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	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Home Care Services: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints received by HM Revenue and Customs regarding non-payment of the national minimum wage by domiciliary care providers in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 led to formal investigations being carried out.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	220466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of National Minimum Wage very seriously. Any worker who believes that they are being paid below the minimum wage should make a complaint to the Pay &amp; Work Rights Helpline (PWRH) on 0800 917 2368.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC review every complaint referred to them by the PWRH and, in addition, collate and analyse data from various sources to identify employers more likely not to be paying National Minimum Wage and undertake targeted enforcement against those employers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, some complaints may not lead to the commencement of an investigation. This might be due to incomplete information being provided, or the worker subsequently wishing to withdraw their complaint. Similarly, multiple complaints about the same employer would only be recorded under one investigation. Therefore HMRC do not record statistics by complaints received, but by investigations completed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I therefore refer my honourable friend to the answer provided to him on 17 October 2014; UIN 209191.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 220435 question first answered 19/01/2015 17:49:24 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

631074

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many apprenticeships have been created in his Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many of those apprentices subsequently secured a job within the civil service.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	52048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The number of apprenticeships to have started in each of the last five years can be found in the following table:</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Number of apprenticeships started</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Start year</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of apprentices made permanent in each of the last five years can be found in the following table:</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of apprentices made permanent</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Start year</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tables 1 and 2 are not directly comparable. Apprentices can take around 18 months to complete their training and have the option to go on to pursue further higher level apprenticeship qualifications.</p><p> </p><p>Of the apprentices starting in the period since April 2015, 52% are still currently apprentices, 26% have been provided permanent roles within HMT and 22% have left the organisation. Of those leaving the organisation, some of these will not have completed their apprenticeship and some of these will have gone on to other roles within the Civil Service. However, we do not hold full information on how many are currently permanent employees within the civil service.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 18/11/2016 15:02:22 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

693864

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Pension Rights: Cohabitation
	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 implications for his policies of the judgment of the Supreme Court of 8 February 2017, in the matter of an application by Denise Brewster for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2017] UKSC8.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	65240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>The government is considering the Brewster judgment and the impact it has on public service pension schemes. The government will work with these pension schemes to understand what changes, if any, will need to be made.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/03/2017 10:09:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham