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date	04/09/2015
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	Direct Marketing
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 is taking to help people to stop receiving unsolicited mail.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	8744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government appreciates that some people find unsolicited mail a real nuisance. This is why we have made sure that there are preference services in place to help those people stop receiving unwanted mail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>By registering with both preference services offered by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and Royal Mail’s door-to-door opt-out service, the vast majority of unsolicited mail can be stopped. Registration is quick and free.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information about these services can be found on the DMA’s Mailing Preference Service website (<a href="http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.mpsonline.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/09/2015 15:35:53 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

416848

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans for the extension of the Right to Buy scheme to housing associations to encompass fully mutual housing co-operatives.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	8745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 8965 question first answered 09/09/2015 15:41:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

416850

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to publicise the ending of the paper counterpart to driving licences; and what arrangements are in place to support drivers who do not have access to a computer to access information about their penalty points.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	8747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) used media, online channels, direct mail and advertising to inform people about the abolition of the paper counterpart to the driving licence. The DVLA also engaged with trade organisations, vehicle hire companies and wrote directly to 640,000 professional bus and lorry drivers. Information has been sent to around a million drivers each month since February with driving licence renewal reminders. Awareness of the change amongst the public is now over 84%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The DVLA has a dedicated local rate telephone service in place for drivers who do not have access to the online service. This service is available Monday to Friday from 8am to 7pm and Saturday from 8am to 2pm. Since the paper counterpart was abolished in June 2015, more than 154,000 drivers have used the telephone service. During the same period the online service has been used 1.4m times.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/09/2015 15:29:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

416851

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Means-tested Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether means-testing for the purpose of calculating benefits is calculated using income before or after deductions for pension contributions are made.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	8949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>For claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support, income-related Employment and Support allowance or Pension Credit, half of any contributions towards an occupational or personal pension scheme are deducted from any income from employed earners’ employment taken into account when calculating entitlement. In the case of self-employed earners, half of all premiums paid into a personal pension scheme are deducted from the claimant’s income taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>For Universal Credit, earned income is only taken into account after allowing for 100% of pension contributions to appropriate schemes. Universal Credit is therefore intended to incentivise more people on a low income to put money aside to save for their later lives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/09/2015 14:41:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias