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173422

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date	13/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Circle
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will remove Circle UK from his list of preferred partners to run NHS trusts.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	220517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold a list of preferred providers. As has always been the case, any future procurement decisions would be based on careful consideration of the best arrangement to ensure safe and sustainable NHS services and care in England for both patients and staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/01/2015 17:00:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

173451

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Overseas Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by how much her Department has reduced public sector net borrowing as a result of its increased use of returnable funds.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	220619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>There has been no reduction in public sector net borrowing as a result of increased use of returnable funds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 20/01/2015 16:57:17 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

173471

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Rochester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the reduction in journey time from Rochester to London that will result from the new station in Rochester and the improvements to signalling on that route being undertaken by Network Rail.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Mark Reckless
uin	220626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to an unprecedented programme of planned rail improvements, including the entire £26m rebuild of Rochester station this year. The signalling work on that route will improve network capacity in the Rochester area and promote more robust performance and infrastructure reliability for rail services. The new station, which will provide 12-carriage platforms at Rochester for the first time, will improve access and integration with Rochester city centre, with step-free access to all platforms and new facilities for passengers, including additional car parking spaces. Network Rail has advised that there may be a slight decrease in journey time although the final December 2015 timetable has not been settled.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/01/2015 17:34:05 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4049 label Biography information for Mark Reckless

173482

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy completely to abolish air passenger duty.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	220598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Air Passenger Duty (APD) remains an important contributor to the public finances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, as a key part of this government’s long term economic plan, the Chancellor has taken action on APD.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2015-16, over ninety-nine per cent of passengers, including many families, are set to see a freeze or reduction in rates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Budget 2014 announced a freeze in the rate of APD for short-haul international and domestic flights for a fourth year running. In addition Budget 2014 reforms APD with the abolition of bands C and D from 1 April 2015. This will cut tax for passengers travelling to destinations such as Brazil, India, China, South Asia and the Caribbean.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Autumn Statement 2014 also announced an APD exemption for children under 12 on economy tickets, with effect from 1 May 2015. From the following year, the Government will abolish economy ticket APD for children under 16 altogether. This will save a two child family £26 on economy short-haul flights and £142 on economy long-haul flights, plus adds to Budget 2014’s adult fare savings for families flying economy to destinations like the Caribbean and Australia, taking accumulative savings to £170 and £194 respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/01/2015 11:41:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

173489

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that people on benefits who undertake temporary work placements can have their benefits reinstated immediately and do not wait six weeks.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	220571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>We aim to ensure all claimants receive their first benefit payment as quickly as possible and have no plans to change our policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under Universal Credit (UC), claimants have a six month re-award period making it easier for them to take on temporary work placements and restart their UC award by simply reporting their change of circumstances and attending an interview. We are in the process of extending UC to more and more claimants with national roll-out beginning next month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 16:42:14 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

173495

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value of hardship payments issued to sanctioned jobseekers' allowance claimants was in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	220565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published information on hardship awards covers the 12 month period from April 2011 to March 2012. This is the link to the publication.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222972/hardship_adhoc_2011_2012.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222972/hardship_adhoc_2011_2012.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 16:40:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

173496

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	Work Programme: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) were eligible for and (b) participated in the Work Programme in Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency in each month since October 2012.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
uin	220612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In response to the first question, those eligible for the Work Programme are referred to it and therefore eligibility is reflected by referral numbers.</p><p> </p><p>Information on those referred to the Work Programme, by parliamentary constituency, is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 17:27:28 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

173498

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hardship payments were made to sanctioned jobseeker's allowance claimants in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
uin	220640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The total number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) hardship awards made in each month from April 2011 to March 2012 (the latest available published data) is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of hardship awards in each month 2011-12, Great Britain</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of awards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12 total</strong></p></td><td><p>64,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><p>The numbers of JSA Hardship Awards were collated from aggregate DWP MISP Management Information. This data is a combination of system and clerically sourced Management Information. It is not considered 100% reliable and may contain duplicates. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2015 16:15:51 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 38911 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

174883

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to improve transport links between Wales and England.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
uin	907068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Infrastructure investment is at the heart of our long term economic plan for Wales. We have worked hard to secure the full South Wales electrification package and pushed through the financial deal to upgrade the M4.</p><p>After decades of under investment by previous governments, we are determined that the people in Wales benefit from our commitment to bring modern transport infrastructure to everyone.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 21/01/2015 13:07:32 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

174884

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on improving transport links to Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	907072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government has secured electrification of the Great Western Main Line all the way to Swansea – ensuring faster journey times and increased capacity on cross-border services.</p><p>The UK Government’s transformative rail investment and additional economic resources allocated to the Welsh Government are making Wales a more attractive place to invest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 21/01/2015 13:12:28 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy