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174488

	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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what basis the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia are excluded from his calculations for the purposes of establishing the average mean winter temperature for France in connection with winter fuel payments.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	221255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The French Government and European Union law makes a distinction between the <em>pays et territoires d’outre-mer</em> (PTOM) and the <em>départements d’outre mer (DOMs). </em>The PTOM include Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélémy, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia. These territories benefit from association with the EU but community law does not generally apply. With the exception of Saint- Barthélémy they have their own social protection schemes and are legally and financially autonomous. UK Winter Fuel Payments are not paid to residents in the PTOMs.</p><p> </p><p>The French Government treats its DOMs as integral parts of the French State and they are subject to the application of EU social security co-ordination regulations. Winter Fuel Payments are payable to residents in the DOMs, however this will end from September 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/01/2015 12:35:10 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

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

174491

	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	Universal Credit
	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 19 January 2015 to Question 220704, how large the control group will be in the proposed randomised control trial for universal credit in work progression; for how long that trial is planned to run; how progression in the two groups will be measured; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	221254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Based upon current Universal Credit roll-out plans we expect the trial to run through to 2016 and involve at least 15,000 Universal Credit claimants, of which the control group will comprise approximately 5,000 claimants. We are currently finalising the trial design and evaluation strategy.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 22/01/2015 14:51:49 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

174456

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Town Halls: Fenton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the next meeting between officials of his Department, Urban Vision and Stoke-on-Trent City Council to discuss Fenton Town Hall will take place.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
	tabling member printed	Robert Flello
	uin	221182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Ministry of Justice officials met, including telephone conferences, with Urban Vision on one occasion and with Stoke on Trent City Council on three occasions in the last three months. There are no further meetings scheduled to take place. The MoJ is now in commercial discussions for the sale of the property to a private bidder.</p><p> </p><p>Members of the community in Stoke-on-Trent have made their views on the court building clear to us, and we have engaged in constructive dialogue with Urban Vision as they developed their business case.</p><p> </p><p>Following those discussions, we offered to transfer ownership of the building to Stoke-on-Trent City Council, for a peppercorn rate so they could work with Urban Vision and others on the long term future of the building. Unfortunately the council has declined that offer and sadly now we will be looking to sell the court.</p><p> </p><p>We were keen to explore solutions that suited the community but we have a duty to get best value for the taxpayer when disposing of surplus property and this building had been empty for over two years.</p><p> </p><p>We will be paying for three of the war memorials to be carefully relocated to the nearby Fenton Christ Church. There will be a legal duty for whoever buys the building to preserve the Minton Memorial which cannot be safely moved.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 221235 question first answered 22/01/2015 16:08:51 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

174485

	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any people claiming universal credit are subject to in-work conditionality.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	221232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Universal Credit ensures that people are better off in work – and makes it pay for people to increase their earnings through more or better paid work.</p><p> </p><p>We will, for the first time, be supporting people in low-paid work to take active steps to increase their earnings.</p><p> </p><p>We first need to build the evidence on what can be effective in helping people to earn more. We are therefore committed to testing and learning what works, including the role and impact of conditionality.</p><p> </p><p>We will evaluate this through the first trial that will start in April 2015 to inform decisions on extending in-work conditionality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/01/2015 17:52:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 39878 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

174541

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Speech and Language Disorders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, given the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists' assessment that over 60 per cent of young people in the youth justice estate have speech and language problems, what plans they have to provide time for such needs to be addressed in addition to the 30 hours per week for education in the forthcoming contract for young offender institutions and (from 2017) the new secure colleges, as stated by Lord Faulks in his Written Answers of 3 December 2014 (HL2982 and HL2983).
	tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
	uin	HL4241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Young offenders’ time in custody should be an opportunity to turn their lives around and prevent them reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Education contracts have now been awarded in public sector young offender institutions (YOIs) for young people under 18. They will more than double the current average number of hours of education provided for young people in YOIs each week, and focus on providing a quality of education equivalent to mainstream schools and colleges that meets the individual needs of young people including those with special educational needs.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2015, local authorities will be under a duty to arrange the special education provision set out in a young person’s Education Health and Care (EHC) plan, including speech and language therapy, while a young person is detained in custody. Those in charge of secure establishments and health service commissioners will work with the local authority in fulfilling their duty to arrange appropriate provision. A request for an EHC plan assessment can also be made while the young person is detained and the assessment can begin in custody.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the improved education contracts, a new core day will be implemented in YOIs over the coming months. This will support the increased education hours and schedule other daily activities around learning as happens for young people in the community so that the full range of their needs can be addressed.</p><p> </p><p>Secure Colleges will for the first time offer a fully integrated, multi-agency approach to tackling the offending of young people. The regime will be integrated with health, substance misuse and wider services. The operator procurement will focus on ensuring that the provider has the skills and experience to achieve improved outcomes by delivering this holistic regime to meet the individual needs of each young person accommodated there.</p><p> </p><p>The first Secure College has been carefully designed with flexibility in mind to support an integrated regime which effectively addresses individual needs, and the principal health and education centres are located in a single building to facilitate ease of access and reduce interruptions.</p><p> </p><p>We will finalise expectations on Secure Colleges in respect of children and young people with special educational needs following further engagement with educationalists and prospective providers.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 02/02/2015 16:26:38 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

174461

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operators offer compensation to passengers travelling on services delayed by (a) 30 to 60 minutes and (b) 60 minutes or longer.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
	uin	221209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The following Train Operating Companies (TOCs) provide 50% compensation of the fare paid for the journey to all passengers delayed between 30 minutes and 59 minutes 59 seconds, and 100% compensation for delays of 60 minutes or longer:</p><p>Southeastern, Southern, East Coast, London Midland, CrossCountry, East Midlands Trains, Govia Thameslink Railway, Abellio Greater Anglia, Chiltern Railways, Virgin Trains, c2c</p><p> </p><p>On the following TOCs, passengers with season tickets valid between 1 month and 1 year are compensated based on the previous year’s performance versus pre-defined trigger levels for Punctuality or Reliability and are not entitled to claim compensation for individual delays. Compensation is available to passengers with single, return and weekly season tickets as shown:</p><p>- Arriva Trains Wales, 20% for delays of 30 – 59 minutes, 100% for delays of 60 minutes or longer</p><p>- First Great Western: 100% for delays of 60 minutes or longer (High Speed services);</p><p>50% for delays of 60 minutes or longer on journeys of 60 minutes or more, and 50% for delays of 30 minutes or longer on journeys of less than 60 minutes (former First Great Western Link services);</p><p>50% for delays of 60 – 119 minutes, 100% for delays of 120 minutes or longer (former Wessex services),</p><p>- First TransPennine Express: 100% for delays of longer than 30 minutes</p><p>- Northern: 50% for delays of 60 minutes or longer</p><p>- South West Trains: 100% for delays of 60 minutes or longer except for Island Line where 100% for delays of longer than 30 minutes</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of total passengers eligible to claim compensation for delays of 30 to 60 minutes is not known, but given that compensation for delays from 30 minutes applies on the majority of TOCs, including many of the larger operators, it will be the majority.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 221207 question first answered 21/01/2015 11:41:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

174470

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of rail passengers are able to claim compensation for delays to rail journeys of 30 to 60 minutes.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
	uin	221207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The following Train Operating Companies (TOCs) provide 50% compensation of the fare paid for the journey to all passengers delayed between 30 minutes and 59 minutes 59 seconds, and 100% compensation for delays of 60 minutes or longer:</p><p>Southeastern, Southern, East Coast, London Midland, CrossCountry, East Midlands Trains, Govia Thameslink Railway, Abellio Greater Anglia, Chiltern Railways, Virgin Trains, c2c</p><p> </p><p>On the following TOCs, passengers with season tickets valid between 1 month and 1 year are compensated based on the previous year’s performance versus pre-defined trigger levels for Punctuality or Reliability and are not entitled to claim compensation for individual delays. Compensation is available to passengers with single, return and weekly season tickets as shown:</p><p>- Arriva Trains Wales, 20% for delays of 30 – 59 minutes, 100% for delays of 60 minutes or longer</p><p>- First Great Western: 100% for delays of 60 minutes or longer (High Speed services);</p><p>50% for delays of 60 minutes or longer on journeys of 60 minutes or more, and 50% for delays of 30 minutes or longer on journeys of less than 60 minutes (former First Great Western Link services);</p><p>50% for delays of 60 – 119 minutes, 100% for delays of 120 minutes or longer (former Wessex services),</p><p>- First TransPennine Express: 100% for delays of longer than 30 minutes</p><p>- Northern: 50% for delays of 60 minutes or longer</p><p>- South West Trains: 100% for delays of 60 minutes or longer except for Island Line where 100% for delays of longer than 30 minutes</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of total passengers eligible to claim compensation for delays of 30 to 60 minutes is not known, but given that compensation for delays from 30 minutes applies on the majority of TOCs, including many of the larger operators, it will be the majority.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 221209 question first answered 21/01/2015 11:41:53 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

174375

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	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	Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2015 to Question 219653, on broadband, how much of the budget was spent in each local authority area; and where billboards have been used by the campaign in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	221249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong>The Government's superfast broadband advertising campaign is a national campaign and as such, data is not available at local authority level.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/01/2015 17:41:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

175184

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Walking and Cycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to increase levels of walking and cycling.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	907151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p><strong>The Government is committed to increasing walking and cycling and has more than doubled the funding compared to the last administration. The draft Cycling Delivery Plan was published last October and set out our vision for walking and cycling over the next 10 years.</strong></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/01/2015 13:01:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson