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577438

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Remittances: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount of remittances by EU A8 citizens resident in the UK since May 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	45350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Treasury has made no estimate of the number of remittances made since May 2004.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/09/2016 16:44:18 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

577439

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: EU Internal Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue that UK banks and financial institutions receive through passporting rights within the EU since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	45351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Over 5,000 UK firms, including banks, investment firms and insurance companies, hold passports which enable them to provide their financial services and establish branches in other EU Member States. Excluding banks more than three-quarters of all of the firms in the EU that use passporting under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive are based in the UK. However, passporting rights are conferred under several different pieces of EU legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Supervisory authorities record passport notifications, including into which Member State the passport is being used, but there is no detailed record of the type or scale of their use. The Treasury is engaging with business to further understand the issues affecting the financial services industry as the UK prepares for negotiations to leave the EU, including how firms make use of the different passports available to them.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/09/2016 16:54:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

577442

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2016 to Question 44669, how many tax credit (a) awards have been considered and (b) error or fraud cases have been identified and corrected since the beginning of the contract between SYNNEX Concentrix and HM Revenue and Customs.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	45573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and SYNNEX-Concentrix have arrangements for regular and frequent communications including weekly and monthly meetings as well as other discussions on a day-to-day basis.</p><p> </p><p>Since the beginning of the contract between SYNNEX-Concentrix and HMRC in November 2014 to 11 September 2016, SYNNEX-Concentrix have considered around 667,000 cases of which around 103,000 cases have been amended</p><p> </p><p>The total savings in Annually Managed Expenditure were £2.3 million in 2014-15, £122.3 million in 2015-16 and £159.5 million in 2016-17 to mid- August 2016. The total to date is £284.1 million since commencement of the contract in November 14.</p><p> </p><p>SYNNEX-Concentrix has achieved the 75 day service level agreement throughout the contract period to date.</p><p> </p><p>Since the contract variation in October 2015 to the end of August 2016, there have been a) 13 Amber Green Failures, b) 9 Amber failures, c) 10 red failures and d) 13 Black Failures of Key Performance Indicators. During this same period there have been 1,410 checks of these indicators.</p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the contract, the average waiting time for SYNNEX-Concentrix to answer telephone calls has been 6 minutes and 53 seconds and the maximum waiting time for one individual was 1 hour 5 minutes and 34 seconds.</p><p> </p><p>Since the contract commenced in November 2014 to mid-August 2016, the average length of time taken between SYNNEX-Concentrix starting to work a mandatory reconsideration and SYNNEX-Concentrix making a decision is 23 days.</p><p> </p><p>These cases are not generally erroneous, but tend to arise when further information is provided by the claimant, allowing SYNNEX-Concentrix to review the case after the initial decision has been made.</p><p>There are currently no tax credit Mandatory Reconsiderations being worked by SYNNEX-Concentrix that are over the target timescale. The table below provides the number of mandatory reconsiderations and appeals that have been received in each financial year since the commencement of the contract.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number Received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">365</del><ins class="ministerial">383</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17 to <del class="ministerial">mid-</del><ins class="ministerial">31</ins>August 16</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">167</del><ins class="ministerial">169</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mandatory Reconsiderations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number Received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">436</del><ins class="ministerial">76</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2042</del><ins class="ministerial">7904</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17 to <del class="ministerial">mid-</del><ins class="ministerial">31</ins>August 16</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7989</del><ins class="ministerial">3495</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total number of appeals received is about 0.08% of all decisions SYNNEX-Concentrix made in the same period. The total number of Mandatory Reconsiderations received is about 1.6% of all decisions SYNNEX-Concentrix made.</p><p> </p><p>Tax credits claimants are asked to provide information within 30 days when undergoing checks for error and fraud.</p><p> </p><p>The information about the estimate of the number of recipients of child tax credit and working tax credit whose payments have been erroneously stopped in each year from 2010 to date is not available in the form requested.</p><p> </p><p>However, if a claimant believes that an incorrect decision<del class="ministerial">s</del> has been made, they are able to request a review (now known as a Mandatory Reconsideration). If a claimant believes the review decision to be wrong, they may appeal to an independent tribunal. During reviews or at appeal, additional information is often provided that could have supported the original claim, had it been made available earlier in the process. The proportion of reviews and appeals that result in the original decision being changed remains small in proportion to the total number of cases processed.</p><p> </p><p>Tax credits are often reinstated when information to support the claim is provided after the initial decision has been taken. Since November 2014 to mid-August 2016 the Contractor has amended 6,755 decisions following the receipt of a mandatory reconsideration. Since the start of the contract to mid-August 2016 the Authority has amended 280 decisions following consideration of customer appeals from a total of around 660,000 cases where SYNNEX-Concentrix has completed its checks.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold information on how many of these were reinstated following a cancellation and how many were adjusted following an amendment to an award.</p><p> </p><p>For reasons of commercial sensitivity, HMRC does not disclose its intent around either Clauses B5 or E6 of the contract. For similar reasons, HMRC does not publish the reports completed at the end of each Measurement Period at this time nor disclose the number and value of fines and penalties incurred by SYNNEX-Concentrix under its contract with HMRC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/09/2016 16:34:45 question first ministerially corrected 02/12/2016 11:32:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 11020 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

577454

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	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	Homelessness: 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, what steps he is taking to reduce homelessness in (a) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency and (b) the North West.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	45479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>One person without a home is one too many. That is why the Government is clear that prevention must be at the heart of everything we do to tackle homelessness. We have protected homelessness prevention funding for local authorities, which will amount to £315 million by 2020, to help them provide quality advice and assistance to everyone who approaches them for help.</p><p>We have also increased central investment to tackle homelessness over the next four years to £139 million, including a new £10 million fund to support innovative ways to prevent and reduce rough sleeping, and a new £10 million Social Impact Bond to support rough sleepers with the most complex needs.</p><p>As well as this, we will be launching an additional £100 million programme for low-cost move on accommodation, including for rough sleepers leaving hostels.</p><p>Specifically, Local Solutions delivers DCLG’s Fair Chance Fund in Liverpool and Knowsley, a £1.3 million payment by results scheme supporting around 140 homeless 18-25 year olds into accommodation, learning, volunteering and work, and there are similar projects elsewhere in the North West.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 12/09/2016 15:46:38 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

577458

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	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	Planning Permission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to streamline planning procedures for smaller developments.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	45493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Small builders will soon be able to apply to their local planning authority for ‘permission in principle’ which will enable them to gain more upfront certainty on the suitability of small sites for housing-led development, before they need to develop detailed and often costly development proposals. This will reduce the risk for small local builders to enter the market.</p><p>Through the Neighbourhood Planning Bill introduced on 7 September, the Government proposes to reform and speed up the planning process by minimising delays caused by unnecessary or overly burdensome planning conditions. The Bill measures will ensure that pre-commencement planning conditions are only used by local planning authorities where they are absolutely necessary, and that applicants are in agreement before they are imposed.</p><p>The Government took powers in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to enable us to extend to non-major planning applications the successful performance regime for major applications, which has seen the proportion of major applications determined on time rising from 57% in July to September 2012, the quarter in which the performance regime was first announced, to 82% in the most recent quarter, the highest figure on record.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 12/09/2016 16:01:14 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

577460

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	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	Housing: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of properties available on the Home Ownership for People with Long-term Disabilities scheme; what monitoring his Department has undertaken of the adequacy of supply of those properties; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	45346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The HOLD scheme is designed to help people with long term disabilities, who cannot otherwise do so, access the Government’s affordable home ownership programme. It is a voluntary scheme for providers and is funded by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) according to demand. Data from the HCA indicates that 20 homes were sold under HOLD in 2015/16. However, due to the way sales are reported by providers this number may not include all such sales.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 12/09/2016 15:57:44 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

577462

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	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	Homelessness: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on tackling the level of mental health issues among homeless people.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	45394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Sleeping rough is rarely the result of a personal housing crisis alone and we know that many rough sleepers and homeless people have complex needs, such as mental health difficulties, which result in poor life chances.</p><p>In 2010 we formed the Ministerial Working Group on Homelessness in order to bring departments, including the Department of Health, together to identify action needed to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. This group continues to meet to discuss issues such as mental health.</p><p>Alongside this my officials are working closely with officials within the Department of Health to ensure collaboration on tackling mental health issues for homeless people. At Budget 2016 that we announced that we are developing a new £10 million national Social Impact Bond programme, to help homeless people with complex needs, including mental health difficulties, off the streets and out of homelessness.</p><p>I am working with the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, and his department on this very important issue.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 12/09/2016 15:47:14 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

577466

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Tourism: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to increase battlefield tourism in South West England.
	tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
	tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
	uin	45438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>22% of all Registered Battlefields are located in the South West. Through the recently published Tourism Action Plan ​ and Discover England Fund​, this Government is encouraging visitors, both domestic and international, to venture beyond London, so that the benefits of growth can be felt across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/09/2016 16:19:11 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

577467

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on disability sport in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	45411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Government is committed to increasing opportunities for disabled people to get involved in sport and physical activity, both at the grassroots and elite level.</p><p> </p><p>For the period 2011 - 17, Sport England is investing over £170 million as part of its Whole Sport Plan Investment to encourage and support disabled people to play sport.</p><p> </p><p>In the current 2013-17 Rio Olympic and Paralympic cycle, UK Sport are investing around £350 million in the Summer Olympic and Paralympic sports, and a further £31m in the Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports, targeting success in PyeongChang 2018 and Tokyo 2020. The Government, through UK Sport, is investing almost £73m into 18 summer Paralympic sports during the Rio 2016 cycle, an increase of 48% from London 2012, and £2.7m into winter Paralympic sport during the current cycle.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/09/2016 16:05:46 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

577468

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gaming Machines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is planned that the next Triennial Review of Stakes and Prizes will consider introducing £2 maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	45538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Triennial Review of Stakes and Prizes is due to be published shortly, and will consider stakes and prizes of all gaming machines.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 45536 45539 question first answered 12/09/2016 16:04:02 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms