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389898

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
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 adequacy of the provisions for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme for a person injured as a result of an attack by a dangerous dog where the animal was not used with intent to cause injury; and if he will bring forward proposals to amend legislation on that matter.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	7087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>In 2012, following the “Getting It Right for Victims and Witnesses” consultation, the Coalition government revised the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme so that awards are made only to victims who suffer serious physical or mental injury as the direct result of deliberate violent crime.</p><p> </p><p>We remain satisfied that the Scheme is appropriately directed at compensating eligible victims of crimes of violence and that provisions within the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 are adequate to tackle the issue of dangerous dogs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 20/07/2015 15:56:18 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

389011

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: St Helens North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of households in St Helens North constituency affected by the changes to tax credits proposed in the Summer Budget 2015; and what his estimate is of the effect on each such household of those changes.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	6403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of benefitting families and average entitlement in the St Helens North constituency in the tax year 2013-14 can be found in the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics – geographical statistics 2013-2014’ here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is making changes to Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/07/2015 13:38:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

388733

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of delays in employment and support allowance assessments on people who lose their income based benefit waiting for that assessment.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	6108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Employment and Support Allowance claimants are usually paid the assessment rate of the benefit while waiting for their assessment. Where appropriate, arrears of Employment and Support allowance will be automatically backdated.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/07/2015 13:33:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

388175

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the average domestic energy bill in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	5953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>DECC domestic energy bill estimates are only produced at Public Energy Supply (PES) regional level, we do not have bill data for constituency level. The St Helens North constituency covers two PES regions, North West and Merseyside &amp; North Wales.</p><p>The tables below shows the estimated average annual 2014 energy bill (2015 data is not yet available) for customers in the UK, and the two relevant PES region.</p><p>These are based on an assumed annual consumption of 3,800 kWh of electricity and 15,000 kWh of gas per year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p><em>Electricity</em></p></td><td><p><em>Gas</em></p></td><td><p><em>Total</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>£592</p></td><td><p>£752</p></td><td><p>£1,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£596</p></td><td><p>£748</p></td><td><p>£1,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside and North Wales</p></td><td><p>£634</p></td><td><p>£755</p></td><td><p>£1,389</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p><em>Electricity</em></p></td><td><p><em>Gas</em></p></td><td><p><em>Total</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>£474</p></td><td><p>£564</p></td><td><p>£1,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£451</p></td><td><p>£567</p></td><td><p>£1,018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside and North Wales</p></td><td><p>£489</p></td><td><p>£567</p></td><td><p>£1,056</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2015 11:47:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

388179

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Competition and Markets Authority's provisional findings on the energy market, published on 6 July 2015.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	5908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We will consider the CMA’s provisional findings carefully and respond shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2015 11:49:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

388368

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for an Employment and Support Allowance assessment has been in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK since the instigation of those assessments.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	5981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Official statistics for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) processing times are not readily available and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/07/2015 11:32:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

385931

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: St Helens North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs from residents and businesses in St Helens North constituency were unanswered in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	4440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this data by constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC handles around 50 million telephone calls annually and regularly publishes general performance reports on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/07/2015 11:22:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

385947

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding is received per pupil in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	4441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>In the 2015-16 financial year, the schools block unit of funding (SBUF), which covers pupils from reception to year 11, is £4,456 for St Helens, £4,565 for the North West region, and £4,612 for England. The SBUF does not cover funding for early years or high needs pupils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on SBUFs for all LAs and regions for financial year 2015 to 2016 can be found at this link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/07/2015 14:59:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

385971

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in St Helens North constituency are identified as suffering from long-term illnesses; and what the comparable average figure is in the (a) North West and (b) UK.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	4416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In 2012, the Department estimated that approximately 15 million people in England are living with a long term condition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some information on long term conditions can be provided at a local and national level through interrogation of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data. However conditions would need to be specified to enable these data to be extracted. Both QOF and HES data can be found on the Health and Social Care Information website at the following links:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/hes" target="_blank">www.hscic.gov.uk/hes</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://qof.hscic.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://qof.hscic.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2015 15:20:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

385984

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	British Irish Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he has attended meetings of the British-Irish Council since 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	4417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Bury South (Mr Lewis) on 10 June 2014, UIN 199388.</p><p> </p><p>I have placed a list of UK Government delegates since January 2014 in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 01/07/2015 13:22:24 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton attachment 1 file name UK Government Delegates at British-Irish Council Summits since January 2014 PQ 4417.pdf title UK Government Delegates
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn