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177210

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that all victims of domestic abuse access legal aid for family cases.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	uin	222992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Legal aid in England and Wales is available to victims of domestic violence where they need it to help break free from the abusive relationship. Access to legal aid for protective injunctions to prevent domestic violence remains identical to that prior to the legal aid reforms. These matters continue to be funded without the need for evidence. In private family law cases (such as child or financial arrangements) legal aid continues to be available where there is evidence of domestic violence or child abuse - the list of acceptable evidence is wide and comprehensive.</p><p> </p><p>In a recent judgment, the High Court found that the domestic violence evidential requirements are lawful and reflect the intention of Parliament in providing legal aid for those victims of domestic violence who require assistance because they will be intimidated or materially disadvantaged by having to face their abuser in court.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/02/2015 17:37:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

177607

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	Winter Fuel Payment
	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 average proportion of pensioners' energy bills that was met by the winter fuel payment in winter (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	223155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/02/2015 11:28:25 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

174486

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	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	Self-employed: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly earnings were for self-employed women in each year since 2002-03.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	221265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong>Table 1: </strong>estimated median weekly income (£) from self-employment of women from 2002/03 to 2012/13. These figures cover a period that includes the deepest recession since the 1930s and the initial recovery from a large fall in national income. In the period since 2012/13 the economic recovery has picked up speed, with GDP in 2014 up by 2.6% on the previous year, while the number of people in work increased by more than half a million in the year to November 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Self-employed women</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/03</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/04</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Family Resources Survey</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Figures have been adjusted to 2012/13 prices using RPI and are rounded to the nearest pound (£).</li></ol><p>2. Self-employment is defined using the ILO definition.</p><p>3. The Family Resources Survey is a nationally representative sample of UK households.</p><p>4. The figures from the Family Resources Survey are based on a sample of households which have been adjusted for non-response using multi-purpose grossing factors which align the Family Resources Survey to former Government Office Region population by age and sex. Estimates based on survey data are subject to uncertainty due to sampling error and remaining non-response error.</p><ol start="5" type="1"><li>Median self-employment income divides the number of people, when ranked by self-employment income, into two equal-sized groups.</li></ol> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 17:02:43 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 39820 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

177606

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2015 to Question 222124, what information his Department holds on money withheld in benefit sanctions.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	223166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As previously replied and reiterated in the Debate on the matter, the Department doesn’t make an estimate of the amount of benefit that would have been withheld as a result of benefit sanctions.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 16:26:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

177595

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	Atos Healthcare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in establishing a network of mental health, intellectual and cognitive champions in each Atos Medical Examination Centre since November 2010.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	223097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Atos Healthcare has a network of mental health, intellectual and cognitive champions in place to support all health care professionals. These champions are available at all times across the UK to provide advice to the health care professional on any aspect of a case involving mental function or learning disability. Due to the large number and varying size of Assessment Centres, a telephone service is considered the most effective way of providing this support - as endorsed by Professor Harrington in his reviews of the Work Capability Assessment.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/02/2015 12:39:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177223

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	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	Health and Safety Executive
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many invoices issued under the Health and Safety Executive's Fee for Intervention scheme have been queried by invoicees since October 2012; and what proportion of the total number of invoices such invoices amount to.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
	tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
	uin	222949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Between October 2012 and December 2014, HSE issued 32, 862 invoices under the FFI scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HSE received queries on 1008 invoices between October 2012 and 2 February 2015. This represents 3% of all the invoices issued.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/02/2015 12:48:43 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

177605

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the winter fuel payment helpline 08459 151515 in each of the last five financial years; how much revenue was generated by these calls; and when he expects to end the use of this number.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	223167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Calls to the winter fuel payment helpline were:</p><p> </p><p>· 2013/14 226,672</p><p>· 2012/13 303,610</p><p>· We do not hold data for the three financial years before 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>For the financial years of 2009/10 – 2013/14, the Department for Work and Pensions did not receive any revenue for the telephone number 08459 151515.</p><p> </p><p>The Winter Fuel Payment Helpline service can also be accessed by dialling 0345 9151515. Callers to 0845 9151515 are informed of the availability of the 0345 number option. There is still evidence that the 0845 option can be cheaper for some callers and as a result there are currently no plans to discontinue this number.</p><p> </p><p>DWP use of 0845 numbers will be reviewed once the impacts of Ofcom changes to 08 numbers are known. These changes are currently scheduled to be implemented in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/02/2015 14:03:42 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

175585

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of people committing suicide whilst in prison.
	tabling member printed	Lord Condon
	uin	HL4428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Every death in custody is a tragedy, and the Government is committed to reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>All prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify, manage and support people who are at risk of harm to themselves. Building on this, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has put in place additional resources for safer custody work in prisons and at regional level. These staff support safer custody work in prisons and share good practice across establishments. NOMS will be conducting a review of the operation of the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork system (the case management process for prisoners assessed as being at risk) in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Young adults are a particularly challenging and vulnerable group, and that is why we have commissioned an independent review into the deaths of 18 to 24-year-olds in prison custody. This review will report in the Spring.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to explore the reasons for the recent increase in the number of self-inflicted deaths, but there is no simple explanation for it. Strenuous efforts are made to learn from every self-inflicted death, and we have accepted and acted on the vast majority of recommendations from recent investigations by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 09/02/2015 16:54:25 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

177926

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	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 people who will be in receipt of universal credit by 7 May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	223350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer my hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 26 January 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2014-12-29&amp;answered-to=2015-01-25&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=221544" target="_blank">UIN 221544</a>.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/02/2015 16:48:58 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

177753

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	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	Cold Weather Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the criteria for awarding cold weather payments have changed since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
	tabling member printed	Roger Williams
	uin	223329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In April 2013 Universal Credit was added as a qualifying benefit and Council Tax Benefit was removed as a qualifying benefit as it ceased to exist. Otherwise, the criteria for awarding Cold Weather Payments have remained the same.</p><p> </p><p>This Government have also, from 2010, permanently increased the value of a Cold Weather Payment from £8.50 to £25.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/02/2015 14:07:44 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1394 label Biography information for Roger Williams