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458861

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date	09/03/2016
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	Consumers: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that non-approved, sub-standard or fake safety products are not sold or passed on to the consumer.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	30467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>Product safety legislation is in place to protect consumers, and is enforced by Trading Standards, who also enforce prohibitions against giving false information about products under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. Where safety products bear a false trade mark, or deliberately copy a registered design, Trading Standards also have the ability to take enforcement action under intellectual property legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Rights Act 2015 sets out the standards consumers can expect of the goods they obtain from traders and remedies if these rights are breached. The standards include the need for goods to be of satisfactory quality (including being fit for the purposes for which goods of that kind are usually supplied, being safe, and matching any description the goods were sold under), fit for a particular purpose (if that purpose was made known before sale), and as described . If these requirements are breached, consumers are entitled to reject the goods (if in the first 30 days), or require the trader to repair or replace the goods.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers can seek advice from the helpline run by Citizen’s Advice which offers a free service advising them on their rights and passes on details of complaints to Trading Standards where appropriate.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/03/2016 15:32:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 51205 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

458959

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of children in each age group that will be in households in receipt of universal credit once it is fully introduced.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	30466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of children in each age group estimated to be in households in receipt of Universal Credit, once fully rolled-out, is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br> Age of Child</p></td><td><p><br> Number of Children in Households not receiving UC</p></td><td><p><br> Number of Children in Households receiving UC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 0-2</p></td><td><p><br> 1,300,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,430,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 3-5</p></td><td><p><br> 1,090,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 6-8</p></td><td><p><br> 1,020,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 9-11</p></td><td><p><br> 960,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,050,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 12-14</p></td><td><p><br> 1,120,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 15-18</p></td><td><p><br> 1,310,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,030,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of children in each age group estimated to be in households in receipt of Universal Credit, once fully rolled-out, is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br> Age of Child</p></td><td><p><br> Proportion of Children in Households not receiving UC</p></td><td><p><br> Proportion of Children in Households receiving UC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 0-2</p></td><td><p><br> 48%</p></td><td><p><br> 52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 3-5</p></td><td><p><br> 46%</p></td><td><p><br> 54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 6-8</p></td><td><p><br> 47%</p></td><td><p><br> 53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 9-11</p></td><td><p><br> 48%</p></td><td><p><br> 52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 12-14</p></td><td><p><br> 53%</p></td><td><p><br> 47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 15-18</p></td><td><p><br> 56%</p></td><td><p><br> 44%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates have been made using the Department’s Policy Simulation Model, which is based on the Family Resources Survey (FRS)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The actual number of children in households receiving Universal Credit once fully rolled-out is dependent on a range of factors including demographic changes and the economic conditions at that time, and therefore these estimates are sensitive to changes in modelling and economic assumptions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/03/2016 17:35:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

459067

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Industrial Health and Safety: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of deaths at work.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	30518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to preventing loss of life in the workplace. Great Britain is one of the safest places to work, having one of the lowest rates of fatal injuries to workers in leading industrial nations.</p><p> </p><p>In order to maintain and build on GB’s world class health and safety record, HSE launched a new strategy for the health and safety system called ‘Helping Great Britain Work Well’ last month. It will help protect lives, livelihoods and help Great Britain to become more prosperous.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2016 17:42:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

459068

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Industrial Health and Safety: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many health and safety inspections of workplaces in the UK took place in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	30519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive undertook 22,240 targeted inspections in 2012/13, and 23, 470 in 2013/14.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2016 17:39:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

459069

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Industrial Health and Safety: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of deaths at work related to (a) respiratory diseases and (b) mesothelioma.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	30520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s policy on reducing the number of deaths at work related to respiratory diseases, including mesothelioma, is well established. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has responsibility for occupational health and safety legislation which aims to prevent exposure to harmful substances that can cause these diseases.</p><p> </p><p>HSE focuses its activities on areas where there are high numbers of workers who are exposed and/or where there is evidence of a high incidence rate of disease. It does this through a range of approaches and interventions, specifically:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Securing effective risk management and control through a variety of interventions with businesses including licensing, inspections, investigations of incidents and concerns raised by workers and others;</li><li>Leading and engaging those who undertake or influence health and safety; and</li><li>Ensuring that the regulatory framework remains effective.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2016 17:47:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds