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58276

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent (a) correspondence and (b) discussions he has had with individual employers in the maritime industry about pay rates below the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for seafarers subject to UK National Insurance employed on vessels working from UK ports; and if he will take steps to enforce in the maritime sector his Department's policy on enforcement, prosecutions and naming employers who break the law on the NMW.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	199360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department is beginning engagement with a range of stakeholders from the maritime industry to fully understand issues surrounding payment of the minimum wage. To date we have met with officials in other jurisdictions as this policy area is affected by legislation outside the UK. We will go on to engage with individual maritime employers and their associations. We will be discussing recruitment models and pay structures as part of this engagement. Following these investigations, we will consider whether further enforcement activity is needed in this sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government remains committed to the minimum wage and the protection it provides to low paid workers. That is why we have strengthened the enforcement regime by cutting back the criteria for naming and shaming non-compliant employers and have increased the penalty from 50% to 100% of arrears up to £20,000. We are also taking primary legislation to apply a penalty per underpaid worker rather than per non-compliant employer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where employers in the maritime industry are found to not be paying the National Minimum Wage that workers are entitled to, we will not hesitate to take action, including recovering arrears owed to workers and penalising employers financially and their reputation by naming and shaming where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Workers in the maritime industry who think they have not been paid the correct National Minimum Wage should contact the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott grouped question UIN 199356 question first answered 12/06/2014 16:12:07 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

58277

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) UK Chamber of Shipping and (b) European Community Shipowners Association on pay rates for seafarers subject to UK National Insurance employed on vessels working from UK ports who are paid hourly rates below the National Minimum Wage; and if he will request data on such pay rates from maritime employers' associations.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	199356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department is beginning engagement with a range of stakeholders from the maritime industry to fully understand issues surrounding payment of the minimum wage. To date we have met with officials in other jurisdictions as this policy area is affected by legislation outside the UK. We will go on to engage with individual maritime employers and their associations. We will be discussing recruitment models and pay structures as part of this engagement. Following these investigations, we will consider whether further enforcement activity is needed in this sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government remains committed to the minimum wage and the protection it provides to low paid workers. That is why we have strengthened the enforcement regime by cutting back the criteria for naming and shaming non-compliant employers and have increased the penalty from 50% to 100% of arrears up to £20,000. We are also taking primary legislation to apply a penalty per underpaid worker rather than per non-compliant employer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where employers in the maritime industry are found to not be paying the National Minimum Wage that workers are entitled to, we will not hesitate to take action, including recovering arrears owed to workers and penalising employers financially and their reputation by naming and shaming where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Workers in the maritime industry who think they have not been paid the correct National Minimum Wage should contact the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott grouped question UIN 199360 question first answered 12/06/2014 16:12:07 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

58294

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to mitigate the risks to defence aviation safety systems and culture referred to in the Defence Air Safety Annual Report July 2012 to August 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The risks highlighted in the annual report represented an aggregate of air safety risks across the regulated community. These are held by suitably qualified and experienced personnel and are actively managed and mitigated.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 12/06/2014 16:01:53 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58304

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	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 estimate he has made of the number of employment and support allowance applicants who have been waiting to be given an assessment appointment for more than (a) three, (b) four, (c) five, (d) six and (e) seven months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	199153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199352 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:25:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58305

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	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 estimate he has made of the time between applications for employment and support allowance and an assessment appointment for people who applied in (a) September 2013, (b) October 2013, (c) November 2013, (d) December 2013, (e) January 2014, (f) February 2014, (g) March 2014 and (h) April 2014 in (i) Glasgow North West constituency, (ii) Glasgow, (iii) Scotland and (iv) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	199352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199153 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:25:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58307

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Universal Credit
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 is taking to ensure that his Department is able to cross-check data on housing costs within the universal credit programme in order to counter fraud.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	199312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The universal credit system is already protected against fraud and error and security experts are involved at each stage of UC design. It is not in the public interest to disclose detailed plans or processes.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/06/2014 16:25:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 520 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

58310

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by his Department to work exclusively on universal credit in (a) total, (b) communications, (c) IT development and (d) project delivery.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	199314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Current resourcing data shows the full time equivalent staff employed to work exclusively on Universal Credit. In total this is (a) 535.8 comprising of (b) 21 in Communications (c) 80.8 in IT Development and (d) 434 in Project Delivery.</p><p> </p><p>These figures exclude contractors.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/06/2014 16:16:28 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 524 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

58311

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any UK aid given to the Palestinian Authority has been distributed to prisoners convicted of terrorism-related activities in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	199230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I provided to the Hon. Member for Aberconwy (Guto Bebb) on 31 March 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 461W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 199231 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:59:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

58312

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any UK aid given to the Palestinian Authority has been distributed to individuals released from prison after serving sentences for terrorism-related activities.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	199231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I provided to the Hon. Member for Aberconwy (Guto Bebb) on 31 March 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 461W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 199230 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:59:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

58318

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current average waiting time is for elective surgery in (a) St Albans constituency, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	199445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Average (median) waiting time in weeks from referral to admission to hospital for consultant-led elective treatment, March 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>National Health Service organisation</p></td><td><p>Number of weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Albans</p></td><td><p>NHS Herts Valley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>NHS Herts Valley CCG</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>East Anglia Area Team</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex Area Team</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire and the South Midlands Area Team</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em></p><p>Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times, commissioner data for admitted patient pathways, March 2014. Published by NHS England at:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/rtt-data-2013-14/#Mar14</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2014 15:31:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main