting marriages. The working group has been exploring what more could be done in communications and guidance within the existing legal framework. The group is also examining how community led approaches could raise awareness of religious marriages which are not recognised by the state and the potential legal consequences. answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 03/07/2014 16:53:02 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson