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44859

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	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 people registered with a learning disability were in (a) part-time and (b) full-time employment in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012 and (v) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	193309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is within the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals in full or part-time employment, who have health conditions/illnesses lasting 12 months or more and whose main health problem was severe or specific learning difficulties[1]<sup>,[2]</sup>:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full-Time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Part-Time</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>45,000</p></td><td><p>34,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Estimates for 2010 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier years, due to a change in definitions[3]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>42,000</p></td><td><p>34,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>34,000</p></td><td><p>29,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>36,000</p></td><td><p>39,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Estimates for 2013 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier years, due to a change in definitions[4]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>26,000</p></td><td><p>34,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>[1] Source: Labour Force Survey (four-quarterly averages for each calendar year).</p><p>[2] Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p>[3] Estimates of disability from the LFS for 2010 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier years. There was a change in the reporting behaviour of survey respondents at the start of 2010, mainly reflecting a change in the wording of the survey questionnaire, which is believed to result in more accurate estimates.</p><p>[4] Further changes in 2013 to the wording of the disability questions within the survey questionnaire, have led to a step change in the levels of reported disability and their composition (e.g. numbers in employment). Therefore, estimates of disability from the Labour Force Survey for 2013 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier years.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

44858

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	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 steps he is taking to increase the number of people with learning disabilities in both part-time and full-time employment.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	193310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We do not target our employment support exclusively at individuals with particular impairments. Instead, through a range of programmes, we aim to identify and meet the needs of the individual, including the needs of people with learning disabilities</p><p> </p><p>The Work Programme is the biggest single Welfare to Work programme, which provides personalised back-to-work support for unemployed people, including disabled people. For those that have more complex needs, we have a range of specialist disability employment programmes, including Access to Work, Work Choice and Residential Training Colleges, all of which support people with learning difficulties to take up and remain in employment. In particular, Access to Work can provide funding towards tailored support for people with learning difficulties such as specialist aids, equipment and support workers.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre Plus Disability Employment Advisers provide support and advice for disabled people who need help finding and retaining employment and refer individuals to specialist programmes, where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

346861

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Perinatal Mortality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) stillbirths and (b) perinatal deaths were referred to HM Coroner services in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the types of cases referred to coroners. However, it does collect data on the conclusions recorded at inquests.</p><p> </p><p>Coroners cannot by law investigate cases in which a child has not lived independently of its mother. They can open an investigation if there is any doubt over whether the child has lived independently, once they have received a report of a death. They can also investigate perinatal deaths which occur in the six days following birth. The Chief Coroner, HHJ Peter Thornton QC, is considering actions to improve consistency and good practice in relation to neonatal deaths.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of inquest conclusions which were recorded as stillbirths. This information is also published at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Stillbirth conclusions recorded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/06/2015 16:01:37 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

100239

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Unpaid Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to retrieve the outstanding balance of any unpaid fines incurred by foreign lorry drivers on UK roads.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	211223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to encourage payment of impositions and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>When it appears to H M Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) that an offender is normally resident in another EU country HMCTS can transfer road traffic offence fines, imposed by courts in this country, to other EU jurisdictions for enforcement under the EU Framework Decision on Mutual Recognition of Financial Penalties (MRFP). The Framework Decision obliges Member States to take over enforcement of eligible fines imposed by other Member States’ courts, where the offender is resident or has assets in the enforcing state.</p><p> </p><p>Where the offender is resident in a non EU country or in one not included in the MRFP Framework there is no mechanism for HMCTS to be able to recover the amounts outstanding.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 27/10/2014 15:18:36 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

50553

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2014
	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 much organic waste went into landfill in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	198355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

50554

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2014
	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, if he will review the policy of allowing organic waste to go to landfill.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	198356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to review the policy on organic waste entering landfill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A combination of measures, such as the Waste and Resources Action Programme's Love Food Hate Waste campaign and the Government's Anaerobic Digestion Strategy, are in place to reduce the amount of organic material going to landfill and drive the waste that is produced into energy recovery or recycling. Considerable progress is being made on this, with the UK on course to meet the targets set out in the EU Landfill Directive for reducing the amount of biodegradable municipal waste entering landfill to 35% of 1995 levels by 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Current evidence suggests that introducing bans or restrictions on sending organic waste to landfill would have an impact on businesses and local authorities in terms of compliance and monitoring, risking additional cost burdens on businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The EU is reviewing a selection of waste policy legislation and further details about this will be known later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

228859

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	National Lottery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what changes to the proportion of National Lottery funding committed to (a) the arts, (b) sport and (c) heritage there have been in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	228613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>A. In 2010 the Government announced its intention to revert to the original funding allocations for Arts, Sports and Heritage Good Causes. This saw the proportions shift in two phases from 16.66% to 20% over 2011-2013.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 26/03/2015 09:27:18 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

172225

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ambulance Services: East Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of service provided by the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	219905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Ambulance services are busier than ever. The latest data for November 2014 shows that East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) is not meeting the three national standards:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Red1 A - 72.8% (standard 75%)</p><p> </p><p>- Red2 A - 71.5% (standard 75%)</p><p> </p><p>- A19 – 93.7% (standard 95%)</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The NHS Trust Development Authority, Care Quality Commission, clinical commissioning groups and other local trusts continue to work together to support the Trust, which has recovery plans in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of record operational resilience planning for winter, we have provided an additional £50 million to support ambulance trusts locally in managing extra demand. Nationwide, we have 1,700 more paramedics since 2010.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/01/2015 15:14:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

457139

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	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	Universal Credit: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all payments of universal credit to newly-arrived EU nationals will be covered by the scheme set out in Section D of the Decision of the Heads of State or Government meeting within the European Council on 18 and 19 February 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	29493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>As Universal Credit will replace our existing system of non-contributory in-work benefits, it will of course be covered by the scope of our new settlement in a reformed European Union.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/03/2016 13:58:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

479706

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	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	Voluntary Work: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that Community Work Placement providers are held to the standards required in their contract.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	31683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>Community Work Placement performance is being actively managed, underpinned by improvement plans and local performance improvement activity, with contracts terminated early where providers have failed to meet their targets.</p><p> </p><p>This action sends a clear message to providers that the Department expects them to deliver the performance they have promised in their bids.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/03/2016 14:49:41 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris