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100692

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the actual and percentage change in pay for school support staff has been in each of the last 15 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The requested 15 year time series is not available. The Department for Education now collects data on school support staff pay through the annual School Workforce Census but, to date, the pay data has been too incomplete to publish.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 30/10/2014 15:28:45 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45238

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the functional literacy rates were in each (a) local authority area and (b) region in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>Tables showing the percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in reading and writing at the end of key stage 2[1] at local authority level for the past four years are published in the ‘National curriculum assessments at key stage two' statistical first release (SFR). A copy of the data has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>Information on the percentage of pupils achieving A* to C and A* to G grades in English GCSE[2] nationally for the last 10 years are published in the ‘GCSE and equivalent results' SFR. A copy is placed in the House Library.</p><p>Key stage 2 reading and writing figures for earlier years and English GCSE figures at local authority level could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>[1] These figures are published in the “National curriculum assessments at key stage 2” statistical first releases for each year.</p><p>[2] These figures are published in the “GCSE and equivalent results” statistical first releases for each year.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92651

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the sale of illegal tobacco on the trade of legitimate tobacconists and newsagents.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	209891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>No specific assessment is made into the effect that the sale of illegal tobacco has on legitimate tobacconists and newsagents.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/10/2014 13:45:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45139

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	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 his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to question number 193382 by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude. Official Report 26 Mar 2014Col. 300W</p><p> </p><p><strong>Chris Ruane:</strong> To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups. [193382]</p><p><strong>Mr Maude:</strong> Guidance on officials appearing before all-party parliamentary groups is set out in Volume 2 of the Directory of Civil Service Guidance, copies of which are available in the Library of the House and online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/60997/guide-civil-service-guidance-volume-2_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/60997/guide-civil-service-guidance-volume-2_0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

60991

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) forecast and (b) actual figures of (i) absolute and (ii) relative child poverty were in each year since the Child Poverty Act 2010 came into force.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	200109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government has not produced forecasts of the number of children living in income poverty. The number of children in poverty is dependent on a number of factors which cannot be reliably predicted, including the median income.</p><p>The Government does not believe it is possible to accurately project child poverty to 2020. Poverty projections are rarely accurate. For example, IFS projections in October 2011 suggested the number of children in relative poverty would fall by 100,000 in 2010/11, whereas in fact it fell by 300,000.</p><p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series. This information is captured using the Family Resources Survey (FRS) and has been reported since 1998/99; these estimates are available for each financial year up to 2011/12, the latest period for which estimates are available.</p><p>The estimates can be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201112" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201112</a> (ISBN 978-1-78153-531-8).</p><p>Relevant estimates can be found in Table 4.1tr - 4.4tr (on pages 102-5).</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/06/2014 16:08:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

61304

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of children were in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last 20 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	200179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series. HBAI uses household income adjusted (or ‘equivalised') for household size and composition, to provide a proxy for standard of living. This information is captured using the Family Resources Survey (FRS).</p><p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low income in the UK have consistently been reported using the FRS since 1998/99; these estimates are available for each financial year up to 2011/12, the latest period for which estimates are available.</p><p>All of these estimates can be found in the latest HBAI publication, available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201112" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201112</a> (ISBN 978-1-78153-531-8).</p><p>Relevant estimates can be found in Tables 4.16ts-4.17ts for relative low income (pages 135-136) and Tables 4.22ts-4.23ts for absolute low income (pages 141-142).</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/06/2014 15:56:31 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

61305

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in each region of the UK in the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	200180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government does not produce forecasts of the number of children living in income poverty either locally or nationally. The number of children in poverty is dependent on a number of factors which cannot be reliably predicted.</p><p> </p><p>This Government does not believe it is possible to accurately project child poverty. We know that poverty projections are rarely accurate. For example, IFS projections in October 2011 suggested the number of children in relative poverty would fall by 100,000 in 2010/11, whereas in fact it fell by 300,000.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/06/2014 15:34:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

62774

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	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	Universal Credit: Zero Hours Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what sanctions his Department uses on universal credit claimants who refuse a zero hours contract.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	201282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Universal Credit means that claimants can accept any offer of work without fear of their benefits or the support they receive from the Jobcentre being negatively affected. They will always be better off in work.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants are expected to accept reasonable offers of employment. If they do not then they may be referred for a sanction. This is the same for UC.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 16:29:37 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

77747

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	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	Unemployed People: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce a pilot project to investigate the potential to improve employability of unemployed people through mindfulness interventions.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	205571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We currently have no plans to introduce a pilot project to investigate the impact of mindfulness interventions on the employment outcomes of unemployed people. However, Jobcentre Plus districts already have the flexibility to secure support to meet the needs of claimants in their local area using the Flexible Support Fund – this could include mindfulness interventions.</p><p> </p><p>This year the Government is taking forward a number of feasibility pilots to explore how to improve employment and health outcomes for people with common mental health problems. These are based on the recommendations made by RAND Europe in their report <em>Psychological Wellbeing and Work: Improving Service Provision and Outcomes</em>, which was published in January. Early findings will be available next year.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 16:03:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

79448

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	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	Employment: Males
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Men's Sheds movement in building confidence and skills to help people back into work.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	206874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>No formal assessment of the effectiveness of the Men’s Sheds movement has been made to date.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 15:01:30 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane