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1019462

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Ashfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance in Ashfield constituency were (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful in appeals in relation to their entitlement to those benefits in (A) 2017-18 and (B) since April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	198241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>Typically the proportion of PIP appeals overturned in the Ashfield Constituency as a percentage of initial decisions is 5%</p><p> </p><p>Since PIP was introduced 3.5m decisions have been made nationally up to June 2018, of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides information on successful and unsuccessful appeals for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in the Ashfield constituency.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Table 1: PIP Appeals completed by outcome and period of clearance - Ashfield Constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Decision maintained</p></td><td><p>Decision overturned</p></td><td><p>Percentage overturned</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to June 2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures include all PIP appeals; so they will contain appeals where claimants appealed for a higher PIP award as well as those appeals against a disallowance decision. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Constituency geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p><p> </p><p>Information on ESA appeal outcomes by claim start date and Parliamentary Constituency is available on Stat-Xplore under “ESA Work Capability Assessments”.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Between April 2014 and March 2018, 3.5m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made nationally, of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publish a Tribunal Statistics SSCS CSV file which provides information on the number of PIP and ESA appeals and their outcome by tribunal venue. These statistics are based on the tribunal venue rather than origin of the claim. The CSV file can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</a></p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/12/2018 15:08:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

788664

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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: Ashfield
	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 and support allowance support group appeals in Ashfield constituency resulted in decisions to reject applications being overturned in the last 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	112614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not readily available at constituency level and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 112615 question first answered 16/11/2017 09:44:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

788665

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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: Ashfield
	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 and support allowance work-related group appeals in Ashfield constituency resulted in decisions to reject applications being overturned in the last 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	112615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not readily available at constituency level and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 112614 question first answered 16/11/2017 09:44:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

997365

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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	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 and what proportion of working people in receipt of top up benefits are resident in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) in each region of the UK and (c) in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	184954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The numbers of in work families receiving tax credits are in table 1.1 of the Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards - 2016 to 2017 published by HMRC can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720570/Main_publication_-_final_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720570/Main_publication_-_final_tables.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Geographical breakdowns including constituency level figures are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720739/Main_geographical_-_final_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720739/Main_geographical_-_final_tables.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit and Housing Benefit statistics for Great Britain are regularly published and the latest statistics for September 2018 and May 2018 respectively can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The information available for the number of employed individuals that are in receipt of Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance in May 2018 in geographical areas of Great Britain can be found in the following table.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/12/2018 18:17:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma attachment 1 file name People Table 184954.docx title Working people in receipt of IS, JSA or ESA previous answer version 82637 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1077336

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	Carer's Allowance: Ashfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in Ashfield constituency receive carer's allowance; and what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in Ashfield constituency who undertake caring responsibilities without receiving that allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	225473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of individuals in receipt of Carer’s Allowance by parliamentary constituency is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does not hold data on the number of individuals who undertake caring responsibilities by parliamentary constituency. The Family Resources Survey (FRS) provides the department with the number of informal carers by gender, income and age but does not include any geographical breakdown below the regional level. The latest FRS tables can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-201617" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-201617</a></p><p> </p><p>Since April 2010, carers who are not entitled to Carer's Allowance, may be able to apply for carer's credits if they are caring for one or more disabled people for at least 20 hours a week. Carer’s Credits are Class 3 credits which can help towards the conditions of entitlement to the new State Pension and Widowed Parent’s Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to Carer’s Allowance, carers on low incomes can claim income-related benefits, such as Universal Credit and Pension Credit. These benefits can be paid to carers at a higher rate than those without caring responsibilities through the carer premium or the equivalent additional amount for carers respectively.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/02/2019 10:30:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1135543

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	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	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of people in (i) Ashfield, (ii) Nottinghamshire, (iii) the East Midlands and (iv) England who are eligible for pension credit but not claiming it and (b) value of that unclaimed pension credit.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	270780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested on the (a) number of people in (i) Ashfield, (ii) Nottinghamshire, (iii) East Midlands and (iv) England who are eligible for pension credit but are not claiming it, and (b) value of that unclaimed pension credit is not available at constituency, regional or country level.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the take-up of income related benefits at Great Britain level, including Pension Credit, can be found in the ‘Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up 2016 to 2017’ publication.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/07/2019 10:20:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

942624

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottingham South, and (c) Nottinghamshire pay the apprenticeship levy.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	164382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to produce meaningful estimates of the amount of levy payments made by employers in specific geographical areas. HMRC have information on where PAYE schemes are registered, though not on the workplaces of the employer. Many large employers will have various workplaces across the UK or outsource their payroll to a payroll provider based in a different location.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/07/2018 14:29:40 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

944006

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cessations of bus services his Department or Traffic Commissioners have been notified of in each of the last five ears, and where in the UK these these been.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	165527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows cancelled bus services in Great Britain (outside of London), registered with the traffic commissioners.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Cancelled local bus service registrations by Traffic Area</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Eastern</p></td><td><p>639</p></td><td><p>511</p></td><td><p>711</p></td><td><p>639</p></td><td><p>719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Western</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>684</p></td><td><p>644</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>736</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Eastern and Metropolitan</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>474</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (excl London and N Ireland)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>3,298</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>3,125</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>3,485</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>3,298</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>3,776</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: Traffic Commissioner Annual Reports</em></p><p> </p><p>These figures relate only to the local bus service registered with a traffic commissioner in Great Britain. They do not include those services registered with Transport for London or those in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 23/07/2018 14:11:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1046012

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cessations of bus services his Department or Traffic Commissioners were notified of in 2017-18; and where in the UK those cessations have been.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	211167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of cancelled bus services in 2017-18 in Great Britain (outside of London), by region, registered with the Traffic Commissioners, can be found in the Traffic Commissioners annual report 2017/18 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/768769/201718_TC_annual_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/768769/201718_TC_annual_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The figures relate only to the local bus service registered with a Traffic Commissioner in Great Britain. They do not include those services registered with Transport for London or those in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/01/2019 14:17:53 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

847772

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cars: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the rate of car ownership is in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	129448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the rate of car ownership in Ashfield constituency, Nottinghamshire and England.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does hold information on the number of registered vehicles. The number of licensed cars as at 30 September 2017 in (a) Ashfield constituency was 50,452 in (b) Nottinghamshire was 407,019 and in (c) England was 26,687,596. These figures include cars that are registered to private individuals and companies.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/02/2018 12:37:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero