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49247

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter dated 5 March 2014 from the Minister of State for Pensions to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make national insurance credits available for past periods for service spouses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	197415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Subject to Royal Assent of the Pensions Bill a duty will be placed on the Secretary of State to make regulations to allow service spouses and civil partners, due to reach State Pension age from 6 April 2016, to apply for National Insurance credits for periods during which they accompanied their husband, wife or civil partner on a posting outside the UK. The regulations will make provision to allow credits for periods between 1975/76 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Ministry of Defence on the finer details of the scheme including the manner in which applications will need to be made and the precise date when the administrative arrangements will be in place.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that up to 20,000 individuals could have a higher single-tier pension from these credits as some individuals may, at state pension age, already have sufficient qualifying years to gain a full single-tier pension.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 197416 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

49248

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter dated 5 March 2014 from the Minister of State for Pensions to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, what estimate he has made of the number of service spouses who will be affected by his plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make national insurance credits available for past periods for service spouses.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	197416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Subject to Royal Assent of the Pensions Bill a duty will be placed on the Secretary of State to make regulations to allow service spouses and civil partners, due to reach State Pension age from 6 April 2016, to apply for National Insurance credits for periods during which they accompanied their husband, wife or civil partner on a posting outside the UK. The regulations will make provision to allow credits for periods between 1975/76 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Ministry of Defence on the finer details of the scheme including the manner in which applications will need to be made and the precise date when the administrative arrangements will be in place.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that up to 20,000 individuals could have a higher single-tier pension from these credits as some individuals may, at state pension age, already have sufficient qualifying years to gain a full single-tier pension.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 197415 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

48957

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many absconders there were at each UK airport in each year since 2010; and how many and what proportion of such absconders were subsequently recovered.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	197140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is Home Office policy not to release operationally sensitive information at <br>port specific level, so as not to expose potential vulnerabilities in border <br>security.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8405 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

49135

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the proposal set out in Baroness Newlove's report, Our Vision for Safe and Active Communities, for a Bling Back scheme where money made from selling local drug dealers' assets is handed back to the neighbourhood.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	197219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There has been a scheme since 2004 whereby a proportion of the proceeds of <br>crime recovered from drug dealers and other criminals are returned to law <br>enforcement agencies. The money returned to law enforcement has been used to <br>support a continued increase in the amounts recovered from criminals and can be <br>invested in community projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

46493

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth of 23 December 2013, regarding a review of a discharge from the British Army.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	194955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has no record of receiving the letter from the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth. The MOD requested a copy of the letter on 3 April 2014 and will respond shortly.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

45963

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what service level agreements his Department has with companies contracted to carry out the assessment process for the personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	194367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The Personal Independence Payment service level agreements are published and available to view in Deposited Papers (House of Commons), deposited on 28 January 2013 – Deposit Reference DEP2013 – 0322. The service level agreements are set out in Annex 7.</p><p> </p><p>This information can be accessed from the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?max=100&amp;y=2013&amp;search_term=Department+for+Work+and+Pensions&amp;itemId=119004&amp;sort=1&amp;sortasc=False#toggle-322" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?max=100&amp;y=2013&amp;search_term=Department+for+Work+and+Pensions&amp;itemId=119004&amp;sort=1&amp;sortasc=False#toggle-322</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

45964

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
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 waiting time is for applicants for personal independence payment in each region of the UK to be assessed by (a) Capita Health and Wellbeing and (b) Atos Healthcare in each region.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	194368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) started from April 2013 and although limited data has started to feed through, we need to wait until the Department has quality assured, meaningful figures for publication. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity. We intend to publish official statistics on PIP from spring 2014 in line with our publication strategy –<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284330/pip_stats_release_strategy_feb14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284330/pip_stats_release_strategy_feb14.pdf</a></p><p>An ad-hoc release of PIP information was published on Tuesday 11th February 2014.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

45966

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2014, Official Report, column 162W, on employment and support allowance, when his Department expects to publish data on mandatory reconsiderations of employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	194425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>While data is being collected, it is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available.</p><p> </p><p>The data will need to be validated in order to ensure that it satisfies the relevant standards. I will not publish this data until it is in a robust state to share.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

46157

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, column 419W, on employment and support allowance, whether his Department expects to complete the incapacity benefit reassessment process in April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	194546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement I made on 27 March 2014. Official Report col. 56-57WS.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140327/wmstext/140327m0002.htm#14032769000011" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140327/wmstext/140327m0002.htm#14032769000011</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

44489

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
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 have taken the new Habitual Residence Test since its launch in December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	193094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty