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date	15/06/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are being tested to speed up the processing of benefit claims; what effect any such measures are having on processing times; and when he plans to implement any such measures in full.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	2505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department currently uses a suite of measures to track and manage the timeliness of payments for the range of benefits it administers.</p><p> </p><p>We steadily increased the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claims processed in 16 days from 85.8% in 2009-10 to 96.0% in 2014-15. We are now aiming to clear Jobseeker’s Allowance claims within 10 days. In 2009-10 we processed 70.8% in 10 days and this increased to 91.4% in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>We have also steadily increased the number of Employment and Support Allowance claims processed in 16 days from 72.9% in 2009-10 to 93.6% in 2014-15. We are also aiming to clear Employment and Support Allowance claims within 10 days. In 2009-10 we processed 54.9% in 10 days and this increased to 87.5% in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>We are planning to continue this approach across a range of other products.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 11:51:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

348270

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to prevent the digital exclusion of people with sensory loss.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to seeing an improvement in the provision of access services for video-on-demand (VoD) services and will continue to monitor progress. If ATVOD's 2015 annual survey of VOD Services indicates that significant progress has not been made, then as stated in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers Paper (July 2013) we will consider legislation in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/06/2015 13:21:30 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

347977

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Egypt: Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the workings and processes of the Egyptian government's judicial process.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text The British Government recognises that those suspected of crimes must be held to account in fair trials which respect the rights of both the defendants and the victims. We remain concerned about judicial processes which result in mass sentences, and the questions that continue to be raised about the adherence to due process in Egypt's courts. These damage the reputation of Egypt’s judiciary and undermine international confidence in the fair application of the law. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/06/2015 12:32:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

347978

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Scottish Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will begin an investigation into the liability of ScottishPower and the alleged mis-selling of cashback warranties.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Information was received in July 2014 from the liquidators of two companies involved in administering the cashback warranty scheme formerly sold by Scottish Power. This information has been reviewed by the Insolvency Service to determine whether or not any further investigation is warranted using powers available in the Companies Act.</p><p> </p><p>The liquidation of the companies involved in the scheme is still under way, and the creditors of those companies will receive reports from the liquidators if they are to be paid further dividends.</p><p> </p><p>Investigations conducted under section 447 Companies Act 1985 are confidential; therefore it is not our practice to announce whether or not such an investigation is taking place, or to report on the investigation outside of strict statutory gateways.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2015 13:15:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

347979

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Paediatrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis process and reduce the time taken of children going through paediatric care pathways.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to improving health outcomes for children and young people, and there is a wide range of ongoing activity to improve the responsiveness of the National Health Service in the diagnosis and treatment of children on care pathways. This includes support for the development by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health of Paediatric Care Online, a resource for the clinical workforce across the full range of children’s health issues. This will be launched later in 2015 and is expected to make a real improvement to the consistency and effectiveness of paediatric care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition the Government is committed to improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) for children and young people. The new waiting standards for Early Intervention in Psychosis (so that 50% of people who experience first time psychosis receive a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence approved care package within two weeks) came into effect on 1 April 2015 and NHS England is aiming to expand the children and young people’s IAPT programme to cover the whole country by 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is looking at the impact on cancer outcomes of early diagnosis projects, and is working on the early diagnosis of sepsis, and detection of the deteriorating child. In addition NHS England has a very active and appropriately scrutinised process for the governance surrounding Paediatric Specialist Services.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2015 13:54:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead