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222670

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library copies of the letter he wrote to the Rt hon. Member for East Ham on Universal Credit in January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	224724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions wrote to the Rt Hon Member for East Ham on 22 January. In line with the conventions of the House, correspondence between Ministers and MPs are confidential as far as the Department is concerned, and it is a matter for the MP to decide whether to make it more widely available. The Department has no issue if the Rt Hon Member for East Ham chooses to place a copy of the letter in the library.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/02/2015 10:45:35 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

179075

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birkenhead dated 20 October 2014 regarding the Government's Child Poverty Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	224092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>A reply is going out today, Monday 23 February.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/02/2015 14:58:52 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

178152

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Asthma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will implement the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians National Review of Asthma Deaths published in May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	223620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>We have welcomed the report of the UK National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) Confidential Inquiry which provides a wealth of information about the causes of mortality from asthma.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While deaths rates from asthma have fallen steadily over the past three decades, and the number of deaths are small compared with those from cancer and heart disease, we are concerned about the proportion of deaths in children and young people that could be preventable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new NHS Mandate for 2015-16 says that every patient with a long-term condition, including asthma and other respiratory conditions, should be offered a personalised care action plan. They and their families or carers should know the right medications to use at the right times and how to use them, and to understand the importance of monitoring their condition and how to do this.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also working with strategic clinical networks on a programme specifically designed to tackle the issues raised in the NRAD recommendations on paediatric asthma.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/02/2015 17:00:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

178153

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2015 to Question 222919, how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) social workers and (d) psychiatrists with specialist skills in elderly care have retired since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	223621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of social workers with specialist skills in elderly care who have retired since 2005. Neither does the Department hold information on the number of nurses specialising in elderly care as these cannot be identified separately in the National Health Service workforce statistics published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table attached shows the number of doctors in the specialties of geriatric medicine and old age psychiatry who have retired between 2008-09 and 2013-14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/02/2015 16:52:47 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Doctors with specialist skills in elderly care- retired in 2008-09 & 2013-14.xlsx title Doctors retired between 2008-09 & 2013-14
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177365

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken to process changes in household circumstances for existing tax credit claims was in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	223106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2015 answer text <p>The average time taken to process changes in household circumstances for existing UK tax credit claims in 2014 was 11.21 average days.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/02/2015 11:27:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177493

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	Slaughterhouses: CCTV
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to requiring the mandatory installation of CCTV cameras in animal slaughterhouses.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	223204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>On 3<sup>rd</sup> January 2014, I received an independent expert report on CCTV in slaughterhouses produced by the Farm Animal Welfare Committee. I am considering that report and its recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A copy of the report is available at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fawc-opinion-on-cctv-in-slaughterhouses" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fawc-opinion-on-cctv-in-slaughterhouses</a>, I have also put a copy in the Library of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/02/2015 17:34:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177596

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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, how many applications were made for short-term benefit advance in 2014; and how many of these applications were successful.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	223104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 16:35:36 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177597

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	Jobseeker's 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 jobseeker's allowance claimants have been sanctioned on (a) one, (b) two and (c) three occasions or more; and what the average length of each sanction is.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	223105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested on the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) individuals receiving a decision to apply a sanction, by the number of sanctions, is published and can be found in table 1.7 of the publication at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to JSA sanction durations is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 14:20:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177598

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process new claims for jobseeker's allowance was in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	223107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There was an increase in the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claims being cleared within 10 days by 18.9 percentage points, from 71.3 per cent in March 2013 to 90.2 per cent in March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>This is an increase in performance by 22.6 percentage points when compared with year ending April 2009 – March 2010 when it was 67.6%</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/02/2015 16:59:26 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 43740 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177605

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the winter fuel payment helpline 08459 151515 in each of the last five financial years; how much revenue was generated by these calls; and when he expects to end the use of this number.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	223167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Calls to the winter fuel payment helpline were:</p><p> </p><p>· 2013/14 226,672</p><p>· 2012/13 303,610</p><p>· We do not hold data for the three financial years before 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>For the financial years of 2009/10 – 2013/14, the Department for Work and Pensions did not receive any revenue for the telephone number 08459 151515.</p><p> </p><p>The Winter Fuel Payment Helpline service can also be accessed by dialling 0345 9151515. Callers to 0845 9151515 are informed of the availability of the 0345 number option. There is still evidence that the 0845 option can be cheaper for some callers and as a result there are currently no plans to discontinue this number.</p><p> </p><p>DWP use of 0845 numbers will be reviewed once the impacts of Ofcom changes to 08 numbers are known. These changes are currently scheduled to be implemented in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/02/2015 14:03:42 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead