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102233

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of recent employment trends.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	905826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The latest figures show a record number of people in work - 30.76 million, up 736,000 on the year. There are a record 14.4m women in work, with a record female employment rate of 68.1%. This year there have been some of the largest annual increases in employment since the 1980s.</p><p>Total unemployment saw a record annual fall of 538,000, bringing unemployment below 2 million for the first time since 2008. Youth unemployment fell a record 253,000 on the year to 733,000. Long-term unemployment fell 194,000 on the year - the largest annual fall since 1998.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 17:41:36 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

167865

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	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	New Enterprise Allowance: Stafford
	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 in Stafford constituency are in receipt of the new enterprise allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	216975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Official Statistics on the numbers of New Enterprise Allowance mentoring starts and financial support starts are published quarterly and can be accessed via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pre-work-programme-and-get-britain-working#new-enterprise-allowance-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pre-work-programme-and-get-britain-working#new-enterprise-allowance-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics include a spread sheet with a breakdown by Parliamentary Constituency, which shows there have been 60 starts on the New Enterprise Allowance financial support in Stafford.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/12/2014 16:14:45 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

420347

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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, what analysis his Department has carried out on the comparative living costs of people (a) in the work related activity group of employment and support allowance and (b) on jobseeker's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	10742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out any analysis on the comparative living costs of these two groups.</p><p>If claimants experience additional costs as a result of their illness or disability, they may be eligible to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which we have exempted from the Benefit cap and will continue to uprate by inflation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/10/2015 16:26:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

427314

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2015 to Question 10742, what proportion of people in the work-related activity group of employment and support allowance are also in receipt of personal independence payment.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	15487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>In May 2015, about 48% of the 460,000 claimants in the work-related activity group receive both ESA and PIP/DLA.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/11/2015 14:44:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

524057

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2016
	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	New Enterprise Allowance: Stafford
	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 in Stafford constituency are in receipt of the New Enterprise Allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	39993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>The following table gives the number of mentor and business starts in Stafford for New Enterprise Allowance from April 2011 to December 2015. These figures are taken from the latest Official Statistics which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/new-enterprise-allowance-apr-2011-to-dec-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/new-enterprise-allowance-apr-2011-to-dec-2015</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>New Enterprise Allowance: Mentor starts <sup>(1) </sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> New Enterprise Allowance: Business starts <sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><em>1) Figures show the number of starts where people have begun working with a business mentor.</em></p><p><em>2) Figures show the number of mentor starts that have progressed to set up their own business.</em></p><p><em>3) Values are rounded to the nearest 10.</em></p><p><em>4) Some claimants on Universal Credit (UC) are not captured in the data, there may be a small undercount of starts in areas where UC has been introduced.</em></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/06/2016 10:25:18 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

634209

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claims are awaiting mandatory reconsideration decisions; and what the (a) average and (b) longest recorded waiting time was for such a decision in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	52598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>As at July 2016 there were 29,300 Personal Independence Payment Mandatory Reconsideration decisions outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in respect of Mandatory Reconsideration waiting times is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2016 14:47:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

871711

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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	Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department is taking to strengthen families.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	904566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP takes a range of steps to strengthen families. This includes helping families meet their eligible childcare costs when claiming Universal Credit; and providing Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance. Our child maintenance reforms and new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme also aim to help parents collaborate, whether they are together or separated.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2018 16:23:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1127514

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK’s official reserves are of (a) gold, (b) foreign currency and (c) other assets as at 31 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	256257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>As at end March 2019, the market value of the UK’s official reserves was $169.5 billion. This comprised of (a) $12.9 billion gold, (b) $129.5 billion foreign currency reserves and (c) $27.1 billion other assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/05/2019 12:50:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

381123

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a Green ISA scheme to encourage public engagement with, and inject capital into, the green economy.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	2408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">The government currently has no plans to introduce a new Green ISA scheme. However, individuals can already invest in green products using the existing ISA structure as we have expanded ISA eligible investments to include a wider range of products such as AIM shares and soon, peer-to-peer loans.</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/06/2015 12:08:39 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

419860

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Ambulance Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to establish a grant scheme to support charities providing rapid response vehicles for medical purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	11040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The government is currently finalising the administration arrangements for the rapid response grant scheme which will open for applications this financial year. The scheme will cover the VAT costs incurred in the purchasing and fitting out of medical emergency rapid response vehicles by charities which are not already in scope of existing VAT refund schemes or are not already funded for VAT. The total grant available across the UK will be £100,000 in 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/10/2015 11:29:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy