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1140909

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's criteria is for registering the child maintenance debt of a non-resident parent with credit rating agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	280280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is provided in our internal procedures. It is a discretionary decision and intended as a deterrent measure on those who may otherwise choose to evade maintenance payments, so getting more money flowing to the children and separated parents who need it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We can consider referral to a Credit Reference Agency (CRA) in the following circumstance:</p><ul><li>when a Liability Order is in force against the non-resident</li><li>21 days (plus postage timing and 2 days) have passed since a written notice was posted to the Paying Parent advising them that we intend to supply information about them to a CRA</li><li>the welfare of the child has been considered</li><li>the Paying Parent has not agreed to a payment agreement where the outstanding amount will be repaid in line with our debt steer, of 2 years</li></ul> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/07/2019 11:06:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1140906

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions her Department has registered the child maintenance debt of a non-resident parent with credit rating agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	280279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 279455 question first answered 29/07/2019 14:18:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1141123

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle the rise of in-work poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	280471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>There is clear evidence that work offers people the best opportunity to get out of poverty. A working-age adult living in a household where every adult is working is about 6 times less likely to be in relative poverty than one living in a household where nobody works.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit (UC) replaces six outdated and complex benefits with one – it is simplifying the benefits system and making work pay. As a result, people claiming UC move into work faster, stay in work longer and spend more time looking to increase their earnings. UC provides more help with childcare costs (eligible claimants are able to claim up to 85 per cent of their childcare costs, compared to 70% on the legacy system), a dedicated Work Coach, and removes the 16-hour ‘cliff edge’ for workers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to conduct research and analysis to enhance our understanding surrounding working claimants, as well as working with stakeholders and customers to develop our approach. Our Work Coaches are fully trained to provide tailored advice on career development to help claimants explore ways to grow their earnings.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/07/2019 10:57:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1140921

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Written Question 265470 on Department for Work and Pensions: Pay, how much her Department spent on performance-related awards for Senior Civil Service officials in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017, (e) 2018 and (f) January to June 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	280191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Performance-related end year awards are given following the end of each appraisal year, which runs from 1 April to 31 March.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2016 Senior Civil Servants also became eligible for non-consolidated in-year performance awards to recognise outstanding contribution.</p><p> </p><p>Awards have not yet been made for the 2018/19 performance year; the total amounts paid out in end-year and in-year awards for the earlier periods requested are shown below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Performance Years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Spend on Performance Related Awards for SCS in DWP </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£659,675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£665,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£719,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£675,392</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/07/2019 11:17:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1141067

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to provide a single jobs portal for all schools to advertise vacancies.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	280317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Teaching Vacancies is a free job listing service for schools to list teacher vacancies. A phased roll out commenced in September 2018 with the official national launch in April 2019. To date, 60% of schools have signed up to use the service.</p><p>The Teaching Vacancies website is available here: <a href="https://teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/07/2019 15:49:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 131236 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1141145

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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 recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of developing hypersonic propulsion systems for military aircraft.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	280229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The next generation acquisition programme will deliver the capability required when Typhoon leaves RAF service. As part of the concept phase, a variety of concepts to deliver the required capability are being considered. These will include hypersonic weapon concepts as part of the next generation combat air system.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/07/2019 09:08:28 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1141144

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the benefits of training F35 pilots in (a) the UK and (b) the US.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	280228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK took the opportunity to embed personnel with the US Marine Corps and jointly develop the operational capability of the F35-B Lightning aircraft. By taking this collaborative approach, the UK has been able to train its personnel in advance of establishing our own Lightning footprint in the UK.</p><p>In July this year, personnel returned from the US to establish the Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Marham to enable the UK to conduct its own training.</p><p>The UK continues to work closely with its allies to develop the F-35 programme to ensure freedom of action having initially exploited this collaborative route to training.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/07/2019 09:05:15 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1141138

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Mali: Peacekeeping Operations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units of the British Army will be deployed to Mali on peacekeeping operations in the first troop rotation.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	280222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is currently evaluating what unit and assets are best suited to the task required by the United Nation. This will be finalised in due course, prior to deployment in 2020. Further information can be found in the written statement made by the then Secretary of State for Defence (Penny Mordaunt) on 22 July 2019, (HCWS1779).</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/07/2019 09:10:07 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 22 July 2019, HCWS1779.docx title UN Mission Update
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1140944

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Silicosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the effect on family members of silicosis sufferers.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	280417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Dependants of silicosis sufferers who have died can claim compensation under the <em>Pneumoconiosis</em> etc. (Workers' Compensation) <em>Act</em> 1979 scheme. Under this scheme, the Department has paid £10,871 to dependants over the 17/18 and 18/19 financial years.</p><p> </p><p>Arrears of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) may also be claimed by the spouse or civil partner of a deceased sufferer of silicosis. Information on the amount of IIDB paid to in these circumstances is not immediately accessible, and would require the merging, filtering and quality assuring of complex datasets, data on these claimants could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/07/2019 12:46:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1140895

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid by each private company with a contract with the Department in financial remedies and what the reason was for those financial remedies in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	280394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>This information can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2019 15:45:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon