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99711

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 September 2014 to Questions 208670, 208671, 208672 and 208673, what assessment he has made of HM Revenue and Customs' performance against each such operational target in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	210973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Audit Office (NAO) works on behalf of Parliament and the taxpayer to hold government to account for the use of public money and to help public services improve performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest information on HMRC’s performance against operational targets was published in June 2013 in the NAO Report ‘Progress in tackling tobacco smuggling’</p><p> </p><p>http://www.nao.org.uk/report/progress-in-tackling-tobacco-smuggling/</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/10/2014 15:53:36 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

91895

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people earning less than the national minimum wage in the care sector in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The current best estimate of non-compliance is published by the ONS in their low pay release[1], derived from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)[2]. Figures show that non-compliance in the care sector is actually lower than non-compliance in the general economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>In 2011, 0.6% of employees were paid below the NMW in the care sector; compared to 0.8% in the whole economy.</li><li>In 2012, 0.7% of employees were paid below the NMW in the care sector; compared to 0.9% in the whole economy.</li><li>In 2013, 0.7% of employees were paid below the NMW in the care sector; compared to 0.8% in the whole economy.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This estimate, as well as all estimates of non-compliance, has some limitations. However, there are no reasons to suppose that these limitations affect the social care sector more or less than the economy as a whole.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ashe/low-pay/april-2011/stb-2011-low-pay-estimates.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ashe/low-pay/april-2011/stb-2011-low-pay-estimates.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ashe/low-pay/april-2012-results/stb-2012-low-pay-estimates.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ashe/low-pay/april-2012-results/stb-2012-low-pay-estimates.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ashe/low-pay/april-2013/stb-2013-low-pay-estimates.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ashe/low-pay/april-2013/stb-2013-low-pay-estimates.html</a></p><p> </p><p>[2] ASHE is a survey of employees completed by employers which we can use to look at workers earning at or below the NMW rate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/10/2014 13:34:43 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

91896

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers in the care sector who failed to comply with the national minimum wage have been named to date.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not yet named any employers from the care sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have already named 30 employers under the revised naming and shaming scheme, which came into effect in October 2013. Between them they owed workers over £50,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £24,000. We will be naming more employers that fail to comply with National Minimum Wage regulations soon.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/10/2014 13:37:31 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

91907

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to National Minimum Wage Compliance in the Social Care Sector published by HM Revenue and Customs in November 2013, what steps he has taken since that date to tackle low pay in the social care sector.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>HMRC investigates every complaint made to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline and conducts risk-based enforcement activities in sectors or areas where there is a higher risk of workers not getting paid the legal minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also taking specific action to improve compliance with national minimum wage legislation in the social care sector. The Department of Health has recently consulted on statutory guidance for local authorities as part of the package of secondary legislation to accompany the Care Act, which explicitly states that local authorities should have evidence that contract terms, conditions and fee levels will not compromise care providers’ ability to pay (at least) minimum wages. Responses to the consultation are currently being analysed and the final guidance will be published in October.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS is also working with HMRC to identify how best to promote the useful information for workers and employers contained in HMRC’s evaluation report on the social care sector. It is also considering the next steps to increase compliance in this sector.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 209410 question first answered 14/10/2014 15:20:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

91911

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to National Minimum Wage Compliance in the Social Care Sector published by HM Revenue and Customs in November 2013, what proportion of workers found to be receiving less than the national minimum wage were women.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>HMRC investigates every complaint made to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline and conducts risk-based enforcement activities in sectors or areas where there is a higher risk of workers not getting paid the legal minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also taking specific action to improve compliance with national minimum wage legislation in the social care sector. The Department of Health has recently consulted on statutory guidance for local authorities as part of the package of secondary legislation to accompany the Care Act, which explicitly states that local authorities should have evidence that contract terms, conditions and fee levels will not compromise care providers’ ability to pay (at least) minimum wages. Responses to the consultation are currently being analysed and the final guidance will be published in October.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS is also working with HMRC to identify how best to promote the useful information for workers and employers contained in HMRC’s evaluation report on the social care sector. It is also considering the next steps to increase compliance in this sector.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 209409 question first answered 14/10/2014 15:20:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

91912

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of workers in the care sector on zero hours contracts in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of such workers were women.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collect this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Skills for Care, the social care sector skills council partner for England, has provided the following estimate for adult social care workers:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of zero-hours contracts jobs</p></td><td><p>Estimated percentage of all jobs that are zero-hours contracts jobs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>310,000</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>270,000</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>250,000</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Skills for Care workforce estimates 2011 to 2013, NMDS-SC October 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of zero-hours contracts jobs</p></td><td><p>Estimated proportion of zero-hours contracts jobs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>40,000</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>270,000</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Skills for Care workforce estimates 2011 to 2013, NMDS-SC October 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of workers who are women has not changed substantially from 2010/11 to 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is based on sample data provided to Skills for Care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 17/10/2014 10:08:29 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

92019

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Mining: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that extractive industry transparency is a key component of the forthcoming G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID is lobbying partners bilaterally and in multilateral fora to promote progress towards common global standards of extractive industry transparency, including through continuing efforts in the G20 Anti-corruption Working Group which is preparing its Action Plan for 2015-16. The UK would like to see the G20 commit to high standards of transparency in the extractive industries.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Transparency in the extractive industries provides information for citizens in countries with oil, gas and minerals to hold their governments to account for how natural resources revenues are managed. This helps to tackle corruption, to promote poverty reduction, and offers companies a more open, and stable investment environment in which to operate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/10/2014 16:54:24 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

92028

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in what country the fund managers for the CP3 Asia Fund will be based.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The fund managers for CP3 Asia will be based in Hong Kong. CP3 Asia has been renamed ‘Asia Climate Partners’ by the fund managers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 14/10/2014 14:00:07 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

92067

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of motorists who will be unaware of changes to the requirement to display a tax disc in a vehicle after 1 October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>Customer insight research carried out in September by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) showed that 87% of customers were aware that the tax disc was being abolished on 1 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This research was conducted through social media, face to face focus groups, direct mailings and paper surveys.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The DVLA will continue to issue a renewal reminder to vehicle keepers before the vehicle excise duty is due to expire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/10/2014 14:26:05 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

92071

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure motorists are aware of changes to the requirements to display a tax disc in a vehicle from 1 October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>Customer insight research carried out last month showed that 87% were aware that the tax disc was to be abolished on 1 October.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) issued various communications on this issue. These included updates on GOV.UK, Twitter and Facebook. The DVLA engaged with over 6000 stakeholders and commercial customers. Since 5 September 2014 all vehicle tax renewal reminders issued explain the changes. These will continue to be issued every month to individual customers at the time at which it is most relevant.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There has been widespread national and regional print and media coverage in the build up to raise awareness of abolition before 1 October. The DVLA’s campaign was based on a low cost approach in order to protect the public purse. The DVLA produced in-house videos at no cost, which have been viewed around 80,000 times on its YouTube channel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/10/2014 14:23:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell