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782903

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the maximum amount available under the new state pension is higher than the maximum amount available under the old state pension.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	111220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Direct comparisons between the old State Pension and the new State Pension are not appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>People reaching State Pension age before 6 April 2016 could be entitled to a basic State Pension and an additional State Pension. The full amount of the basic State Pension (£122.30 a week for 2017/18) was reached after 30 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions or credits. The amount of additional State Pension was based on earnings over a full working life and its value ranges from £0.01p a week to over £160 a week. Legislation requires that the basic State Pension is uprated by at least the increase in earnings each year and the additional State Pension by at least the increase in prices.</p><p> </p><p>The new State Pension replaced the old system for people reaching State Pension age from 6 April 2016 with a single pension which, after a transition period which recognises people’s National Insurance records in the old system, will require 35 qualifying years to achieve the full amount of £159.55 a week. Legislation requires the new State Pension is uprated by at least earnings each year.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in <em>The single-tier pension: a simple foundation for saving (Command 8528), </em>the objective of the new State Pension is to provide a foundation for private saving by individuals and is designed to deliver an amount set at or above the level of the weekly means test which most people should be able to achieve. The new State Pension system has been designed to provide a simpler, sustainable system for decades to come, correcting some of the historic unfairness in the previous system, in particular for women, self-employed people and lower paid workers.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 111223 111224 question first answered 06/11/2017 16:36:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

780658

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review the Child Maintenance Service's practice of allowing a five working days' grace period for non-payment of child maintenance payments.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	110316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is required to consider the circumstances of the paying parent when scheduling how and when payments are to be made. By setting payments in line with a paying parent’s preferred payment date and frequency, the paying parent is more likely to make the required payments on time.</p><p> </p><p>Before a payment is considered as ‘late’ or ‘missed’, the CMS allow an additional 5 days for payment to be received (either into CMS or direct to the receiving parent). This timescale is applied as different payment options, for instance direct debit, standing order or cheque, all have set clearance times. These clearance times are set by banks and are outside of CMS control. Clearance times can vary from bank to bank and can be affected by the type of account they are made from or to. Clearance times apply to banking or working days and it would not be right to penalise a paying parent if their usual payment date falls on a bank holiday or weekend as their payment would not be processed by the bank. There is no current plan to change the period before which a payment is considered late, though as banking processes evolve we will keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/11/2017 11:26:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

778272

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Criminal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adults in England and Wales have a criminal record for offences committed when under the age of 18.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	109800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds information on individuals who have received a caution or conviction for recordable offences since 2000 on the Police National Computer. However it does not hold centrally the information necessary to indicate the number of adults in England and Wales who have a criminal record for offences committed under the age of 18. To collate it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 03/11/2017 14:50:27 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

776901

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Seasonal Workers
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 commission the Migration Advisory Committee to produce an interim report on seasonal workers.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	109326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee will report on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the European Union and on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy in September 2018 but may produce interim reports before then.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 27/10/2017 14:11:23 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

777000

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government's annual migration figures include seasonal workers.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	109443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/11/2017 15:22:56 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ109443 (1).pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

772243

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people who purchase knives for work-related purposes will be made exempt from the proposed ban on online knife sales.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	108102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>On 14 October we launched a public consultation on new legislation on offensive and dangerous weapons. This includes the proposal that where a knife is sold online it is an offence to deliver the knife to a private residential address. This is intended to apply to online sales of knives so we can prevent knives being sold to under 18s online. However, the proposal will not prevent knives being sold online and instead being collected from a place where the age and identity of the purchaser can be checked or from being delivered to a non-residential address such as a business. We recognise that knives are essential in everyday life at home and at work and this proposal does not change that.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/10/2017 14:01:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

769722

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
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 of the potential merits of introducing a licensing system for online purchases of knives for certain trades.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	107316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>We have no plans to introduce a licensing system for the online purchases of knives. We have published a consultation on new legislation on offensive and dangerous weapons, which includes proposals to prevent knives sold online being delivered to a private residential address, and ensuring instead they are collected in person at a place where age ID can be checked.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/10/2017 11:58:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

769723

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to meet knife manufacturers and suppliers in advance of the proposed changes to regulation of the sale of knives online.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	107315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>I have no plans to meet specific knife manufacturers and suppliers in relation to the proposals outlined in the consultation launched on 14 October. We invite interested parties to provide their views to the consultation, which will be taken into account in our response. The consultation is available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/10/2017 11:56:35 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

769725

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to issue consultation on the sale of knives online.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	107319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The consultation on proposed new legislation on offensive and dangerous weapons has been published on 14 October. The consultation is available in gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/10/2017 11:57:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

769726

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
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 effect on employment of proposed changes to the sale of knives online on people who purchase knives for their profession and live in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	107317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The consultation on proposed new legislation on offensive and dangerous weapons was published on 14 October. We have produced consultation stage impact assessments to assess the impact to the criminal justice system and relevant stakeholders of the proposals.</p><p>The impact assessments are also available together with the consultation. A further impact assessment, taking into account information provided in the consultation will be produced after the consultation. The consultation is available in gov.uk. The consultation includes the proposal that knives sold online should not be delivered to a private residential address. This proposal is aimed at preventing the sale of knives to under 18s.</p><p>The proposal will not prevent knives being sold online and instead being collected from a place where the age and identity of the purchaser can be checked or from being delivered to a non-residential address such as a business. We recognise that knives are essential in everyday life at home and at work and this proposal does not change that.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 107318 question first answered 25/10/2017 16:06:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake