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101311

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date	28/10/2014
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	Mobile Phones: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that mobile telephone operators and other companies display the total cost of consumer contracts over the contracts' lifetime, including predicted inflation rises at the point of sale.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	212259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 set out the information that a consumer must be given before they enter into a contract with a trader. This includes “the total price of the goods or services inclusive of taxes, or where the nature of the goods or services is such that the price cannot reasonably be calculated in advance, the manner in which the price is to be calculated”.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To further safeguard consumers, Ofcom introduced new rules in January 2014 which mean that for contracts entered into after 23 January 2014, when the agreed core price increases mid-contract, consumers can exit their contracts without penalty and hence can switch to another provider or tariff. This applies to all communications provider<em>s.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 03/11/2014 16:21:56 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

101315

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Brigg and Goole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many alcohol-related deaths there were in Brigg and Goole constituency in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	212260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 03/11/2014 16:59:20 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 212260 ONS 374.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Alcohol Related Deaths
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

101329

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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	Right to Buy Scheme: Brigg and Goole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council home tenants in Brigg and Goole constituency have bought their property under the right to buy scheme in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	212262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Statistics on Right to Buy sales are available at local authority level and can be found in Tables 691 (quarterly, from 2006/07) and 685 (annual, from 1998/99) at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics are not available by parliamentary constituency. It should also be noted that they do not include sales of social housing stock through Preserved Right to Buy made by Registered Providers (such as housing associations) as these data are not available at a local authority level.<br><br>Brigg and Goole constituency is made up of part of East Riding of Yorkshire (where there have been 554 Right to Buy sales between 2004/05 and 2013/14) and part of North Lincolnshire (where there were 366 Right to Buy sales between 2004/05 and 2006/07 when the unitary authority transferred its stock).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/11/2014 17:08:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

101337

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on mobile telephones and mid-contract price increases.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	212261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>I have regular discussions with Ofcom on a range of issues.</strong></p><p><strong>Government pressure recently led to reform in this area. As a result, for contracts entered into after 23 January 2014, when the core price increases mid-contract, consumers can exit their contracts without penalty and hence can switch to another provider or tariff. This applies to all communications providers.</strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/11/2014 16:31:38 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy