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1241422

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/10/2020
	date	07/10/2020
	date tabled	07/10/2020
	ddp created	07/10/2020 18:51:29
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	07/10/2020 19:05:34 12/10/2020 12:05:18
	hansard heading	Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation
	house id	1
	identifier	100448
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	12/10/2020 11:33:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many intention notices proposing a reduction of a Green Deal loan mis-sold by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd have been carried out without appeal in each of the last 12 months for which information is available.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 100448
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	100448
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Green Deal Framework Regulations require that, before imposing any sanction, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State gives notice to affected parties of his intention to impose a sanction (an initial notice, referred to as an Intention Notice) and provides them with an opportunity to make representations before it is made final.</p><p> </p><p>As of 8<sup>th</sup> October 2020, there were 117 appeals against mis-selling by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS) for which no Intention Notice or final decision has been issued.</p><p> </p><p>The average time between receipt of an appeal case by the Secretary of State and the Issue of an Intention Notice is 13 months.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows how many Intention Notices were issued by month proposing reduction or cancellation of Green Deal loans in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS, and the number of these cases for which no representations have been received.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Intention Notices Sent</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases for which no representations have been received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2019</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2019</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Complainants can appeal final decisions (set out in final Sanction Notices) to the General Regulatory Chamber of the First–tier Tribunal. For one case recorded in the above table, the complainant did not submit representations but, following receipt of a final Sanction Notice, appealed to the Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>No Intention Notices have been issued since April. In April, two decisions were made by the First-tier Tribunal in response to appeals. Following this, the issuing of Intention Notices was paused to allow for full consideration of the First-tier Tribunal decisions in future Intention Notices.</p><p> </p><p>During this period, 43 Sanction Notices have been issued in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS.</p> answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng
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1241423

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/10/2020
	date	07/10/2020
	date tabled	07/10/2020
	ddp created	07/10/2020 18:51:31
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	07/10/2020 19:05:37 12/10/2020 12:05:17
	hansard heading	Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation
	house id	1
	identifier	100449
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	12/10/2020 11:33:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many cases are awaiting a decision on whether to serve intention notices proposing a reduction of a Green Deal loan mis-sold by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 100449
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	100449
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Green Deal Framework Regulations require that, before imposing any sanction, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State gives notice to affected parties of his intention to impose a sanction (an initial notice, referred to as an Intention Notice) and provides them with an opportunity to make representations before it is made final.</p><p> </p><p>As of 8<sup>th</sup> October 2020, there were 117 appeals against mis-selling by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS) for which no Intention Notice or final decision has been issued.</p><p> </p><p>The average time between receipt of an appeal case by the Secretary of State and the Issue of an Intention Notice is 13 months.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows how many Intention Notices were issued by month proposing reduction or cancellation of Green Deal loans in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS, and the number of these cases for which no representations have been received.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Intention Notices Sent</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases for which no representations have been received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2019</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2019</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Complainants can appeal final decisions (set out in final Sanction Notices) to the General Regulatory Chamber of the First–tier Tribunal. For one case recorded in the above table, the complainant did not submit representations but, following receipt of a final Sanction Notice, appealed to the Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>No Intention Notices have been issued since April. In April, two decisions were made by the First-tier Tribunal in response to appeals. Following this, the issuing of Intention Notices was paused to allow for full consideration of the First-tier Tribunal decisions in future Intention Notices.</p><p> </p><p>During this period, 43 Sanction Notices have been issued in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS.</p> answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng
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1241424

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/10/2020
	date	07/10/2020
	date tabled	07/10/2020
	ddp created	07/10/2020 18:51:34
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	07/10/2020 19:05:39 12/10/2020 12:05:15
	hansard heading	Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation
	house id	1
	identifier	100450
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	12/10/2020 11:33:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average waiting time is for his Department to decide whether to serve an intention notice proposing a reduction of a Green Deal loan mis-sold by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd on a case.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 100450
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	100450
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Green Deal Framework Regulations require that, before imposing any sanction, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State gives notice to affected parties of his intention to impose a sanction (an initial notice, referred to as an Intention Notice) and provides them with an opportunity to make representations before it is made final.</p><p> </p><p>As of 8<sup>th</sup> October 2020, there were 117 appeals against mis-selling by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS) for which no Intention Notice or final decision has been issued.</p><p> </p><p>The average time between receipt of an appeal case by the Secretary of State and the Issue of an Intention Notice is 13 months.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows how many Intention Notices were issued by month proposing reduction or cancellation of Green Deal loans in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS, and the number of these cases for which no representations have been received.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Intention Notices Sent</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases for which no representations have been received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2019</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2019</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Complainants can appeal final decisions (set out in final Sanction Notices) to the General Regulatory Chamber of the First–tier Tribunal. For one case recorded in the above table, the complainant did not submit representations but, following receipt of a final Sanction Notice, appealed to the Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>No Intention Notices have been issued since April. In April, two decisions were made by the First-tier Tribunal in response to appeals. Following this, the issuing of Intention Notices was paused to allow for full consideration of the First-tier Tribunal decisions in future Intention Notices.</p><p> </p><p>During this period, 43 Sanction Notices have been issued in response to appeals about mis-selling by HELMS.</p> answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng
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	publisher	25259
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1401265

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/01/2022
	date	10/01/2022
	date tabled	10/01/2022
	ddp created	10/01/2022 22:41:44
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	10/01/2022 23:06:37 18/01/2022 16:20:13
	hansard heading	Jobcentres: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	identifier	100584
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/01/2022 15:48:29
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to protect Job Centre staff's health and wellbeing when (a) conducting face-to-face appointments and (b) ensuring local work from home covid-19 guidance is followed.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 100584
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	100584
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>DWP takes the health, safety and wellbeing of colleagues very seriously and all of our offices are COVID secure. We have a suite of Health &amp; Safety risk assessments in place developed following extensive consultation with departmental trade union representatives that cover all of the measures in place to protect staff and customers. These risk assessments are regularly reviewed, for example following changes to government guidance, including that from the respective governments in the devolved nations.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, DWP offers a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme that offers short and long-term support for any physical or mental health issues that staff face.</p><p> </p><p>DWP also has a network of Mental Health First Aiders on hand across all parts of the DWP to offer immediate emotional support and also to signpost to expert support.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP’s network of Wellbeing Advocates are a community of staff representing all grades, job roles and geographical areas who regularly cascade key Wellbeing messages and support packages to their local teams and sites who also provide an invaluable service in feeding back to the central Wellbeing team on challenges that their colleagues are facing.</p><p /> answering member printed Guy Opperman
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1243057

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/10/2020
	date	13/10/2020
	date tabled	13/10/2020
	ddp created	13/10/2020 21:52:30
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	13/10/2020 22:09:37 16/10/2020 14:07:08
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	102871
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	16/10/2020 11:45:29
	question first ministerially corrected	16/10/2020 13:35:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish a Green Paper on disability benefits.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 102871
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	102871
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We spend over £55 billion a year on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions – up nearly £10 billion since 2010 and more than ever before.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Department has announced it will be bringing forward a Green Paper on health and disability support, considering issues that disabled people have told us that they want to see addressed. This will explore a wide range of issues linked to health and disability benefits and the wider support that is provided.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department has announced it will be bringing forward a Green Paper on health and disability support, considering issues that disabled people have told us that they want to see addressed. We will update the house in due course.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Justin Tomlinson
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1244036

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/10/2020
	date	15/10/2020
	date tabled	15/10/2020
	ddp created	15/10/2020 18:05:34
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	15/10/2020 18:25:32 20/10/2020 17:00:10
	hansard heading	Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
	house id	1
	identifier	104121
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	20/10/2020 16:29:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is empowered to turn the inquiry into Post Office Horizon cases into a statutory inquiry.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 104121
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	104121
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Inquiries Act 2005 sets out the legal framework for setting up and running a statutory Inquiry. The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is being led by an Independent Chair who can raise any issues with its Terms of Reference or legal footing with Government.</p> answering member printed Paul Scully
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1244244

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/10/2020
	date	16/10/2020
	date tabled	16/10/2020
	ddp created	16/10/2020 15:00:47
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	16/10/2020 15:09:49 21/10/2020 13:49:06
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	104753
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/10/2020 13:18:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2020 to Question 102871, what the next steps are for the Green Paper on disability benefits; and what her timetable is for those next steps.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 104753
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	104753
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have held a series of events across the country where local disability organisations and disabled people have shared their experiences of DWP services and priorities for future changes. We are continuing this engagement throughout the Autumn to help shape the Green Paper content and make sure we are addressing the right issues in the health and disability welfare system. This engagement will continue following the publication of the Green Paper.</p><p> </p><p>Given the necessary focus on the departmental response to COVID-19, we are working to a longer timescale than previously anticipated but we remain committed to publishing and will update the House in due course.</p> answering member printed Justin Tomlinson
	creator	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows
	publisher	25259
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765618

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/10/2017
	date	06/10/2017
	date tabled	06/10/2017
	ddp created	06/10/2017 18:25:24
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	09/10/2017 15:55:09 16/10/2017 16:32:54
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Students
	house id	1
	identifier	106129
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/10/2017 16:00:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the (a) effect on living standards and (b) equity of Open University students being ineligible for council tax discounts.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 106129
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	106129
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The council tax system in England does not exclude Open University students from being eligible for council tax discounts. If such students meet the eligibility criteria that apply to any council tax discount, they will qualify for it.</p> answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones
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765617

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/10/2017
	date	06/10/2017
	date tabled	06/10/2017
	ddp created	06/10/2017 18:25:22
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	06/10/2017 19:00:10 01/02/2018 17:43:04
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	identifier	106137
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/10/2017 13:56:00
	question first ministerially corrected	01/02/2018 17:10:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why the Child Maintenance Service allows non-resident parents £2,500 of unearned income that is not factored into payment plans; and whether he plans to review this policy.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 106137
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	106137
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Calculation of a child maintenance liability is based on gross income information provided directly to the Child Maintenance Service by HMRC. <del class="ministerial">Individuals are required to declare unearned income not taxed at source which does not exceed £2500 a year to HMRC, which already enables HMRC to include it in the income information they provide.</del> Unearned income exceeding £2500 a year is dealt with by HMRC through tax self-assessment <del class="ministerial">and is picked up in a child maintenance calculation through an unearned income variation. We have no plans to review this.</del><ins class="ministerial">The treatment of unearned income for child maintenance purposes is aligned with this for administrative efficiency. We are inviting views on the future treatment of &quot;income&quot; within the recently published Compliance and Arrears Strategy consultation.</ins></p> answering member printed Kit Malthouse
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765619

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/10/2017
	date	06/10/2017
	date tabled	06/10/2017
	ddp created	06/10/2017 18:25:26
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	06/10/2017 19:00:15 16/10/2017 13:23:02
	hansard heading	Small Business Commissioner: Industry
	house id	1
	identifier	106138
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/10/2017 12:51:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what role the Small Business Commissioner plays in the formation and delivery of UK industrial strategy.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 106138
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	106138
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>On 2 October my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the appointment of the first Small Business Commissioner, who will tackle unfair payment practices by providing general information and advice, direct small businesses to existing services and handle complaints about payment issues, thus supporting Britain’s 5.5 million small businesses. Our small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and removing barriers to their growth is a key part of a dynamic, market economy. Our Industrial Strategy will ensure a competitive market that supports new businesses and innovation.</p> answering member printed Margot James
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