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222889

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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, how much of HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) expenditure is allocated to preventing, detecting and handling cases of (a) tax evasion, (b) tax avoidance and (c) fraud and error in the tax credits system; and how many HMRC staff are working on each of those issues.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	224907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) allocates resources in a flexible manner, so that it meets individual business needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the structure and organisation of HMRC is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/03/2015 16:34:46 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

223046

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the proposed increase in court fees for bringing money claims over the value of £10,000 on the ability of people on low incomes to make such claims.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	224889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>90% of money claims are for sums of less than £10,000 and will therefore be unaffected by these plans.</p><p>In order to protect access to justice, a system of fee waivers is available to those unable to afford court fees. Eligibility is based on an individual’s ability to pay, and the scheme is targeted towards those in households on low incomes who are in receipt of certain state benefits. Applicants will also be subject to an assessment of the value of their disposable capital assets with a higher threshold applying to those aged 61 or over.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/03/2015 17:10:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

223085

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of his Department's expenditure is allocated to preventing, detecting and handling cases of fraud and error in the benefits system; and how many staff in his Department work on those issues.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	224908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Fraud and Error Service (FES), part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for the investigation of fraud against all benefits administered by DWP.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The 14/15 budget allocation for preventing, detecting and handling cases of fraud and error in the benefits system is:-</p><p><strong>£148.5m.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The headcount for FES at the end of January 2015 was 5,057 which is a full time equivalent of 4,502 staff.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 26/02/2015 15:09:13 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

222547

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve patient care for people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	224671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>In 2013, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a clinical guideline on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), providing evidence based advice to support clinicians in diagnosing and managing people with IPF which it expects to review in June 2015. Since then, it has published a quality standard for IPF in January 2015. This sets out the markers of high quality in the care of people with IPF and is designed to drive up standards and to reduce inequalities and variation. NICE has also recommended pirfenidone (Esbriet) as a possible treatment for some people with IPF through its technology appraisal programme.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>NHS England commissions some services for patients with IPF as part of its specialised services remit. Its respiratory interstitial lung disease (adult) service specification, which includes IPF, sets out what it expects to be in place so that providers can offer evidence based safe and effective services. This specification is currently being updated to ensure it includes the most up to date guidance on IPF including the recently published NICE quality standards. Commissioning of rehabilitation, oxygen services and acute admissions for exacerbations are covered by local commissioning arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/02/2015 14:24:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

222670

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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, if he will place in the Library copies of the letter he wrote to the Rt hon. Member for East Ham on Universal Credit in January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	224724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions wrote to the Rt Hon Member for East Ham on 22 January. In line with the conventions of the House, correspondence between Ministers and MPs are confidential as far as the Department is concerned, and it is a matter for the MP to decide whether to make it more widely available. The Department has no issue if the Rt Hon Member for East Ham chooses to place a copy of the letter in the library.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/02/2015 10:45:35 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

222676

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to (a) The Pension Service, 08456060265, (b) Personal Independence Payment, 08458503322, (c) Carer's Allowance Unit, 08456084321, and (d) Bereavement benefits, 08456088601, in each of the last five financial years; how much revenue was generated from calls to each of those numbers; and when he plans to end the use of those numbers.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	224822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Please see the attached table - PQ224822 Selected Volumes- detailing volume of calls made to (a) The Pension Service, 08456060265, (b) Personal Independence Payment, 08458503322, (c) Carer's Allowance Unit, 08456084321, and (d) Bereavement benefits, 08456088601, in each of the last five financial years. (Metric definition and limitations included within the attachment)</p><p>For the financial years 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08456060265. For the financial years 2014/15 and 2013/14, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08458503322. For the financial years 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08456084321. For the financial years 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08456088601.</p><p>DWP is already in the process of replacing all its 0845 number prefixes in use for its national helplines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/02/2015 17:48:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey attachment 1 file name PQ 224822 - Selected Volumes.xlsx title PQ224822- Selected Volumes
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

179075

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birkenhead dated 20 October 2014 regarding the Government's Child Poverty Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	224092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>A reply is going out today, Monday 23 February.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/02/2015 14:58:52 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead