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167820

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Marriage: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many marriages involving at least one party aged 16 years at the time of marriage were recorded in the UK in the most recent year for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	217017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 08/12/2014 14:17:21 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 217017 ONS 449.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Marriages
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

229245

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance: North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS nomis database, of the 5,030 people in the North East who ceased to claim jobseeker's allowance in January 2015 for other reasons, how many (a) ceased claiming, (b) failed to sign, (c) went on to full-time education, (d) went abroad, (e) reached retirement age, (f) passed away and (g) did so for unknown reasons.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	228670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 26/03/2015 09:23:17 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 228670 ONS121.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Jobseekers Allowance
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

384706

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Death: Stockton North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) gender, (b) age-group at death, (c) International Classification of Disease (10th revision) code for the underlying cause of death, (d) registration delay in days, (e) calendar year of death and (f) calendar year of death registration was for each death registered in Stockton North constituency from 2010 to 2014 with a registration delay of 366 days or more.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	3571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 3572 3573 3574 question first answered 29/06/2015 14:21:40 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 3571-4 .pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Death Registration
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

384707

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Death: Stockton North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths were registered in Stockton North constituency in each year from 2010 to 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	3572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 3571 3573 3574 question first answered 29/06/2015 14:21:40 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 3571-4 .pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Death Registration
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

384708

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Death: Stockton North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths registered in Stockton North constituency from 2010 to 2014 had a registration delay of at least 366 days between the date of death and the date of death registration.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	3573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 3571 3572 3574 question first answered 29/06/2015 14:21:40 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 3571-4 .pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Death Registration
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

384709

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Death: Stockton North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths registered in Stockton North constituency from 2010 to 2014 had a registration delay of at least 183 days between the date of death and the date of death registration.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	3574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 3571 3572 3573 question first answered 29/06/2015 14:21:40 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 3571-4 .pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Death Registration
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

100843

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of HM Revenue and Customs launching pro-active investigations into the non-payment of the national minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	211865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not undertaken a formal assessment of the merits of pro-active investigations but believes they are an important part of enforcement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC published findings from their targeted social care evaluation on 25 November 2013. Over the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2013, HMRC had made enquiries into 224 employers in the social care sector. Of the cases completed by the end of September 2014, HMRC have found non-compliance in 108 (48%) of their enquiries, identifying £1,319,729 arrears of pay for 6,550 workers, with penalties issued with a total value of £146,931.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of this targeted enforcement activity, HMRC have collaborated with care sector representative bodies to improve understanding of compliance risks and design controls within payroll systems that prevent workers being underpaid the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health has recently published statutory guidance for local authorities as part of the package of secondary legislation that accompanies the Care Act. The chapter of statutory guidance on commissioning and market shaping explicitly states that local authorities should have evidence that contract terms, conditions and fee levels will not compromise care providers’ ability to pay at least minimum wages. A copy of the guidance can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-2014-statutory-guidance-for-implementation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-2014-statutory-guidance-for-implementation</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health is asking all Local Authorities to sign up to the Social Care Commitment which incorporates a statement about employer compliance with minimum wage legislation. The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has written out to all its members encouraging them to support the Commitment as a way of raising standards in adult social care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We regularly update our Guidance on Gov.UK and we will continue to work with the sector to improve understanding and compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any worker who believes that they are being paid below the minimum wage should call the Pay &amp; Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368. HM Revenue &amp; Customs investigate all complaints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 03/11/2014 11:47:07 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101306

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Home Care Services: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to take account of the omission of (a) some workers paid below the lower earnings limit and (b) unpaid travel time from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings when using that survey to estimate non-payment of the national minimum wage among homecare workers.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	212198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is an employer based pay survey and provides the most accurate information available from which we can derive non-compliance estimates. Estimates are based on a sample from pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) data and may not include some workers earning below the lower earnings limit. However, following the introduction of Real Time Information, ASHE now includes the majority of those earning below the lower earnings limit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HMRC paper “National Minimum Wage compliance in the social care sector” (November 2013) looked at, amongst other things, the issue of unpaid travel time in compliance. It found that unpaid travel time was not the main cause of non-compliance in the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We take non-compliance in the care sector very seriously, and to proactively tackle non-compliance HMRC have collaborated with care sector representative bodies to improve understanding of compliance risks and design controls within payroll systems that prevent workers being underpaid the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. Individuals should contact the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368. HMRC investigates every complaint made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/11/2014 15:11:25 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101762

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Students: Plagiarism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the number of higher education students purchasing assignment writing services.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	212580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>This is an issue which the Higher Education sector takes very seriously and where institutions have clear policies in place.</p><p>Institutions are supported in this area by the work of Plagiarism Advice (<a href="http://www.plagiarismadvice.org/" target="_blank">www.plagiarismadvice.org</a>) which was established to address concerns about plagiarism and the authenticity of student work. The sanctions that universities are able to apply to students who attempt to pass off work as their own, when it is not, are serious and significant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 212825 question first answered 10/11/2014 14:09:25 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

102018

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Students: Plagiarism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has (a) considered and (b) taken to ensure that businesses advertising assignment writing services clearly state the potential ramifications for students of portraying such materials as their own work.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	212825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>This is an issue which the Higher Education sector takes very seriously and where institutions have clear policies in place.</p><p>Institutions are supported in this area by the work of Plagiarism Advice (<a href="http://www.plagiarismadvice.org/" target="_blank">www.plagiarismadvice.org</a>) which was established to address concerns about plagiarism and the authenticity of student work. The sanctions that universities are able to apply to students who attempt to pass off work as their own, when it is not, are serious and significant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 212580 question first answered 10/11/2014 14:09:25 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham