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57913

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of the average claim for tax credit made by people who were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	198956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Tax Year</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'in work'</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'out of work'</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as self employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as both employed and self employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£4,700</p></td><td><p>£6,500</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£6,800</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£5,200</p></td><td><p>£6,900</p></td><td><p>£3,900</p></td><td><p>£4,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£5,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td><td><p>£4,500</p></td><td><p>£4,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p>£<del class="ministerial">7,600</del> <ins class="ministerial"><ins>7,500</ins></ins></p></td><td><p>£<del class="ministerial">6,300</del> <ins class="ministerial"><ins>6,200</ins></ins></p></td><td><p>£<del class="ministerial">6,400</del> <ins class="ministerial"><ins>6,000</ins></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The increase in average tax credit awards in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ in April 2012. This policy removed a number of higher income households from the tax credit population. As higher income households generally have lower tax credits awards, the effect of removing these households increases the average award.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 10/06/2014 09:38:55 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 12:39:18 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes previous answer version 268 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

58025

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children in care in residential children's homes who have been placed outside their local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	199085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>This information is available in Table A3 of ‘Children looked after in England, including adoption' statistical first release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 09/06/2014 16:22:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

58026

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Chief Social Worker for Children and Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had with the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families since she took up her post.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	199082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>Since starting as the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families in September 2013, Isabelle Trowler has spoken at a wide range of events. In particular she has made presentations to and engaged in discussion with more than 2,500 social workers to support and challenge the profession and spoke at the National Fostering Association conference on 13 May 2014. Isabelle's presentations are not published.</p><p>As the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families, Isabelle provides independent expert advice to Ministers on social work reform. She meets my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, and other Ministers in the Department for Education frequently to discuss her ideas for social work reform and to provide policy advice.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 199084 question first answered 09/06/2014 16:20:07 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

58027

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to liaise with the Secretary of State for Health over publication of reports into historic child abuse.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	199083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>Officials from the Department for Education are already working closely with other relevant departments to ensure that there is a consistent approach to investigations into allegations of historical child abuse, including on the publication of reports.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 09/06/2014 16:21:38 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

58028

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Chief Social Worker for Children and Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what public speeches the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families has made since taking up her post; and where those speeches are published.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	199084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>Since starting as the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families in September 2013, Isabelle Trowler has spoken at a wide range of events. In particular she has made presentations to and engaged in discussion with more than 2,500 social workers to support and challenge the profession and spoke at the National Fostering Association conference on 13 May 2014. Isabelle's presentations are not published.</p><p>As the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families, Isabelle provides independent expert advice to Ministers on social work reform. She meets my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, and other Ministers in the Department for Education frequently to discuss her ideas for social work reform and to provide policy advice.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 199082 question first answered 09/06/2014 16:20:07 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

58029

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Small Businesses: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to speed up payments by public bodies and private concerns to small businesses; and what recent assessment he has made of average payment times.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	199086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We announced further reforms to public procurement on 30 May to speed up payments by public bodies to small businesses. These include improvements to e-invoicing, procurement processes and greater powers for Ministers to investigate complaints raised by the Cabinet Office's ‘mystery shopper scheme'.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also announced new legislation that will require larger businesses to report on their payment performance and practices. Increasing transparency and driving openness is at the heart of building a more responsible payment culture that UK businesses need to thrive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recent research suggests that UK businesses experience an average 17 day delay to payment of invoices. This is a reduction in the past two years but a figure that is still too high and is holding back investment and growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/06/2014 16:06:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

57916

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to section 3 of the guidance issued by Monitor on the Commissioning of Radiosurgery Services on 4 April 2014, if he will require NHS England to publish the evidence on which it based its decision not to allow patients to be treated with the gamma knife at University College Hospital London.
	tabling member constituency	Wells
	tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
	uin	198758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>Section 3 of Monitor's substantive guidance on <em>The National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No.2) Regulations 2013</em> provides guidance to commissioners on publishing new contract opportunities for National Health Service health care services.</p><p> </p><p>On page 42 of the guidance, it states that &quot;a commissioner may decide to carry out a detailed review of the provision of particular services (for example, A&amp;E services) in its local area in order to understand how those services can be improved in the interests of patients. The review may involve extensive public consultation and engagement with existing and potential providers and other stakeholders. Reviewing available services and providers in this way is good commissioning practice and something that commissioners should consider doing as a matter of course.&quot;</p><p> </p><p>In its role as commissioner, NHS England is currently undertaking such a review of stereotactic radiosurgery services. This will inform procurement decisions for these services.</p><p> </p><p>University College London Hospitals is not contracted by NHS England, nor was it contracted by former primary care trusts, to provide Gamma Knife services. It is for this reason that NHS patients cannot normally be treated at this facility. Instead, NHS patients requiring Gamma Knife treatment should be treated by the Gamma Knife services commissioned by the NHS, that have been shown to meet NHS England service specifications. These can be accessed by patients in London without a waiting time, fully maintaining the continuity of their care and normally with the same consultant and clinical team.</p><p> </p><p>Until the capacity requirements are made clear as part of the review being undertaken, NHS England has said that it would be inappropriate to encourage new market entrants to provide this service as it cannot be clear what the potential consequential impacts on service quality, sustainability (financial and clinical) and potential unintended changes to patient pathways will be. Until the review is complete NHS England has said no substantive changes will be made to the current provision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2014 13:46:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Hansard extract 24032014 Radiotherapy.docx title Hansard extract 24032014 Radiotherapy
	tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

57917

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 132W, on radiotherapy and with reference to section 3 of the guidance issued by Monitor on the Commissioning of Radiosurgery Services on 4 April 2014, which primary care trusts in the south west of England commissioned treatment with the gamma knife at University College Hospital London for patients before 1 April 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Wells
	tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
	uin	198759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that no primary care trusts in the south west of England commissioned gamma knife treatment for patients at University College Hospital London before 1 April 2013.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2014 13:01:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

57918

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 132W, on radiotherapy, and with reference to section 3 of the guidance issued by Monitor on the Commissioning of Radiosurgery Services on 4 April 2014, for what reasons NHS England is not funding patients to be treated with the gamma knife at University College Hospital London.
	tabling member constituency	Wells
	tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
	uin	198760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>Section 3 of Monitor's substantive guidance on <em>The National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No.2) Regulations 2013</em> provides guidance to commissioners on publishing new contract opportunities for National Health Service health care services.</p><p> </p><p>On page 42 of the guidance, it states that &quot;a commissioner may decide to carry out a detailed review of the provision of particular services (for example, A&amp;E services) in its local area in order to understand how those services can be improved in the interests of patients. The review may involve extensive public consultation and engagement with existing and potential providers and other stakeholders. Reviewing available services and providers in this way is good commissioning practice and something that commissioners should consider doing as a matter of course.&quot;</p><p> </p><p>In its role as commissioner, NHS England is currently undertaking such a review of stereotactic radiosurgery services. This will inform procurement decisions for these services.</p><p> </p><p>University College London Hospitals is not contracted by NHS England, nor was it contracted by former primary care trusts, to provide Gamma Knife services. It is for this reason that NHS patients cannot normally be treated at this facility. Instead, NHS patients requiring Gamma Knife treatment should be treated by the Gamma Knife services commissioned by the NHS, that have been shown to meet NHS England service specifications. These can be accessed by patients in London without a waiting time, fully maintaining the continuity of their care and normally with the same consultant and clinical team.</p><p> </p><p>Until the capacity requirements are made clear as part of the review being undertaken, NHS England has said that it would be inappropriate to encourage new market entrants to provide this service as it cannot be clear what the potential consequential impacts on service quality, sustainability (financial and clinical) and potential unintended changes to patient pathways will be. Until the review is complete NHS England has said no substantive changes will be made to the current provision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2014 13:46:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Hansard extract 24032014 Radiotherapy.docx title Hansard extract 24032014 Radiotherapy
	tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

57915

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the recommendations of the Leeds Children's Heart Surgery Services Review, published on 13 March 2014, if he will make it his policy that continuing audits of performance should be conducted at all children's heart surgery units.
	tabling member constituency	Pudsey
	tabling member printed	Stuart Andrew
	uin	198761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>NHS England and the regulators constantly monitor the outcomes at all children's cardiac centres. This data is provided regularly by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research. Specialised commissioning is currently reviewing the type of information that it analyses as part of the ongoing new Congenital Heart Disease Review into these services.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2014 12:59:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew