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750255

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Wigan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the number of (a) directly employed staff and (b) people employed in support of Hindley Prison is.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	3884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of staff directly employed at HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Hindley can be found in table 12 in the latest workforce bulletin at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information regarding people employed in support of Hindley prison.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/07/2017 15:41:33 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

731792

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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, (a) how many and (b) what level of fines have been levied against husbands or partners who avoided paying child maintenance in each year since the introduction of the Child Support Act 1991; and what other sanctions have been imposed on people in that period.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The only fines that can be imposed relating to child maintenance are as a result of criminal prosecution for failure to provide information or providing false information for the purposes of calculating the child maintenance liability. These fines are imposed by a court, information about fines is not recorded by my Department for management information purposes, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Within child maintenance enforcement, “sanctions” generally refers to powers used as a last resort, when other enforcement actions have not resulted in successful collection of arrears.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP publish information on enforcement actions.</p><p> </p><p>Information on both civil and criminal enforcement actions undertaken by the Child Support Agency (CSA) is only available from April 2007. This can be found in Table 22 of the latest CSA Quarterly Summary of Statistics, available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-march-2017</a> . This includes information on a variety of enforcement actions, including commitment to prison and disqualification from driving (in the Committals section), along with information on the number of prosecutions that have been undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>Information on civil and criminal enforcement action undertaken by the Child Maintenance Service is published on Table 16 of the Child Maintenance Service Experimental Statistics, which contains data between September 2015 and March 2017. The publication can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-mar-2017-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-mar-2017-experimental</a> . These statistics do not include detail on the different types of enforcement action, so do not include the number of sanction actions taken.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/06/2017 09:55:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

693354

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insurance: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans she has to require insurers to pass on to consumers the potential savings arising from the proposed reform to whiplash and small claims; and whether she plans to impose penalties on those insurers that do not comply.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	65094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>Leading insurers have already, following publication of the Government’s consultation in November, committed to pass on savings from the reforms to consumers through lower premiums.</p><p> </p><p>Motor insurance is intensely competitive and insurance companies will have little choice but to pass on savings or risk being priced out of the market. The Government will monitor the industry’s reaction to the reforms announced on 23 February and will consider further action if required.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 27/02/2017 16:00:52 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

683069

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to support the rebuilding of cranes in Hodeidah port in Yemen in order to ensure that food supplies can be imported into that country.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	62802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is discussing short-term options to improve port infrastructure, including mobile cranes, with Gulf countries, the US and the UN. The conflict makes any long-term investment in infrastructure difficult so we are also calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilian infrastructure, including Hodeidah port, from further damage; and to restart political talks in order to end the conflict.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:11:05 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

647382

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to assist women born in the 1950s who are affected by changes in state pension age equalisation.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	907550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>This issue was debated during the passage of the Pensions Act 2011 and the Government made concessions worth £1.1bn.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, no women will experience increases of more than 18 months. In fact, for 81% of all the women affected by the changes, the increase to their State Pension age will not exceed 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce further transitional arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/11/2016 14:37:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

521517

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
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	Electrical Goods: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department uses government fire statistics to assess the effect of faulty electrical goods on the number of fires.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	38445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>My Department uses Government fire statistics on the number of fires in faulty electrical products, as part of the evidence to inform policy on the safety of electrical products.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/06/2016 12:50:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

521518

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
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	Electrical Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the dangers of purchasing counterfeit electrical goods.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	38446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The Intellectual Property Office does not undertake any awareness raising activities that specifically highlight the dangers of purchasing counterfeit electrical goods.</p><p> </p><p>The Intellectual Property Office works with partners including trading standards, Border Force and industry on a range of initiatives to tackle IP crime. . These initiatives include outreach campaigns aimed at consumers and workplaces, as well as enforcement action and support for businesses. They are not however focused on counterfeit electrical goods in isolation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/06/2016 13:25:50 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 2026 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

521519

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
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	Electrical Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings he has had with (a) Amazon, (b) eBay and (c) other online retailers on the prevention of the sale of counterfeit electrical goods in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	38447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings, are published quarterly on gov.uk at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=ministerial+meetings&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=all&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=ministerial+meetings&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=all&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/06/2016 13:24:14 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 2030 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

439432

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Wigan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties have been bought by Serco for the purpose of housing asylum seekers in each parliamentary constituency in the Wigan local authority area; and how many asylum seekers have been housed in each such constituency.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	20542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>Serco have bought no properties in Wigan as fulfilment of their contractual obligations with regard to accommodation demand is met entirely through the private rented sector.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly data on the number of asylum seekers in Section 95 dispersal accommodation, by local authority. As part of the regional dispersal policy established in 2000, the advisory cluster limits set by the Home Office of 1 asylum seeker for every 200 of the settled population, apply to local authority area only. Data regarding the precise locations of asylum applicants cannot be provided at ward or constituency level as to do so would incur disproportionate costs and be precluded by the provisions of the Data Protection Act, given that individuals could reasonably be identified by such data.</p><p>In Q3 2015 there were 664 in dispersed accommodation in Wigan (Asylum Vol 4. Table 16q).</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015/asylum</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/01/2016 16:27:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 37433 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

438705

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts: Wigan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with Serco on the housing of asylum seekers in Wigan.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	20183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>Home Office officials monitor and conduct regular daily discussions with all COMPASS providers about management and execution of the contract, including the short-term use of contingency accommodation arrangements such as those employed by Serco in Wigan.</p><p>Home Office officials have been very clear with its providers that all measures to increase procurement of suitable accommodation must be taken to ensure that accommodation consistently matches demand.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2016 13:56:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue