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1244841

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paying parents who receive income from rental property being required to pay more in child maintenance payments as a result of changes in the calculation of their gross income, if she will make a make an assessment of (a) the equity of that policy, (b) the effect of those changes on the amount affected individuals are required to pay and (b) the effect on paying parents affected by those circumstances.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	106380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>We believe that both parents have a financial responsibility to contribute towards the cost of bringing up their child. The calculation represents an amount of money that is broadly similar to the amount that a paying parent would spend on the child if they were still living with them.</p><p> </p><p>Variations of a Child Maintenance calculation can be requested on grounds of unearned income; such as rental income from property or land, where the paying parent receives unearned income of at least £2,500 a year. This amount is then included in the gross income figure used to calculate the amount of maintenance owed.</p><p> </p><p>As landlords can claim tax relief for certain costs linked to their properties, the rental income used in the calculation is usually net of HMRC allowable expenses (i.e. mortgages, maintenance of the property, rent, ground rent and service charges).</p><p> </p><p>The Service runs through broad rules set out in child support legislation. The statutory scheme aims to provide the best overall outcome and protect the welfare of all of its clients.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/10/2020 13:18:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1181203

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Plastics: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the equity of the application of the plastic packaging tax to businesses that use (a) recyclable and (b) single use packaging.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	21997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>In the February 2019 consultation on the plastic packaging tax, the Government proposed that the tax would apply to plastic packaging in the same way as in the Packaging Producer Responsibility scheme, in order to ensure that the tax is clear and simple. This would mean that the tax would include both recyclable and single use packaging. The vast majority of respondents to the consultation agreed with this approach. The Government is considering the most appropriate definitions for plastic packaging and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also developing a reformed Packaging Producer Responsibility scheme to encourage businesses to design and use plastic packaging that is easier to recycle.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/03/2020 09:26:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1105758

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of whether Maximus is meeting the SC12 and SC13 targets in schedule 2.2 of the Health and Disability Assessment Services contract; and whether the Government collates data from individual assessment centres on those targets.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	237797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The supplier aims to deliver quality assessments as efficiently as possible. Our priority is to ensure that claimants who attend an assessment centre are seen and the supplier is achieving the SC1<ins class="ministerial">3</ins><del class="ministerial">2</del> target which measures the percentage of claimants sent home unseen. Currently, more people are waiting longer in assessment centres than we would like; the supplier is currently just below the SC1<ins class="ministerial">2</ins><del class="ministerial">3</del> target level which measures waiting times in assessment centres. SC12 and SC13 are national contractual service levels, but the Department does monitor performance at assessment centre-level. We are working closely with the supplier to improve waiting times for more claimants while ensuring the length of the assessment meets the individual claimant’s needs and claimants who attend for an assessment are seen.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/04/2019 13:46:25 question first ministerially corrected 29/04/2019 16:36:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 112078 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1110336

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	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 4 April 2019 to Question 237797 on Work Capability Assessments, what proportion of SC12 and SC13 targets were met by Maximus since the start of the contract, at (a) Stirling assessment centre, (b) the top three and (c) bottom three achieving centres.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	242166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>SC12 and SC13 are national targets. We do not have contractual targets for individual assessment centres. Disproportionate costs would apply to answer this question, assuming the national target levels were applied by assessment centre, as the information is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/04/2019 11:13:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1122094

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	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 4 April 2019 to Question 237797 on Work Capability Assessments, what performance is monitored at assessment-centre level; and what proportion of SC12 and SC13 targets were met for each year that Maximus held the contract.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	245839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The department monitors Assessment Centre level performance on waiting times (SC12), claimants sent home unseen (SC13) and recent performance trends. Whilst we are able to produce much longer performance trends, the information required to do so is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of SC12 and SC13 targets that were met for each year that Maximus has held the contract are shown in the table below: -</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Contract Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of months target was met in each year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>SC12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SC13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 1 (Mar 2015- Feb 2016)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 2 (Mar 2016- Feb 2017)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 3 (Mar 2017- Feb 2018)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 4 (Mar 2018- Feb 2019)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>**Data extracted from the monthly Performance Monitoring reports</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attached annex (annex A) contains a breakdown of each contract year, showing for each month whether target SC12 and SC13 were met.</p><p>We are continuing to work closely with the supplier to improve waiting times for more claimants.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/04/2019 10:33:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson attachment 1 file name Annex A.docx title annex A
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1200250

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Falkirk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicles were registered in Falkirk constituency in the most recent period for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	54128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>At the end of 2019, there were 107 battery electric vehicles licensed to an address in the Falkirk constituency, which comprised of 104 cars and 3 other vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 11/06/2020 12:49:54 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1202297

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have lost money through telephone scams in each of the last five years in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Falkirk constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	58002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>Victims of fraud and cyber-crime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are encouraged to report these crimes directly to a centralised reporting centre called Action Fraud. Fraud victims in Scotland also reported crimes directly into Action Fraud until December 2019, when Police Scotland decided that victims should report incidents directly to them, via their 101 service. These reports are now recorded separately from Action Fraud data.</p><p> </p><p>Action Fraud does not categorise fraud reports by the mode in which the fraud was conducted. Fraud can often encompass several different methods of communication, so it may not necessarily be clear to the victim what the primary vector for this kind of criminal attack was. Victim locations are only recorded when sufficient information is provided. For these reasons, the data requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/07/2020 11:34:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1202298

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Self-employed: Falkirk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people declared themselves as self-employed in each of the last three years in Falkirk constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	58003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 16/06/2020 14:36:59 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ58003.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1202806

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Falkirk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding the Government has allocated to (a) public services and (b) capital projects in Falkirk constituency in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	58730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>Falkirk benefits from UK-wide spending by the UK Government in reserved policy areas, but this is not generally managed on a constituency basis.</p><p> </p><p>Falkirk will also benefit from a Growth Deal which builds on the UK Government’s commitment for 100% coverage of City and Growth deals across Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>In devolved policy areas the UK Government funds the Scottish Government via the Barnett formula. It is for the Scottish Government to allocate its funding on devolved public services and infrastructure across Scotland, including Falkirk.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 19/06/2020 10:20:20 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1219978

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wholesale Trade: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic benefits of extending business rates relief to wholesalers.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	67684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>Business rates are devolved in Scotland, and so are a matter for the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p>In England, the Government has provided enhanced support through business rates relief to businesses occupying properties used for retail, hospitality and leisure given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published guidance for local authorities on eligible properties. As set out in the guidance, support is targeted at premises that are wholly or mainly being used as shops, restaurants, cafes, drinking establishments, cinemas and live music venues; for assembly and leisure; or as hotels, guest and boarding premises and self-catering accommodation. It is for local authorities to determine eligibility for reliefs, having regard to guidance issued by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, such as wholesalers, has also been made available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 68387 question first answered 08/07/2020 15:45:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally