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348710

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Royal Mail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Royal Mail staff will be able to buy shares during the sale of the Government's holding.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	1323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>As set out in the Secretary of State’s report to Parliament laid under section 2(2) of the Postal Services Act 2011 on 8 June, the sale of shares will be subject to market conditions and sensitivities and the Government will retain flexibility over the number of shares that are sold at any given time and the exact timing and structure of each sale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/06/2015 16:53:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

348711

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Royal Mail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason the public will not be able to buy shares in Royal Mail during the sale of the Government's holding; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	1324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The public can currently buy Royal Mail shares as they are freely traded on the stock market.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Secretary of State’s report to Parliament laid under section 2(2) of the Postal Services Act 2011 on 8 June, the sale of shares will be subject to market conditions and sensitivities and the Government will retain flexibility over the number of shares that are sold at any given time and the exact timing and structure of each sale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/06/2015 16:54:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

348722

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost is of (a) a reconsideration of and (b) an appeal against a decision on a personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	1297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Information requested is not available for Personal Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>For Employment Support Allowance the average cost of processing</p><p> </p><p>a Mandatory Reconsideration is: £108</p><p> </p><p>an appeal to the Department for Work and Pensions is: £135</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of processing an appeal to the Tribunals Service is £214.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1298 question first answered 10/06/2015 16:26:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

348723

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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 and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost is of (a) a reconsideration of and (b) an appeal against a decision on an employment and support allowance claim.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	1298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Information requested is not available for Personal Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>For Employment Support Allowance the average cost of processing</p><p> </p><p>a Mandatory Reconsideration is: £108</p><p> </p><p>an appeal to the Department for Work and Pensions is: £135</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of processing an appeal to the Tribunals Service is £214.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1297 question first answered 10/06/2015 16:26:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

348734

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Cost Effectiveness
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 place in the Library an itemised breakdown of the saving of £105 million in his Department's budget in the current financial year announced by the Chancellor on 4 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>£75m of efficiency savings will be made from the Department’s budget in 2015-16. A further £30m of income will be generated for HMT through an increase in Social Fund debt recoveries.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:42:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348737

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions:Cost Effectiveness
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 effect of the additional £105 million in-year savings to be delivered by his Department in 2015-16 on delivery of key projects and programmes and its capacity to administer pensions and benefits and deliver employment services.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department will make £75m efficiency savings from its £6.7bn budget in 2015-16. A further £30m of income will be generated for HMT through an increase in Social Fund debt recoveries. The Department remains committed to delivering on all its projects, programmes and services.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:43:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348503

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to prevent any further closures of Sure Start Children’s Centres.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>It is up to local authorities to decide how to organise and commission services from children’s centres in their areas. They are best placed to understand local needs and the different ways they can be supported locally. Local authorities must demonstrate that they have devised ways to ensure that services continue; what matters is the quality and impact of services, and how local needs are being supported.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear in statutory guidance that there is a presumption against closure, and local authorities have a duty to consult where changes are planned to local children’s centre provision.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/06/2015 16:39:58 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

348504

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role Sure Start Children’s Centres will play in the implementation of their policy to double free childcare for working parents of three and four year-olds.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We expect to consult on the extended entitlement for three- and four-year-old children of working parents; and we will consider the role that Sure Start Children’s Centres might play. Further details will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/06/2015 16:41:05 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

348521

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with which organisations his Department has discussed the responsibility deal since December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	1115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Details of meetings held by Ministers and Permanent Secretaries with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information requested in respect of other officials’ meetings is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/06/2015 16:17:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

348626

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Prime Minister's press release of 18 August 2014, what steps she is taking to assess the impact of her Department's policies on the family.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	1194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014 through the publication of guidance for officials:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf</a></p><p>The objective of the Test is to introduce a family perspective to the policy making process, specifically to make the potential impacts on family functioning and relationships explicit.</p><p>DECC has not applied the Test to date. DECC is working with the DWP to embed the Test in the policymaking process.</p><p>DECC does publish analysis of the estimated impacts of energy and climate change polices on household energy bills across different types of households showing that for each different household composition, energy bills are estimated to be lower on average as a result of these policies. [1] We will continue to consider the impacts on families where relevant, for example when implementing the fuel poverty strategy.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> DECC (2014) ‘Estimated impacts of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills’, available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014</a> Analysis refers to 2020.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 10/06/2015 16:03:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes