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176805

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	hansard heading	Members: Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will consistently differentiate between (a) total staffing and constituency office costs and (b) other claims by hon. Members on its website and in its publications.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	222672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p><em>Letter from Marcial Boo, </em><em>January</em><em> 2015:</em></p><p>As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about publication of MPs' business costs and expenses.</p><p>IPSA routinely publishes on our website all costs incurred by MPs and claimed from us. In doing so, we set out to which budget the cost relates; for example, office costs or staffing. In doing so, we set out which budget each cost relates to, whether to the office cost, staffing or other budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 02/03/2015 13:45:53 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

46245

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether customers phoning Ofgem can speak to an employee in addition to using the automatic system; whether it is Ofgem's policy to advise callers to contact the nearest citizen's advice bureau for queries on energy firms and prices; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	194650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Telephone calls to Ofgem's main telephone number initially lead to an automated system, where complaints or inquiries about an energy company or a need for advice lead to a recorded message advising the person to contact the relevant energy company or Government-funded Citizen's consumer service. If callers wish to speak to a named person, have an inquiry about Ofgem policies or have any other inquiry they will be transferred to a person.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

90675

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 28 July 2014 to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Climate Change concerning the early closure of the Green Deal Home Energy Efficiency Improvement Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	208178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>A reply to the hon. Member for Walsall North was sent on 8 September 2014.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 09/09/2014 13:47:39 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

58036

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North dated 30 April 2014, ref 2014/0036207, on behalf of a constituent.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	198878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>The hon. Member wrote to Peter Lauener, Chief Executive of the Education Funding Agency, on 30 April 2014 about admissions arrangements at Walsall Academy. He copied his letter to my Rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State. Mr Lauener replied to the hon. Member on 14 May.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 10/06/2014 16:05:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

61371

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2014 Official Report, column 74W, on Members: Correspondence, when he expects to send a substantive reply to the letter of 30 April 2014 from the hon. Member for Walsall North about admissions to Walsall Academy which was separate from the letter sent to the Chief Executive of the Education Funding Agency; and for what reason that Answer does not mention that there was separate correspondence on the subject.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	200309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>My noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools, responded to the hon. Member's other letter of 30 April about admission arrangements at Walsall academy on 16 June. On behalf of the Department I would like to apologise for the delay in answering this letter.</p><p> </p><p>My reply of 10 June related to the letter with the reference (2014/0036207) quoted in the question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 16/06/2014 14:02:24 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

79092

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to life for murder in each year since 2004 were released from prison at the time of the minimum period imposed by the courts.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	206714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A life sentence is mandatory on conviction for murder. Under a life sentence, the court determines the minimum period to be served in prison for the purposes of punishment and deterrence. Once that period has been served it is for the Parole Board to determine if and when the offender may be released from prison on life licence and subject to recall for the rest of their life. Public protection is the priority and the Board will take into account a range of factors when assessing whether an offender’s risk is reduced sufficiently for him or her to be released.</p><p> </p><p>In order to provide data relating to released life sentenced offenders in each year since 2004 would involve manually examining prisoner records.</p><p>Reliable centrally held electronic information on life sentenced prisoners released from custody is only available from 2011 onwards. Prior to this date the required individual record information was only kept in paper files for offender management purposes. It would therefore be at a disproportionate cost to search through these files to identify those prisoners sentenced for murder who were released after serving a minimum period of imprisonment imposed by the courts prior to 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available information on the number of released life sentenced offenders is publicly available under “Offender Management” at the following website address:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/09/2014 10:18:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

106078

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cleaning Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy that cleaners of all Government offices are paid the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	213135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government awards contracts on the basis of the best overall value for money for the taxpayer. We encourage contractors to commit to paying a living wage. Previous governments did not create a blanket requirement for contractors to pay a living wage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 06/11/2014 17:58:15 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

48028

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if he will introduce and consult upon proposals for the Standards Committee to be replaced by a body consisting of a majority of lay members with representation of more than three hon. Members without voting rights.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	196096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The House strengthened its own procedures in January 2013 by reconstituting the Committee on Standards to include lay member representation, with a specific right to submit an opinion on any report of that Committee and to have it published.</p><p>I have had recent discussions with the Chair of the Committee on Standards, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and other interested parties on ensuring that the standards regime for Members is as robust as it can be.</p><p>I expect the Committee on Standards to announce shortly terms of reference for an inquiry examining the current system, which draws on the recent report by the lay members of that Committee. I expect to follow up my discussions with the Committee on Standards in order further to strengthen lay members' scrutiny of standards matters. If any Member wishes to bring forward specific proposals for improvements to the system, this is of course something that both the Committee and the House will wish to consider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Andrew Lansley question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

58038

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will arrange for replies to be sent to the hon. Member for Walsall North to his letters to (a) the Chief Operating Officer, Pension, Disability and Carers Service of 7 April and 7 May; and if he will arrange for a substantive reply to be sent to that hon. Member to his letter to the Chief Executive, Capita-PIP ref PIP100 34851/101 of 7 April 2014 on behalf of a constituent.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	198876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A reply to all of the issues that you raised in both of your letters will be sent to you by one of our Directors by 13 June 2014.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/06/2014 16:41:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

91109

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Walsall North's letters of 6 August 2014 and 20 August 2014 on behalf of a constituent.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	208486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith), replied to the hon Member on 9 September 2014.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/09/2014 14:14:12 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick