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389393

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Medical Examinations
	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 number of priority employment and support allowance cases in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Caerphilly County Borough.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	6826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Cases are not generally given priority over any other except where the claimant is terminally ill.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/07/2015 10:35:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

389455

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will postpone any sales of shares in RBS by UK Financial Investments until all interest rate cases with sophisticated customers have been resolved or subject to an independent inquiry.
	tabling member constituency	South West Devon
	tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
	uin	6697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>As the Chancellor and the Governor of the Bank of England have said, it is in taxpayers’ interests for the government to begin now to return RBS to private ownership. The Governor has also said, there could be considerable net costs to taxpayers of further delaying the start of a sale. The government is clear that the mis-selling of financial products is wrong and those businesses affected should be appropriately compensated through the Financial Conduct Authority’s redress scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/07/2015 15:37:58 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

389456

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is towards any director of UK Financial Investments who had not disclosed a conflict of interest in relation to RBS customers.
	tabling member constituency	South West Devon
	tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
	uin	6698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>UK Financial Investment (UKFI) adheres to the Code of Practice as set out by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, which specifically addresses the issue of actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, UKFI is subject to the Companies Act 2006, which sets out in detail the legal obligations whereby companies have a legal duty to avoid conflicts of interest</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/07/2015 15:36:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

389461

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he takes to ensure that no conflicts of interest arise between directors of UK Financial Investments and customers of RBS.
	tabling member constituency	South West Devon
	tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
	uin	6701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>UK Financial Investment (UKFI) adheres to the Code of Practice as set out by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, which specifically addresses the issue of actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, UKFI is subject to the Companies Act 2006, which sets out in detail the legal obligations whereby companies have a legal duty to avoid conflicts of interest</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/07/2015 15:37:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

389317

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2015 to Question 5102, what funding his Department plans to make available to promote the construction of charging points for electric cars over the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	6809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently funding the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme, which helps eligible plug-in car drivers with the upfront cost of installing a domestic chargepoint through a 75% grant of up to £700; as well as 75% grants up to a maximum of £7,500 per installation for chargepoints alongside on-street residential parking. Our Road Investment Strategy includes funding of £15m between 2015 and 2020 for a national network of chargepoints on the strategic road network. Further details of the Government’s £500 million investment in ultra low emission vehicles will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/07/2015 10:32:55 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

389287

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Shoplifting: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for changes in the number of convictions for shoplifting food in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	6600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The total number of convictions for theft from shops has fallen steadily since 2010. These figures can be viewed at:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428937/outcomes-by-offence-tables.xlsx" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428937/outcomes-by-offence-tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428937/outcomes-by-offence-tables.xlsx</a> under 46 Theft from Shops. These figures do not show what percentage of these convictions related to theft of food.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/07/2015 09:44:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

389239

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Mediation: Family Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to encourage the judiciary to make greater use of its existing powers in family procedure rules to refer people to family mediation at any stage in proceedings.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	6853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>We continue to support mediation as a more effective way of resolving disputes. Mediation allows both parties to reach a decision together, instead of the court making an order which one party – or neither party – may not want</p><p>Where private family cases come to court, if there is a dispute over arrangements for children, the Child Arrangements Programme will apply.</p><p><a title="http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/family-justice-reform/pd-12b-cap.pdf" href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/family-justice-reform/pd-12b-cap.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/family-justice-reform/pd-12b-cap.pdf</a></p><p>This sets out the framework for resolving disputes and is clear that during the court process the judge should consider all options available including referring parties to mediation where this is suitable.</p><p>The family judiciary has received training on the Child Arrangements Programme and they are aware of their powers to refer parties to family mediation during court proceedings. How and when judges use these powers is a matter for their discretion based on the facts of an individual case and the suitability for the dispute to be resolved through mediation.</p><p>We will continue to work with the judiciary and the mediation sector to raise awareness of the benefits of mediation so that it remains an option to resolve disputes even where cases have come to court.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/07/2015 10:12:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

389238

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Mediation: Family Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take to increase the take-up of mediation for family disputes.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	6861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>We have taken a number of steps to increase the take-up of family mediation. From 3 November last year the first single session of mediation is publicly funded in all cases where one of the people involved is already legally aided. The ‘First Stop: Family Mediation’ campaign which ran between January and March this year was designed to raise awareness of the benefits of family mediation. The campaign saw an increase of 340% in the number of visitors to the Family Mediation Council (FMC) website and a 45% increase to the ‘find a mediator’ page on their website. We will continue to look at ways in which family mediation can be promoted as a quicker, cheaper and more effective ways for parties to resolve disputes over an application through the court.</p><p>We are working with the mediation sector and regulators to investigate how we can strengthen out of court agreements (or ‘memorandum of understandings’) to encourage people to mediate. .</p><p>We will also consult with all relevant stakeholders to look at ways in which new family mediation contracts can be improved to help encourage more parties to participate in family mediation.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/07/2015 10:00:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

389522

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will take steps to merge the 14 regional markets for energy distribution to create a national energy market for electricity distribution and reduce the price paid by consumers and businesses in the Highlands and Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
	tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
	uin	6779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Electricity distribution network charges vary by region and reflect the costs of running the network in that area and the number of consumers that those costs are spread over. Moving away from this ‘cost-reflective’ approach would weaken the local accountability of the network operator in ensuring expenditure is fully justified, in turn weakening downward pressures on network costs overall. In addition, a national price for electricity distribution would mean lower network charges in some areas, but increases in others. There are fuel poor consumers throughout GB, including in the areas that could be expected to see higher bills as a result of such a change.</p><p>Any decision on whether to pursue this further could therefore only sensibly be considered on the basis of robust and evidence-based analysis<em>. </em>Ofgem is currently working to inform the issue, and the Government will consider its analysis carefully. It will also be important to take full account of the final conclusions of the energy market investigation which is currently being undertaken by the Competition and Markets Authority. Its provisional findings favour more locational transmission pricing.</p><p>To help protect domestic and business consumers in the North of Scotland specifically, Government has already introduced the Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme. It provides an annual assistance amount of over £50m to consumers in the North of Scotland. The cost of providing this discount is recovered from consumers across the whole of Great Britain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/07/2015 14:34:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

389504

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for changes in the number of children eligible for free school meals in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	6599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The overall proportion of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals has reduced nationally over the last three years from 17.1% in 2013, to 16.3% in 2014, to 15.2% in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>As the economy improves, there are two million more people finding work including parents, which is leading to year on year decreases in the numbers of pupils entitled to this benefit. For example, the rate of people claiming Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) has been falling steadily for the last three years, and this is one the key benefits that provides entitlement to FSM.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/07/2015 09:47:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier