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1051351

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether as a result of the ongoing judicial review into complaints in relation to the equalisation of state pension age, women that have lodged complaints that are being processed will have their complaints (a) paused or (b) closed until the judicial review is complete.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	214627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>This government and the various other bodies are acting no differently to all previous governments subject to a legal challenge on such an issue.</p><p> </p><p>Following the High Court’s decision on 30 November 2018 to grant the claimants permission to proceed to a full judicial review hearing on the changes to State Pension age, the department has reviewed its handling of such complaints.</p><p> </p><p>The department has concluded that the issue in the Judicial Review does impact on the ongoing complaints. Therefore, the DWP has decided to temporarily suspend action on current and future complaints on State Pension age matters until the final court decision in the judicial review. We do not think it is appropriate for the DWP to investigate a matter that is currently being considered by the High Court. An update explaining this will be added to the gov.uk website, and anyone who has an affected complaint we will notify. Matters that are unrelated to the judicial review will be progressed as normal under DWP’s complaints procedure.</p><p> </p><p>This approach is consistent with the decision taken by the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman. Following the decision of the High Court to grant permission for a judicial review to go ahead on the changes to State Pension age, the Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman’s office has confirmed that they will be taking no further action on current and future complaints they receive on changes to State Pension age until the court proceedings conclude.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Case Examiner provides an independent review of complaints which remain unresolved following a final response from the DWP. As such, the Independent Case Examiner has also considered its position in light of the High Court decision. The Independent Case Examiner Office has no role to play in matters which are, or have been, the subject of legal proceedings. As a result, following the High Court decision, the Independent Case Examiners’ Office took action to close all live State Pension age complaints, in line with its agreed operational parameters.</p><p> </p><p>The table provides information on the number of cases closed at the Independent Case Examiner relating to State Pension age changes, and the rationale for closing them. The number rejected (b) may increase (complaints cannot currently be accepted due to the judicial review).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reason for complaint closure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Independent Case Examiner investigation report issued</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Rejected (the complaint failed to meet the Independent Case Examiner acceptance criteria)</p></td><td><p>1,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) Withdrawn by complainant</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d) Closed following the High Court decision to grant permission for a judicial review of the Department’s handling of the change to women’s State Pension age – it is not within the Independent Case Examiner remit to consider issues which are, or have been, subject to legal proceedings.</p></td><td><p>2,505</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In the event that the High Court makes no legal determination in respect of the complaint regarding State Pension age change, the Department will review its position once more and consider lifting the suspension.</p><p> </p><p>At this point the Independent Case Examiner Office could, at the request of the Department, also re-open those complaints closed as a result of the judicial review. This would be on the understanding that: (a) the matter is no longer the subject of legal proceedings and (b) there has been no legal determination on the issues which form the basis of the complaint to the Independent Case Examiner.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/02/2019 17:07:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

1051352

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of children in (a) the East Midlands, (b) Nottingham and (c) Nottingham North who are taken into social care by court order.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	214628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The government wants every child to be in a stable, loving home that is right for them.</p><p>One of the key principles of the legislation which underpins the UK’s child protection system, is that children are best looked after within their families. However, that is not always possible and, as a last resort, local authorities can apply to the courts for a care or supervision order where the child is suffering, or is at risk of suffering, significant harm. In making their decisions, the courts must be satisfied that the threshold for significant harm has been met and that taking the child from his or her family’s care will be in the child’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>Where a child cannot live at home, we must make sure they are safe and receive the highest quality care, which is why we are working hard to improve the social care support for children across England through our reform programme, Putting Children First. We have also established the Children’s Social Care What Works Centre, whose initial research priority focuses on ‘what works in safely reducing the need for children to enter care’.</p><p>In the Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an additional £410 million for adult and children’s social care in 2019-20. A further £84 million is also being invested over the next 5 years through the Strengthening Families, Protecting Children programme. This will build on three of our most promising Innovation Programme projects, with the aim of improving social work practice to enable children to stay safely at home where that is in their best interests.</p><p>This investment is in addition to the almost £270 million the department has invested in our Innovation and Improvement programmes since 2014. There have been 4 programmes in local authorities in the East Midlands region and over 90 in local authorities across England to help innovate and re-design service delivery to achieve higher quality. The Creating Strong Communities model, for example, developed by North East Lincolnshire has been designed to fundamentally change the way local practitioners and partners in North East Lincolnshire work together to safeguard vulnerable children.</p><p>The number of children taken into care in the East Midlands region and Nottingham local authority area is shown in the attached table. The department does not collect this data by parliamentary constituency area.</p><p>Figures on children taken into care by legal status is published for England in Table C1 of the statistical release “Children Looked after in England including adoptions: 2017:2018” at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 214629 question first answered 04/02/2019 14:59:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 214628_&_214629_table_Children_who_started_to_be_looked_after_during_the_years_ending_31_March .xls title 214628_629_Children_who_started_to_be_looked_after
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1051353

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) the East Midlands, (b) Nottingham and (c) Nottingham North have been taken into social care by court order in the last (i) one, (ii) three and (iii) five years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	214629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The government wants every child to be in a stable, loving home that is right for them.</p><p>One of the key principles of the legislation which underpins the UK’s child protection system, is that children are best looked after within their families. However, that is not always possible and, as a last resort, local authorities can apply to the courts for a care or supervision order where the child is suffering, or is at risk of suffering, significant harm. In making their decisions, the courts must be satisfied that the threshold for significant harm has been met and that taking the child from his or her family’s care will be in the child’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>Where a child cannot live at home, we must make sure they are safe and receive the highest quality care, which is why we are working hard to improve the social care support for children across England through our reform programme, Putting Children First. We have also established the Children’s Social Care What Works Centre, whose initial research priority focuses on ‘what works in safely reducing the need for children to enter care’.</p><p>In the Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an additional £410 million for adult and children’s social care in 2019-20. A further £84 million is also being invested over the next 5 years through the Strengthening Families, Protecting Children programme. This will build on three of our most promising Innovation Programme projects, with the aim of improving social work practice to enable children to stay safely at home where that is in their best interests.</p><p>This investment is in addition to the almost £270 million the department has invested in our Innovation and Improvement programmes since 2014. There have been 4 programmes in local authorities in the East Midlands region and over 90 in local authorities across England to help innovate and re-design service delivery to achieve higher quality. The Creating Strong Communities model, for example, developed by North East Lincolnshire has been designed to fundamentally change the way local practitioners and partners in North East Lincolnshire work together to safeguard vulnerable children.</p><p>The number of children taken into care in the East Midlands region and Nottingham local authority area is shown in the attached table. The department does not collect this data by parliamentary constituency area.</p><p>Figures on children taken into care by legal status is published for England in Table C1 of the statistical release “Children Looked after in England including adoptions: 2017:2018” at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 214628 question first answered 04/02/2019 14:59:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 214628_&_214629_table_Children_who_started_to_be_looked_after_during_the_years_ending_31_March .xls title 214628_629_Children_who_started_to_be_looked_after
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1051354

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West Coast Main Line: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people travelling between Liverpool and London on the West Coast Mainline in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18 have been eligible for delay repay refunds; and how many of those people have received such refunds.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	214496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information, however the Department does publish data on the total amount of compensation paid by train operating companies to passengers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/02/2019 14:02:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1051355

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Virgin Trains: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) Network Rail and (b) his Department paid Virgin Trains during (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18 as compensation for late running train services on the West Coast Mainline between Liverpool and London.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	214497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail publishes data covering payments between Network Rail and Virgin Trains, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Payments-for-disruption-on-the-railway-made-under-schedule-8.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Payments-for-disruption-on-the-railway-made-under-schedule-8.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not make payment to Virgin Trains as compensation for late running services.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/02/2019 10:59:52 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1051356

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Virgin Trains: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money (a) Network Rail and (b) his Department paid Virgin Trains in (i)2016-17and (ii) 2017-18 as compensation for late running services on the West Coast Mainline.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	214498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail publishes data covering payments between Network Rail and Virgin Trains, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Payments-for-disruption-on-the-railway-made-under-schedule-8.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Payments-for-disruption-on-the-railway-made-under-schedule-8.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not make payment to Virgin Trains as compensation for late running services.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/02/2019 11:03:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1051357

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Virgin Trains: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people travelling on the West Coast Mainline in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18 have been eligible for delay repay refunds from Virgin Trains; and how many of those people have received such refunds.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	214499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information, however the Department does publish data on the total amount of compensation paid by train operating companies to passengers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/02/2019 11:07:59 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1051358

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings: Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual earnings were of the bottom five deciles in Liverpool in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016, (h) 2017 and (i) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	214500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and the table to be deposited into the Library.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/02/2019 16:23:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 214500, 214501 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1051359

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings: Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual earnings were of the top five deciles in Liverpool in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016, (h) 2017 and (i) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	214501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and the table to be deposited into the Library.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/02/2019 16:23:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 214500, 214501 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1051360

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Cheshire and Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the caseload of Merseyside-Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service has been in each year from 2010 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	214502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the volumes of completed prosecutions, or caseload, by outcome as a count of the number of defendants and collates the data collected in financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of finalised prosecutions and convictions in the Merseyside and Cheshire CPS Area during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-Convictions</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total Prosecutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>39,902</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p>7,402</p></td><td><p>15.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>47,304</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>35,074</p></td><td><p>86.4%</p></td><td><p>5,537</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>40,611</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>31,528</p></td><td><p>87.9%</p></td><td><p>4,322</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td><td><p><strong>35,850</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>31,971</p></td><td><p>88.8%</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td><p>11.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>35,988</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>28,129</p></td><td><p>87.2%</p></td><td><p>4,123</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>32,252</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>26,017</p></td><td><p>87.3%</p></td><td><p>3,801</p></td><td><p>12.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>29,818</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>26,545</p></td><td><p>87.7%</p></td><td><p>3,720</p></td><td><p>12.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>30,265</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>25,037</p></td><td><p>86.6%</p></td><td><p>3,875</p></td><td><p>13.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>28,912</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>While the volume of prosecutions in the Area have fallen by 39% during the 8 year period, it is important to be aware that the types of cases prosecuted by Merseyside and Cheshire CPS have changed significantly in the period between 2010 and 2018. The Area is prosecuting more serious and complex cases as evidenced by a 21% increase in homicide, a 23% increase in offences against the person and a 62% increase in sexual offences cases. During this period, minor motoring cases have fallen by 52% in the Area. This followed changes to the list of specified offences made in 2012 which transferred responsibility for prosecuting many low level motoring offences back to the police.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 214504 question first answered 07/02/2019 12:31:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle