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386533

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Insurance: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of clearer renewal notices on the competitiveness of the private motor insurance market; and whether he has had discussions with insurance companies on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	4729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who are operationally independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The question has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 4546 4547 4548 4730 4731 question first answered 02/07/2015 16:46:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

386534

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Insurance: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average savings available from switching car insurance provider rather than being auto-renewed for (a) all consumers, (b) consumers aged over 65 and (c) consumers without internet access.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	4730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who are operationally independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The question has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 4546 4547 4548 4729 4731 question first answered 02/07/2015 16:46:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

386535

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Insurance: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average savings available to customers by switching car insurance provider rather than being auto-renewed in (a) the UK, (b) South East England and (c) Southend West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	4731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who are operationally independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The question has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 4546 4547 4548 4729 4730 question first answered 02/07/2015 16:46:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

386625

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Birds: Trapping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to improve public awareness of Larsen traps.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Natural England’s Wildlife Management and Licensing team provides advice to those who wish to manage wildlife in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for individuals to decide on which wildlife management methods to use in order to address a particular issue. Government has no plans to raise public awareness of particular types of traps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/07/2015 10:42:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386811

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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, how many employment and support allowance claimants have had low mood cited as the principal condition for incapability to work.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not categorise claimants using the term, “low mood”. Therefore the requested data is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and Support Allowance is not based on a person’s health condition, but on the way that the condition limits their ability to function. The Work Capability Assessment, which determines eligibility for the benefit, assesses claimants against a number of descriptors covering physical, mental, cognitive and intellectual functions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4996 4997 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:42:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386812

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's definition is of low mood.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not categorise claimants using the term, “low mood”. Therefore the requested data is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and Support Allowance is not based on a person’s health condition, but on the way that the condition limits their ability to function. The Work Capability Assessment, which determines eligibility for the benefit, assesses claimants against a number of descriptors covering physical, mental, cognitive and intellectual functions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4995 4996 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:42:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386813

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the most appropriate benefit for people with low mood.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not categorise claimants using the term, “low mood”. Therefore the requested data is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and Support Allowance is not based on a person’s health condition, but on the way that the condition limits their ability to function. The Work Capability Assessment, which determines eligibility for the benefit, assesses claimants against a number of descriptors covering physical, mental, cognitive and intellectual functions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4995 4997 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:42:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386143

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the bail system.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	4501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>My Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary announced on 23 March a package of measures to reduce both the number of individuals subject to, and the average duration of, pre-charge bail. As set out in the Gracious Speech, the Government will legislate in the Policing and Criminal Justice Bill to adopt those reforms.</p><p>These measures will bring greater accountability to pre-charge bail and ensure people do not spend months, or even years on bail, only for charges to be dropped.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 900702 question first answered 02/07/2015 13:49:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

386144

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his plans are for funding further education institutions.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	4495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department plans to continue to provide funding for further education for adults. Across all our grant, loan and capital support for adult further education, we are making available over £3bn in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For apprenticeships, Government and employers will continue to jointly invest in the training, reflecting the economic benefits that apprenticeships bring. For older learners studying at advanced level (age 24 and upwards studying at level 3) our policy is to provide HE-style loans to fund tuition fees to colleges. We have made £498m of provision available in 2015-16. For adult further education, our policy is to pay grant to providers based on the numbers of learners they teach and characteristics of those learners. There are also specialist funds to support joint projects with employers to grow skills in strategic areas of the economy; to support prisoner education; and for community learning. We also make capital funding available to colleges. In 2015-16 £410m of capital funding is available, of which £330m is distributed according to the requirements of Local Enterprise Partnerships. Finally, our policy is to provide funding to support the learner to access the system and get the most from it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships are our priority for skills and colleges have been encouraged to expand their apprenticeship offer. As government funding has reduced, colleges have responded well by looking at generating other income streams and creating sustainable business models for the future. This entrepreneurial approach will help ensure sustainable future business models with less reliance on government funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The financial health of further education colleges is under constant review by the Skills Funding Agency based on self-assessment information from colleges and the publication of college accounts. Colleges with inadequate financial health are subject to intervention led by the FE Commissioner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our funding mechanism is designed to allow providers the freedoms and flexibilities to decide how best to use their allocation to respond to local learner and employer demand. As autonomous organisations it is up to colleges to manage their own budgets including staffing numbers and what provision to offer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Colleges are becoming increasingly responsive to employer and learner need and employers are now taking the lead in apprenticeship design so that apprenticeship training, be that in the workplace or at college, equips apprentices with the skills that employers need. We believe that our funding for adult skills through apprenticeship and further education provision can have a positive impact on learners, employers and the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 4496 4497 4498 4499 question first answered 02/07/2015 15:05:37 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

386145

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the funding requirements of the further education sector.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	4496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department plans to continue to provide funding for further education for adults. Across all our grant, loan and capital support for adult further education, we are making available over £3bn in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For apprenticeships, Government and employers will continue to jointly invest in the training, reflecting the economic benefits that apprenticeships bring. For older learners studying at advanced level (age 24 and upwards studying at level 3) our policy is to provide HE-style loans to fund tuition fees to colleges. We have made £498m of provision available in 2015-16. For adult further education, our policy is to pay grant to providers based on the numbers of learners they teach and characteristics of those learners. There are also specialist funds to support joint projects with employers to grow skills in strategic areas of the economy; to support prisoner education; and for community learning. We also make capital funding available to colleges. In 2015-16 £410m of capital funding is available, of which £330m is distributed according to the requirements of Local Enterprise Partnerships. Finally, our policy is to provide funding to support the learner to access the system and get the most from it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships are our priority for skills and colleges have been encouraged to expand their apprenticeship offer. As government funding has reduced, colleges have responded well by looking at generating other income streams and creating sustainable business models for the future. This entrepreneurial approach will help ensure sustainable future business models with less reliance on government funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The financial health of further education colleges is under constant review by the Skills Funding Agency based on self-assessment information from colleges and the publication of college accounts. Colleges with inadequate financial health are subject to intervention led by the FE Commissioner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our funding mechanism is designed to allow providers the freedoms and flexibilities to decide how best to use their allocation to respond to local learner and employer demand. As autonomous organisations it is up to colleges to manage their own budgets including staffing numbers and what provision to offer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Colleges are becoming increasingly responsive to employer and learner need and employers are now taking the lead in apprenticeship design so that apprenticeship training, be that in the workplace or at college, equips apprentices with the skills that employers need. We believe that our funding for adult skills through apprenticeship and further education provision can have a positive impact on learners, employers and the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 4495 4497 4498 4499 question first answered 02/07/2015 15:05:38 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson