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381066

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the economic case for a reduction in VAT for the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	2451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has reviewed the economic case for a reduction in VAT for the hospitality sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Governments position set out in the Westminster Hall debate on 17 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2015 16:31:47 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

353852

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what process the Government plans to run a consultation with the childcare sector on the provision of 30 hours a week free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	2334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>We recognise it is essential that we talk to parents and providers about the new entitlement. We have already launched a call for evidence to inform our review of the cost of providing childcare (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cost-of-providing-childcare-review-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cost-of-providing-childcare-review-call-for-evidence</a>). Further information about our plans will be made available in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/06/2015 14:09:58 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

353856

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 574, what assessment he has made of whether the debt collection methods used by Rossendales comply with the standards required by HM Revenue and Customs of its debt collection agencies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	2339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The response on 8 June to question 574 relates to all debt collection agencies that work with HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2015 16:15:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

353857

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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	Incapacity Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the projected cost is of his Department's appeal relating to the Information Commissioner's decision on his Department's report entitled Incapacity Benefits: Deaths of Claimants.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	2369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is only able to provide an estimate for the costs of its ligation solicitors and Counsel. At present, these costs have been estimated at between £3,600 to £6,000 inclusive of VAT (£3,000 to £5,000 excluding VAT).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/06/2015 13:57:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

353862

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	General Election 2015
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was accrued to the public purse as a result of candidates losing their deposits at the 2015 General Election.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	2296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Every candidate standing in the General Election must pay a deposit of £500, which is forfeited if they fail to gain five per cent of the vote in the constituency in which they are standing.</p><p>The total amount that is to be returned to the Consolidated Fund as a result of candidates losing their deposit at the 2015 General Election is £773,000. This represents 1,546 candidates that lost their deposit.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 17/06/2015 13:46:38 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

353863

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total number of housing association properties in the London Borough of Southwark that would become available to buy under the Government's current proposal to extend the right to buy policy to housing association tenants.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	2292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/06/2015 14:57:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

353864

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with one or more person employed in the London Borough of Southwark claim housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	2293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information as requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The Information for those in work is only available for Housing Benefit (HB) recipients whose claim is not passported: that is for those who do not receive either income support, Jobseeker’s Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit). This information can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/06/2015 12:18:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

353865

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) single parent households, (b) households with dependent children, (c) households with a disabled member, (d) pensioner households and (e) households with one or more person employed in the London Borough of Southwark are subject to the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	2294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Benefit cap statistics for February 2015, published in May 2015 (the latest available information) can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of households subject to the benefit cap in the London Borough of Southwark in February, was 210. Of those households:</p><p>a) 160 were single parent households.</p><p>b) 200 households had dependent children.</p><p>c) Households with someone in receipt of the following disability related benefits are exempt from the cap - Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and its replacement Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance where the support component has been awarded, Industrial Injuries Benefits (IIB), Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) (Guaranteed Income Payments) and, before 6 April 2005, the War Pension Scheme (WPS) (this includes war widow's/widower's pension and war disablement pension).</p><p>d) None. The benefit cap applies to working-age households.</p><p>e) Households with one or more persons employed and entitled to Working Tax Credit are exempt from the cap.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/06/2015 14:10:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

353866

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the London Borough of Southwark have been subject to the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	2295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of households that have been subject to the benefit cap from its introduction on 15 April 2013, until February 2015, the latest available information, in the Local Authority of Southwark is 450.</p><p> </p><p>The data has been taken from Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/06/2015 12:23:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

353873

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many penalty charge notices for non-payment of the Dart Charge have been issued for since free-flow charging was introduced at the Dartford Crossing.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	2342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>As at 15 June 2015, the total of 867,897 penalty charge notices have been issued for non-payment of the Dart Charge following its introduction on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2014.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 11:29:04 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden