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423212

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Self-employed: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people declared themselves as self-employed in each of the last three years in (a) Dartford and (b) Kent.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	13066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 26/10/2015 14:04:37 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ13066.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Self-Employed
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

423365

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the recent reduction in the number of prosecutions for mobile telephone use while driving.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	12927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the reasons for the recent reduction in the number of prosecutions for mobile telephone use while driving. Enforcement of this offence is an operational matter for the police. However, there may be a number of reasons, including drivers being more aware of the law, police deciding to prosecute drivers under more serious offences and officers choosing alternative methods of law enforcement, such as fixed penalties.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/10/2015 17:50:16 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

422838

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether insurers are increasing their premiums year on year due to the automatic renewal of policies without customers' explicit consent.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	12727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who are operationally independent from Government.</p><br /><p>The question has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/10/2015 15:30:55 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

422844

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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	Students: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of students with a disability in higher education; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	12896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The latest statistics available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show that in the academic year 2013/14 there were 1.1 million UK domiciled enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions, of which 138,670 declared a disability.</p><br /><p>Further information is published on the HESA website and can be located from this web-link <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/1973/239/" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/1973/239/</a></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/10/2015 15:27:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

422845

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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	Students: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has reviewed the adequacy of financial support for students with disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	12897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>Disabled Students’ Allowances are available to help meet the additional costs that a disabled student is obliged to incur, in relation to their study, by virtue of their disability.</p><br /><p>Disabled Students’ Allowances, along with all other types of student support, are reviewed before laying the annual student support regulations.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/10/2015 15:26:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

422850

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Strategic Defence and Security Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	12796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>Work on the Strategic Defence and Security Review is progressing well and we expect it to be published by the end of the year. During the course of the review we have engaged with a wide range of stakeholders and external experts including Parliamentarians, academics, think tanks, NGOs, industry and international allies. Members of the public also have the opportunity to contribute views via a dedicated page on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 26/10/2015 14:04:11 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

422852

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of (a) the reduction in the level at which working tax credit begins to be withdrawn from £6,420 to £3,850 from April 2015 on work incentives for those on low incomes and (b) increasing of the taper rate to 48 per cent on work incentives for those on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	12725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to Tax Credits 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.</p><br /><p>Alongside the introduction of the New Living Wage and raising the Personal Allowance, the intended impact of these reforms is to incentivise work, ensure work always pays, and then allow people to keep more of what they earn.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2015 15:39:06 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

422854

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support non-online applications for marriage allowance by couples on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	12791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs is able to support customers who need additional help such as taking applications by phone.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/10/2015 15:36:02 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

422855

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Peterborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of recipients of working tax credits in Peterborough constituency are citizens of non-UK EU member states; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	12792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. The Summer Budget offered a new deal for working people. It means Britain moving from a high welfare, high tax, low wage economy to a lower welfare, lower tax, higher wage society.</p><br /><p>A new National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and above, initially set at £7.20 per hour from April 2016, will directly benefit 2.7 million low wage workers, and up to 6 million could see a pay rise as a result of a ripple effect up the earnings distribution. The new National Living Wage will boost pay for those currently earning the National Minimum Wage by £4,800 a year by 2020 when the National Living Wage is expected to rise to over £9 per hour.</p><br /><p>To help working families keep more of what they earn, the personal allowance will increase to £11,000 in 2016-17 and £11,200 in 2017-18. The government has committed to increase the personal allowance to £12,500 by 2020 which will mean that a typical basic rate taxpayer will see their income tax cut by £1,205 a year compared to 2010.</p><br /><p>An illustrative renting family with two children, where one parent works full-time on the minimum wage, will be over £2,400 better off in cash terms by 2020.</p><br /><p>The government set out its assessment of the impacts of the Summer Budget policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20<sup>th</sup> July 2015. Taken together, the introduction of the National Living Wage, increases in the personal allowance and welfare changes mean that 8 out of 10 working households will be better off as a result of the Summer Budget.</p><br /><p>In response to a request from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, the government has chosen to produce and release an impact assessment on the tax credit changes to the Committee. The impact assessment shows that 60% of the tax credit savings come from the half of tax credit claimants with the highest income.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2015 17:47:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

422860

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Housing: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent assessment is of the effect of the Help to Buy scheme on house prices.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	George Kerevan
uin	12754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) assess the impact of the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme on an annual basis. The most recent review was carried out by the FPC in September 2015. The FPC’s view was that the scheme has not been a material driver of house price growth.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/10/2015 15:32:37 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4416 label Biography information for George Kerevan