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	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	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
	hansard heading	Food: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of people identified as being clinically extremely vulnerable to covid-19 who have registered (a) to indicate that they require support getting the food and/or other essentials they need and (b) but do not require support; and how many of those vulnerable people are receiving food and basic supplies through (i) supermarket deliveries, (ii) Government or local authority food parcels and (iii) other support.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	47265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>The shielding programme was put in place to protect clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) people – those who have been advised by the NHS not to leave their homes, because they are at a high risk of developing complications from coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. Overall 2.2 million individuals have been identified as needing to shield. Of this group, approximately 350,000 have registered a need for essential supplies making the individual eligible for a priority slot for a supermarket delivery or food boxes, which they may cancel at any time.</p><p>In total over 2 million food boxes have been successfully delivered to CEV individuals since March. We are continuing to work with supermarkets to increase delivery capacity.</p><p>We do not hold centrally information on deliveries of food parcels by local authorities, total number of individuals benefiting from supermarket deliveries, or other support received by CEV individuals.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 26/05/2020 14:51:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

647382

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to assist women born in the 1950s who are affected by changes in state pension age equalisation.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	907550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>This issue was debated during the passage of the Pensions Act 2011 and the Government made concessions worth £1.1bn.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, no women will experience increases of more than 18 months. In fact, for 81% of all the women affected by the changes, the increase to their State Pension age will not exceed 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce further transitional arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/11/2016 14:37:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

662796

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of benefit and tax credit debt (a) repaid and (b) written-off was in each financial year from 2003-04 to 2015-16 in each region and constituent part of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	58574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available in the form requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts for benefit repaid, written off and owed at the end of the financial year can be found in DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts. The following link provides information for the latest financial year 2015 -2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts of tax credit debt, repayments, remissions and write-offs are published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts. The 2015-16 report is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 58575 question first answered 12/01/2017 11:44:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

662798

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of benefit and tax credit debt owed was at the end of each financial year from 2003-04 to 2015-16 in each region and constituent part of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	58575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available in the form requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts for benefit repaid, written off and owed at the end of the financial year can be found in DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts. The following link provides information for the latest financial year 2015 -2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts of tax credit debt, repayments, remissions and write-offs are published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts. The 2015-16 report is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 58574 question first answered 12/01/2017 11:44:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

90496

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the next step is in the commissioning of a specialised service after a positive recommendation by the Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG); whether services recommended for commissioning by PSSAG in September 2014 will be funded from April 2015; when the PSSAG recommendations on the application for a specialised service for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency will be published; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	208035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG) is a Department of Health expert committee which provides advice to Ministers on which services should be prescribed in regulations for national commissioning by the NHS Commissioning Board (NHS England).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PSSAG makes recommendations to Ministers, who are obliged under section 3B of the National Health Service Act 2006 to take appropriate advice and to consult with NHS England before making regulations to prescribe particular services as specialised services for NHS England commissioning. Decisions on the timing of any changes to commissioning responsibilities will take account of advice from PSSAG and any consultation response from NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where a service is prescribed for national commissioning, NHS England becomes responsible for making decisions on the commissioning of that service, including funding of specific interventions as part of that service. We understand from NHS England that where it becomes the responsible commissioner for a service, it considers the funding priority of the service through its Clinical Priorities Advisory Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We understand the Alpha 1 Alliance has worked with NHS England and the Specialised Respiratory Clinical Reference Group to develop a proposal for the national commissioning of services for patients with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, which will be put to PSSAG for consideration at its next meeting on 30 September. A report containing PSSAG’s recommendations will be published once Ministers have made decisions on any associated changes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/09/2014 12:18:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1309079

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consumers and businesses have access to redress and other consumer protections in emerging low-carbon markets.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	180964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>As a Competent Authority, the energy regulator Ofgem, has an obligation to ensure Alternative Dispute Resolution is provided in the energy sector under the Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes (Competent Authorities and Information) Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem has appointed Ombudsman Services: Energy as the redress provider in the energy sector and has set out the types of dispute that Ombudsman Services: Energy can resolve, including issues relating to billing, sales, switching, supply, micro-generation and Feed in Tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>Consumer protection continues to be a central part of policy considerations in relation to new energy markets, for example we have recently consulted on extending access to redress to heat network customers.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/04/2021 15:40:46 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1309081

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help vulnerable consumers make the transition to net zero.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	180965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has extended the Energy Company Obligation to 2026 and expanded the Warm Home Discount to £475 million per year from 2022 to 2025/2026. This will see targeted support continue to be provided to low-income and vulnerable households to install energy saving measures and heat their homes over the winter months, while making savings on their energy bills through having better insulated homes. The future Home Upgrade Grant scheme, due to commence in 2022, will support low-income households with upgrades to the worst-performing homes off the gas grid in England. These upgrades will create warmer homes at lower cost and support low-income families with the switch to low-carbon heating. This increased energy efficiency is complemented by the Government’s rollout of over 26 million smart meters, which help consumers see how much energy they are using in near real-time and make sure they are ready to take advantage of the next wave of flexible, low-carbon technologies and energy tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to getting the transition to net zero right for all consumers, including those in vulnerable circumstances, and will shortly publish a call for evidence to begin an ongoing strategic dialogue between consumers, industry and the Government on affordability in the energy system.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/04/2021 15:39:29 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1332078

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2021
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of exclusive tariffs on price comparison websites on competition in the energy retail market.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	13921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2021 answer text <p>The offering of exclusive tariffs by price comparison companies enables them to exert competitive pressure on suppliers to offer consumers better energy deals. The ability to offer exclusive tariffs and the removal of the requirement to show whole of the market tariffs by price comparison companies followed the Competition Markets Authority’s recommendation in its market study of digital comparison tools in 2017. Consumers can access the exclusive tariffs via the price comparison companies’ websites or telephone comparison service.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 18/06/2021 13:11:20 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1332079

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2021
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of potential effect of loyalty penalties in the energy retail market on consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	13922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is tackling the loyalty penalty experienced by households who do not shop around for their energy supply, which the Competition and Markets Authority has estimated, creates a £1.4bn average annual detriment to those consumers. We legislated for a price cap in 2018, which saves households £75-£100 a year on average. Ofgem, the sector regulator, is working to make it easier and quicker for households to switch energy deal. As set out in our Energy White Paper, the Government will introduce an opt-in switching scheme and trial out-out switching to help more households get a better deal on their energy.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 18/06/2021 13:12:01 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

224574

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	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	Pakistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on discrimination and violence against people of minority faiths in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	907842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan.</p><p>On 24 February I raised UK concerns about the blasphemy law with a group of visiting Pakistani parliamentarians.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary also discussed Pakistan’s blasphemy laws with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in November 2014.</p><p>We will continue to support all efforts in promoting religious tolerance and freedom of speech in Pakistan, and call for perpetrators of human rights abuses to be brought to justice.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/03/2015 14:21:31 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue