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date	17/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many contracts his Department holds with government strategic suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	123531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD)<ins class="ministerial"> holds contracts with eight Government strategic suppliers</ins> and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hold six contracts <del class="ministerial">each</del> with Government strategic suppliers.</p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) holds three contracts with Government strategic suppliers.</p><p>HMCPSI holds two contracts with Government strategic suppliers; and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) holds <del class="ministerial">one</del> contract<ins class="ministerial">s with three suppliers</ins>.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/02/2018 17:39:32 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2018 14:34:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 38874 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

818588

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	National Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in enabling the National Fund charity to make appropriate donations; and whether they intend to apply to the courts for a scheme allowing the Fund to be used for its original purpose.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The National Fund was created in 1928 with an initial anonymous donation of £500,000 with the aim of eventually extinguishing the national debt. It has accumulated significant funds through further donations and income over the years, as set out in the <strong><ins class="ministerial">attached </ins></strong>chart <del class="ministerial">below</del>. It is currently estimated to be worth over £460 million.</p><p>The terms of the deed of Trust for the National Fund are such that the Trustees are required to accumulate the net income and profits of the trust fund until the value of the fund along with its accumulated income, when added to the value of any other funds applicable for the same purpose, is sufficient to discharge the entirety of the National Debt. Given the terms of the trust, the money is currently ‘locked’ in the fund.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office is working with the Charity Commission and the Fund’s trustees to help resolve this legally complicated matter.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 22/01/2018 14:42:46 question first ministerially corrected 16/05/2018 10:48:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name Chart 2.pdf title Chart previous answer version 35717 answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

818734

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many presenting officers have been recruited to represent his Department at tribunal appeals against the refusal of disability benefit in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	121498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>While the Department has had presenting officers in the past, 2017 was the first time that individuals were recruited specifically into that role. Therefore there are no other specific recruitment to the presenting officer role in the years prior to 2017<del class="ministerial"> for ESA and PIP</del>.<ins class="ministerial">In 2017 DWP recruited 211 presenting officers.</ins></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/01/2018 17:39:32 question first ministerially corrected 17/04/2018 10:36:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 34632 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

816738

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all women born in the 1950s affected by the change in state pension age have now been informed by letter of such changes.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	121165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government sent letters to women affected by the 1995 Act changes between April 2009 and March 2011 using the address details held by HMRC at that time.</p><p>The timetable for equalising State Pension age for women and men to 65 and the subsequent increase to 66 was accelerated by the Pensions Act 2011 following sharp increases in life expectancy projections. A concession was made prior to the passing of the 2011 Act which reduced the maximum delay that anyone would experience in claiming their State Pension, relative to the previous timetable, to 18 months compared to the original proposal. Following the Pensions Act 2011 the Government wrote to all those directly affected to inform them of the changes to their State Pension age between January 2012 and November 2013.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Background to direct mail outs: </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Apr 09 – Mar11:</strong> All those affected by the 1995 Act changes alone (those born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953) were sent letters informing them of the change to their State Pension age. Letters went to approximately 1.2 million women between 2009 and 2011.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Jan 12 – Nov 13: </strong>All those affected by the 2011 Act changes (those born between 6 April 1953 and 5 April 1960) were sent letters informing them of the change to their State Pension age. This involved mailing more than 5 million letters <del class="ministerial">with an accompanying leaflet</del> to those affected, between January 2012 and November 2013.</li><li><ins class="ministerial">Both lots of letters had appropriate supporting information.</ins></li></ul> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/01/2018 10:42:39 question first ministerially corrected 18/12/2018 17:16:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 33458 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan