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1151539

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS and Social Services: Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the (a) NHS and (b) social care system of (i) fees, (ii) markups and (ii) commissions to supply agencies for (A) clinical and (B) other staff.
	tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
	uin	3731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2018/19, National Health Service trusts spent £2.40 billion on agency staff, including clinical and non-clinical staff. Between March 2018 and March 2019, £938 million was spent on agency medical staff, £950 million on agency nursing staff and £513 million on other staff.<sup>1 </sup></p><p>NHS Improvement’s agency rules include a cap which sets a ceiling for agency fees. Full details of the NHS Improvement price caps are attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data that shows the breakdown of fees, markups and commissions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold this data for social care. The Skills for Care programme estimates that in 2018/19 agency social care staff represented 7% of the 1.52 million people strong adult social care workforce.<sup>2 </sup></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>[1]<a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/5404/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_4_1819.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/5404/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_4_1819.pdf</a></p><p><sup>2</sup><a href="https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/adult-social-care-workforce-data/Workforce-intelligence/documents/State-of-the-adult-social-care-sector/State-of-Report-2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/adult-social-care-workforce-data/Workforce-intelligence/documents/State-of-the-adult-social-care-sector/State-of-Report-2019.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/10/2019 11:41:46 question first ministerially corrected 30/10/2019 17:01:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Price_card_2019-20_v2.0.xlsx title PQ3731 previous answer version 2658 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1151364

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to consult on increasing the eligibility for bereavement support payment to include cohabitees.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	3788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to consult on increasing the eligibility for bereavement support payment to include cohabitees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/10/2019 14:24:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1151365

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) 18-month limit for receiving bereavement support payment and (b) three-month limit for claiming bereavement support payment.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	3789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>We intend to carry out an evaluation of Bereavement Support Payment once sufficient evidence is available for this comparatively new benefit, to enable us to evaluate the policy.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/10/2019 14:23:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1151368

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the six-month limit on the easement of work-related requirements for universal credit for bereavement of a partner or child.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	3790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>When a Universal Credit (UC) claimant suffers a bereavement there are easements to work-related requirement which can be applied. These will be discussed and agreed, on an individual basis, with the claimant’s Work Coach or Case Manager. In some circumstances payment of UC, that would otherwise reduce or stop following a bereavement, can continue for a short time. This is called a ‘Bereavement run-on’, and may be applied when a partner or dependent child dies.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Bereavement run-on’ results in UC continuing to be paid as if there had been no change of circumstances for the assessment period in which the death occurs and the following two assessment periods.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/10/2019 17:03:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1151527

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants of universal credit manually reported their wages in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	3809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>A monthly breakdown of adjustments to Universal Credit payments owing to Real Time Information and self-reported earnings is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>From the information that is readily available for Universal Credit Full Service, in the twelve months to September 2019, on average 1.7m payments were processed each month. Of the payments processed, on average 1.2% or 20,000 had self-reported earnings information recorded.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/10/2019 15:18:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1151372

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Pleural Plaques: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to re-establish the right to compensation for people in England and Wales who developed pleural plaques as a result of exposure to asbestos.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	3639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to reopen the pleural plaques compensation scheme, which operated between 2 August 2010 and 1 August 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme operated as an extra-statutory one, making £5000 payments on an ex-gratia basis to applicants who fulfilled the scheme’s criteria, namely that they were individuals who had begun, but not resolved, a legal claim for compensation for pleural plaques at the time of the House of Lords ruling in October 2007 in the case of Rothwell v Chemical &amp; Insulating Co Ltd [2007] UKHL 39. That ruling had held that the occurrence of pleural plaques is not a compensatable disease.</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility for the scheme was limited to that category of people as they would have had an understandable expectation of receiving compensation when they began their claim, an expectation which would not have been shared by those diagnosed later.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 30/10/2019 17:54:39 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1151376

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-molestation orders have been issued in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	3640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Non-molestation orders are made by the court to protect individuals from the harm of domestic violence. They can, where necessary, extend to protect children.</p><p>Non-molestation applications are either made ‘without notice’ to the respondent, usually if the applicant is seeking immediate protection, or ‘on notice’ to the respondent. The number of non-molestation orders made in each of the last 9 calendar years is shown in table 1 below. The data covers England and Wales.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Non-molestation orders made in England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>21,194</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>19,556</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>19,403</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>22,284</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,630</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,647</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>25,750</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>27,183</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019</a></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We do not hold data on how many people have represented themselves when applying for an order.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunals Service publish a range of guidance on Gov.Uk including eligibility for obtaining orders, how to apply for an injunction if you've been the victim of domestic violence, how to apply for a non-molestation order and an occupation order and how to serve applications. Links to the guidance are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/injunction-domestic-violence/eligibility-non-molestation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/injunction-domestic-violence/eligibility-non-molestation</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-fl401-application-for-a-non-molestation-order-occupation-order" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-fl401-application-for-a-non-molestation-order-occupation-order</a></p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 3642 3643 question first answered 28/10/2019 17:34:24 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1151377

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) people who applied for non-molestation orders were not eligible for legal aid in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	3641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>VOLUME OF REFUSALS</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>% OF APPLICATIONS REFUSED</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>YEAR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FEMALES (a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FEMALES (a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL (b)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0.25%</p></td><td><p>0.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0.11%</p></td><td><p>0.13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0.17%</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>0.44%</p></td><td><p>0.45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>0.87%</p></td><td><p>0.93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>0.94%</p></td><td><p>0.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>1.67%</p></td><td><p>1.77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>2.10%</p></td><td><p>2.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>2.87%</p></td><td><p>3.07%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures are based on the volume of applications made rather than the number of discrete individuals. One person may make more than one application for legal aid.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for legal aid when requesting a non-molestation orders will only be rejected when a court is unlikely to grant an order, for instance where other help and support is already in place.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 28/10/2019 17:20:00 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1151378

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders: Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) people have represented themselves when applying for a non-molestation order in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	3642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Non-molestation orders are made by the court to protect individuals from the harm of domestic violence. They can, where necessary, extend to protect children.</p><p>Non-molestation applications are either made ‘without notice’ to the respondent, usually if the applicant is seeking immediate protection, or ‘on notice’ to the respondent. The number of non-molestation orders made in each of the last 9 calendar years is shown in table 1 below. The data covers England and Wales.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Non-molestation orders made in England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>21,194</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>19,556</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>19,403</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>22,284</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,630</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,647</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>25,750</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>27,183</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019</a></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We do not hold data on how many people have represented themselves when applying for an order.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunals Service publish a range of guidance on Gov.Uk including eligibility for obtaining orders, how to apply for an injunction if you've been the victim of domestic violence, how to apply for a non-molestation order and an occupation order and how to serve applications. Links to the guidance are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/injunction-domestic-violence/eligibility-non-molestation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/injunction-domestic-violence/eligibility-non-molestation</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-fl401-application-for-a-non-molestation-order-occupation-order" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-fl401-application-for-a-non-molestation-order-occupation-order</a></p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 3640 3643 question first answered 28/10/2019 17:34:24 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1151379

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to publish any guidance produced by his Department for people who are advised to seek a non-molestation order.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	3643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Non-molestation orders are made by the court to protect individuals from the harm of domestic violence. They can, where necessary, extend to protect children.</p><p>Non-molestation applications are either made ‘without notice’ to the respondent, usually if the applicant is seeking immediate protection, or ‘on notice’ to the respondent. The number of non-molestation orders made in each of the last 9 calendar years is shown in table 1 below. The data covers England and Wales.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Non-molestation orders made in England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>21,194</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>19,556</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>19,403</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>22,284</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,630</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,647</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>25,750</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>27,183</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019</a></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We do not hold data on how many people have represented themselves when applying for an order.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunals Service publish a range of guidance on Gov.Uk including eligibility for obtaining orders, how to apply for an injunction if you've been the victim of domestic violence, how to apply for a non-molestation order and an occupation order and how to serve applications. Links to the guidance are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/injunction-domestic-violence/eligibility-non-molestation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/injunction-domestic-violence/eligibility-non-molestation</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-fl401-application-for-a-non-molestation-order-occupation-order" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-fl401-application-for-a-non-molestation-order-occupation-order</a></p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 3640 3642 question first answered 28/10/2019 17:34:24 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon