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420959

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date	13/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people under 25 years old in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK receive tax credits.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	11553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The latest information on the number of tax credit recipients under 25 in the UK can be found in table 3.1 of the April 2015 Personal Tax Credits published statistics, found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-provisional-statistics-2013-to-2009" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-provisional-statistics-2013-to-2009</a></p><p>These statistics are published in April and December each year.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2015 13:38:48 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

420983

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date	13/10/2015
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	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department differentiates between private sector landlords and housing associations in the manner in which it makes direct payments to landlords on behalf of tenants who receive universal credit.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	11600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>No. DWP does not differentiate between social and private landlords in the manner in which it makes direct payments of rent to landlords on behalf of tenants who receive universal credit.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/10/2015 13:47:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

421097

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: St Helens North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England is taking to ensure that autism diagnosis waiting times for (i) children and (ii) adults in St Helens North constituency meet NICE guidance.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	11602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has discussed with NHS England the difficulties that people on the autistic spectrum can have in getting an appropriate diagnosis in a timely manner. With support from the Department, NHS England and the Association of Directors of Social Services will undertake a series of visits to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to gather information that can be shared between areas that have arrangements in place to meet National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Quality Standard 51 Autism: support for commissioning and those that do not, with the aim of supporting more consistent provision. These NICE guidelines already recommend that there should be a maximum of three months between a referral and a first appointment for a diagnostic assessment for autism. We expect the National Health Service to be working towards meeting the recommendations.</p><p>St Helens CCG is undertaking a review of current processes as part of the neuro-developmental pathway project, which includes autism spectrum conditions diagnosis provision and the associated waiting times for children. It is envisaged that the revised service model will be operational from September 2016, and will be in line with NICE Guidance. St Helens also co-commissions an Autism Diagnostic service in partnership with other neighbouring CCGs for adult services. Due to recent increases in demand the CCG is also working with the local NHS provider to help find solutions in regard to how waiting times can be effectively managed in order to meet NICE Guidance.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2015 12:11:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

421215

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Mining: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions her Department has had with the UK Miners Pension Scheme Association on the Miners Pension Scheme; and if she will review the provision that 50 per cent of any surplus made after 1994 will be paid to the Government.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	11555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Since the privatisation of the British Coal Corporation in 1994, the Government has provided a solvency guarantee to the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (MPS). That guarantee provides members with the reassurance that their basic pension entitlements will always rise in line with inflation and gives them the opportunity to share, with Government, in the benefits of any periodic surplus in the Scheme funds. In practice, this has meant that members enjoy bonus pensions worth almost 30% of their index-linked benefits. The guarantee further provides that the combination of these two pension elements will never fall in cash terms regardless of the performance of the funds.</p><p>The Government continues to believe that the equitable division of surpluses between the membership and Government represents fair and reasonable recompense for taxpayers’ past investment in the Schemes during the industry’s period of public ownership and for the risks they continue to bear through the Government guarantee which will continue till the closure of the scheme which Is not expected to be until the 2070s.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/10/2015 14:02:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn