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155406

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date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the reason is for the time taken by MyCSP to answer telephone calls from customers.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	214399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>MyCSP was spun-out as a mutual joint venture in May 2012. Mutualising MyCSP was good for staff, taxpayers and for the service they provide to pensioners. MyCSP will almost halve the cost of administering pensions within a decade, while improving services which were variable before. Employees of MyCSP have benefited through dividends, which they have received in both years since mutualisation. Staff survey figures show rising staff engagement and a decline in sickness absence.</p><p>Legacy problems were inherited from the previous administrator. MyCSP experienced exceptionally high volumes of calls following the transfer of pensioner payroll administration to MyCSP from the previous supplier. Call volumes have now declined substantially and MyCSP have switched all available resources to dealing with outstanding cases.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of 658,000 existing pensioners were paid accurately and MyCSP is working to reduce delays and clear any remaining backlog of work as quickly as possible.</p><p>MyCSP processes all pension awards by the due date where it holds all the necessary information from the employer and member needed to calculate the award.</p><p>Between 01 October 2013 and 30 September 2014 MyCSP processed 17,380 retirement awards. Of those, 16,865 (97%) were processed on time. In some cases, delays resulted from incorrect information being provided to MyCSP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 214396 214397 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:21:42 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

155408

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants who have retired in the last 12 months and applied for their pension have experienced delays in receiving payments.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	214396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>MyCSP was spun-out as a mutual joint venture in May 2012. Mutualising MyCSP was good for staff, taxpayers and for the service they provide to pensioners. MyCSP will almost halve the cost of administering pensions within a decade, while improving services which were variable before. Employees of MyCSP have benefited through dividends, which they have received in both years since mutualisation. Staff survey figures show rising staff engagement and a decline in sickness absence.</p><p>Legacy problems were inherited from the previous administrator. MyCSP experienced exceptionally high volumes of calls following the transfer of pensioner payroll administration to MyCSP from the previous supplier. Call volumes have now declined substantially and MyCSP have switched all available resources to dealing with outstanding cases.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of 658,000 existing pensioners were paid accurately and MyCSP is working to reduce delays and clear any remaining backlog of work as quickly as possible.</p><p>MyCSP processes all pension awards by the due date where it holds all the necessary information from the employer and member needed to calculate the award.</p><p>Between 01 October 2013 and 30 September 2014 MyCSP processed 17,380 retirement awards. Of those, 16,865 (97%) were processed on time. In some cases, delays resulted from incorrect information being provided to MyCSP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 214397 214399 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:21:42 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

155409

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average time taken is to make a first pension payment to a recently retired civil servant.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	214397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>MyCSP was spun-out as a mutual joint venture in May 2012. Mutualising MyCSP was good for staff, taxpayers and for the service they provide to pensioners. MyCSP will almost halve the cost of administering pensions within a decade, while improving services which were variable before. Employees of MyCSP have benefited through dividends, which they have received in both years since mutualisation. Staff survey figures show rising staff engagement and a decline in sickness absence.</p><p>Legacy problems were inherited from the previous administrator. MyCSP experienced exceptionally high volumes of calls following the transfer of pensioner payroll administration to MyCSP from the previous supplier. Call volumes have now declined substantially and MyCSP have switched all available resources to dealing with outstanding cases.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of 658,000 existing pensioners were paid accurately and MyCSP is working to reduce delays and clear any remaining backlog of work as quickly as possible.</p><p>MyCSP processes all pension awards by the due date where it holds all the necessary information from the employer and member needed to calculate the award.</p><p>Between 01 October 2013 and 30 September 2014 MyCSP processed 17,380 retirement awards. Of those, 16,865 (97%) were processed on time. In some cases, delays resulted from incorrect information being provided to MyCSP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 214396 214399 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:21:42 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

155411

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how often his Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	214245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>My Department aims to respond to all correspondence within 15 working days. Business processes are regularly reviewed to ensure we meet this target.</p><p>Guidance on handling correspondence from Members of Parliament, Peers, MEPs and Members of devolved Administrations will be updated in due course.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 17/11/2014 16:40:46 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

155413

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the scope of the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on automatic exchange of taxpayer information recently signed in Berlin; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	214326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) signed in Berlin is the instrument which will give effect to exchange under the new global standard of automatic tax information exchange by its signatories. At the signing event in Berlin 51 countries and jurisdictions signed the MCAA and we expect the other countries committed to implementation to do so shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Implementation of the global standard will lead to step change in the international communities’ ability to tackle offshore tax evasion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/11/2014 16:47:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

155425

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who wish to take advantage of greater flexibilities in their personal pensions from April 2015, can do so without significant financial penalties being imposed by their pension provider.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	214236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The evidence we have suggests that high exit charges when transferring out of a pension are not common, and usually apply only when leaving a scheme early.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/11/2014 16:31:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

155432

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend sections 44 and 45 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act to permit fire authorities to contract out the full provision of fire and rescue services.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	214403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>We are supportive of fire and rescue authorities looking at new and innovative ways of delivering their services to best meet the needs of their communities. <br> <br> We have no current plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend sections 44 and 45 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act and I refer the hon. Member to the previous Parliamentary Under Secretary of State responsible for fire services (Brandon Lewis) speech in an Adjournment Debate on 13 May 2013 (<em>Official Report</em>, column 470 onwards) where he set out the Government's position on mutuals very clearly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/11/2014 16:02:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

155433

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Cleveland Fire Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with Cleveland Fire Brigade about the introduction of public service mutuals.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	214402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>I and my officials meet representatives from fire and rescue authorities from time to time on a range of matters. Since becoming Fire Minister in July, neither my officials nor I have had a meeting with Cleveland Fire Brigade to discuss the introduction of public service mutuals. <br><br></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/11/2014 16:03:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

155439

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2014 to Question 210893, whether the Defence Disposal Services Authority has instructed Agility to sell the tented camp commercially or to give preference to a non-government organisation.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	214203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>As stated in my answer of 27 October 2014 to Question 210893, Agility is charged with securing the best value for money for items that our redeployment process has determined should be disposed of in theatre.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 17/11/2014 17:14:47 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

155445

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many mothers have had babies aged under three months placed into foster care; and how many babies aged under three months have been placed into foster care in that time in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of babies aged under three months who have been placed into foster care in each of the last five years is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Looked after Children who were placed into foster care when they were aged under three months during the year ending 31 March</strong></p><p><strong>Years ending 31 March 2010 to 2014</strong></p><p><strong>Coverage: England</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>YEAR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NUMBER <sup>1,2,3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2. Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements.</p><p>3. The child may also have had a subsequent placement during the year.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education does not collect information on mothers of children therefore we are unable to estimate the number of mothers who had babies placed into foster care.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 17/11/2014 17:36:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies