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790156

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date	17/11/2017
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 many people were charged with benefit fraud in each year from 2010 to date; and how many of those people served a custodial sentence as a result of that benefit fraud.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	113173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The Counter Fraud and Compliance Directorate (CFCD), part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for the prevention, detection and where appropriate, investigation of Fraud and Error against all benefits administered by and on behalf of DWP.</p><p>DWP does not hold these data requested. However, Ministry of Justice has said The number of defendants proceeded against for benefit fraud offences and offenders sentenced to immediate custody for these offences in England and Wales 2010 – 2016 can be found by going to the ‘outcomes by offence’ tool at –</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614418/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-tool-2016.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614418/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-tool-2016.xlsx</a></p><p>and selecting the following offences from the Offence filter:</p><ul><li>53.3 Benefit fraud offences - triable either way, and</li><li>151 Benefit fraud offences – summary.</li></ul> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/11/2017 10:26:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

790184

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question HL5729, if his Department will discuss with representatives of local highway authorities the Government's recommendation that those authorities consider scanning any deceased cats or dogs found on the highway for which they are responsible as a matter of standard practice.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	113225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has already highlighted to local highway authorities the importance of scanning deceased dogs and cats found on the highway as part of standard practice. This advice was included in a letter sent in March 2015 to highway authorities in England, outside London. It is the responsibility of each highway authority to determine whether to do so or not based on their own policies and procedures. However, the Department for Transport will look for opportunities to highlight the issue to local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/11/2017 16:29:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

790878

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) lost business to convenience stores and (b) lost revenue to the Exchequer due to smokers purchasing black market tobacco.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	113603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the impact of the illicit tobacco market on business sectors such as convenience stores. The tax gap for tobacco was £2.5 billion in 2016-17. Of this tobacco duty was £1.9 billion and associated VAT was £0.6 billion. The details are published on GOV.UK (‘Tobacco tax gap estimates 2016-17’):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates</a></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/11/2017 15:29:07 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

790882

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the amount of revenue accruing to the public purse from taxation on tobacco has matched the forecasts set out for those revenues by the Office of Budget Responsibility in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	113471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) and Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) regularly review the performance of forecast receipts and the findings are published in the OBR’s Forecast evaluation reports. The most recent Forecast evaluation report, published in October 2017, evaluates Tobacco Duty forecasts announced in the 2015 and 2016 Spring Budgets. This can be seen in the Forecast Evaluation Report :</p><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/fer/forecast-evaluation-report-october-2017/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/fer/forecast-evaluation-report-october-2017/</a>.</p><p>VAT is also charged on tobacco but this information is not separately forecast.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/11/2017 15:30:47 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

790974

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the potential merits of introducing minimum unit pricing on alcoholic drinks sold in England.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	113464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England's evidence review of the public health burden of alcohol and the cost-effectiveness of alcohol control policies presents strong international evidence to show that price-based interventions can be effective in reducing levels of consumption and the harms associated with alcohol.</p><p>We have noted the ruling of the UK Supreme Court in favour of the Scottish Government. Minimum unit pricing will continue to remain under review pending the impact of its implementation in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/11/2017 10:25:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

791027

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many telephone calls the service Talk to FRANK received in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	113466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>During the financial year April 2016 to March 2017 Talk to FRANK received 94,760 calls. It should be noted that the Talk to FRANK service offers a range of contact methods and its customer support team also answered 39,163 emails, texts and webchat messages. The FRANK website also received five million web visits in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>During the current financial year (April 2017 to March 2018) we are planning to spend £978,000 on the Talk to FRANK service.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Talk to FRANK service was established in 2003 (but excluding the period April 2010 to March 2013) £9,117,242 has been spent on the service (including the current year’s £978,000 budget).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 113472 question first answered 22/11/2017 07:44:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

791028

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was spent from the public purse on the drug information service FRANK in (a) the most recent year for which information is available and (b) total since FRANK was established.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	113472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>During the financial year April 2016 to March 2017 Talk to FRANK received 94,760 calls. It should be noted that the Talk to FRANK service offers a range of contact methods and its customer support team also answered 39,163 emails, texts and webchat messages. The FRANK website also received five million web visits in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>During the current financial year (April 2017 to March 2018) we are planning to spend £978,000 on the Talk to FRANK service.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Talk to FRANK service was established in 2003 (but excluding the period April 2010 to March 2013) £9,117,242 has been spent on the service (including the current year’s £978,000 budget).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 113466 question first answered 22/11/2017 07:44:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

791174

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been waiting over (a) 3 months, (b) 6 months, (c) 9 months and (d) 12 months from the date of submission for an employment support allowance claim for a decision on whether they will receive a Work Capability Assessment or are placed in the Support Group in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	114501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2017 15:34:56 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

791080

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects the Building Services Engineering Technician apprenticeship scheme to begin; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	113589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprenticeships is an independent body with responsibility for the development and approval of apprenticeship standards. I have asked the Institute to write to The hon. Member for Liverpool Riverside directly responding to this question regarding the Building Services Engineering Technician apprenticeships scheme.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of that response will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/11/2017 16:11:44 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

791084

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Fracking: Ryedale
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether well notification has been given by Third Energy for its KM8 proposed hydraulic fracturing well in Ryedale, North Yorkshire under regulation 6 of the Boreholes, Sites and Operations Regulations 1995.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	113659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) received the well notification for hydraulic fracturing on 11 October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2017 16:13:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas