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90223

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Carer's Allowance
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 increase the carer's allowance so that it is equal to the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	207723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The primary purpose of Carer’s Allowance is to provide a measure of financial support for people who give up the opportunity of full-time employment. It was never intended to be a carer's wage nor a payment for the services of caring, and is therefore not comparable with the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that carers play an indispensable role in looking after friends or family members who need support. That is why we have continued to uprate the level of Carer’s Allowance by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/09/2014 13:36:29 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

90224

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people claiming carer's allowance in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	207725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The number of people claiming carer's allowance in Barnsley Central constituency, Yorkshire and the Humber and Great Britain, in each year since May 2010 is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Date <br></td><td>Barnsley Central constituency</td><td>Yorkshire and the Humber Region</td><td>Great Britain</td></tr><tr><td>May-10 <br></td><td>1,070 <br></td><td>51,970 <br></td><td>536,900</td></tr><tr><td>May-11</td><td>1,130</td><td>54,050 <br></td><td>569,240</td></tr><tr><td>May-12 <br></td><td>1,170 <br></td><td>56,590 <br></td><td>603,770</td></tr><tr><td>May-13</td><td>1,270</td><td>59,810</td><td>640,520</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-14 <br></td><td>1,360 <br></td><td>62,420 <br></td><td>664,610</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DWP 100% WPLS. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/09/2014 14:20:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

90225

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people currently claiming carer's allowance who care for more than one person.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	207724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Administrative data shows that there are 664,610 people in receipt of a Carer's Allowance payment. This data does not provide details of how many people are being cared for.</p><p>Family Resources Survey (FRS) data shows that between 8% and 16% of Carer's Allowance recipients care for more than one person.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/09/2014 13:58:06 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76482

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Video Recordings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many court proceedings in England and Wales in each year since May 2010 video recording was taken to be (a) an available and (b) a not available special measure for eligible witnesses as defined in section 18 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>We must do everything we can to support vulnerable witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence. In December 2013, a pilot commenced of section 28 of Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, a special measures provision allowing the Cross Examination of eligible witnesses' evidence to be recorded in advance of the trial. This pilot is taking place in the Crown Court sitting at Liverpool, Leeds and Kingston-upon Thames. This is in addition to a range of measures already in place to help reduce the anxiety of attending court, such as giving evidence from behind a screen.</p><p> </p><p>Video recording of initial evidence known as ABE (Achieving Best Evidence) is appropriate for some child witnesses; this is undertaken by the Police and can be played at trial.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS does not collate data on the number of witnesses who give evidence either via live links or other pre- recorded video.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 17/07/2014 10:12:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

66021

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 221W, on Combined Cadet Force, if he will make an assessment of the effect of recruitment to existing community-based cadet forces.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The community cadet forces and Combined Cadet Forces (CCFs) deliver different but complementary elements of the Ministry of Defence's youth engagement strategy. <br><br>Where the establishment of a new CCF unit under the Cadet Expansion Programme is proposed, there is an approval process involving the single Service cadet organisations and consideration is given on a case by case basis of any possible adverse affect on local community cadet force units.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/07/2014 13:50:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

66088

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Aphasia
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 support for people with aphasia.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Rehabilitation services, specifically speech and language therapy, provide much of the National Health Service support for people with aphasia. As clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning these services, they should be taking steps to ensure that support for people with aphasia is available and improve these services where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>More generally, NHS England is currently reviewing the provision of rehabilitation services. It works in partnership with charities which provide invaluable support for people with aphasia and is also working with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the development of generic rehabilitation guidance which will encompass speech and language therapy.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as stroke is a significant cause of aphasia, the cardiovascular disease Strategic Clinical Networks are working with commissioners and providers to improve stroke rehabilitation services, including speech and language therapy after stroke.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 10/07/2014 14:15:06 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

66161

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Secure Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether secure colleges will contain segregation units.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have not instructed Wates, the preferred bidder for the design and build of the pathfinder Secure College, to include a segregation unit in the designs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 15/07/2014 08:57:44 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

66163

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners committed suicide in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of self-inflicted deaths in prison custody for the last 10 years is published in the Safety in Custody statistical bulletin which is available at <a title="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics" href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to manage the levels of self-harm in prison and are carefully investigating the rise in self-inflicted deaths.</p><p> </p><p>We are applying strenuous efforts to learn from each one and providing further resources and support to prisons to help support their safer custody work.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/07/2014 16:12:02 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

66164

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce mandatory training for lawyers dealing with children.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The legal profession is independent of Government. The Legal Services Board and approved regulators are responsible for determining the qualification requirements, ongoing training, quality assurance and other regulatory requirements for legal services providers, such as solicitors, barristers and legal executives.</p><p> </p><p>In criminal cases, there is a range of training and materials available to all advocates in relation to cases involving vulnerable witnesses, including children, much of it available through the Advocates' Gateway. The Bar Council and Law Society have announced a new initiative to train defence lawyers on cases involving vulnerable witnesses, and I welcome this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/07/2014 16:46:04 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

65430

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Combined Cadet Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change funding for existing Combined Cadet Force detachments and to communicate those changes to schools.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	203660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 June 2014 (Official Report, column 221W) to the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (Mr Gray).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/07/2014 16:55:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140625 Hansard extract on Cadets Mr Gray.doc title 20140625 Hansard extract on Cadets
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis