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427693

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Health Professions: Visas
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 make an assessment of the effect of the changing criteria for the Adult Dependent Relative Visa on recruitment and retention of health professionals.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	15696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government reformed the Immigration Rules for adult dependent relatives in July 2012 in light of the significant NHS and social care costs which can be associated with these cases. The new rules seek to ensure that only those who have a genuine need to be physically close to and cared for by a close relative in the UK are able to settle here. Those who do not have such care needs can be supported financially in the country in which they live by their relative in the UK. We have kept the family Immigration Rules under regular review in light of any evidence received as to their impact and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/11/2015 17:52:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

424682

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of changes to the work allowance in universal credit announced in the Summer Budget 2015 on incentives to work.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	13852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>Universal Credit will have a powerful positive effect on labour market participation. We expect 300,000 more people to be in work as a result of the introduction of Universal Credit, and around 75% of the households that gain under Universal Credit are in the bottom 40% of the income distribution.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/11/2015 17:47:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

424390

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Universal Credit: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people in work expected to be in receipt of universal credit currently receive less than the proposed National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	13644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>DWP does not have estimates of the salaries of people who are forecast to be on Universal Credit in the future.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/11/2015 16:06:06 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

423508

registered interest
date	23/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the practice of insurers automatically signing up customers to annual renewals without the explicit consent of those policy holders.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	13204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Member to the answer given on the 26 October 2015 to Question UIN 12727.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/10/2015 15:01:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

422838

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether insurers are increasing their premiums year on year due to the automatic renewal of policies without customers' explicit consent.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	12727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who are operationally independent from Government.</p><br /><p>The question has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/10/2015 15:30:55 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

422852

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of (a) the reduction in the level at which working tax credit begins to be withdrawn from £6,420 to £3,850 from April 2015 on work incentives for those on low incomes and (b) increasing of the taper rate to 48 per cent on work incentives for those on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	12725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to Tax Credits which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society.</p><br /><p>Alongside the introduction of the New Living Wage and raising the Personal Allowance, the intended impact of these reforms is to incentivise work, ensure work always pays, and then allow people to keep more of what they earn.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2015 15:39:06 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

422853

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the reduction in household income arising from net tax and benefit reforms in the Summer Budget 2015 will be made up by an increase in household income arising from the new National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	12726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is supporting household incomes by introducing a new National Living Wage (NLW) for workers aged 25 and above from April 2016. The NLW will be introduced at a level of £7.20, 50p more than the current NMW which means a £900 p.a. increase in earnings next year for a full-time worker. By 2020 the NLW is expected to be over £9 an hour, meaning a full-time worker will earn £4,800 more than today.</p><br /><p>By 2020 it is expected that the NLW will directly benefit 2¾m workers; while up to 6m could benefit from ripple effect. A number of large employers have already started paying wages at or above the NLW level, these include Ikea, Lidl, and Morrisons.</p><br /> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/11/2015 15:12:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

422645

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cardiovascular System: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of training a consultant in vascular surgery.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	12545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the average cost to the taxpayer of training someone to become a consultant in vascular surgery.</p><br /><p>The Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent estimates within their report ‘Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2014’, published March 2014 (latest data available), that the average cost in 2013/14 of consultant training to be £726,551. These figures reflect the pre-registration costs of tuition, living expenses/lost production and clinical placements and the post-graduate costs of tuition and replacement costs not the average cost to the taxpayer.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/10/2015 13:43:16 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

422646

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of nurses that are eligible for tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	12546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally. Eligibility for tax credits is dependent on individual circumstances and income, including for example the financial circumstances of any partner.</p><br /> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/10/2015 13:43:52 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

422692

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Dependants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Adult Dependent Relative visas were refused in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012, (f) 2013 and (g) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	12547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is not available. Applications from adult dependent relatives of a British Citizen or a settled person in the UK are included in the category ‘Family: Other (for immediate settlement)’ in the published entry clearance visa tables but cannot be identified separately. The latest published figures for the ‘Family: Other (for immediate settlement)’ category are given in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Entry clearance visa applications and resolution: Family: Other (for immediate settlement)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resolved</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Granted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn or lapsed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>3,288</p></td><td><p>3,336</p></td><td><p>1,307</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>1,987</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2,619</p></td><td><p>2,596</p></td><td><p>1,148</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>1,412</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,205</p></td><td><p>2,509</p></td><td><p>1,258</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>1,224</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,837</p></td><td><p>1,857</p></td><td><p>1,109</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,725</p></td><td><p>1,915</p></td><td><p>845</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>1,045</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,218</p></td><td><p>1,563</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>1,061</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,001</p></td><td><p>1,277</p></td><td><p>377</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>881</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on entry clearance visa applications and resolutions by category in table vi_01_q (Entry clearance visas tables volume 1) within the Immigration Statistics release. The published statistics do not distinguish between applications made and decided under the family Immigration Rules in force before and from 9 July 2012. Grants and other case resolutions do not necessarily correspond to an application made in the same period.</p><p>A copy of the latest release, “Immigration Statistics April to June 2015”, is available from the Library of the House and from https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p><p>Information on passenger arrivals does not separately identify adult dependent relatives. Information on emigration from the UK is the responsibility of the Office for National Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 12544 12548 question first answered 04/11/2015 17:02:45 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25384 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint