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43882

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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 proportion of disability living allowance claims took longer than 40 days to process in each of the last three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	192527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Please see the table below showing the percentage of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) new claims, for Normal Rules (NR), that took longer than 40 days to process. Claims not yet processed within 40 days, include cases where we are awaiting additional information from the claimant and/or medical evidence.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of Claims Cleared</strong></p></td><td><p>402,861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of claims cleared after 40 working days </strong></p></td><td><p>89,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% of </strong><strong>DLA</strong><strong> New Claims (NR) <br /> cleared after 40 working days</strong></p></td><td><p>22.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Prior to 2012/13 the measure reported against was an Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT). This is the cumulative clearance days divided by the number of cleared events within the reporting period.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the table below for 2010/11 and 2011/12: </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of Claims Cleared</strong></p></td><td><p>431,572</p></td><td><p>412,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AACT (Level 37.7 days)</strong></p></td><td><p>30.3</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The reported figure only relates to DLA (NR) new claims. NR claims are those where the claimant is not terminally ill and the normal rules of entitlement therefore apply. </p><p> </p><p>The figures above cover the period from 1st April to 31st March and shows the national position including working age and child claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The AACT level (37.7 days) shown in the above table is a measure based on a prior year's performance.</p><p> </p><p>We have not provided data for 2013/14 due to not having a full financial year available at this time. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Source: Department for Work and Pensions – RDA 80123 report - DLA Management Information Statistics</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

43918

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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 the processing time target is for personal independence payment (PIP) claims; and what proportion of such claims took longer than this target time to process since the introduction of PIPs.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	192751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As you will appreciate, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit and processes are currently bedding in. There are no time limits or targets on processing times to claims for PIP but we are taking the necessary action to improve the processing times. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

45098

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to publish reports on the review of the balance of competences relating to EU migration; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	193695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Free movement of persons is a complex area with a number of different issues to <br>examine, and this deserves to be done thoroughly. We will publish this report <br>once it is completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 3802 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

45165

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to encourage the Government Procurement Service to adopt (a) UN Global Compact and (b) ILO standards; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	193994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>This Government's procurement policy is to award contracts on the basis of value for money, which means the optimum combination of cost and quality over the lifetime of the project.</p><p>The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 requires commissioners to consider the economic, environmental and social benefits of their approaches to procurement before the process starts, at the pre-procurement stage.</p><p>Wider socio-economic criteria can be taken into account at tender evaluation stage if they relate directly to the subject matter of a contract from the point of view of the contracting authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

50552

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will revise guidelines for the Metropolitan Police on whether domestic violence cases should be referred to the Crown Prosecution Service before prosecutions can be initiated by the police; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	198445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

50634

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials of his Department are working on the Sir John Holmes' independent medal review; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	198473
	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> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

50635

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the terms of reference of the Sir John Holmes' independent medal review; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	198474
	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> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

50636

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of bomber aircrew personnel who flew missions from North Africa, Italy and the Far East during the Second World War; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	198475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

50637

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Sir John Holmes independent medal review began; when the review is due to be completed; whether any preliminary reports (a) have been published and (b) are due to be published; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	198476
	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> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

57947

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many insolvencies there were in each (a) region of England and (b) London borough in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	199141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Figures for the number of individual insolvencies in region in England and each London borough in 2011 and 2012 can be found in the tables below. Individual insolvency figures include bankruptcy orders, debt relief orders and individual voluntary arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service compiles its regional individual insolvency statistics on a calendar year basis, therefore financial year totals are not available. Figures for 2013 will be available on the Insolvency Service website from 10 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regional breakdowns for the number of company insolvencies are not currently available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Number of Individual Insolvencies in each Region of England, 2011-2012<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>7,320</p></td><td><p>6,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>16,202</p></td><td><p>15,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>12,255</p></td><td><p>11,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>10,956</p></td><td><p>9,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>11,964</p></td><td><p>11,054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>12,098</p></td><td><p>11,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>10,803</p></td><td><p>9,583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>16,430</p></td><td><p>14,366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>13,049</p></td><td><p>12,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>111,077</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>102,018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><sup>1 </sup>Where individual has provided a valid postcode</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of Individual Insolvencies in each London Borough, 2011-2012<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>London Borough</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td><p>301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p>369</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,803</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,583</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><sup>1</sup> Where individual has provided a valid postcode</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly <em>Insolvency Statistics</em> release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for January-March 2014 were published on 29 April 2014, and can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2012 are available in the <em>Individual Insolvencies by Region</em> publication, which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 09/06/2014 16:00:50 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas