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709265

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date	08/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what formal guidance civil servants involved in the government procurement process receive on the implications of the Public Services (Social Value Act) 2012 for such procurement.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	67070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Guidance on the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 is set out in Procurement Policy Note 10/12:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/79273/Public_Services_Social_Value_Act_2012_PPN.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/79273/Public_Services_Social_Value_Act_2012_PPN.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 13/03/2017 12:31:23 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

709275

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance Premium Tax: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered setting a special rate of insurance premium tax for charitable organisations.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	67024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) is a tax on the insurer, and there is no obligation to pass the increase on to the customer.</p><p> </p><p>All tax policy is kept under review, however, it would be challenging to implement an exemption for insurance purchased by any specific group. Any such legislation would be very difficult for insurers to implement since this would require them to differentiate between customers who were buying the same type of insurance products.</p><p> </p><p>Charities are a vital part of our society and the Government continues to support them and their donors, including through tax reliefs worth over £5 billion in 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/03/2017 11:05:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

709284

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the review of the principle of equal treatment between men and women in accessing insurance services.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	67145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2012 currently require HM Treasury to review the implementation of the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services in respect of insurance services, before 21 December 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 13/03/2017 12:04:49 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

709311

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the preparedness of schools for the new numerical GCSE grading system.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	67073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Ofqual’s Perceptions Survey published in June 2016, shows 93% of teachers are aware of the new GCSE grading system. The Department continues to work closely with Ofqual, the exam boards and key sector bodies to communicate to key audiences the changes to GCSEs, including the new 9-1 grading scale.</p><p> </p><p>The National Foundation for Educational Research conducted its Teacher Voice survey in November 2015. It found that around 85% of school leaders said that the start of teaching for new GCSEs in English language, English literature and mathematics – the first to be examined this year - had gone well.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/03/2017 11:38:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

709343

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Infant Foods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on its 2016 recommendation on implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	67139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>We have had no discussions with the UN Committee on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 13/03/2017 10:02:53 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

709423

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 8 March 2017 to Question 66433, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of employment and support allowance work-related activity group claimants who will only be entitled to a reduced rate who will fall below the poverty line as a result of changes in support for that group.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	67041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>There will be no cash losers among those who are already in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and we have laid regulations to protect existing ESA claimants, including those who temporarily leave the benefit to try out work and then return to ESA.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its assessment of the impacts of the change to the work-related activity component on 20 July 2015. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 67185 question first answered 13/03/2017 12:43:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

709425

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with claimants aged 18 to 21 were in receipt of housing benefit in (a) 2010-11 and (b) the most recent period for which figures are available; and, of those households, how many received income derived from benefits only in each of those periods.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	67019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Information on housing benefit claims aged 18 to 21 for the requested periods and by whether in work or not is available on <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">DWP Stat-Xplore</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2017 13:35:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

709426

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much top-up funding will be provided to each local authority following the introduction of the Local Housing Allowance cap.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	67090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. We have recently completed a joint DWP/DCLG consultation on the supported housing model with commissioners and providers, developers and investors, residents and those who represent their views. The new model outlined in our consultation will enable local authorities to assess their provision by utilising their local knowledge to drive transparency, quality and value for money from their service providers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2017 12:49:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

709427

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Local Housing Allowance
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 effect that a Local Housing Allowance cap will have on other services provided by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	67092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>To date no assessment has been made of the effect of a Local Housing Allowance cap that will be introduced in the social rented sector from 2019 on other services provided by local authorities as the policy has not been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2017 13:05:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

709428

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of implementing the Local Housing Allowance cap.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	67091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Local Housing Allowance rates will be introduced into the social rented sector in April 2019. We estimate that this policy will save the Exchequer £235 million in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2017 13:03:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn