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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

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

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

470335

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department reduced the debt servicing to income ratio used as an indicator of household vulnerability and indebtedness from 30 per cent to 25 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	30907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>In 2010 a report for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills used a debt servicing to income ratio of 25%. In subsequent annual reports up until 2013 a debt servicing to income ratio of 30% was used. It is an established convention that Minsters of one Administration cannot see the documents of a previous Administration. I am therefore unable to provide the information requested by the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 21/03/2016 15:35:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

224574

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on discrimination and violence against people of minority faiths in that country.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	907842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan.</p><p>On 24 February I raised UK concerns about the blasphemy law with a group of visiting Pakistani parliamentarians.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary also discussed Pakistan’s blasphemy laws with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in November 2014.</p><p>We will continue to support all efforts in promoting religious tolerance and freedom of speech in Pakistan, and call for perpetrators of human rights abuses to be brought to justice.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/03/2015 14:21:31 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

65295

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 811, on cybercrime, whether the £860 million includes the £650 million in his Department's report The UK Cyber Security Strategy: Protecting and Promoting the UK in a Digital Age published in November 2011; and how much funding from the National Cyber Security Strategy has been allocated to the Ministry of Defence.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	203539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The figure given includes the £650 million funding the National Cyber Security Programme established in response to the UK Cyber Security Strategy.</p><p>The initial £650 million was allocated in the 2010 spending review and a further £210 million was allocated until 2016 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer following the 2013 Spending Review. MOD were allocated £59.5 million of funding until April 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 09/07/2014 14:19:02 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

47375

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of jobseeker's allowance appeals were represented at tribunal between (a) 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013 and (b) 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014; and what proportion of such claimants were successful.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	195524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The First-tier Tribunal - Social Security and Child Support (SSCS), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits including Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA).</p><p> </p><p>(1) The following table shows (i) the proportion of appeals against JSA which were represented and (ii) the proportion of those appeals which were found in favour of the appellant for the period (a) 1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013 and (b) 1 April – 31 December 2013 (the latest period for which figures have been published).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) Appeals</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>April 2012 – March</strong><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April –December 2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1Number of JSA appeals disposed of at Tribunal Hearing</p></td><td><p> </p><p>33,976</p></td><td><p> </p><p>32,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2Proportion attended by representative (%)</p></td><td><p> </p><p>2%</p></td><td><p> </p><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion attended by representative where the decision is in favour of the appellant (%)</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>60%</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>64%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1 includes Oral &amp; Paper hearings</p><p>2 Oral appeal hearings attended by a representative.</p><p> </p><p>A combination of reasons can lead to a decision being overturned on appeal. For example a hearing may generate additional evidence, in particular oral evidence provided by the appellant at the hearing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(2) Information on appeals received by the Tribunal against decisions made about claims for JSA is published by the Ministry of Justice in Tribunal Statistics Quarterly. The most recent report, which includes the number of appeals received in the periods (a) 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 and (b) 1 April to 31 December 2013, can be viewed at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289342/tribunal-stats-oct-dec-2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289342/tribunal-stats-oct-dec-2013.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

47376

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals against jobseeker's allowance decisions went to tribunal between (a) 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013 and (b) 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	195526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The First-tier Tribunal - Social Security and Child Support (SSCS), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits including Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA).</p><p> </p><p>(1) The following table shows (i) the proportion of appeals against JSA which were represented and (ii) the proportion of those appeals which were found in favour of the appellant for the period (a) 1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013 and (b) 1 April – 31 December 2013 (the latest period for which figures have been published).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) Appeals</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>April 2012 – March</strong><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April –December 2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1Number of JSA appeals disposed of at Tribunal Hearing</p></td><td><p> </p><p>33,976</p></td><td><p> </p><p>32,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2Proportion attended by representative (%)</p></td><td><p> </p><p>2%</p></td><td><p> </p><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion attended by representative where the decision is in favour of the appellant (%)</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>60%</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>64%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1 includes Oral &amp; Paper hearings</p><p>2 Oral appeal hearings attended by a representative.</p><p> </p><p>A combination of reasons can lead to a decision being overturned on appeal. For example a hearing may generate additional evidence, in particular oral evidence provided by the appellant at the hearing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(2) Information on appeals received by the Tribunal against decisions made about claims for JSA is published by the Ministry of Justice in Tribunal Statistics Quarterly. The most recent report, which includes the number of appeals received in the periods (a) 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 and (b) 1 April to 31 December 2013, can be viewed at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289342/tribunal-stats-oct-dec-2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289342/tribunal-stats-oct-dec-2013.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue