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453857

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
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: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payments are (i) undergoing treatment for and (ii) recovering from cancer.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	27704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available as information on treatment is not recorded centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/02/2016 14:28:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

450976

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has target times for responding to written correspondence from members of the public; and what change there has been in the volume of written correspondence to HMRC from the public seeking information or assistance over the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	26021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) targets for responding to written correspondence received via post are to reply to 80% within 15 working days and 95% within 40 working days.</p><p> </p><p>The volume of written correspondence received by HMRC has decreased over the past three years, and is currently at around one million items per month. HMRC regularly publishes general performance reports on Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/02/2016 11:10:16 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

450978

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters to HM Revenue and Customs from members of the public remained unanswered after (a) four, (b) eight and (c) 12 weeks in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	26018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this data. However, they regularly publish general performance reports at Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/02/2016 14:36:35 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

450979

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Cheques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cheques sent to HM Revenue and Customs from members of the public remained uncashed for (a) four, (b) eight and (c) 12 weeks in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	26016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs contracts the supplier BancTec to process cheques received from customers. Cheques are passed to BancTec on the day they are received, 99% of the cheques received are banked on the day of receipt. Over the last 12 months there was only one occasion when the cheques were not banked on the day of receipt. In one percent of cases further information is required, usually from the customer, to enable the cheque to be processed. Generally, all cases that require investigation are resolved within four working days.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/02/2016 14:29:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

450980

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Correspondence
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 the incidence of members of the public receiving multiple letters from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conveying conflicting information; and what steps HMRC is taking to reduce such occurrences.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	26019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this data. However, they regularly publish general performance reports at Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/02/2016 14:22:54 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

450982

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to improve HM Revenue and Customs' response times to written correspondence from members of the public.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	26020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has taken major steps to improve their customer service, including recruiting 3,000 new staff into customer service roles and undertaking their biggest-ever training programme to enable them to build customer support teams that can move across a wide range of work according to customer demand. HMRC have also introduced digital mail scanning to help manage the more than 1million items of post they receive every month.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/02/2016 14:24:06 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

450983

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of HM Revenue and Customs in handling written correspondence from members of the public.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	26015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>Such a review has not been carried out recently. However, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) regularly publish general performance reports at Gov.uk. HMRC targets for post are to reply to 80% within 15 working days, 95% within 40 working days, and 90% accuracy.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/02/2016 14:25:03 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

450288

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment his Department carried out on the changes proposed in the Consultation on aids and appliances and the daily living component of personal independence payment, Cm 9171, published in December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	25556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>DWP has conducted a consultation to seek views on how support can best be provided to help meet the costs of disability faced by people who are currently awarded points due to aids and appliances. The department has received responses from a range of interested parties, including disabled people and disability organisations. The consultation has now closed and the department is considering these responses.</p><p>No decision has yet been made as to whether any change should be made to the current system and the department does not have any preference between the five options presented in the consultation. We also invited additional suggestions for change.</p><p>If the department decides that change is required, a full equality analysis will be conducted and considered prior to a final decision being made, in line with the Department’s obligations under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/02/2016 10:04:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

449919

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants, from which areas, have been asked to attend medical assessment appointments in Edinburgh by Atos due to a lack of appointments available in Glasgow; and how many benefit claimants are currently being assessed at (a) the Edinburgh centre and (b) the Glasgow centre.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	25313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/02/2016 10:07:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

449585

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
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	Overseas Companies: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will bring forward proposals to enable the prosecution of UK businesses through the UK courts for breaches of human rights abroad when the UK's National Action Plan to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is next updated.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	903387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Victims of overseas human rights abuses by UK businesses can already seek redress through UK courts. We have one of the few jurisdictions in the world where this can happen. I am proud it was a Conservative government that introduced the Modern Slavery Act, which requires companies to report on steps they have taken to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in its supply chains.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/02/2016 17:43:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson