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933937

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 May 2018, Access to Elected Office for Disabled People, HCWS695, whether a Deaf and Disabled People's Organisation or an alliance of Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations will be appointed to administer the funds announced to support disabled candidates wishing to stand in the local elections in May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	159577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that political parties have the prime responsibility for supporting their disabled candidates. There will be ways that the Government can help, which is why the Minister for Women and Equalities announced that the Government Equalities Office will, with others, undertake a programme of work in this area. Within 12 months, we hope to have political parties offering and advertising support, as well as solutions to help independent candidates. The funding of up to £250,000 that the Minister for Women and Equalities announced is intended to provide support for disabled candidates in the interim, while that programme of work is on-going.</p><p> </p><p>We are working on what the interim funding will cover and how it will be delivered. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 160178 question first answered 09/07/2018 13:47:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

934237

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that deaf and disabled people are able to stand for election and compete with other candidates on a level playing field irrespective of their chances of winning.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	160178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that political parties have the prime responsibility for supporting their disabled candidates. There will be ways that the Government can help, which is why the Minister for Women and Equalities announced that the Government Equalities Office will, with others, undertake a programme of work in this area. Within 12 months, we hope to have political parties offering and advertising support, as well as solutions to help independent candidates. The funding of up to £250,000 that the Minister for Women and Equalities announced is intended to provide support for disabled candidates in the interim, while that programme of work is on-going.</p><p> </p><p>We are working on what the interim funding will cover and how it will be delivered. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 159577 question first answered 09/07/2018 13:47:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

176597

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2014, Official Report, column 141W, on children: maintenance, what progress he has made on the development of statistics on compliance, collections and enforcement under the statutory child maintenance scheme; and when he will publish these statistics.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	222370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Experimental Official Statistics on the Child Maintenance Service have been published on a regular quarterly cycle since March 2014. The series of reports can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>The statistics remain in the early stages of development with new measures added when they are fully assured and meet Official Statistics standards.</p><p> </p><p>The next release is scheduled for the end of March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/02/2015 11:39:04 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

64579

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference the Answer of 27 June 2012, Official Report, column 296, on children: maintenance, what proportion of Child Support Agency arrears cases include arrears that have been suspended; and what steps have since been taken to establish the proportion of cases where arrears have been (a) temporarily and (b) permanently suspended.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	202921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As of March 2014 approximately 48% of Child Support Agency cases with arrears contained an amount of suspended arrears.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis of a sample of the caseload at November 2013 identified that approximately 14% of suspended arrears on the CS2 computer system were permanently suspended, leaving 86% temporarily suspended.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to produce the proportion of cases temporarily or permanently suspended on the CSCS computer system because the information is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics. We will consider whether it is feasible to produce the statistics requested within the disproportionate cost limit, and if so, will issue them in an official statistics release in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Management information on suspended debt is not available for off system cases, therefore the proportion of cases with arrears that contain suspended arrears has been calculated using CS2 and CSCS cases only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/07/2014 16:21:22 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

64582

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average amount of child maintenance arrears is owed to parents with care.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	202867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As at March 2014, the average amount of child maintenance arrears owed to parents with care is £2,146<sup>1</sup>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Arrears amounts are calculated on cases with a positive outstanding arrears value, against the 1993 and 2003 statutory maintenance schemes only, including cases managed off system.</p><p>The average amount of arrears owed to parents with care is calculated using the proportion of total arrears owed to parents with care and the proportion of cases where arrears are owed to parents with care, on the CSCS and CS2 computer systems only.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/07/2014 16:02:25 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

64583

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many child support agency arrears cases are cases where there is no ongoing liability.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	202868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>At March 2014 there were 532,500 Child Support Agency cases which had arrears with no ongoing liability.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Note: This includes cases administered on the 1993 and 2003 schemes only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/07/2014 16:29:27 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

64584

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Support Agency has in place to review decisions taken to temporarily suspend action to recover child maintenance arrears and to establish whether the circumstances which led to the temporary suspension of recovery action have changed.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	202870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Child Support Agency cases with suspended debt will be investigated if the Agency is made aware of any changes of circumstance that would warrant the suspended debt being collected.</p><p> </p><p>Under the new Child Maintenance Service all cases will be subject to an annual review. If the paying parent is working, the case will be reassessed and, if appropriate, any suspended debt reinstated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/07/2014 16:13:03 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

846998

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a decision has been reached on the sensitivity threshold for the faecal immunochemical test when it is introduced into the bowel cancer screening programme due to be implemented in April 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	129172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>A decision is expected to be made in 2018/19 on the sensitivity threshold for the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) on its introduction to the bowel cancer screening programme.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England remains committed to the implementation of FIT testing within the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme from 2018. During 2018, NHS England will finalise a number of practical steps to ensure when FIT is implemented it is sustainable. These steps include: working with Public Health England who will be ensuring that the practical arrangements for managing the production and distribution of FIT kits are in place and working with local providers to ensure sufficient workforce capacity is in place to deliver FIT and save lives.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/02/2018 14:45:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

847777

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the new faecal immunochemical test will be introduced in April 2018 as planned.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	129453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>It is expected that the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) will be implemented during 2018/19 as the primary screen test for the bowel cancer screening programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has asked NHS England to lead the implementation of FIT and work through the practical steps to enable them to commission the new service from National Health Service providers. This will include: the sensitivity threshold at which FIT will be set; and consequent planning for colonoscopy and pathology workforce capacity; the distribution of the test kits; laboratory set up; new information technology links with the FIT analysing machines; staff training and public information. NHS England will undertake this with expert advice, practical support, standard setting and quality assurance from Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p>As these practical steps are put into place, a more specific date in 2018 will be confirmed for the introduction of FIT as the primary screen test for the bowel cancer screening programme.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 129454 question first answered 05/03/2018 15:49:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

847778

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which health body will be responsible for making the final decision on the sensitivity threshold for the faecal immunochemical test when it is introduced into the bowel cancer screening programme due to be implemented in April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	129454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>It is expected that the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) will be implemented during 2018/19 as the primary screen test for the bowel cancer screening programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has asked NHS England to lead the implementation of FIT and work through the practical steps to enable them to commission the new service from National Health Service providers. This will include: the sensitivity threshold at which FIT will be set; and consequent planning for colonoscopy and pathology workforce capacity; the distribution of the test kits; laboratory set up; new information technology links with the FIT analysing machines; staff training and public information. NHS England will undertake this with expert advice, practical support, standard setting and quality assurance from Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p>As these practical steps are put into place, a more specific date in 2018 will be confirmed for the introduction of FIT as the primary screen test for the bowel cancer screening programme.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 129453 question first answered 05/03/2018 15:49:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd