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515465

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms his Department has put in place for redress and backdated payments to the parent with care in the event that it is found that the non-resident parent (a) provided false information about their income and (b) failed to inform the relevant body of an increase in their income under (i) the Child Support Agency scheme and (ii) the Child Maintenance Service scheme; and what the timescales are for such redress or payments.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	35379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>All three statutory maintenance schemes allow the Secretary of State to revise any maintenance liability decision found to be incorrect as a result of misrepresentation by either parent. There is no timescale within which the misrepresentation must be discovered, before a revision may be completed.</p><p> </p><p>Under the 2012 scheme, in the first instance maintenance is assessed using historic income information from HMRC. Annual reviews are carried out using HMRC income data and liabilities are adjusted accordingly. Over the lifetime of a case changes to income should therefore be reflected appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>Where an individual is assessed on current income, they are obliged to inform the Child Maintenance Service of any increase to their income of 25% or over. If they fail to do so and the Child Maintenance Service subsequently becomes aware of an increase in their income, the Secretary of State may still calculate a new assessment, taking effect at the point the income increased.</p><p> </p><p>Any arrears that result from such “retrospective” action will nonetheless be due and CMS will take enforcement action if the Paying Parent does not arrange to pay them themselves. The CMS has a comprehensive range of enforcement actions at its disposal, to help ensure that parents fulfil their obligations.</p><p> </p><p>All maintenance liability decisions carry an underlying right of appeal to an independent Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 14:37:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

448444

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department has made available to women born in the 1950s who are affected by recent changes in the age at which they become eligible for the state pension.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	903352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>Working age benefits are available for those who have not yet reached State Pension age. A concession of £1.1bn was made, and 81% of those affected will see a delay of one year or less; and for the rest, the delay will be no more than 18 months. There are no plans for further transitional arrangements.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/02/2016 17:04:18 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

445664

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take fiscal steps to support exports by SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	903114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The government has provided significant support to first time exporters, many of whom are Small and Medium Enterprises.</p><br /><p>A significant package was announced at Autumn Statement 2014, and funding for this initiative was continued at Spending Review 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/01/2016 15:17:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

427332

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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	Small Businesses: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage prompt payment to small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	902101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>We will establish a Small Business Commissioner to help small businesses deal with late payment disputes. We are also introducing new payment reporting requirements for large companies that will allow public scrutiny of payment performance</p><br /><p>I was pleased to see Tesco has cut its payment terms to 14 days for suppliers with total sales to Tesco worth less than £100,000 a year.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2015 15:33:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

420424

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the Government's target of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	901501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/10/2015 16:04:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

222902

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited to work for his Department as a result of advertisements placed online in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
uin	224899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Armed Forces uses a layered marketing campaign approach to recruitment into the Reserves which includes television, social media, outreach events and other mediums. Marketing analysis shows that people who join do so as a result of a cumulative number of so-called “touch points”. For this reason, the information which you seek is not available in the format you have requested.</p><p> </p><p>Research carried out by the Navy in July – December 2014 suggests that around half of potential applicants to the Maritime Reserve said that the ‘top influencer’ in their decision to apply was internet advertising, whilst a third said it was television.</p><p> </p><p>For recruitment to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, television and internet campaigns combined represent over 90% of triggers to application. We do not have separate figures for the two categories.</p><p> </p><p>Research into which form of media is most effective is currently being carried out by the Army; this work will be completed within the next few months.</p><p> </p><p>Information on recruitment to the regular Armed Forces is collected as part of the Annual Recruit Trainee Survey, the latest version of which is available at the following web address:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 224898 question first answered 02/03/2015 17:29:25 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

222904

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited to work for his Department as a result of television advertising in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
uin	224898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Armed Forces uses a layered marketing campaign approach to recruitment into the Reserves which includes television, social media, outreach events and other mediums. Marketing analysis shows that people who join do so as a result of a cumulative number of so-called “touch points”. For this reason, the information which you seek is not available in the format you have requested.</p><p> </p><p>Research carried out by the Navy in July – December 2014 suggests that around half of potential applicants to the Maritime Reserve said that the ‘top influencer’ in their decision to apply was internet advertising, whilst a third said it was television.</p><p> </p><p>For recruitment to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, television and internet campaigns combined represent over 90% of triggers to application. We do not have separate figures for the two categories.</p><p> </p><p>Research into which form of media is most effective is currently being carried out by the Army; this work will be completed within the next few months.</p><p> </p><p>Information on recruitment to the regular Armed Forces is collected as part of the Annual Recruit Trainee Survey, the latest version of which is available at the following web address:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 224899 question first answered 02/03/2015 17:29:25 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

177692

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on television advertising in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
uin	223318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has spent the following on television advertising in each of the last three financial years:</p><p>2011-12 - The data is not held in the precise format requested.</p><p>2012-13 - £8.0 million</p><p>2013-14 - £8.4 million</p><p>This expenditure is for recruitment advertising. It is a key requirement for the Armed Forces to maintain a satisfactory balance of skills, experience, ability and seniority in rank to enable delivery of operational requirements. Despite the reduction in overall numbers of Service personnel, the requirement for the Armed Forces to recruit and train personnel to replace those who leave the Services remains. Audited figures for 2014-15 will be available after the end of the financial year.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/02/2015 17:10:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 44996 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

173547

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Oil: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on jobs in Scotland of the fall in the price of oil.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
uin	906930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Sustained lower oil prices are clearly challenging for companies active in the North Sea.</p><p>The UK Government is committed to the long-term support of this vital industry that creates jobs and generates investment. This support includes the full implementation of the Wood Review recommendations and the package of fiscal changes and initiatives announced by the Treasury in early December designed to ease the tax burden on the industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orkney and Shetland answering member printed Mr Alistair Carmichael question first answered 14/01/2015 14:54:44 answering member 1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael
tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

170698

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government has contributed to reviving local governance and administration in Syria in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
uin	218875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><th> </th><td><table><tbody><tr><td>In the past 12 months, the Government has provided £2.3 million in support to local governance in opposition-controlled areas in Syria. This funding has enabled the training of local officials to help them ensure the provision of essential services to ordinary Syrians in their towns and villages, including vital infrastructure repair and rehabilitation projects which meet the needs of local people. The project is planned to continue for at least one more year. The UK is committed to helping the Syrian people who continue to suffer after more than three years of conflict.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/01/2015 14:43:39 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy