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416766

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Blackburn
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, which non-redundant Church of England churches in the Diocese of Blackburn (a) have and (b) do not have food bank collection points.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	8578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p><br></p><p>The Diocese of Blackburn works closely with ‘Together Lancashire’, a church-linked social action network run by Church Urban Fund. According to ‘together Lancashire’ there are currently around 36 food banks in the diocese of Blackburn, of which 6 are Trussell Trust foodbanks (Blacburn, Fylde, Ribble Valley, Morecombe Bay, Skelmserdale and Ormskirk). These food banks handed out an estimated 35,000 food parcels in 2014.</p><p><br></p><p>Nearly all these initiatives are church-led (though not necessarily Church of England) projects. A directory and map of food banks in Lancashire (including the unitary authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn &amp; Darwen) is available at: <a href="http://www.cuf.org.uk/node/618257" target="_blank">http://www.cuf.org.uk/node/618257</a></p><p><br></p><p>Separately, a Church in Action survey of Church of England clergy, which was published in January 2015, included a series of questions about church support for food banks. 1,812 church leaders took part in the survey. Of the 39 responses from Blackburn diocese:</p><p><br></p><ul><ul><li><p>31 churches (80%) were involved in some way in supporting a local food bank</p></li><li><p>6 offered church premises for the food bank</p></li><li><p>11 were helping to manage a food bank</p></li><li><p>14 were providing volunteers</p></li><li><p>29 were collecting food</p></li></ul></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman question first answered 08/09/2015 16:16:51 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

416149

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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	Unemployment: 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 steps he plans to take to reduce youth unemployment.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	901150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Youth unemployment has fallen 200,000 since 2010 and the youth claimant count has fallen for 44 consecutive months, to its lowest level since the 1970s.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at the Summer Budget, from 2017 we are introducing the Youth Obligation, a new package of support for most 18-21 year olds on Universal Credit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:07:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

416866

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish statistics on the number of people with disabilities claiming benefits who take their own lives.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	901165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The department does not collect information on cause or manner of death of an individual, although it does keep a record of the date of death.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 16:25:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

416867

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statistics on people who died after claiming employment and support allowance published by his Department on 27 August 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	901163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Whilst any death is extremely distressing for the family no causal link whatsoever can be made between the likelihood of dying and the fact that someone is claiming benefits.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 901169 question first answered 07/09/2015 16:17:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

416868

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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	Unemployment: 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 support his Department provides to young people seeking work.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Mims Davies
uin	901166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave today to Oral Question UIN 901156.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:32:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies

416869

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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	Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive has carried out research into the potential risks associated with hydraulic fracturing.
tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
uin	901170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>It is not necessary for HSE to commission new research in order to be confident that it can regulate the shale industry effectively, due to the broad range of shale research already available and HSE's existing knowledge of oil and gas extraction.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked HSE to keep the situation under review.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 16:39:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

416870

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statistics on people who died after claiming employment and support allowance published by his Department on 27 August 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	901169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Whilst any death is extremely distressing for the family no causal link whatsoever can be made between the likelihood of dying and the fact that someone is claiming benefits.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 901163 question first answered 07/09/2015 16:17:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

416871

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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	Unemployment: 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 plans he has to tackle youth unemployment.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	901167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Youth unemployment has fallen 200,000 since 2010 and the youth claimant count has fallen for 44 consecutive months, to its lowest level since the 1970s.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at the Summer Budget, from 2017 we are introducing the Youth Obligation, a new package of support for most 18-21 year olds on Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:35:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

417399

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Public Defender Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the (a) cost effectiveness and (b) level of use of the Public Defender Service.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	901235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Public Defender Service (PDS) plays a vital role in ensuring access to justice for those eligible clients who are unable to secure representation. The PDS also support positive change within the Criminal Justice System, assists the Ministry of Justice and Legal Aid Agency colleagues and acts as a test-bed for digital working. As such, the value of the PDS is made up of many factors, not just representation of defendants. Therefore no direct assessment of cost effectiveness or level of use has been made.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 08/09/2015 16:09:37 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

417400

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent investigations into alleged misuse of public money by private providers that held contracts with his Department.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	901229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Responding to three different Contract Management Reviews the department has embarked on a programme of work to improve and provide robust commercial capability, by;</p><p>· Introducing a new operating model and governance processes overseen by an Executive Committee.</p><p>· Improved reporting of contracts to monitor supplier performance, payments and risk.</p><p>· Raising levels of commercial competence, knowledge and skills across all staff.</p><p>These efforts will ensure that the department’s private suppliers are providing value for money at all stages of their delivery.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/09/2015 13:48:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris