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825441

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Carillion: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts the UK Government holds with Carillion in (a) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency and (b) Scotland; and what the value of those contracts is.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	123582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on public sector suppliers within a specific constituency is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/01/2018 15:26:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

825442

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department made an assessment of the effect of Carillion's liquidation on the viability of the small businesses in its supply chain in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK before deciding not to support that company through the bail-out negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	123583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>If small subcontractors are providing public sector services then we are taking steps to ensure the continuity of those services.</p><p> </p><p>If subcontractors are supporting private sector contracts then their future role depends on their customers.</p><p> </p><p>The action we have taken is designed to keep vital public services running, rather bailing out a commercial company.</p><p> </p><p>We are mindful of the concerns of Carillion employees in the private sector and resources are open to these workers and businesses affected by Carillion’s liquidation who are seeking further information, including:</p><ul><li>a<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/carillion-declares-insolvency-information-for-employees-creditors-and-suppliers" target="_blank"> webpage</a> set up by the Insolvency Service for those affected and seeking advice;</li><li>a<a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/carillion" target="_blank"> dedicated website</a> set up by the Special Managers, PWC, as well as a dedicated helpline;</li><li>a hotline set up for any employee worried about their pension situation;</li><li>more general advice on business support is available through the BEIS Business Support Hotline; and</li><li>Jobcentre Plus, through its Rapid Response Service, also stands ready to support any employee affected by this announcement.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Alongside this a network of 38 Local Growth Hubs, run in conjunction with the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), is also on hand to help businesses of all sizes and in all sectors to access support.</p><p> </p><p>This is a private sector company and taxpayers can’t be expected to bail out a private sector company.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/02/2018 14:50:24 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

825443

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with representatives of (i) Carillion and (ii) Carillion subsidiaries since January 2017; who attended those meetings; and what was discussed at each such meeting.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	123584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Scotland Office has no contracts with Carillion or its subsidiaries. Ministers and officials of the Scotland Office have had no meetings with representatives of (i) Carillion and (ii) Carillion subsidiaries in those capacities since January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 25/01/2018 12:55:38 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

825446

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of employment support allowance claim decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions were overturned at (a) the mandatory reconsideration stage and (b) the tribunal stage in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	123587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The latest available information on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) mandatory reconsideration and appeal outcomes can be found in tables 3, 14 and 17 of the ESA Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments quarterly statistics published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/01/2018 11:40:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

825453

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of defending decisions made by his Department on employment and support allowance claims taken to tribunal; and what the net gain or loss was in challenging those decisions.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	123594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Department has previously published average costs of PIP and ESA mandatory reconsiderations and appeals, which covers direct staff costs only (see Table 24 of Work and Pensions Select Committee PIP and ESA assessments inquiry: supporting statistics ).</p><p> </p><p>The total that DWP has spent on mandatory reconsiderations and appeals includes high level support costs such as management and corporate overheads. These costs cannot be split out from overall Departmental spending on benefit payments, and therefore total Departmental spend on mandatory reconsideration and appeal is not available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/01/2018 11:40:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

825456

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons work capability assessment reports are not released to claimants until a decision has been made on their claim; and if she will review this policy.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	123597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>As part of the first Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment, Professor Malcolm Harrington recommended a copy of the personalised summary of the assessment report was sent to every claimant.</p><p> </p><p>Following a trial in 2011 evidence suggested a better approach would be to send claimants the Decision Makers justification. This approach was agreed with Professor Harrington and implementation commenced in December 2011. The implementation considered policy, operational and claimant’s requirements. As a result it was agreed that the Decision Maker’s justification will be shared in all adverse decisions, and only shared on request where entitlement has been awarded.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/01/2018 16:34:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

824404

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are options available to ex-servicemen and women who wish to officially return their service medals.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	123205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>When medals are no longer required by a veteran they should be returned to the Ministry of Defence Medal Office. Returned medals are normally retained for a period of six months before being destroyed.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/01/2018 17:30:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

823496

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate measures for redress are in place for ex-servicemen and women who claim to have been the victims of physical and verbal abuse from other members of the armed forces during their service.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	122968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is clear that it does not tolerate any form of abuse. We take all allegations very seriously and have mechanisms in place to ensure they are handled appropriately.</p><p>The avenues of redress open to former personnel who allege physical or verbal abuse from other members of the Armed Forces will depend on the circumstances of the case; including when and where the abuse took place and whether it amounts to a criminal assault.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/01/2018 16:06:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

823001

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the First Secretary of State, what the target time is for the Government to make payments to small and medium-sized enterprises; and (a) how many and (b) what percentage of payments by the Government met that target in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	122684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Government restated its longstanding policy commitment to pay 80% of undisputed and valid invoices within 5 days with the remainder paid within 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>Public sector buyers must publish annually on their payment performance. We do not hold centrally the performance data for 2017. However, data published in 2015-16 shows that by the final quarter all major departments, apart from one (at 76%), were meeting their 5 days target and that all departments were paying at least 96% of their invoices within the 30 day target, with several departments achieving 100%.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/03/2018 14:16:37 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

823003

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	British Nationals Abroad: Repatriation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support is available to families to repatriate a family member who dies abroad and for whom they cannot afford the cost of repatriation.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	122686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The support available for families of British nationals who die overseas of is set out in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/592148/Guide_for_bereaved_families.pdf" target="_blank">Guide for Bereaved Families</a>. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office also produces<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/death-abroad-bereavement-packs" target="_blank"> country-specific bereavement packs,</a> with practical information for bereaved families, including lists of local and international funeral directors and information on legal processes in other countries. If a bereaved family cannot repatriate the body of their deceased relative for any reason, consular staff can provide information on the cost of local burial or cremation and help transfer money from friends and relatives in the UK to pay any necessary costs. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is unable to pay any burial, cremation or repatriation expenses or settle any debts. Families should look, in the first instance, to insurers to cover the cost. If the deceased was not insured, then friends and family may be able to bear the cost.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/01/2018 16:01:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows