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166611

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Public Health Funerals
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 pauper's funerals in each of the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to support families on low incomes with the costs of funerals.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	216270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>My department does not collect data on the number of Local Authority funerals.</p><p> </p><p>The Social Fund Funeral Payment scheme continues to provide help towards a simple, respectful, low-cost funeral and in 2013/14, over 33,000 awards were made worth £44.7 million, with an average award of £1,347.</p><p> </p><p>Social Fund Budgeting Loans are also available to those on income related benefits to cover costs relating to funeral expenses.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/12/2014 11:44:12 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

171228

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of annual expenditure on housing benefit is allocated to the costs of administering that benefit.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	219154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP has contributed £304m to the costs of local authorities administering Housing Benefit for 2015/16. The amount allocated to local authorities for more financial years can be found in the link below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-for-local-authorities-subsidy-circulars" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-for-local-authorities-subsidy-circulars</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 05/01/2015 10:14:48 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

171853

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Birkenhead
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the social rented sector in Birkenhead constituency have been affected by the under-occupancy penalty; and what average change in housing benefit each such person has received.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	219646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested, in respect of the number of Housing Benefit (HB) claimants affected by the under occupancy penalty and the average HB reduction amount, is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/01/2015 09:47:44 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 37391 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

173250

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Merseyside
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 his Department's budget was allocated to (a) Wirral and (b) Birkenhead constituency in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	220438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not available or held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/01/2015 13:52:46 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

173173

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of her Department's budget was allocated to (a) Wirral and (b) Birkenhead constituency in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	220439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>A total of £211,964,049 has been paid to the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral during the financial year 2013-14 by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Birkenhead is not a local authority and is within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and therefore payments to this area are included in the data above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 15/01/2015 15:59:16 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

172596

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy in decisions on funding overseas aid to consider its effect on reducing immigration to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	220111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Countries experiencing instability or conflict are a key driver of migration worldwide and DFID remains on track to meet the UK’s target of spending 30% of the UK’s official development assistance in fragile and conflict-affected states in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:48:56 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

172246

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which datasets her Department draws upon in checking if asylum seekers have criminal records; what improvements she is requiring in those datasets; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	219902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Everyone claiming asylum in the UK undergoes a series of checks against immigration and police databases. Asylum claims are screened to identify individuals who may have been involved in serious criminality outside of the <br>UK. This includes (but is not limited to) war crimes, crimes against humanity and terrorism. <br><br>Asylum claims are also screened for indicators of national security interest and, where identified, further checks and investigations are undertaken. We now run more checks than were carried out under the previous government and the <br>process is clearer and more consistent.<br><br>The UK holds a watchlist of adverse information and intelligence drawn from a variety of sources, including Security and Intelligence Agencies and the police. The system is used by Home Office staff for the purposes of national <br>security and the detection and prevention of crime. Checking against the watchlist provides the means of intervention through pre-entry checks (when applicants apply for visas), at the border (when they enter or leave the UK) <br>and in-country applications for extensions of stay and Indefinite Leave to Remain. It is longstanding policy not to discuss either the specific data held on the watchlist, the source of the data or how it is used as to do so would be <br>counterproductive. <br><br>All checks are now mandated for every asylum claim at point of claim, in addition all claimants who apply for asylum support are checked against the asylum support database( ASYS) and undergo a credit reference check. There is a clear record of all checks made, with a disciplinary procedure in place if staff fail to undertake them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/01/2015 15:02:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 37666 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

172524

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to prevent persecution of Christians and other religious minorities overseas.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	220124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Freedom of religion or belief is a key thematic human rights priority for this Government. We regularly urge governments at senior levels to uphold the rights of all minorities; work to build international consensus on freedom of religion or belief in multilateral bodies such as the UN; and support practical projects on community dialogue with civil society and faith groups. Taking Pakistan as an example of our bilateral engagement, the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the member for Witney (Mr Cameron) raised our concerns about Pakistan’s blasphemy law with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 5 December.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/01/2015 16:21:36 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

169566

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on removing foreign nationals in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	218023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Home Office spend on removing foreign nationals includes the costs incurred in transporting foreign nationals to their country of origin, and third party cost incurred as part of the Facilitated Removals and Assisted Voluntary Returns <br>(AVR) removal programmes. It includes associated flight costs, and the costs of escorts used when removing foreign nationals from the country.</p><p><br>£m Total <br>2009-10 - 68.0 <br>2010-11 - 71.8 <br>2011-12 - 54.2 <br>2012-13 - 57.3 <br>2013-14 - 55.3 <br><br>Notes: <br>1. The following costs are excluded from the figures given above: Home Office staff costs; overheads; any related EU funding; areas of expenditure where costs could only be attributed to the removals process at disproportionate <br>cost; and the cost of escorting foreign nationals within the UK to a port of departure where such costs could only be identified at disproportionate cost. <br><br>2. Due to changes in the structure of the Home Office group (the Departmental boundary), data prior to 2009-10 is not available except at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/01/2015 14:42:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 33441 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

171508

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of annual expenditure on tax credits is allocated to the administration of the programme.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	219406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member for Birkenhead to HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/01/2015 14:20:39 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead