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908451

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people to increase their earnings and progress in their jobs.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	905451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>In April 2017 we reduced the Universal Credit taper rate to 63% supporting people to earn more and keep more of their earnings. And unlike in the legacy system, there are no cliff edges, so claimants know that for every extra hour they work they will be able to keep more of their earnings.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2018 16:55:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

908452

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When she last visited a personal independence payment assessment centre.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	905452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The last time I attended a Personal Independence Payment assessment centre was 12th December 2017. I was struck by the professional and helpful attitude displayed by all the staff at the assessment centre.</p><p> </p><p>My Honourable Friend, the member for North West Hampshire (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, Kit Malthouse MP) visited Vauxhall assessment centre on the 17th April 2018. Like me he found the visit extremely informative.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/05/2018 16:10:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

908453

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of people signposted or referred to food banks in areas where full service universal credit has been rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	905453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>We have made no assessment of food bank use.</p><p> </p><p>The reasons for food banks use are complex, so it’s wrong to attribute it to any one cause. The best way to help people improve their lives is through employment, and people on Universal Credit move into work faster and stay in work longer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2018 16:18:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

908454

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans the Government has to increase compliance with child maintenance responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	905454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service has wide ranging powers to enforce the collection of both ongoing child maintenance liability and arrears.</p><p> </p><p>We publish regular information about this activity which shows for example, increasing use of the Financial Investigation Unit with over 1000 more complex earner investigations referred this year compared with last.</p><p> </p><p>We recently consulted on a new Compliance and Arrears Strategy with the aim of increasing these powers. The Government’s response to this consultation will be published later this summer.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2018 16:27:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

908455

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Pension Protection Fund: Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that support is provided for former Carillion employees whose pensions will not be covered by the Pension Protection Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	905457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>There are 12 Carillion DB schemes in the Pension protection Fund (PPF) assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>The PPF are working with scheme administrators to determine whether they can pay pensions at or above PPF benefits. Where a scheme cannot do this, the PPF will assume responsibility and pay compensation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individuals above their scheme’s normal pension age will receive 100% of their accrued pension, and all other members will receive 90%, subject to an overall cap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/05/2018 16:38:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

908456

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Long Term Unemployed People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of trends in long-term unemployment.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	905458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of long term unemployed (over 12 months) stood at 358,000 in the 3 months to March 2018, down by nearly 30,000 in the past year. It has fallen by 430,000 since 2010, a decrease of 54.5%.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2018 15:56:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

906451

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Select Committees: Membership
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she will present proposals to the Procedure Committee to amend the rules on rotation and membership of select committees to allow for the election by the House of members of committees for the lifetime of a Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL7964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The rotation rule was last considered by the Procedure Committee in March 2014 (5th Report, Session 2013-14, HL Paper 167). Its proposal to reduce the length of membership from four successive sessions to three, in order to secure a regular turnover of membership and therefore broaden participation in the work of the House’s committees by members, was agreed to by the House (HL Deb 13 May 2014, cols 1771-1775).</p><p> </p><p>I have no plans to present further proposals to change the rotation rule to the Procedure Committee. However, other members are welcome to submit their own proposals to the Procedure Committee for its consideration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 21/05/2018 10:47:00 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

905388

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of reducing the voting age to 16 in local government elections; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	905322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government stated in its manifesto a commitment to maintain the current voting age at 18. The age of 18 is widely recognised as the age at which one becomes an adult and gains full citizenship rights. The Government therefore has no plans to lower the voting age.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 16/05/2018 13:04:04 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

905389

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What the Government's policy is on support for the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	905324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of all employers adopting the Ban the Box initiative. The Civil Service is leading by example and adopted the initiative in 2016 to provide fairer opportunities for ex-offenders to compete for jobs.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 16/05/2018 13:05:11 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

905390

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on their receiving additional powers as the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Douglas Ross
uin	905325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>I continue to hold constructive conversations with my counterparts in the devolved administrations on how to deliver a new wave of devolution as the UK departs the EU. The vast majority of powers in otherwise devolved areas - returning from Brussels - will now flow directly and immediately to Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, bypassing Westminster entirely. JMC(EN) most recently discussed progress on 2 May.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/05/2018 13:07:10 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross