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860734

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Housing and Homelessness, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127168, on refuges, when her Department plans to announce the allocation of the £1.1million top-up funding.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	132091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm that 77 projects have taken up our offer of a share of the £1.1 million top up funding and will receive their funding allocations on 22 March 2018. We will publish a full list of the recipients on gov.uk on 22 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/03/2018 16:09:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

851747

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many suspected benefit fraud reports from the public have been (a) received and (b) led to action by her Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	130510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP takes its responsibility to detect, prevent and recover benefit fraud very seriously. As the money paid in benefits is taxpayer’s money it is right that we ensure it is paid correctly, and recover any money that is paid incorrectly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>All reported allegations of benefit fraud are recorded and appropriate action taken.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013 the total referrals received from all sources equated to 864,200. In the same year, there were 614,350 positive outcomes. A positive outcome is everything that is achieved apart from a no result outcome. This can include prosecution, Administrative Penalty, benefit correction and / or overpayment calculation.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014, DWP received a total of 823,450 referrals. There were 627,300 positive outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, DWP received a total of 779,050 referrals. There were 589,900 positive outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, DWP received a total of 752,400 referrals. There were 602,550 positive outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, DWP received a total of 825,000 referrals. There were 600,150 positive outcomes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/03/2018 17:58:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

851748

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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: Fraud
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 time taken has been to process suspected benefit fraud reports from the public in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	130511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Benefit fraud investigators are expected to progress cases without undue delay and investigations are brought to a conclusion as soon as enough evidence is gathered to prove or disprove the allegation made. The time taken to do this will depend on the nature of the allegation and the avenues of enquiry that need to be pursued.</p><p> </p><p>Some investigations are extremely complex requiring a greater investment of time. It would not be appropriate to compare investigation times across the board as to do so would not provide meaningful data.</p><p> </p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/03/2018 17:55:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

851754

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether members of the public who submit reports to her Department on potential benefit fraud receive updates on the development of such cases.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	130517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Members of the public are not given any progress updates concerning allegations of benefit fraud they may have made.</p><p> </p><p>All information gathered or received during the course of an investigation is confidential and must not be disclosed to any unauthorised third party. Third party information falls under the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and can only be released where such disclosure would not breach a person’s right to privacy or the Data Protection Act principles.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/03/2018 17:53:48 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

838271

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that refuge services currently in receipt of funding from his Department do not close at the end of the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	127168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Local Authorities are responsible for making local spending decisions. In our Priorities for Domestic Abuse Services, published in 2016, we acknowledged the importance of a strategic approach evidenced by an assessment of local need.</p><p>We were clear in the prospectus for our £20 million fund that bids from local authorities should create sustainable and long term approaches to supporting victims to ensure that each project in receipt of funding would be sustainable when the funding ended.</p><p>To help meet this challenge, on 7 February we offered projects already funded through the £20 million fund additional support through the allocation of £1.1 million top up funding. We will make the remaining £20 million we secured at Spending Review 2015 available as early as possible in the 2018/19 financial year for domestic abuse services, including refuges.</p><p>This new fund will be open to all local areas across England to bid for a share.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/02/2018 12:45:56 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

837747

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Governing Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has any plans to increase funding for the Inspiring Governance programme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	126778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The department contracts with the charity Education and Employers Taskforce to deliver Inspiring Governance, a service to support recruitment in school governance by matching those who wish to be governors to school vacancies. The contract runs to the end of March 2020, and is worth £1 million per annum.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to increase funding to this programme.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/02/2018 14:46:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

837752

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what records his Department holds by (a) region and (b) constituency on the number of people who have experienced domestic abuse in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	126783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of people who have experienced domestic abuse in each of the last three years by region and constituency.</p><p>However, we have commissioned an audit of domestic abuse services across England which will tell us, for the first time, exactly what every local authority in the country is commissioning for victims of domestic abuse. The audit will report in spring 2018 and will inform our review of domestic abuse services, which is to be completed by summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/02/2018 13:06:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

838002

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the terms of reference will be for his Department's review of the commissioning and funding of domestic abuse services.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	127031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>My Department has made a public commitment to undertake a thorough review of funding for domestic abuse services, including refuge, so that we have the best possible evidence on which to make decisions about future, sustainable funding for these vital services.</p><p>To inform our review we have commissioned an independent, external audit of local authority commissioned domestic abuse services, which will shape the final terms of reference for the review.</p><p>The review will explore all options for future delivery of domestic abuse services in England, and we are committed to working closely with sector partners, drawing on their data, expertise and knowledge, as we undertake our review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/02/2018 11:42:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

838003

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) victims of domestic abuse and (b) support services will be consulted in his Department's review of the commissioning and funding of domestic abuse services.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	127032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with the domestic abuse sector on both our review of domestic abuse services, including support and the audit which will inform it, drawing on their data, expertise and knowledge. We want to understand victims’ experiences and will be working with the domestic abuse sector to ensure these are reflected in our review.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/02/2018 11:54:04 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

838005

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 January 2018 to Question HL4272, when the £20 million of funding for refuges and other accommodation for women fleeing domestic abuse for 2018-2020 will be released for local authorities and specialist services to access.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	127034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We will be making the £20 million fund we secured at Spending Review 2015 available as early as possible in the 2018/19 financial year for domestic abuse services, including refuges.</p><p>This new fund will be open to all local areas across England to bid for a share.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/02/2018 11:52:33 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris