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458410

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to introduce a Bill for the reform and modernisation of the public service ombudsman sector as provided for in the 2015 Queen's Speech.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	30340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the reform and modernisation of the public service ombudsman sector and it remains our intention to introduce draft legislation as soon as reasonably possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/03/2016 09:47:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

457785

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
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	Disability Living Allowance: Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of disability living allowance claimants have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment to date.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	29799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on whether claimants of Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment is not centrally recorded and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 29802 question first answered 08/03/2016 15:20:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

457786

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment: Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claimants have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment to date.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	29802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on whether claimants of Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment is not centrally recorded and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 29799 question first answered 08/03/2016 15:20:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

453917

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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	Africa: Overseas Trade
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 progress has been made on the High Level Prosperity Partnership in Africa.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	903717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2013 we established high level prosperity partnerships with Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania. They form the context within which the UK seeks to increase mutual prosperity and generate jobs.</p><p>The recent appointment of The Rt Hon Baroness Northover as trade envoy for Angola, my Honourable Friend, the Member for Windsor, as trade envoy for Ghana and my Honourable Friend, the Member for Newbury, as trade envoy for Mozambique will further enhance these partnerships.</p><p>Our commitment to these agreements is illustrated by regular high-level visits, totalling 14 in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 23/02/2016 15:46:08 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

451097

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to tackle homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	903519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>This Government is clear one person without a home is one too many. Despite the need to take tough financial decisions we have increased central funding for homelessness programmes to £139 million over the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 08/02/2016 17:36:54 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

446230

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to review the amount of compensation for losses paid to Equitable Life policy holders over the course of the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	23265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to review the payments made by the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. The Scheme closed to new claims on 31<sup>st</sup> December 2015. However, the annual payments to With-Profits Annuitants will continue unaffected for the duration of their annuity.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2016 14:33:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

445835

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been brought under the Fraud Act 2006 in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	23175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions brought under the Fraud Act 2006. However, records are held showing the overall number of offences charged in which a prosecution commenced in the magistrates’ courts (the distinction being that some prosecutions involved multiple offences). These figures are detailed in the following table:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of offences charged under the Fraud Act 2006 in which a prosecution commenced in the magistrates’ court*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>27,759</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>29,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>28,164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>26,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>25,832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>26,113</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>* Data Source: CPS management information system</em></p><br /><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigates and, where appropriate, prosecutes the topmost tier of serious or complex fraud cases. The SFO charges offences under the most appropriate legislation in each investigation, and not only the Fraud Act.</p><br /><p>The number of individuals charged by the SFO for offences under the Fraud Act (2006) is shown in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of individuals charged under the Fraud Act 2006*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>* This type of casework information for the years prior to 2012 was not collated centrally in the same way and so the information for these years reflects the records from the time. </em></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 27/01/2016 14:58:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

446011

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many settlement visas granted on appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) have been issued by UK Visas and Immigration (a) within one month, (b) between one to three months, (c) between three to six months, (d) between six to 12 months and (e) more than 12 months after that tribunal's judgement in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	23176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The information is not readily available or held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/01/2016 17:15:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

446012

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many standard visitor visas granted on appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) have been issued by UK Visas and Immigration (a) within one month, (b) between one to three months, (c) between three to six months, (d) between six to 12 months and (e) more than 12 months after that tribunal's judgement in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	23177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The time taken between receiving a determination from the First Tier Tribunal relating to a standard visitor visa and subsequent issue of visa can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Time between notification of allowed appeal and issued decision</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under 1 month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1-3 Months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3-6 Months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6-12 Months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Over 12 Months</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Sep-13</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Sep-14</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Sep-15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are obtained from local Management Information.</p><p> </p><p>Figures rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p>‘-‘ represents 0 cases ‘*’ represents less than 3 cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/02/2016 18:04:30 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

446063

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Wheelchairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to bring into force section 165 of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	23178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering how best to address problems wheelchair users face when using taxis and private hire vehicles, including the possible commencement of Sections 165 and 167 of the Equality Act 2010.</p><br /><p>Both taxis and private hire vehicles are a particularly valuable form of transport for disabled people. We would strongly encourage all taxi and private hire vehicle drivers to assist wheelchair users, wherever possible, and would also strongly discourage the practice of making additional charges to assist a disabled passenger.</p><br /><p>Notwithstanding the status of section 165 of the Equality Act, disabled taxi and private hire vehicle passengers are protected from discrimination under the general provisions of the Act which prohibit any form of discrimination in the provision of good and services.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 27/01/2016 12:51:47 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller