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57685

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what penalties his Department is able to levy on workplace capability assessment providers who miss targets.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
uin	198558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment Work Capability Assessment referrals to Atos Healthcare in each of the last three years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 1,553,839</p><p>01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 1,742,593</p><p>01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 1,495,159</p><p> </p><p>For the period October 2008 to May 2014, there have been 3,431,528 Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment cases processed by Atos Healthcare within 35 days.</p><p> </p><p>The latest (April 2014) national Employment and Support Allowance Work Capability Assessment Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT) is 118.9 days.</p><p>There are a range of financial remedies available within the Medical Services contract to address service level failure. However this is a matter of commercial in confidence between the Department of Work and Pensions and its supplier Atos Healthcare.</p><p>The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Allowance cases that were referred to Atos Healthcare processed and returned within 35 days in each of the last three years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>a). UK</p><p>01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 767,674</p><p>01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 1,073,987</p><p>01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 249,305</p><p> </p><p>b). Scotland</p><p>01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 97,951</p><p>01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 133,923</p><p>01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 58,326</p><p> </p><p>c). West Lothian Local Authority Area</p><p>The information requested is not available</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 198555 198556 198557 198559 question first answered 11/06/2014 16:54:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice

57686

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workplace capability assessments have been submitted to Atos, processed and returned within 35 working days in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) West Lothian local authority area in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
uin	198559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment Work Capability Assessment referrals to Atos Healthcare in each of the last three years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 1,553,839</p><p>01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 1,742,593</p><p>01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 1,495,159</p><p> </p><p>For the period October 2008 to May 2014, there have been 3,431,528 Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment cases processed by Atos Healthcare within 35 days.</p><p> </p><p>The latest (April 2014) national Employment and Support Allowance Work Capability Assessment Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT) is 118.9 days.</p><p>There are a range of financial remedies available within the Medical Services contract to address service level failure. However this is a matter of commercial in confidence between the Department of Work and Pensions and its supplier Atos Healthcare.</p><p>The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Allowance cases that were referred to Atos Healthcare processed and returned within 35 days in each of the last three years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>a). UK</p><p>01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 767,674</p><p>01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 1,073,987</p><p>01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 249,305</p><p> </p><p>b). Scotland</p><p>01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 97,951</p><p>01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 133,923</p><p>01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 58,326</p><p> </p><p>c). West Lothian Local Authority Area</p><p>The information requested is not available</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 198555 198556 198557 198558 question first answered 11/06/2014 16:54:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice

57687

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	Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to improve job security for people employed indefinitely on temporary or fixed-term contracts.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	198616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving a labour market that is both fair and flexible, which gives employers the confidence to create jobs, and individuals the choice to find work that suits them and their circumstances.</p><p>Temporary, agency and fixed term contracts are an important, but relatively small part of our labour market, as they give companies flexibility in how staff are hired and workers flexibility in how they work. In February to April 2014 there were 1.673 million temporary employees – 6.5% of all employees. Of these, ONS estimate that 35.9% were working temporarily because they could not find a permanent job – down from 39.7% a year ago.</p><p>Under this Government employment growth continues to be exceptionally strong, with levels up by 345,000 in the past quarter, and 780,000 in the past year – a record. Overall, in the 12 months to April 2014:</p><p> </p><p>· Employment increased by 780,000.</p><p> </p><p>· The number of employees working full time increased by 441,000 and the number of people working part time increased by 17,000.</p><p> </p><p>· The amount of people in self-employment rose by 337,000</p><p> </p><p>· The amount of temporary employees was 1.67 million in the three months to April 2014, up 79,000 on the same period last year. The amount of employees working temporary jobs because they could not find permanent jobs fell by 33,000 over the past year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 11/06/2014 16:11:21 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

57688

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people on (a) temporary and (b) fixed-term contracts in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	198617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/06/2014 15:43:36 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 198617.pdf title ONS Letter to Member
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

57689

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Boston College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the Prime Minister has had with the US President and others on the release of the files held by Boston College relating to Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	198589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of <br>international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public <br>and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. <br>Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations and individuals are <br>passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently <br>published on the Cabinet Office website which is available here: <br>www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-ministers-gifts-and-hospitality-j<br>uly-to-september-2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 11/06/2014 16:31:21 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

57690

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Tibet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on human rights abuses in Tibet.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	198551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>Our concerns are highlighted in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy (<a href="http://www.hrdreport.fco.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.hrdreport.fco.gov.uk</a>), the latest edition of which was published on 10 April. We last raised Tibet at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue on 20 May, where we covered concerns about ethnic minority rights, as well as the criminalisation of self immolation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:42:28 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

57691

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Tibet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from (a) the Tibetan government in exile and (b) human rights charities on human rights abuses in that country.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	198552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>Officials regularly meet with human rights non govermental-organistions (NGOs) to discuss the situation in Tibet. They last did so in May, following the UK-China Human Rights dialogue. I will be meeting with representatives from a number of Tibet NGOs later this month.</p><p>We also receive occasional updates from the Central Tibetan Administration, also known as the Tibetan government in exile. We believe that meaningful dialogue is the best way to address and resolve the underlying grievances of the Tibetan communities and we continue to urge all sides to restart talks.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:48:16 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

57692

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Tibet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce human rights abuses in Tibet and to offer support for victims of such abuses.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	198554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>We remain concerned about the situation in Tibet.</p><p>We regularly discuss our concerns on Tibet with the Chinese authorities, most recently through the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue on 19-20 May 2014 where we covered concerns about ethnic minority rights, as well as the criminalisation of self immolation. Our concerns are also highlighted in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy, the latest edition of which was published on 10 April.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:55:54 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

57693

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Nigerian counterpart on the abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	198588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (William Hague) discussed the abduction of the school girls with FM Wali on 18 April, and attended a Summit in Paris on 17 May with the Nigerian President, which was specially convened to discuss this issue. I discussed the abduction with President Jonathan and Defence Minister Gusau during my visit to Nigeria on 14 May. During that visit we agreed the package of support the British Government would offer to help find the girls, as well as to help tackle Boko Haram's wider activities. Foreign Minister Wali and I have been in contact since then on the subject of Boko Haram. I look forward to further detailed conversations with him and representatives from Nigeria's neighbours, the US, Canada, France, EU, UN and AU at this week's ministerial meeting on security in northern Nigeria.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 10/06/2014 15:23:35 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

57694

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Tibet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on Tibetan independence.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	198590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>Our position on Tibet is clear and unchanged. As the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney <br>(Mr Cameron) outlined in Parliament on 8 May 2013, we regard Tibet as part of the People's Republic of China. We believe that long-term stability in Tibet will best be achieved through respect for universal human rights and genuine autonomy for Tibet within the framework of the Chinese constitution.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:58:12 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman