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390780

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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	Scottish Government: Visits Abroad
	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 his Department has provided to Ministers of the Scottish Government undertaking overseas travel in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	7752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), through its network of posts overseas, supports United Kingdom Ministers from all Departments when they undertake official overseas travel to promote the interests of the entire United Kingdom , including Scotland. The FCO provides support along the same lines to Ministers from all three Devolved Administrations. The nature of that support varies, depending on the nature and objectives of the visit.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/07/2015 16:22:06 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390873

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Scottish households have backdated housing benefit claims in excess of four weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	7753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested about how many Scottish Households have backdated benefit claims in excess of four weeks is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/07/2015 10:14:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390698

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department are working on the Scottish rate of income tax.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	7754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury regularly reviews and deploys its staff as appropriate to meet ministerial and departmental priorities. Appropriate resource is being allocated to work on the Scottish rate of income tax from within existing departmental budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/07/2015 16:13:32 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390847

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants in Scotland are in the Work Related Activity Group.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	7751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information available for the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants by phase of claim and region is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 10:21:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390869

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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	Food Banks: Scotland
	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 effect of the measures in the Summer Budget 2015 on foodbank use in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	7750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The factors driving Food Bank use are many and complex – as the All Party Parliamentary Group report recognised. We know that work is the best route out of poverty, which is why we are introducing a living wage and bringing forward reforms to ensure work always pays.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 12:00:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390872

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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	Child Poverty Act 2010: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on legislation to replace the Child Poverty Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	7705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On 9 July the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions wrote to Alex Neil MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights in the Scottish Government, outlining proposed amendments to the Child Poverty Act 2010, as part of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. We will work closely with the Devolved Administrations as the Bill proceeds and are open to reflecting their preferences regarding their jurisdictions in the legislation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 11:00:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray