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771597

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons waiting times for personal independent payment tribunals have increased over the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	108058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The volume of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals made to the tribunal has built up since it was introduced as a new benefit in 2013. As the number, and age, of appeals lodged increased so has the average waiting time.</p><p>Waiting times generally can fluctuate temporarily and geographically, owing to a number of variable factors, including volumes of benefit decisions made locally, availability of medical/disability members, and venue capacity. Any disparity in waiting times is monitored and investigated locally.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has been working with the tribunal’s judiciary to identify initiatives with potential to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal, including reviewing current listing practices to increase the number of PIP cases being able to be listed on a session. We are also in the process of recruiting over 350 judicial office holders to provide long term capacity in the tribunal.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The average waiting time for PIP appeals in each of the last four years, in the Alyn and Deeside constituency, is set out below.</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>The average time (weeks<strong>[1]</strong>) from receipt in HMCTS to outcome for PIP<strong>[2]</strong> Appeals </strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year<sup>3</sup></strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Alyn and Deeside</strong>4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/145</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.8</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12.5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015/16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">[1] Average Clearance Time - time taken from appeal receipt to outcome. This includes both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need for a tribunal hearing.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2</strong> Personal Independence Payments (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance from 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments).</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">3 The table shows information in the financial year April to March.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">4 First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) appeals for Alyn and Deeside constituents are heard in the Chester venue.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">5 There were fewer than five PIP appeals disposed of at the Chester venue in 2013/14 and as such the waiting time may not be representative of average waiting time.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</ins></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/10/2017 09:16:08 question first ministerially corrected 23/10/2017 09:33:27 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 16692 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1181994

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	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	Means-tested Benefits: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people self-isolating due to possible covid-19 infection will be exempted from conditionality requirements for means-tested benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	23556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Claimants who are self-isolating as a result of Covid-19 will have their mandatory work search and work availability requirements removed to account for a period of sickness.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Other work-related requirements outside of this will be tailored to take into consideration the claimant’s capability and circumstances and can be conducted over the phone or through digital formats, making them realistic and achievable.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The decision to apply a sanction will continue to be considered on a case by case basis. However, conditionality requirements will be relaxed to ensure we do not punish those who take reasonable steps to protect themselves and others, including self-isolation, in the event of Covid-19 outbreak</del>.</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Claimants who are self-isolating as a result of Covid-19 will have their mandatory work search and work availability requirements switched off during that period.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Any work-related requirements outside of this will be tailored to take into consideration the claimant’s capability and circumstances, can be conducted over the phone or through digital formats and ensure they are realistic and achievable. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/03/2020 14:18:58 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2020 14:37:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 10460 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

771661

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Bombardier: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he and his Cabinet colleagues made to (a) their counterparts in the US Administration and (b) US industry on subsidies provided by Washington State for Boeing's Dreamliner.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	107943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The European Union has competency for all trade matters that involve the WTO and while we have been closely engaged with the Commission they led all the negotiations and arguments concerning the case regarding Washington State’s support for Boeings Dreamliner.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/10/2017 16:22:31 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

771596

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Alyn and Deeside
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for personal independence payments tribunals in Alyn and Deeside constituency was in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	108057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The volume of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals made to the tribunal has built up since it was introduced as a new benefit in 2013. As the number, and age, of appeals lodged increased so has the average waiting time.</p><p>Waiting times generally can fluctuate temporarily and geographically, owing to a number of variable factors, including volumes of benefit decisions made locally, availability of medical/disability members, and venue capacity. Any disparity in waiting times is monitored and investigated locally.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has been working with the tribunal’s judiciary to identify initiatives with potential to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal, including reviewing current listing practices to increase the number of PIP cases being able to be listed on a session. We are also in the process of recruiting over 350 judicial office holders to provide long term capacity in the tribunal.</p><p>The average waiting time for PIP appeals in each of the last four years, in the Alyn and Deeside constituency, is set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong> <strong>The average time (weeks<strong>[1]</strong>) from receipt in HMCTS to outcome for PIP<strong>[2]</strong> Appeals </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Alyn and Deeside</strong>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/145</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Average Clearance Time - time taken from appeal receipt to outcome. This includes both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need for a tribunal hearing.</p><p><strong>2</strong> Personal Independence Payments (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance from 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments).</p><p>3 The table shows information in the financial year April to March.</p><p>4 First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) appeals for Alyn and Deeside constituents are heard in the Chester venue.</p><p>5 There were fewer than five PIP appeals disposed of at the Chester venue in 2013/14 and as such the waiting time may not be representative of average waiting time.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/10/2017 09:16:08 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

776169

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce legislation to increase the maximum sentence for animal cruelty offences to five years imprisonment.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	109087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>On 30 September the Secretary of State announced that the Government would increase the maximum penalty for animal cruelty offences from six months’ imprisonment to five years’ imprisonment. As this announcement made clear, draft legislation will be published for consultation around the turn of the year</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/11/2017 16:48:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

776168

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Flintshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animal cruelty offences and convictions have taken place in Flintshire County in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	109088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of offenders proceeded against and found guilty of offences under Sections 4 to 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in the North Wales Police Force area, from 2014 to 2016, can be viewed in the table below. From 1 January 2015 Flintshire Local Justice Area merged into North East Wales Local Justice Area and this is why the table sets out the data for both areas.</p><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of animal cruelty <sup>(1)</sup>, North Wales Police Force area, 2014 to 2016 <sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Force / Local Justice Area</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flintshire County <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Wales <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Defined as SS4-8 Animal Welfare Act 2006</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.</p><p>Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p>(4) Flintshire Local Justice Area merged into North East Wales Local Justice Area from 1 January 2015</p><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 31/10/2017 15:25:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

778213

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much additional funding local authorities will require in order to pay overnight care at rates commensurate to the national minimum wage; and what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to secure that additional funding.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	109955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>At the Spring Budget we announced an additional £2 billion to fund adult social care. As a result local government will be able to increase spending on social care in real terms over the next three years. The additional money was provided to support more people, ease pressures on the National Health Service, and to sustain a diverse care market.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken account of the cost arising from enforcement of national minimum wage for sleep-in shifts in deciding to provide this sum of additional funding. Local government is best placed to target resources based on their understanding of the diversity and sustainability of local care markets.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/11/2017 11:46:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

778096

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Learning Disability: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many inspections HM Revenue and Customs has carried out in the learning disability providers sector in the last two years; and on what basis those inspections were carried out.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	109956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) review all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not provide guidance on the rules relating to NMW. HMRC enforces NMW in line with the law and policy set out by the department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/calculating-the-minimum-wage</p><p> </p><p>This includes guidance on when time spent asleep can be working time for NMW purposes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC closed 7 investigations in 2015/16 and closed a further 9 investigations in 2016/17 in relation to employers who have been recorded as providing learning disability services. HMRC opens investigations for a wide range of reasons, including in response to worker complaints, third party information and as a result of targeted enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 109988 question first answered 02/11/2017 17:14:17 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

778322

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Social Services: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department changed its guidance on sleep-in shifts to state that a worker who was asleep could be deemed to be working up to and above national living wage; and when local authorities and care providers were informed of that change.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	109963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The legislation determining when employers should pay the minimum wage for sleeping time remains unchanged since legislation was first introduced in 1998. Court and employment tribunal judgments have, over time, helped to clarify the position on what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the minimum wage is payable for sleep-in shifts. Government guidance was adapted in February 2015 following judgments to clarify that point.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance has always been freely available on Government websites. It is the responsibility of employers to ensure that they pay their workers according to the law, including the National Minimum Wage regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not offer guidance to social care providers regarding additional funding.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 109987 question first answered 01/11/2017 14:02:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

778217

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he received from the Care Quality Commission on the effect on the learning disability sector of changes to the interpretation of the national minimum wage on sleep-ins.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	109986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the pressure that has been placed on the sleep-in sector by historic liabilities for back pay. That is why the Department has been working closely with the Care Quality Commission and other social care stakeholders to ensure that we have a clear understanding of any impact the sector may face.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that any potential impact on the sector is minimised, in order to guarantee that vulnerable adults continue to receive the sleep-in support they require.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/11/2017 11:57:18 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami