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1147875

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date	02/10/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) Chinese and (b) Russian counterparts on violence against civilians in Idlib, Syria.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK frequently discusses the violence against civilians in Idlib with Russia and China in meetings of the UN Security Council, most recently on 30 September. The UK was recently involved in textual negotiations with Russia and China and other Security Council members on a draft resolution on Idlib which was, to our great disappointment, vetoed by Russia and China on 19 September. The previous Prime Minister raised the situation in Idlib with President Putin at the G20 Summit on 28-29 June.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 08/10/2019 13:01:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147877

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Care Homes: Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 67,500 allegations of mistreatment in care homes received by the Care Quality Commission in 2018, what steps the Government will take to increase prosecution rates.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department expects those providing the service, local authorities and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to take swift action where anyone alleges poor care, neglect or abuse.</p><p>Since 2015, the CQC has had prosecution powers pursuant to the Health and Social Care Act 2008. These include the criminal offence in respect of Regulation 12 (safe care and treatment) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 in cases involving avoidable harm or a significant risk of avoidable harm to service users.</p><p>Although there were 67,500 allegations of mistreatment in care homes in 2018, the number of qualified allegations will be less than this figure. Within those qualified allegations, not all of them will be of as significant concern as to begin legal proceedings in the form of criminal prosecution. As such, numbers of prosecutions will be expected to be far lower than any number of allegations.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/10/2019 10:54:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147915

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 30 September to Question 290628 on Children: Day Care, what the criteria was for allocating that funding; and how much funding was allocated to each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The funding the Department allocated to the recipients of funding for the Holiday Activities and Food programme for 2019 can be found in the table attached.</p><p>The 11 organisations we worked with in 2019 were allocated the full amount of funding requested in their bid. I have attached to this answer our invitation to tender document, which includes the assessment criteria for this programme.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 293438_Funding_allocated_to_the_Holiday_Activities_and_Food_programme_for_2019.xls title 293438_xls 2 file name 293438_Grants_to_fund_local_coordination_of_free_holiday_activities_and_healthy_food.doc title 293438_doc question first answered 08/10/2019 14:29:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147920

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of October 1 to Question 290635 on universal credit, what evidence her Department used to reduce the repayment level from 40 per cent to 30 per cent of universal credit award.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department collects and analyses data on Universal Credit regularly, including on the rate of deductions. Alongside this, the Department is always building our understanding on the impact deductions can have on claimants, and has heard evidence from external organisations on this issue. We have to balance these impacts with the need for claimants to meet their obligations.</p><p> </p><p>We believe the reduction from 40 percent to 30 percent strikes a fair balance between a claimant’s need to make essential repayments and their ability to ensure they can meet their day-to-day needs. It maintains our policy to enforce social obligations such as the payment of fines and Child Maintenance, ensure Government debt is recovered and vitally to safeguard claimants from the potential impacts of not repaying priority debts, such as homelessness or the deduction of fuel.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/10/2019 13:16:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147499

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Workplace Pensions: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding was allocated to (a) the Money Advice Service, (b) the Pensions Advisory Service and (c) Pension Wise in each of the five years up to and including 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	292822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Money Advice Service was previously an HMT sponsored levy funded arm’s length body. When this and the other legacy bodies were merged to create the Money and Pensions Service (formerly Single Financial Guidance Body) historic budgets were transferred to the new Government sponsors - Department for Work and Pensions - as part of a Machinery of Government change. The historic amounts transferred to DWP were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£79.8m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£80.5m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£79.4m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£76.3m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£79.6m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£82.1m</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Funding for the Pension Advisory Service is contained in the Supplementary Estimates for each year hosted on the link below. The data can be found in Part III: Note E of the Department for Work and Pensions section. The Pension Advisory Service is Levy funded.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-supplementary-estimates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-supplementary-estimates</a></p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise costs for the Period are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>N/A</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>N/A*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£31.7m**</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£24.4m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£18.1m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£16.9m***</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Pension Wise was in set up phase in 14/15</p><p>** Pension Wise was in HMT in 15/16</p><p>*** Includes Pension Wise expenditure in DWP and Single Finance Guidance Body (now Money &amp; Pensions Service)</p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise is levy funded.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/10/2019 11:12:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147500

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Money and Pensions Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding the Money and Pensions Service will receive in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	292823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Funding for Money and Pension Service is shown in the Central Government Supply Estimates (19/20). Page 156 shows funding of £125.6m for the Single Financial Guidance Body which was later renamed Money and Pension Service.</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/800671/main_estimates_2019-20_web.pdf</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/10/2019 10:59:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147501

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Pensioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners who rented a home from a private landlord in each year since 2010; and how many and what proportion of pensioners renting from private landlords were in rent arrears in that time period.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	292824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey (EHS) collects and publishes data on the economic status of household reference person by tenure in Live Table FA1301. You can access this table from this page: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tenure-trends-and-cross-tenure-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tenure-trends-and-cross-tenure-analysis</a> . This table shows the proportion of retirees in the private rented sector was between 7 per cent and 9 per cent throughout 2008-18. <br> <br> The EHS does not publish data on the proportion of retirees in arrears.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/10/2019 10:26:15 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 137923 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147502

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Polio: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to work alongside the One Last Push campaign to ensure that (a) funding and (b) other support is available for polio vaccination programmes in countries at risk from that disease.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	292825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a leading supporter of efforts to eradicate polio, having invested £1.3 billion since 1995. We work closely with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative through engagement at regular governance meetings as well as working with a wide range of other stakeholders including in encouraging others to provide financial support.</p><p> </p><p>We engage closely with parliamentarians through the International Development Committee and All-Party Parliamentary Group on Immunisations to raise awareness and support for continued financing and support to countries at high risk of polio outbreaks. Parliamentarians have an important role to play in advocating for international financial support.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 08/10/2019 11:34:36 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe