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647097

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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	Housing: Newham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of new housing being developed in the London Borough of Newham in the next three years which will be specifically reserved for first time buyers.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	55230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>We do not routinely hold such information but the London Borough of Newham's Local Plan, adopted in January 2012, makes no reference to first time buyers. Through the National Planning Policy Framework we ask local councils to use their Local Plans to meet the full, objectively assessed needs for all types of housing in their areas.</p><p>We have consulted on a 20% Starter Homes requirement for suitable housing sites of 10 units or more (or 0.5 hectares or more) for the regulations under the Housing and Planning Act 2016. We are considering the responses and will set out our future plans for housing in the forthcoming White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 01/12/2016 15:23:26 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

647100

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent civil servants employed by his Department are working exclusively on issues arising for Greater London as a result of the UK voting to leave the EU; and what the civil service grade is of each of those officials.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	55243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>DCLG is interested in developing a rich, place-based understanding of the opportunities and implications for local areas including Greater London. Work on EU exit is being led by respective policy teams in the department, who are assessing the implications of EU exit across all regions, including London. The department continues to meet with the GLA, London Councils and the LGA to discuss exit issues.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/12/2016 16:15:37 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

647260

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the reasons for high prison officer turnover; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	55267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>A core part of our prison safety and reform plan is the recruitment of an additional 2,500 prison officers. In 10 of our most challenging prisons we have already started a recruitment programme, and I am pleased to say that we have already made 348 job offers for those 400 jobs, on top of 1,400 new officer appointed in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>To address the relatively higher numbers of new officers who leave in the first year, we are improving the support that applicants and new prison officers receive, so that they have the opportunity to explore and understand the role of the prison officer before applying and supporting them through to the completion of their training and probation. At 30 of our most challenging recruitment sites we will be giving prison governors greater freedoms to hire the staff right for them, with the expertise and skills they need.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of established staff, higher staffing levels are set to improve the supervision of prisoners, operational resilience and staff engagement with prisoners; all of which will improve prison safety and encourage experienced staff to stay. The percentage of experienced staff is higher now than it was in 2010.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 24/01/2017 12:40:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

647295

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) East Ham constituency, (b) the London Borough of Newham and (c) Greater London have been classified as under-occupying their homes in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	55231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The figures requested are in the table below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Households classified as under-occupying: East Ham constituency, 2013-2016</strong></p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>August 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2015</strong></p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Households classified as under-occupying: London Borough of Newham, 2013-2016</strong></p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>August 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Households classified as under-occupying: Greater London, 2013-2016</strong></p><p><em>Thousands</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>August 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>55.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>48.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2015</strong></p></td><td><p>45.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>41.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li><em>Constituency and Local Authority figures have been rounded to the nearest ten, and regional figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</em></li><li><em>Figures are numbers of households receiving Housing Benefit with a spare room subsidy deduction. This policy only affects working age households in the social rented sector.</em></li><li><em>Figures have not been provided for August 2012 as the social rented sector spare room subsidy policy did not exist until April 2013.</em></li><li><em>A small number of households now receive their housing support through Universal Credit. The table covers Housing Benefit only as equivalent Universal Credit data are not yet available.</em></li></ol> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/12/2016 15:23:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

647301

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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	Means-tested Benefits: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hardship payments have been issued by his Department to people living in (a) East Ham constituency, (b) the London Borough of Newham and (c) Greater London in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	55268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 01/12/2016 15:49:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

643831

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Forms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many P800 adjustments were issued to individual taxpayers to correct for an over or under-payment of income tax in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	54672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>At the end of every tax year HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) electronically reviews all individual PAYE records to see whether or not the correct amount of tax and National Insurance Contributions for the year has been paid. Where there is an under or overpayment, HMRC notifies the individual through issuing form P800.</p><p> </p><p>For 2012-13, of the 45.3 million accounts reviewed, there were 5.65 million P800 forms issued. HMRC does not hold comparable figures for the tax years prior to 2012-13.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/11/2016 17:08:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

643859

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Newham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Newham Borough Council is fully funded to implement the Government's educational reforms on provision for children and young people with special needs; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	54671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2016 answer text <p>To ensure that local authorities were fully funded to implement the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) reforms, the Government provided them with a £70million SEND Reform Grant in 2014-15, aimed at helping them to prepare for their new statutory duties. Newham Borough Council’s share of this grant amounted to £693,476.</p><p> </p><p>Through the ‘SEND Implementation Grant’, additional implementation funding of £45.2million was provided in 2014-15; £31.7million was provided in 2015-16 and £35.8million was provided in 2016-17. Newham Borough Council’s shares of these allocations were £350,763 in 2014-15; £255,814 in 2015-16 and £291,459 in 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to direct implementation funding for local authorities, the Government has provided:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£45million between 2014-15 and 2016-17 for Independent Supporters to help parents and young people through the process of education, health and care assessment and planning;</li><li>£5million for local authorities to increase opportunities for work experience and supported internships in 2015-16;</li><li>£6.75million between 2014-15 and 2016-17 to provide grant support for every Parent Carer Forum in England;</li><li>funding for a network of nine lead authorities in 2015-16 and 2016-17 to coordinate peer support; and</li><li>funding for a delivery consortium of voluntary and community sector organisations providing specialist advice and support to local authorities and their partners.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed to funding the SEND Implementation Grant, Independent Supporters and Parent Carer Forums for 2017-2018.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 09/12/2016 16:14:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

644007

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	Employment Schemes: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent from the public purse through the Work Choice programme on employment support in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	54673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Departmental Annual Report for 2015/2016 includes the final outturn numbers for Employment Programmes from 2011/12 to 2015/16 (page 123 of the report), which includes Work Choice.</p><p> </p><p>The annual spend on Work Choice for the years requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2016 13:13:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

644008

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Welfare Reform of 27 January 2016, Official Report, HL1315, on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, whether he plans for spending on employment support for disabled people to be greater or less after the implementation of the policies in his Department's recent Green Paper on work, health and disability.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	54866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, published last month, launched the Department’s consultation so we can listen to disabled people, their families and friends, service providers, employers, and anyone else who wants to see change. Proposals focus on changes that can be made to the welfare system, by employers and across health services to ensure that the health needs and employment aspirations of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions are better supported. The Department is not looking at implementing specific policies during the consultation period, other than the ones specifically announced in the Green Paper.</p><p> </p><p>At Spending Review 2015, we announced a real terms increase in investment in employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions. As part of this real terms increase in investment, the Green Paper provided additional detail on the practical support to be made available for claimants with limited capability for work from April 2017, rising from £60m in 2017/19 to £100m in 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/12/2016 13:04:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

644010

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	Welfare Reform and Work Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister of State for Welfare Reform of 27 January 2016, in the House of Lords, Official Report, column 1315, on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, whether the £60 to £100 million per year proposed under his Department's Green Paper on work, health and disability to be spent on supporting employment and support allowance claimants into work is in addition to or instead of funding currently being spent in the Work Programme and in Work Choice.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	54869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The £60 - £100 million per year is additional funding that will deliver a broad range of employment and health support. This will be in tandem with the change to the ESA Work-Related Activity Component and UC Limited Capability for Work element. As set out in the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper some of it will be used to fund additional places on Work Choice and the Work and Health Programme when it is launched.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2016 13:18:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms