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1241422

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many intention notices proposing a reduction of a Green Deal loan mis-sold by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd have been carried out without appeal in each of the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	100448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The Green Deal Framework Regulations require that, before imposing any sanction, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State gives notice to affected parties of his intention to impose a sanction (an initial notice, referred to as an Intention Notice) and provides them with an opportunity to make representations before it is made final.</p><p> </p><p>As of 8<sup>th</sup> October 2020, there were 117 appeals against mis-selling by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS) for which no Intention Notice or final decision has been issued.</p><p> </p><p>The average time between receipt of an appeal case by the Secretary of State and the Issue of an Intention Notice is 13 months.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows how many Intention Notices were issued by month proposing reduction or cancellation of Green Deal loans in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS, and the number of these cases for which no representations have been received.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Intention Notices Sent</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases for which no representations have been received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2019</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2019</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Complainants can appeal final decisions (set out in final Sanction Notices) to the General Regulatory Chamber of the First–tier Tribunal. For one case recorded in the above table, the complainant did not submit representations but, following receipt of a final Sanction Notice, appealed to the Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>No Intention Notices have been issued since April. In April, two decisions were made by the First-tier Tribunal in response to appeals. Following this, the issuing of Intention Notices was paused to allow for full consideration of the First-tier Tribunal decisions in future Intention Notices.</p><p> </p><p>During this period, 43 Sanction Notices have been issued in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 100449 100450 question first answered 12/10/2020 11:33:06 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1241423

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many cases are awaiting a decision on whether to serve intention notices proposing a reduction of a Green Deal loan mis-sold by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	100449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The Green Deal Framework Regulations require that, before imposing any sanction, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State gives notice to affected parties of his intention to impose a sanction (an initial notice, referred to as an Intention Notice) and provides them with an opportunity to make representations before it is made final.</p><p> </p><p>As of 8<sup>th</sup> October 2020, there were 117 appeals against mis-selling by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS) for which no Intention Notice or final decision has been issued.</p><p> </p><p>The average time between receipt of an appeal case by the Secretary of State and the Issue of an Intention Notice is 13 months.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows how many Intention Notices were issued by month proposing reduction or cancellation of Green Deal loans in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS, and the number of these cases for which no representations have been received.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Intention Notices Sent</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases for which no representations have been received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2019</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2019</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Complainants can appeal final decisions (set out in final Sanction Notices) to the General Regulatory Chamber of the First–tier Tribunal. For one case recorded in the above table, the complainant did not submit representations but, following receipt of a final Sanction Notice, appealed to the Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>No Intention Notices have been issued since April. In April, two decisions were made by the First-tier Tribunal in response to appeals. Following this, the issuing of Intention Notices was paused to allow for full consideration of the First-tier Tribunal decisions in future Intention Notices.</p><p> </p><p>During this period, 43 Sanction Notices have been issued in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 100448 100450 question first answered 12/10/2020 11:33:06 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1241424

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation
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 the average waiting time is for his Department to decide whether to serve an intention notice proposing a reduction of a Green Deal loan mis-sold by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd on a case.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	100450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The Green Deal Framework Regulations require that, before imposing any sanction, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State gives notice to affected parties of his intention to impose a sanction (an initial notice, referred to as an Intention Notice) and provides them with an opportunity to make representations before it is made final.</p><p> </p><p>As of 8<sup>th</sup> October 2020, there were 117 appeals against mis-selling by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS) for which no Intention Notice or final decision has been issued.</p><p> </p><p>The average time between receipt of an appeal case by the Secretary of State and the Issue of an Intention Notice is 13 months.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows how many Intention Notices were issued by month proposing reduction or cancellation of Green Deal loans in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS, and the number of these cases for which no representations have been received.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Intention Notices Sent</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases for which no representations have been received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2019</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2019</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Complainants can appeal final decisions (set out in final Sanction Notices) to the General Regulatory Chamber of the First–tier Tribunal. For one case recorded in the above table, the complainant did not submit representations but, following receipt of a final Sanction Notice, appealed to the Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>No Intention Notices have been issued since April. In April, two decisions were made by the First-tier Tribunal in response to appeals. Following this, the issuing of Intention Notices was paused to allow for full consideration of the First-tier Tribunal decisions in future Intention Notices.</p><p> </p><p>During this period, 43 Sanction Notices have been issued in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 100448 100449 question first answered 12/10/2020 11:33:06 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1401265

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Jobcentres: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to protect Job Centre staff's health and wellbeing when (a) conducting face-to-face appointments and (b) ensuring local work from home covid-19 guidance is followed.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	100584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>DWP takes the health, safety and wellbeing of colleagues very seriously and all of our offices are COVID secure. We have a suite of Health &amp; Safety risk assessments in place developed following extensive consultation with departmental trade union representatives that cover all of the measures in place to protect staff and customers. These risk assessments are regularly reviewed, for example following changes to government guidance, including that from the respective governments in the devolved nations.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, DWP offers a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme that offers short and long-term support for any physical or mental health issues that staff face.</p><p> </p><p>DWP also has a network of Mental Health First Aiders on hand across all parts of the DWP to offer immediate emotional support and also to signpost to expert support.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP’s network of Wellbeing Advocates are a community of staff representing all grades, job roles and geographical areas who regularly cascade key Wellbeing messages and support packages to their local teams and sites who also provide an invaluable service in feeding back to the central Wellbeing team on challenges that their colleagues are facing.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/01/2022 15:48:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1243057

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish a Green Paper on disability benefits.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	102871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We spend over £55 billion a year on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions – up nearly £10 billion since 2010 and more than ever before.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Department has announced it will be bringing forward a Green Paper on health and disability support, considering issues that disabled people have told us that they want to see addressed. This will explore a wide range of issues linked to health and disability benefits and the wider support that is provided.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department has announced it will be bringing forward a Green Paper on health and disability support, considering issues that disabled people have told us that they want to see addressed. We will update the house in due course.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/10/2020 11:45:29 question first ministerially corrected 16/10/2020 13:35:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 54798 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1244036

registered interest
date	15/10/2020
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	Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is empowered to turn the inquiry into Post Office Horizon cases into a statutory inquiry.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	104121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The Inquiries Act 2005 sets out the legal framework for setting up and running a statutory Inquiry. The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is being led by an Independent Chair who can raise any issues with its Terms of Reference or legal footing with Government.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/10/2020 16:29:18 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1244244

registered interest
date	16/10/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
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 16 October 2020 to Question 102871, what the next steps are for the Green Paper on disability benefits; and what her timetable is for those next steps.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	104753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>We have held a series of events across the country where local disability organisations and disabled people have shared their experiences of DWP services and priorities for future changes. We are continuing this engagement throughout the Autumn to help shape the Green Paper content and make sure we are addressing the right issues in the health and disability welfare system. This engagement will continue following the publication of the Green Paper.</p><p> </p><p>Given the necessary focus on the departmental response to COVID-19, we are working to a longer timescale than previously anticipated but we remain committed to publishing and will update the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/10/2020 13:18:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

765618

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the (a) effect on living standards and (b) equity of Open University students being ineligible for council tax discounts.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	106129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The council tax system in England does not exclude Open University students from being eligible for council tax discounts. If such students meet the eligibility criteria that apply to any council tax discount, they will qualify for it.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 106139 question first answered 16/10/2017 16:00:30 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

765617

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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, why the Child Maintenance Service allows non-resident parents £2,500 of unearned income that is not factored into payment plans; and whether he plans to review this policy.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	106137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>Calculation of a child maintenance liability is based on gross income information provided directly to the Child Maintenance Service by HMRC. <del class="ministerial">Individuals are required to declare unearned income not taxed at source which does not exceed £2500 a year to HMRC, which already enables HMRC to include it in the income information they provide.</del> Unearned income exceeding £2500 a year is dealt with by HMRC through tax self-assessment <del class="ministerial">and is picked up in a child maintenance calculation through an unearned income variation. We have no plans to review this.</del><ins class="ministerial">The treatment of unearned income for child maintenance purposes is aligned with this for administrative efficiency. We are inviting views on the future treatment of &quot;income&quot; within the recently published Compliance and Arrears Strategy consultation.</ins></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/10/2017 13:56:00 question first ministerially corrected 01/02/2018 17:10:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 14051 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

765619

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Small Business Commissioner: Industry
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 role the Small Business Commissioner plays in the formation and delivery of UK industrial strategy.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	106138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>On 2 October my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the appointment of the first Small Business Commissioner, who will tackle unfair payment practices by providing general information and advice, direct small businesses to existing services and handle complaints about payment issues, thus supporting Britain’s 5.5 million small businesses. Our small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and removing barriers to their growth is a key part of a dynamic, market economy. Our Industrial Strategy will ensure a competitive market that supports new businesses and innovation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/10/2017 12:51:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows