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346994

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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: Disqualification
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 institute a full independent review of the benefit sanctions system.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>As with all our policies, we will continue to keep the operation of the system under review to ensure that it continues to operate effectively and as fairly as possible. We also continue to make improvements as committed to in the Oakley Review.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/06/2015 11:08:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

346996

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Pensions
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 encourage pension providers to invest responsibly.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Pension scheme trustees are subject to a range of duties which, broadly speaking, require them to act in the best interests of beneficiaries.</p><p>The Government consulted on whether the law should be changed to provide clarity for pension scheme trustees about their legal duties regarding considering financial and non-financial factors when taking investment decisions, as well as encouraging trustees to consider their approach to stewardship. The Government will respond to this consultation later this year.</p><p>The guidance provided by The Pensions Regulator in its free ‘trustee toolkit’ was updated earlier this year to clarify that where trustees think environmental, social or governance issues are financially material to a scheme’s investments they should take these into account. The guidance also makes clear that the law permits trustees to make investment decisions that are influenced by non-financial factors, provided they have a good reason to think that scheme members share the concern, and there is no risk of significant detriment to the fund</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 172 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:42:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

346997

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on pension divestment.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Pension scheme trustees are subject to a range of duties which, broadly speaking, require them to act in the best interests of beneficiaries.</p><p>The Government consulted on whether the law should be changed to provide clarity for pension scheme trustees about their legal duties regarding considering financial and non-financial factors when taking investment decisions, as well as encouraging trustees to consider their approach to stewardship. The Government will respond to this consultation later this year.</p><p>The guidance provided by The Pensions Regulator in its free ‘trustee toolkit’ was updated earlier this year to clarify that where trustees think environmental, social or governance issues are financially material to a scheme’s investments they should take these into account. The guidance also makes clear that the law permits trustees to make investment decisions that are influenced by non-financial factors, provided they have a good reason to think that scheme members share the concern, and there is no risk of significant detriment to the fund</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 171 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:42:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

346998

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Daycare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to extend free childcare for working parents.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government will increase the amount of free childcare available to working parents of three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours per week in 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/06/2015 11:37:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

346999

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Daycare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the public purse of the proposal to extend free childcare to 30 hours per week to working parents.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The cost of the new childcare entitlement of 30 hours per week for working families will be considered as part of the normal Budget and Spending Review process.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 89 question first answered 02/06/2015 11:39:51 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347000

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Public Expenditure
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 analyse the distributional effect of the policy options for reducing his Department's expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The department will carefully consider the impact of individual policy changes, including the effect on individuals with protected characteristics in line with its legal obligations.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 11:08:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347001

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of benefit sanctions on (a) families with children and (b) people with mental ill health.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Jobcentre Plus offers a wide range of support to help claimants back into work. This includes specialist provision delivered through the Flexible Support Fund aimed at supporting vulnerable claimants with a mental health condition, learning difficulties or other disabilities. The Work Programme, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies and the Troubled Families Programme are also tailored to support families with children and people with mental health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to temporarily halt a claimant’s benefit payment is always thoroughly considered and is not something we do lightly. It is a consequence of a claimant not meeting their requirements in return for receiving the benefit without good reason. The requirements and consequences are clearly communicated with them throughout their claim and set out in their Claimant Commitment. There are a number of steps in the decision making process to ensure that our decisions are correct.<em> </em></p><p> </p><p>After being notified of the decision, claimants can apply for hardship payments<em>.</em> Vulnerable claimants can apply for hardship immediately and the majority of claims are approved.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/06/2015 11:20:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347002

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department is supporting the removal of asbestos in schools.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education supports the removal of asbestos from schools, where it is safe and appropriate to do so, through its capital funding schemes. The department published a review on the management of asbestos in schools in March 2015. This can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asbestos-in-schools-policy-review" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/asbestos-in-schools-policy-review</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/06/2015 12:11:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347003

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve asbestos management in schools.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>While the management of asbestos in schools remains the responsibility of individual schools and duty holders, the department has taken steps to support them to fulfil their responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>In parallel with the review on asbestos management published in March 2015, the department published refreshed guidance for schools, which provides an accessible, step-by-step guide to managing any asbestos present in their buildings.</p><p> </p><p>This guidance can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asbestos-management-in-schools--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/asbestos-management-in-schools--2</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/06/2015 13:55:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347004

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what monitoring is undertaken of the recruitment of teachers in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) academies and (c) free schools.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education monitors the number of teachers working in all state funded schools (including all local authority maintained schools, free schools and academies) and the number of vacancies reported by these schools via the annual School Workforce Census. The number of new teachers per year can be calculated using the census.</p><p> </p><p>The information on teacher numbers and vacancies is also used by the department to determine the number of teacher training places that will be made available in each year. The take up of these teacher training places is monitored by the National College for Teaching and Leadership via the Initial Teacher Training Census.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 13:55:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh