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470335

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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

470336

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
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	Debts: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when and for what reason his Department stopped publishing statistics on household debt.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	30908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>Policy responsibility for consumer credit transferred from this Department to HM Treasury in November 2013. The Financial Policy Committee was established within the Bank of England by the Financial Services Act 2012 to ensure emerging risks and vulnerabilities across the financial system as a whole are identified, monitored and effectively addressed.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/03/2016 16:16:36 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

445836

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings Ministers have had with representatives of Keep me Posted since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	23120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 08/02/2016 15:46:29 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
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