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782086

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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	Local Council Tax Support Schemes Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Ollerenshaw Review of Local Council Tax Support Schemes (LCTS), published on 31 March 2016; and what steps he plans to take to better understand the effect of LCTS on individuals and councils.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	110889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has considered the recommendations made by Eric Ollerenshaw in his review of local council tax support schemes. The Government response to the review’s findings will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/11/2017 13:50:28 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

782251

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Independent Review of local council tax support schemes by Eric Ollerenshaw, published in October 2016, if he will implement the recommendation in that review to commission academic research on the effect of local council tax support schemes within the wider context of other welfare and socio-economic changes.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	110922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has considered the recommendations made by Eric Ollerenshaw in his review of local council tax support schemes. The Government response to the review’s findings will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 08/11/2017 14:35:56 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

772071

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Homelessness: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of homeless people who have been offered a one-way train ticket by local authorities under the policy to reconnect those people with their families between 2012 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	108337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>Even one person without a roof over their head is too many. That’s why this Government is investing £550 million to 2020 to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, as well as implementing the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will require councils to provide early support to people at risk of becoming homeless.</p><p>In some circumstances, the chance to reconnect with their family or friends in another area can help resolve a person's homelessness. But councils should be certain that they are offering someone real help that will resolve their homelessness.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on the number of homeless people offered reconnections. More people will be offered help under the homelessness legislation following the commencement of the Homelessness Reduction Act in April 2018. From this point our new data requirements will generate more detailed information about applicants who are referred from one local authority to another for help because of their local connections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 20/10/2017 13:52:55 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

750255

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Wigan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the number of (a) directly employed staff and (b) people employed in support of Hindley Prison is.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	3884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of staff directly employed at HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Hindley can be found in table 12 in the latest workforce bulletin at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information regarding people employed in support of Hindley prison.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/07/2017 15:41:33 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

750263

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of how many staff are employed in a 1,300-capacity category C prison (a) directly and (b) in the supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	3730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The following are the current 1,300-capacity category C prisons:</p><ul><li>HM Prison Oakwood</li><li>HM Prison Northumberland</li><li>HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Parc</li><li>HM Prison Highpoint</li></ul><p>Latest figures on the number of staff directly employed at HMP Highpoint (which is a public sector prison) can be found in HM Prison and Probation Service annual workforce statistics bulletin in table 12 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614643/noms-workforce-tables-march-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614643/noms-workforce-tables-march-2017.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures on the number of staff employed at HM Prison Oakwood, and HM Prison Northumberland (which are privately operated prisons) are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full-time equivalent staff in post, June 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Prison Oakwood</p></td><td><p>504.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Prison Northumberland</p></td><td><p>429.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Parc</p></td><td><p>682.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We do not hold figures on the number of staff employed as part of a supply chain.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 18/07/2017 15:49:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

750264

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Wigan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, where the funding will come from for the building of the proposed prison at Hindley.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	3731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>The proposed redevelopment of Hindley prison is part of the £1.3 billion investment to reform and modernise the prison estate by replacing ageing and ineffective prisons with up to 10,000 modern prison places. The oldest and most inadequate local prisons will be considered for closure and the receipts will be used to fund this transformation programme.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 25/09/2017 14:07:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

731792

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what level of fines have been levied against husbands or partners who avoided paying child maintenance in each year since the introduction of the Child Support Act 1991; and what other sanctions have been imposed on people in that period.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The only fines that can be imposed relating to child maintenance are as a result of criminal prosecution for failure to provide information or providing false information for the purposes of calculating the child maintenance liability. These fines are imposed by a court, information about fines is not recorded by my Department for management information purposes, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Within child maintenance enforcement, “sanctions” generally refers to powers used as a last resort, when other enforcement actions have not resulted in successful collection of arrears.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP publish information on enforcement actions.</p><p> </p><p>Information on both civil and criminal enforcement actions undertaken by the Child Support Agency (CSA) is only available from April 2007. This can be found in Table 22 of the latest CSA Quarterly Summary of Statistics, available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-march-2017</a> . This includes information on a variety of enforcement actions, including commitment to prison and disqualification from driving (in the Committals section), along with information on the number of prosecutions that have been undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>Information on civil and criminal enforcement action undertaken by the Child Maintenance Service is published on Table 16 of the Child Maintenance Service Experimental Statistics, which contains data between September 2015 and March 2017. The publication can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-mar-2017-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-mar-2017-experimental</a> . These statistics do not include detail on the different types of enforcement action, so do not include the number of sanction actions taken.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/06/2017 09:55:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

693354

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insurance: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans she has to require insurers to pass on to consumers the potential savings arising from the proposed reform to whiplash and small claims; and whether she plans to impose penalties on those insurers that do not comply.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	65094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>Leading insurers have already, following publication of the Government’s consultation in November, committed to pass on savings from the reforms to consumers through lower premiums.</p><p> </p><p>Motor insurance is intensely competitive and insurance companies will have little choice but to pass on savings or risk being priced out of the market. The Government will monitor the industry’s reaction to the reforms announced on 23 February and will consider further action if required.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 27/02/2017 16:00:52 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue