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945520

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2018
	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 her Department has made of the number of universal credit claimants who did not qualify for a payment as a result of receiving two wage payments during an assessment period in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	166475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/07/2018 09:15:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

178223

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	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	Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total advertising budget is for the Your Future Your Pension campaign; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising including the phrase Your Future Your Pension in the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	223660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) uses a variety of free and paid for channels to effectively communicate important reforms and how people are affected.</p><p> </p><p>The channels used are considered the most effective route to reach key audiences, whilst offering value for money. All advertising spend is scrutinised and agreed through the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>DWP launched an information campaign to help people understand what the State Pension changes mean for them. The multi-channel advertising campaign ‘Your Future, Your Pension’ is part of the Government’s drive to explain the State Pension reforms to both current and future pensioners.</p><p> </p><p>The advertising directs people to the information they need on GOV.UK and encourages relevant groups to request a statement through the Statement Service.</p><p> </p><p>No money was spent on promoting the phrase ‘Your Future, Your Pension’. The money spent on the marketing campaign that includes the phrase ‘your State Pension, your future’ is as follows:</p><p>Direct Mail – £6,177</p><p>Magazine advertorials – £61,982</p><p> </p><p>There is no specific budget for the use of either phrase within the campaign.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/02/2015 15:08:07 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

49166

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vulnerable prisoners are held in dedicated vulnerable prisoner accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	197220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The term &quot;vulnerable prisoner&quot; covers a wide range of prisoner types/characteristics but broadly these are those who need protection from themselves and other prisoners for a variety of reasons, including the nature of their offence, debt or conflicts outside or within the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Our approach to managing these prisoners varies according to the nature of why they are deemed as vulnerable and is dependent on specific offending needs.</p><p>The number of prisoners in England and Wales who are identified as vulnerable is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would involve contacting every prison directly in order to request how many prisoners each prison has identified, or is managing, as a vulnerable prisoner.</p><p> </p><p>All closed prisons in England and Wales have the facility to accommodate vulnerable prisoners in designated accommodation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 197198 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

49167

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vulnerable prisoners are currently held in prisons in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	197198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The term &quot;vulnerable prisoner&quot; covers a wide range of prisoner types/characteristics but broadly these are those who need protection from themselves and other prisoners for a variety of reasons, including the nature of their offence, debt or conflicts outside or within the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Our approach to managing these prisoners varies according to the nature of why they are deemed as vulnerable and is dependent on specific offending needs.</p><p>The number of prisoners in England and Wales who are identified as vulnerable is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would involve contacting every prison directly in order to request how many prisoners each prison has identified, or is managing, as a vulnerable prisoner.</p><p> </p><p>All closed prisons in England and Wales have the facility to accommodate vulnerable prisoners in designated accommodation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 197220 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

46252

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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
	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 fires were reported at privately-owned waste management sites in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	194778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Environment Agency records show that there were a total of 595 incidents of fire reported at privately operated waste management sites in 2012 and 2013. This represents an average of one fire for every 18 privately operated sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

46253

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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
	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 fires were reported at local authority-owned waste management sites in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	194779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Environment Agency records show that there were a total of five incidents of fire reported at local authority-operated waste management sites in 2012 and 2013. This represents an average of one fire for every 110 local authority-operated waste management sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

48518

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 211W, on waste disposal: fire, how many of the incidents of fire reported at local authority operated waste management sites in 2012 and 2013 were repeated incidents at the same site.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	196513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>None of the five incidents of fire at local authority-operated waste management sites were repeated incidents at the same site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

43263

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	192220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Results for all wards are available on the Commission's website here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The ward results for Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ward</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Green matches</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amber matches</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Red matches</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ABERTILLERY</p></td><td><p>82.4%</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>14.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BADMINTON</p></td><td><p>87.9%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>10.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BEAUFORT</p></td><td><p>86.1%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>12.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLAINA</p></td><td><p>83.0%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>14.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRYNMAWR</p></td><td><p>82.1%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>15.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CWM</p></td><td><p>85.4%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>13.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CWMTILLERY</p></td><td><p>84.9%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>13.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EBBW VALE NORTH</p></td><td><p>85.1%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>13.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EBBW VALE SOUTH</p></td><td><p>81.2%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>16.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GEORGETOWN</p></td><td><p>85.4%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>13.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LLANHILLETH</p></td><td><p>82.8%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>15.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NANTYGLO</p></td><td><p>83.3%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RASSAU</p></td><td><p>86.7%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>11.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SIRHOWY</p></td><td><p>85.3%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>13.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SIX BELLS</p></td><td><p>82.8%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>14.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TREDEGAR CENTRAL &amp; WEST</p></td><td><p>84.0%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>14.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

781353

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	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	Solar Power: Finance
	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 assessment he has made of the equity of the fiscal regime for rooftop solar power compared with those for other energy generation technologies.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	110587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK has applied a reduced, 5% VAT rate on 11 different types of energy saving materials, including solar panels, since 2001. That remains in place. The Government is still considering the responses to the consultation on energy saving materials and will issue a response to that consultation shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The business rate treatment for solar panels is consistent with the treatment for other power generating plant and machinery. Plant and machinery which is used to provide power to the property is rateable, while these items are not rateable if the power is being wholly or mainly sold to other consumers. Changing the law in this instance would mean giving preferential treatment to the solar sector.</p><p> </p><p>The treatment of capital allowances for solar panels is also consistent with the treatment for other power generating technologies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 06/11/2017 14:44:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

750813

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent reserve centre closures on recruitment to the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	4377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>A very small number of Reserve Centres have closed in the recent past. Recruitment into the Reserve Forces is a key consideration when determining the location of Reserve units. We continue to make good progress with Reserves recruitment. In the 12 months to 1 May 2017, 6,570 people joined the Reserves, taking the total strength to 36,310, an increase of 4.1% since 1 May 2016.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 18/07/2017 14:36:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith