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63055

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the success of his troops to teachers initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	201636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Troops to Teachers undergraduate programme is a new programme, which started in January 2014.Trainees in the first cohort are in their second term of school-based training so whilst feedback from host schools is positive, it is too soon to fully evaluate the success of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 25/06/2014 09:59:03 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

62165

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	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 Contributions Office: Newcastle upon Tyne
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Newcastle was chosen as the National Insurance centre for residents of Middlesbrough; and what effect this choice is having on service provision.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	200847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Newcastle was chosen as the National Insurance centre for residents of Middlesbrough as it has centralised expertise in administering applications for National Insurance numbers. Given this expertise, proximity to Middlesbrough and availability of public transport, Newcastle provides a viable service that maintains the level of expertise and security required</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 14:38:29 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

62774

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	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: Zero Hours Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what sanctions his Department uses on universal credit claimants who refuse a zero hours contract.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	201282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Universal Credit means that claimants can accept any offer of work without fear of their benefits or the support they receive from the Jobcentre being negatively affected. They will always be better off in work.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants are expected to accept reasonable offers of employment. If they do not then they may be referred for a sanction. This is the same for UC.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 16:29:37 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

62901

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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	Disadvantaged: EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the EU's Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived he has allocated to public bodies and non-governmental organisations in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	201516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>No allocations have yet been made.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 15:17:31 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

62902

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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	Disadvantaged: EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the EU's Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived he intends to allocated to public bodies and non-governmental organisations in each year between 2014 and 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	201517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>No allocations have yet been made.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 14:55:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

63018

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	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	New Enterprise Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many start up loans have been approved by his Department for participants on the new enterprise allowance scheme in each year since that scheme began.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	201606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Following a trailblazer started in January 2011, New Enterprise Allowance was launched in April 2011 creating 46,000 new businesses between April 2011 and March 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1</strong> <strong>Table 2</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year<br> (Jan-Dec)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Loans</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Year<br> (Jan-Dec)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Loans</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>910</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5,140</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,805</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7,711</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1</strong> shows the number of loans that have been made on behalf of DWP under the New Enterprise Allowance Scheme.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong> shows the number of New Enterprise Allowance Loans that have been made since October 2013 under the Start Up Loans scheme administered by BIS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 15:02:16 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

63025

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	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	New Enterprise Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of employment and support allowance have been admitted to the new enterprise allowance scheme in each year since that scheme began.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	201605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>NEA was rolled out nationally in August 2011, with eligibility for JSA claimants only. Eligibility was broadened to ESA WRAG recipients in February 2013 although we expect the vast majority of participants to continue to be those claiming JSA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The benefit type of claimants admitted on New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) is not routinely recorded. Analysis has been conducted to identify NEA mentor starts by ESA claimants since eligibility for NEA was opened up on 18 February 2013. The results are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Estimated number of NEA mentor starts by ESA claimants in each calendar year:</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>18<sup>th</sup> Feb 2013</strong><strong> – 31<sup>st</sup> Dec 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>630</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1<sup>st</sup> Jan 2014</strong><strong> - 31<sup>st</sup> Mar 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p> </p><p>DWP National Benefits Database and Opportunities Database</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Figures rounded to the nearest 10</p><p> </p><p>Data available to 31<sup>st</sup> March 2014</p><p> </p><p>More than 99% of mentor starts were matched to an appropriate benefit record</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 15:24:42 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

63026

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	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	New Enterprise 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 his Department spent on the new enterprise allowance in each year since the scheme began.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	201609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Following a trailblazer started in January 2011, New Enterprise Allowance was launched in April 2011 creating 46,000 new businesses between April 2011 and March 2014. Expenditure on New Enterprise Allowance in each year since the scheme began up to March 2014 is</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Enterprise Allowance</p></td><td><p>£45,600</p></td><td><p>£14,384,781</p></td><td><p>£38,853,998</p></td><td><p>£64,358,727</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This includes Capital loan payments which will be repaid within three years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 14:27:16 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

63027

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the additional annual cost of introducing a taper on (a) an occupational pension and (b) other unearned income into universal credit set at 95 per cent.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	201608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>When universal credit is fully rolled out, a 95% taper on occupational pension is estimated to cost an additional £50m per annum. A 95% taper on all other unearned income (exclud. occupational pension) is estimated to cost an additional £300m per annum. These estimates are in 2014/15 prices.</p><p> </p><p>The general principle in Universal Credit is that income other than earnings which is provided to meet everyday living costs is taken fully into account in the calculation of the award of benefit. Universal Credit is designed to be responsive to the actual amount of income a claimant receives each month, to ensure people get help when they need it and can budget effectively. This approach also keeps administrative costs down and provides simpler rules for treatment of unearned income.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 15:34:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

62738

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were prosecuted for failure to pay vehicle excise duty in (a) Dartford constituency and (b) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Dartford
	tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
	uin	201323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does not hold this data broken down by parliamentary constituency. Figures are not held specifically for England and Wales. The table below shows the total amount of prosecutions for the offence of keeping or using an unlicensed vehicle in England, Scotland and Wales in each of the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Total number of prosecutions</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p><p> </p></td><td><p>64,408</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p><p> </p></td><td><p>53,648</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>44,159</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>29,035</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p><p> </p></td><td><p>25,044</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p>The DVLA operates a comprehensive package of measures to tackle vehicle excise duty evasion. These range from reminder letters and penalties through to court prosecutions and the wheelclamping and/or removal of unlicensed vehicles. These measures have helped to improve compliance and the latest estimates show that vehicle excise duty evasion is at a historic low of just 0.6%.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/06/2014 11:21:28 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson