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47693

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants were sanctioned for failure to attend an appointment between (a) April 2012 and April 2013 and (b) April 2013 and April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>In the latest quarter for which figures are available (June to Aug 2013), decisions to apply a sanction were made against approximately two per cent of JSA claims, two per cent of ISLP claims and around one quarter of a per cent of ESA claims for failure to attend an appointment</p><p> </p><p>The information requested up to September 2013 is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Number of individuals who had their benefit sanctioned for failure to attend: Great Britain, April 2012 to September 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>April 2012 to March 2013</p></td><td><p>April 2013 to September 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>274,650</p></td><td><p>94,340</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP Information, Governance and Security Directorate: Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database and Income Support Computer System</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and totals will include individuals who have had a sanction applied for more than one period e.g. if an individual had a sanction applied in April 2012 and in April 2013 then they will appear in both of these periods.</li><li>Individuals who have had claims for more than one benefit sanctioned in the period will count twice, e.g. an individual receiving an ESA sanction in April 2012 who makes a subsequent JSA claim and receives a JSA sanction will count twice</li></ol><p>3. The number of individuals sanctioned is the number of sanction or disallowance referrals where the decision was found against the claimant.</p><p>4. New sanctions rules came into force for JSA and ESA from 22 October 2012 and 3 December 2012. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-overview-of-sanctions-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-overview-of-sanctions-rules</a> Failure to attend for JSA includes: Failure to attend a place on a training scheme or employment programme, Failure to attend or failure to participate in an Adviser interview and Failure to attend Back to Work Session, without good reason.Failure to attend for ESA includes: Failure to attend/participate in a mandatory interview.</p><p>5. Income Support Lone Parents receive a fixed sanction of 20% of the personal allowance rate of a single claimant [not aged less than 25] for each failure to attend/participate in a Work Focused Interview until 10 pence is left in payment. This sanction lasts until the individual attends and participates in a Work Focused Interview. In the case where there is more than one sanction in place the claimant need only attend/participate in one Work Focused Interview in order for all related sanctions to be removed from their benefit.</p><p>6. Information on JSA and ESA sanctions is published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47691

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to Jobcentre Plus on giving written appointment cards to claimants with details of future appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Jobcentre staff are advised to confirm, in writing, the details of all appointments a claimant is required to attend. This includes the date, time and location of the appointment, what the claimant must do if they cannot attend and the consequences of failing to attend any of these appointments without good reason.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47695

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is when a claimant's regular signing on date date falls on a bank holiday.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Jobseeker's Allowance claimants who are due to attend their local jobcentre on a public holiday are excused from doing so and an advanced payment is issued.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants must continue to meet the conditions of entitlement, by being available for and looking for work and the actions they have taken to do so are reviewed at the claimant's next attendance.</p><p> </p><p>The claimant is informed of this and issued with a formal notification at their attendance prior to the public holiday.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47694

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any jobseeker's allowance claimant was sanctioned for not signing on Christmas Day.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is not Jobcentre Plus policy to sanction jobseeker's allowance claimants for not signing on Christmas Day. Jobcentres are closed as this is a Public Holiday.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46536

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the Government's policy is on the European Commission's proposed amendments to Article 4 of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, relating to reducing consumption of lightweight, less frequently re-used plastic bags with a thickness below 50 microns.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	194987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government welcomes the flexibility the European Commission proposal offers. We will seek to limit the derogation to the single market as far as possible to what is necessary to allow measures to be taken on lightweight carrier bags.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46527

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 595W, on flood control, what the extra sum allocated in Budget 2014 is for each of the devolved administrations for flood defence in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	194953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>HM TREASURY</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Maria Eagle MP</p><p> </p><p><strong>GARSTON &amp; HALEWOOD</strong></p><p> </p><p>To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 595W, on flood control, what the extra sum allocated in Budget 2014 is for each of the devolved administrations for Government funding for flood defence in 2014-15 and 2015-16. [194953]</p><p> </p><p>DANNY ALEXANDER</p><p>The table below sets out the extra funding allocated to the devolved administrations through the Barnett formula which reflected new funding provided to UK government departments for flood defence measures at Budget 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flood Maintenance (Resource)</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flood Maintenance (Capital)</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47587

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons cage trapping and shooting of badgers was implemented during the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire in 2013 when the culls were testing for effectiveness, humaneness and safety of free shooting.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Both controlled shooting and cage trapping and shooting methods were always available to the cull companies. There was no compulsion on the contractors to use a defined proportion of cage trapping and controlled shooting. How they used these two methods was a decision for them to make. As the pilot culls progressed, cull companies decided to use more cage trapping, as this technique was found to work well under certain circumstances. Ministers were kept informed of progress during the pilot culls from an early stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 195748 195749 question first answered 15/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46088

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases were (a) investigated for enforcement action, (b) issued and proceeded in the courts, (c) discontinued completely, (d) enforced using a lower level of action than originally envisaged and (e) ceased to be investigated in each Environment Agency area since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	194446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is unable to provide a breakdown of legal and enforcement cases in each of its geographical areas since 2010 which were (a) investigated for enforcement action, (b) issued and proceeded in the courts, (c) discontinued completely and (e) ceased to be investigated altogether, due to disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency can confirm that there were no cases enforced using a lower level of action than originally envisaged. At the commencement of any investigation, the Environment Agency does not know whether any enforcement action is required and, if so, what level of action is appropriate. Decisions on the level of action required are only ever made when an investigation is concluded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson previous answer version 4494 answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

45556

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department spent some or all of their time working on the Hunting Act 2004 in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date; and what the grade is of each such staff member.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	194164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since 2010 a range of civil servants in Defra from across all grades have had some responsibilities for working on the Hunting Act 2004 and have spent some of their time doing so. However, the amount of time they spend on this varies considerably according to levels of correspondence, interest and activity at any one time. As these officers also work on a range of other issues, no specific records are kept for how much of their time is spent working on the Hunting Act 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46255

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time employees in the operations and legal services departments of the Environment Agency work on (a) operations and (b) legal services.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	194648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As of 28 February this year, the Environment Agency directly employs 8,532 full-time equivalent employees within Operations and Legal Services, shown below. These figures exclude employment agency staff and contractors and are rounded to whole full time equivalent numbers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Operations</p></td><td><p>8,377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal Services</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,532</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle