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638448

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	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	National Insurance Credits: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the entitlement of spouses of armed forces personnel posted overseas to claim class three national insurance credits only applies to those who reach the state pension age on or after 6 April 2016.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	53512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>This credit only applies to those who reach state pension age on or after 6 April 2016 because entitlement to the new State Pension, introduced on 6 April 2016, is based on a person’s <strong>own</strong> National Insurance contribution record, unlike the old State Pension scheme where it is possible to ‘derive’ a State Pension based on a spouse or civil partner’s contributions.</p><p> </p><p>Under our state pension reforms, introduced on 6 April 2016, over three million women will gain an average of £11 per week more State Pension by 2030. Around 75 per cent of women (and 70 per cent of men) who reach State Pension age under the new system in the first fifteen years will have a higher value State Pension when compared to the value of the State Pension they would have received under the old system.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/11/2016 16:37:12 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

638004

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2016
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many deceased people are under investigation for overpayment of the state pension; and how long on average such an investigation has taken to conclude in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	53189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s policy is to recover all debt where it is reasonable and cost effective to do so. Therefore, action is taken to try to recover any outstanding recoverable debt from the estate of a deceased debtor. I have assumed for the purposes of answering your questions that by the term ‘investigation’ you are referring to cases where the Department is seeking to recover overpayments from a deceased claimant’s estate as described below.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that after a holding period of 14 days from recording the date of death, the system will automatically check to see if it holds a correspondent (e.g. next of kin or former appointee). If a correspondent exists, the system will auto issue a request for repayment of the outstanding balance.</p><p> </p><p>If no correspondent details are held (i.e. where the deceased person was the previous correspondent), the system will start its weekly search of probate records for a legal estate. I am unable to give an average time for this process but if probate is granted within 2 years of the date of death, a claim letter will be issued to the Executor / Solicitor dealing with the estate – this is done automatically once probate details have auto-downloaded from the Probate Office. If probate is not granted within 2 years of the date of death, no claim will be made and the balance of the debt will automatically be written off.</p><p> </p><p>The current number of State Pension cases for which a search of probate records is being taken forward is not available, as we do not hold validated data that is specific to State Pension.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/11/2016 16:15:49 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

637222

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 23 September 2016 from the hon. Member for Gordon on toilet facilities in Ebury House, Aberdeen.
	tabling member constituency	Gordon
	tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
	uin	53143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>A reply was sent to the Rt Hon member by the Department’s Work Services Director for Scotland, Denise Horsfall, on behalf of the Secretary of State on 16 November 2016.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/11/2016 17:28:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond

638756

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2016
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent from the public purse through the Work Choice programme on employment support for claimants of employment and support allowance in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	53749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The spend on Work Choice is not broken down to benefit level and is therefore not available at the level of detail requested.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/11/2016 17:32:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

637228

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	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, what estimate he has made of the number of social security claimants who were sanctioned for late arrival to advisory meetings in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
	uin	52913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>No estimate has been made as this information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance sanction decisions, by referral reason, is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2016 15:45:52 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

638751

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Brexit: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what work his Department is undertaking with the Department for Exiting the European Union on the process for the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	53816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union has responsibility for overseeing preparations for the withdrawal of the UK from the EU and conducting these withdrawal negotiations in support of the Prime Minister. In doing this it is working very closely with other Government departments, including the Wales Office.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/11/2016 12:48:02 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

634193

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Torbay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether progress has been made on plans to build a new railway station in Edginswell, Torbay.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	uin	52538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>It is for local bodies who are responsible for local transport planning, in conjunction with the Local Enterprise Partnerships to determine if opening a new station and funding passenger rail services is the best way to address local public transport needs and economic growth opportunities. In this case the Department understands that plans for a new station at Edginswell are currently being considered locally.</p><p> </p><p>We are keen to support new railway stations and have made up to £20m of New Stations funding available. Bids need to be received by 25 November and need to be reasonably well developed with at least 25% third party funding contribution by 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/11/2016 15:37:31 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

637197

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on (a) highway maintenance and (b) transport infrastructure in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	53103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p><strong>a) Highway Maintenance</strong></p><p> </p><p>Just over £9 billion has been invested in highway maintenance since 2011:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Highways Network Maintenance</p></td><td><p>1006</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>1073</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>1156</p></td><td><p>4964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highways England Maintenance</p></td><td><p>809</p></td><td><p>708</p></td><td><p>792</p></td><td><p>981</p></td><td><p>955</p></td><td><p>4245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1815</p></td><td><p>1487</p></td><td><p>1865</p></td><td><p>1931</p></td><td><p>2111</p></td><td><p>9209</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> (b) Transport infrastructure in each year since 2011</strong></p><p> </p><p>Investing in transport infrastructure to support a strong economy is at the heart of what the Department does. We have invested over £50 billion in the rail network, strategic road network and local transport since 2011:.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Capital DEL</p></td><td><p>7,777</p></td><td><p>7,934</p></td><td><p>8,537</p></td><td><p>9,389</p></td><td><p>5,961</p></td><td><p>39,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Capital AME</p></td><td><p>-33</p></td><td><p>-61</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>6,695</p></td><td><p>6,544</p></td><td><p>13,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Capital</p></td><td><p>7,744</p></td><td><p>7,873</p></td><td><p>8,549</p></td><td><p>16,084<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>12,505<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>52,755</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Since Network Rail was reclassified in 2014 the Department for Transport has been funding Network Rail through a loan facility (previously Network Rail had borrowed from the Private Sector). In 2014-15 Network Rail was not consolidated within the Departmental Accounts and therefore the Accounts show that we funded them not only through the Network Grant but also this loan, which were budgeted for in CDEL and CAME respectively. For 2015-16, both of these items scored outside of budgets and instead we fully consolidated Network Rail’s income and expenditure in the Accounts. This is reflected in the change in capital spend figures in 2014/15 and 2015/16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 23/11/2016 15:04:00 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

637193

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many working days were lost due to mental illness in his Department in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	53076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>Stress is the biggest contributor to the category of ‘mental health’ illness. Whilst it affects relatively few members of staff compared to other categories for sickness absence, by its nature a significant number of working days can be lost by those with mental health illness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport and its agencies have lost the following number of working days due to mental health illness in the last three financial years:</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 – 27908</p><p>2014/15 – 32946</p><p>2015/16 – 28895</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 23/11/2016 14:52:14 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

638738

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what level tolls at the Severn Bridge will be set from January 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	53757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>Tolls are set by the Severn Bridges Act 1992. The prices that will apply will be confirmed shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 23/11/2016 15:57:54 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden