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456491

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
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 the average time taken is after a new (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance claim has been processed to make a first payment to a claimant.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	29249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the time taken to make a payment.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/03/2016 14:07:19 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

456058

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax Reduction Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by when he expects the review into council tax support schemes to be published.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	28809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The independent review of Local Council Tax Support schemes is set to complete and be published by the end of March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 03/03/2016 10:55:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

456252

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
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: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review entitlement to universal credit of people whose wages are paid two weeks in arrears after their temporary employment contract has ended.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	29044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>Universal Credit takes earnings into account in a manner that is fair and simple to understand. Earnings are taken into account in the assessment period in which they are received and the Universal Credit award adjusted accordingly. We have no plans to change this policy.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants have access to help and support from the first day they make a claim to Universal Credit, regardless of when earnings are received.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/03/2016 15:28:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

455338

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Rickets: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of rickets there were among children and young people in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	28581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre has provided a link to their annual publication for admitted patient care which contains data on hospital admissions where there is a diagnosis of rickets:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB19124/hosp-epis-stat-admi-diag-2014-15-tab.xlsx" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB19124/hosp-epis-stat-admi-diag-2014-15-tab.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Data on earlier years can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/searchcatalogue?q=title%3a%22Hospital+Episode+Statistics%2c+Admitted+patient+care+-+England%22&amp;sort=Most+recent&amp;size=10&amp;page=1#top" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/searchcatalogue?q=title%3a%22Hospital+Episode+Statistics%2c+Admitted+patient+care+-+England%22&amp;sort=Most+recent&amp;size=10&amp;page=1#top</a></p><p> </p><p>The annual publication provides the total number of finished admission episodes and an age breakdown of finished consultant episodes.</p><p> </p><p>This data only reflects cases that have resulted in a hospital admission. Cases of rickets may also be diagnosed in a primary care setting which do not result in a hospital admission. This data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on one or more occasion.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/03/2016 16:58:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

455453

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	Help to Work Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many long-term unemployed people have been helped back into work through the Help to Work scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	28589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Published information available on Help to Work shows the number of programme referrals and Community Work Placement starts and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-work-quarterly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-work-quarterly-statistics</a><br></p><p>This covers the period from April 2014 (when the programme started) to September 2015 inclusive.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/03/2016 16:02:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

454779

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	George Bell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the settlement the Church Commissioners made to the complainant against George Bell was made directly in relation to allegations against Bell, or on the basis that a complaint made under a subsequent Bishop, was not handled in a way which would be expected today.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	28341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>A formal claim for compensation was submitted in April 2014 and was settled in the autumn of 2015. The settlement followed a thorough pre-litigation process during which investigations took place.</p><p>Following the settlement of the claim the Bishop of Chichester, the Rt Revd Martin Warner issued a formal apology. The statement can be read on the Church of England’s website at the following address: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2015/10/statement-on-the-rt-revd-george-bell-%281883-1958%29.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2015/10/statement-on-the-rt-revd-george-bell-%281883-1958%29.aspx</a></p><p>The statement from Bishop Warner went on to say that “the response from the Diocese of Chichester in 1995, when the survivor first came forward, fell a long way short, not just of what is expected now, but of what we now appreciate you should have had a right to expect then.&quot;</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman question first answered 29/02/2016 16:22:30 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

454780

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	George Bell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, whether any of the Estates Commissioners saw the charge sheet on which George Bell was found guilty of child abuse on the balance of probabilities.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	28342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The language of “guilt” and “charge sheets” refers to criminal cases. The claim against Bishop Bell was a civil claim. The civil courts do not use charge sheets and as a result there has not been a charge sheet for the Estates Commissioners to see then or now.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman question first answered 29/02/2016 16:23:38 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

454781

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	George Bell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, how many people involved in investigating allegations of child abuse made against George Bell consulted his papers and diaries in Lambeth Palace Library in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	28343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">In 2013 and 2015 three staff members viewed various sections of the bishop's personal papers held at</ins> Lambeth Palace Library <ins class="ministerial">on two separate occasions.</ins> <del class="ministerial">has no record in the last three years of any of the individuals involved in these investigations making an application to view the papers and diaries of George Bell that are held in the Library.</del></p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman question first answered 29/02/2016 16:24:51 question first ministerially corrected 06/05/2016 09:26:14 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman previous answer version 47893 answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

454838

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Malnutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will include the Food Insecurity Experience Scale survey in the next Family Food survey in order to assess households' vulnerability to hunger.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	28227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>We do not intend to measure household food insecurity because there is no single definition of food insecurity. The Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) is one method, but the factors that impact on household food security are complex. There are multiple indicators such as quality, variety and desirability of diet as well as total intake, not all of which are measured consistently. It is therefore very difficult and potentially misleading to develop a single classification of food insecurity.</p><p> </p><p>The OECD ‘Society at a Glance 2014’ report published figures showing that the proportion of those who say they are finding it difficult to afford food in the UK declined over the past 5 years 2007 - 2012: from 9.8% to 8.1%. This was based on Gallup World Poll data which actually used one of the questions which form part of the FIES.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/02/2016 17:11:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

454216

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will carry out an assessment of the effect of changes in funding for community pharmacies on patient safety.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	28077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The community pharmacy proposals for 2016/17 and beyond, on which we are consulting, are being considered in respect to the public sector equality duty, the family test and relevant duties of the Secretary of State under the National Health Service Act 2006. The latter includes the duty as to improvement in quality of services, such as the safety of services.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage we would note that all pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacies are regulated by the General Pharmaceutical Council, which protects, promotes and maintains the health, safety and wellbeing of members of the public by upholding standards and public trust in pharmacy. Also, under NHS pharmaceutical services, community pharmacies are required to meet clinical governance requirements, which encourage continuing quality improvement, including through risk management.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment will be completed to inform final decisions and published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/02/2016 10:01:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead