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100266

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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 Experience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209803, how many of the people undertaking work experience have since entered paid employment.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	211299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Research with claimants published earlier this year shows that 36 per cent of work experience participants were in employment at the time of interview, and 42 per cent had at least been in employment at some point (even if they were not at the time of the interview).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284017/rr865-youth-contract-customer-experiences.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284017/rr865-youth-contract-customer-experiences.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/10/2014 12:40:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

100116

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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	Funeral Payments
	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 have been made to the Government Funeral Payment scheme since May 2010; and how many such applications have been rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	211293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>From the latest data available, 280,780 applications have been made for Funeral Payments in Great Britain between May 2010 and September 2014. In the same period there have been 139,560 refusals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><p>1. These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p> </p><p>2. The figures given are the number of applications and initial refusals in the given time period and not the number of people who made applications or received awards. An individual may make more than one application in a year. Information on the number of people who made applications and received awards is not available.</p><p> </p><p>3. The refusal figures given are based on the initial decisions made on each case and may include cases where an award was later made on review.</p><p> </p><p>4. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/10/2014 13:48:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100268

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of workplaces in the UK which are accessible to disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	211337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We do not collect this information. All employers are under a duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled job applicants and their existing employees.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 24/10/2014 12:21:16 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

99888

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) Abd al-Malik Abd al-Salam, (b) Ashraf Abd al-Salam, (c) Salim Hasen Khalifa Al Kawani, (d) Abdelrahman Imer al Jaber Al Nameh, (e) Ibrahim al-Bakr, (f) Abdullah Ghalib Mahfuz Muslim Al-Khawar and (g) al-Subaiy are subject to UK sanctions.
	tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
	uin	211196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>There are three financial sanctions regimes related to the financing of terrorism in operation in the UK: the UN Al Qaida regime (implemented by EU Regulation 881/2002), the EU’s CP 931 regime, primarily for terrorists external to the EU; and the UK’s domestic regime under the Terrorist Asset Freezing etc. Act 2010. The Treasury publishes a consolidated list of financial sanctions targets that can be accessed from the Gov.uk website, listing all individuals and entities currently subject to financial sanctions in operation in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Abdelrahman Imer al Jaber AL NAIMEH was listed under the UN Al Qaida Sanctions Regime on 23 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Khalifa Muhammad Turki AL-SUBAIY was listed under the UN Al Qaida Sanctions Regime on 10 October 2008.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Abd al-Malik Abd AL-SALAM, Ashraf Abd AL-SALAM, Salim Hasen Khalifa AL KAWANI, Ibrahim AL-BAKR, Abdullah Ghalib Mahfuz Muslim AL-KHAWAR are not currently subject to any of the financial sanctions regimes that are in operation in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/10/2014 13:35:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

99787

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt: UN Resolutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the UK voted against UN General Assembly Resolution A/68/L.57/Rev.1, on the establishment of a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	211093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer that I gave on 15 October 2014. This is available as below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209454" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209454</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/10/2014 13:31:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

99713

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to prevent banks within the UK banking system being used for funding domestic or international terrorism.
	tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
	tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
	uin	210981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK has a comprehensive anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism regime and the Government is committed to ensuring our financial system is a hostile environment for illicit finances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The international money laundering and counter financing of terrorism standards are incorporated into various pieces of UK law, predominantly the Money Laundering Regulations (2007) and the Proceeds of Crime Act (2002) and also the Terrorism Act 2000. All banks within the UK banking system must comply with that legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Treasury is also responsible for implementing financial sanctions in the UK and for making designations under the Terrorist Asset Freezing etc. Act 2010. We are committed to ensuring that our terrorist asset freezing powers continue to be used and administered in an effective and proportionate way to help protect the public from the threat of terrorism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/10/2014 13:20:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

93477

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cost of Living
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to reduce the cost of living for people on the lowest incomes.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	210826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Coalition Government has taken, and will continue to take, decisive action to support families on the lowest incomes: increasing the personal allowance taking over 3.2m individuals out of income tax altogether by 2015/16, helping to freeze Council Tax, freezing Fuel Duty until the end of the parliament, reducing energy bills, providing universal free school meals for all infant school pupils, and introducing tax free childcare support of up to £2,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Getting more people into work alongside improving productivity is the best way to support living standards, as the Bank of England and IFS have said. Sticking to the Government’s long term economic plan to build a stronger and more resilient economy is the best way to do this. Under this government there are more people in work than ever before and unemployment fell 538,000 in the past year – the fastest fall since records began.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/10/2014 12:26:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

100257

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Official Cars
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department's review of the Government Car Service will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	211251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The review of the Government Car Service is part of the Government’s &quot;Ultra low emission vehicle (ULEV) readiness project&quot;, through which central department fleets are being reviewed to see where ULEVs could be run cost effectively, and funding provided to introduce ULEVs into these fleets. We expect to announce the results of this project, including how many vehicles will be introduced into each fleet, following completion of all reviews.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/10/2014 12:42:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

93865

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to the Highways Agency on phasing works on motorways to reduce congestion and journey times; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	210898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Highways Agency is delivering the biggest ever programme of investment in our national roads – £24 billion from the start of this current Parliament through to 2021. This will ensure we have a strategic road network that continues to help sustain economic growth and meet the needs of the road user.</p><p> </p><p>Work is planned very carefully to minimise disruption as far as possible, and to ensure the safety of road users and road workers. Where the Agency has to close lanes for safety reasons, this is done at quieter times and at night when possible. They aim to keep motorways open during works rather than closing them and diverting traffic onto local roads less suitable for motorway traffic. Also, a high proportion of road works are lifted on bank and seasonal holidays to limit disruption to road users.</p><p>The Highways Agency has a process in place for the planning of road works, referred to as the Network Occupancy Management process. This process sets out the procedures for the management of road space occupancy with the primary objective of reducing road user delay. In simple terms, the process was designed to aid the Agency in its legal obligation, under Section 59 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991; to coordinate and where possible minimise the impact of works. The process provides a clear definition of roles and responsibilities and a set of structured management procedures.</p><p>The process is underpinned by a road space booking system which was designed to provide accurate and up to date information on lane closures on the Strategic Road Network. This system is populated with all planned road works and analyses their proximity and timing to other works. The system also includes a delay cost model allowing the impact of occupation on traffic to be estimated which supports an evidence based decision making approach embodied in the process.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 24/10/2014 10:43:21 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

93866

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M18
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will investigate the reasons why the roadworks on the M18 motorway were not phased to take place after the completion of the roadworks on the M1 motorway south of junction 32.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	210899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>To maintain the strategic road network in a safe and serviceable condition, it is inevitable that Highways Agency road works will need to be undertaken at several locations at any one time throughout the year. Maintenance work is programmed to achieve good value for money and minimise disruption to road users. The majority of work is undertaken overnight to reduce lane closures when the motorway is busy.</p><p> </p><p>In planning major road works on the M18 and the M1, the option of breaking construction into a number of smaller sequential phases was considered, however this would have had the impact of prolonging the overall duration of construction and therefore the length of time road users were disrupted.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 24/10/2014 10:44:31 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight