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1105461

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to families who have been reunited through refugee family reunion to access the social security system.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	237691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Those who have joined a family member in the UK through refugee family reunion are entitled to the same support as any other person. As with anyone else, they will be assessed to ascertain whether they have complex needs and whether they require additional support to access DWP services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/04/2019 11:10:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1105463

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on collaboration between the Home Office and her Department to ensure that refugees are able to access the employment support and social security benefits that they are entitled to.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	237692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is working in partnership with the Home Office to improve processes for refugees claiming benefits. In order to achieve this aim we have set up the Post Grant Appointment Scheme (PGAS).</p><p> </p><p>The scheme involves contacting persons at the point when they are granted refugee status to see if they wish to apply for benefits and require assistance to do so. If they say they do, an appointment at a local DWP office is arranged for them.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/04/2019 10:22:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1105495

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2019 to Question 232585 on tax collection, what the total amount was that the Affluent teams working in HMRC raised in additional taxation from 2010 to April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	237712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Affluent teams were formed during 2011/12 and data is not available for that year. Figures for 2012/13 to 2016/17 are shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Yield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£85.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£137.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£171.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£174.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£178.5m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/04/2019 12:22:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1105534

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service spent on third-party suppliers (a) in total and (b) per supplier in the financial year 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	237665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested in point A of each question is listed below.</p><p>HMCTS has spent the following on third party suppliers:</p><ul><li>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016: £415,684,106</li><li>1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017: £528,626,816</li><li>1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018: £679,957,077</li><li>1 April 2018 – 28 February 2019: £667,349,522</li></ul><p> </p><p>The information requested within point B of each question could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS use third party suppliers to provide a wide range of goods and services across the court estate, including security, fines enforcement, court interpreters and IT software.</p><p>As part of the governance process, approvals are sought from finance business partners, HR business partners and the director general to ensure that project outcomes and budget are validated and to seek confirmation that internal resource is not available to deliver either due to the specialist nature of the project or due to capacity issues enabling delivery within the project timescales. By using third parties the department can save on salary, national insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals whose skills may not be needed after a set period.</p><p> </p><p>Spending has increased as HMCTS delivers its £1 billion Reform programme, bringing new ways of working to the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 237666 237667 237668 question first answered 05/04/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1105535

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service spent on third-party suppliers (a) in total and (b) per supplier in the financial year 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	237666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested in point A of each question is listed below.</p><p>HMCTS has spent the following on third party suppliers:</p><ul><li>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016: £415,684,106</li><li>1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017: £528,626,816</li><li>1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018: £679,957,077</li><li>1 April 2018 – 28 February 2019: £667,349,522</li></ul><p> </p><p>The information requested within point B of each question could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS use third party suppliers to provide a wide range of goods and services across the court estate, including security, fines enforcement, court interpreters and IT software.</p><p>As part of the governance process, approvals are sought from finance business partners, HR business partners and the director general to ensure that project outcomes and budget are validated and to seek confirmation that internal resource is not available to deliver either due to the specialist nature of the project or due to capacity issues enabling delivery within the project timescales. By using third parties the department can save on salary, national insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals whose skills may not be needed after a set period.</p><p> </p><p>Spending has increased as HMCTS delivers its £1 billion Reform programme, bringing new ways of working to the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 237665 237667 237668 question first answered 05/04/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1105536

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service spent on third-party suppliers (a) in total and (b) per supplier in the financial year 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	237667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested in point A of each question is listed below.</p><p>HMCTS has spent the following on third party suppliers:</p><ul><li>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016: £415,684,106</li><li>1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017: £528,626,816</li><li>1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018: £679,957,077</li><li>1 April 2018 – 28 February 2019: £667,349,522</li></ul><p> </p><p>The information requested within point B of each question could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS use third party suppliers to provide a wide range of goods and services across the court estate, including security, fines enforcement, court interpreters and IT software.</p><p>As part of the governance process, approvals are sought from finance business partners, HR business partners and the director general to ensure that project outcomes and budget are validated and to seek confirmation that internal resource is not available to deliver either due to the specialist nature of the project or due to capacity issues enabling delivery within the project timescales. By using third parties the department can save on salary, national insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals whose skills may not be needed after a set period.</p><p> </p><p>Spending has increased as HMCTS delivers its £1 billion Reform programme, bringing new ways of working to the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 237665 237666 237668 question first answered 05/04/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1105541

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service is projected to spend on third-party suppliers (a) in total and (b) per supplier in the financial year 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	237668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested in point A of each question is listed below.</p><p>HMCTS has spent the following on third party suppliers:</p><ul><li>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016: £415,684,106</li><li>1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017: £528,626,816</li><li>1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018: £679,957,077</li><li>1 April 2018 – 28 February 2019: £667,349,522</li></ul><p> </p><p>The information requested within point B of each question could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS use third party suppliers to provide a wide range of goods and services across the court estate, including security, fines enforcement, court interpreters and IT software.</p><p>As part of the governance process, approvals are sought from finance business partners, HR business partners and the director general to ensure that project outcomes and budget are validated and to seek confirmation that internal resource is not available to deliver either due to the specialist nature of the project or due to capacity issues enabling delivery within the project timescales. By using third parties the department can save on salary, national insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals whose skills may not be needed after a set period.</p><p> </p><p>Spending has increased as HMCTS delivers its £1 billion Reform programme, bringing new ways of working to the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 237665 237666 237667 question first answered 05/04/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1105563

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2018 to Question 142517 on employment support allowance, which Minister authorised revisions to the wording of ESA65B letters to claimants’ GPs.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	237581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department routinely works with the Cabinet Office, other government departments and stakeholders to ensure its claimant communications are as clear as possible. The final wording in such communications is authorised by DWP Ministers or officials acting on their behalf.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 237582 237583 question first answered 05/04/2019 12:25:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1105564

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2018 to Question 142517, whether the Cabinet Secretary has issued any further ministerial requirements in relation to the ESA65B letters to employment support allowance claimants’ GPs after the initial requirement in November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	237582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department routinely works with the Cabinet Office, other government departments and stakeholders to ensure its claimant communications are as clear as possible. The final wording in such communications is authorised by DWP Ministers or officials acting on their behalf.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 237581 237583 question first answered 05/04/2019 12:25:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1105567

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 132727, for what reason the revised wording of the ESA65B letters to employment support allowance claimants’ GPs was implemented by a ministerial requirement issued by the Cabinet Secretary instead of the Permanent Secretary of her Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	237583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department routinely works with the Cabinet Office, other government departments and stakeholders to ensure its claimant communications are as clear as possible. The final wording in such communications is authorised by DWP Ministers or officials acting on their behalf.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 237581 237582 question first answered 05/04/2019 12:25:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg