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780647

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Universal Credit: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the mitigations to the administration of universal credit negotiated by the former Department of Social Development in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	110244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>Universal Credit payments are designed to mirror the world of work, with monthly payments reflecting the way many working people are paid. We believe that the UC model of monthly paid and claimants taking responsibility for budgeting their own income is the most effective way of getting people back to work.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative Payment Arrangements (APA) already exist in Universal Credit to help claimants who have difficulty with monthly budgeting to pay their rent or receive their payments more frequently. These are delivered in conjunction with DWP staff who maintain an on-going conversation with claimants about their financial capability and will refer them for personal budgeting support with the goal of preventing the need for an APA or removing it once in place to ensure financial independence is achieved. Research shows that APA are effective and well-targeted, and over time people are able to manage their monthly budget and clear any arrears.</p><p> </p><p>While we believe that neither the Northern Ireland model (where, by default, claimants are given more frequent payments and their rent paid direct to landlords and have to opt out), nor the Scotland model (where the implementation of Scottish flexibilities is wholly the claimant’s choice and does not require a DWP decision), are the most effective models to deliver the change intended by Welfare Reform or to deliver the employment outcomes and economic benefits promised by Universal Credit, we are working, with the Devolved Administrations to constructively and positively enact these variations in the spirit of the devolution arrangements.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 02/11/2017 15:29:03 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

769046

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made in the roll-out of the Youth Obligation programme for those claiming universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	107267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We introduced the Youth Obligation, as planned, on 26 April 2017 into the 49 jobcentres operating the Universal Credit full service at the time. 18-21 year olds who make a new claim to Universal Credit full service and are in the All Work Related Requirements Conditionality group will receive intensive work-focused Youth Obligation support from the first day of their claim.</p><p> </p><p>We are rolling out Youth Obligation at the same time as we deliver the Universal Credit Full Service into our jobcentres. The Youth Obligation is now available in 124 Jobcentres.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 16:51:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

448209

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to extend the rural fuel duty rebate scheme to parts of Northern Ireland where cheaper fuel is readily available from the Irish Republic.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	24377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The rebate is only available for communities that meet specific quantified criteria of distance from refineries, with above average pump prices and low population densities. No areas in Northern Ireland were found to meet the full selection criteria. There are currently no plans to extend the scheme beyond the qualifying areas.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 01/02/2016 15:58:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

445861

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy to change the rate of fuel duty applied to certain isolated and rural areas in response to changes in oil price.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	23181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The rural fuel duty rebate scheme offers a 5 pence per litre discount on fuel duty for fuel sold in qualifying areas. The rebate does not vary with the price of wholesale oil.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/01/2016 17:06:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

442262

registered interest
date	04/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Northern Ireland were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for their part in offences connected with fuel laundering between 1 January and 30 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	20883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority. Where cases do proceed to the criminal courts in Northern Ireland the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI) carries out the prosecution.</p><br /><p>HMRC’s records do not differentiate between the forms of fuel fraud it investigates and so they cannot identify arrests and convictions solely for fuel laundering. In the period between 1 January and 30 June 2015, there were 4 successful prosecutions and convictions relating to oils fraud.</p><br /><p>HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. The UK has recently introduced, jointly with the Republic of Ireland, an improved new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/01/2016 17:24:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

433427

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Annuities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the conclusion of its thematic review of the annuities market as to whether consumers are being treated fairly in the current financial climate.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	18434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) places a duty on the firms that they regulate to treat their customers fairly, and the FCA have wide-ranging powers of enforcement in pursuit of this objective.</p><br /><p>The FCA’s Retirement Income Market Study, which followed on from the work of the Thematic Review of Annuities and was published in March 2015, recommended greater use of annuity comparisons to encourage greater shopping around by consumers. The FCA are currently conducting behavioural tests on options for presenting these comparisons in the most effective way, and expect to report on these findings and any proposed rule changes in 2016. In addition, the FCA’s Retirement Outcomes Review, which will be published early next year, will assess issues from the Thematic Review - including the issue of eligible consumers not purchasing enhanced annuity products.</p><p>The FCA also plan to consider consumers’ wider information needs in light of market developments following the pension freedoms.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 04/12/2015 14:13:25 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

431918

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fuel laundering plants were discovered in Northern Ireland in 2014; and how many of those plants were (a) fully operational at the time of discovery and (b) within ten miles of the border of the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	17415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>31 fuel laundering plants were discovered in Northern Ireland in 2014. All 31 were considered to be operational at the time of discovery.</p><p>Area specific information cannot be supplied as it is likely to be used by those minded to undermine HMRC’s strategy in dealing with fuel fraud and as such have a detrimental impact</p><p>on its ability to assess and collect tax.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/12/2015 17:02:45 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

431921

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change in expenditure has been on working tax credits between 2013 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	17418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is available from the HM Revenue and Customs Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15 (Note 6.1 – page 153). <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><br /> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/11/2015 15:34:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

424498

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of working families in Northern Ireland who will be affected by proposed changes to working tax credits; and what estimate he has made of the average change in the amount that will be received by such families in the year commencing April 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	13755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><br /><p>Information about the number of benefitting families and average entitlement by region and Parliamentary Constituency in the tax year 2013-14 can be found in the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics – geographical statistics 2013-2014’ here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/11/2015 15:13:25 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

419049

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions prosecutions have resulted from visits by HM Revenue and Customs' officials to sites in Northern Ireland where illegal fuel laundering had occurred in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) does not break down statistics for oils prosecutions to separate out those resulting from visits by officers to laundering sites.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2015 13:48:54 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell