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155533

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: LGBT+ People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures his Department has put in place to protect prisoners declaring themselves to be lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered from homophobic abuse and bullying while in detention.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	214242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) will not tolerate violence of any kind in prisons and takes any instance extremely seriously. It insists on respectful and decent behaviour from staff, prisoners and others with whom we work. Where discrimination, harassment or bullying, either homophobic or for any other reason occurs, we take prompt and appropriate action. All violence (including bullying, victimisation and harassment), is dealt with quickly and robustly, with serious incidents referred to the police for prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>Current policy contained in Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 64/2011 states that every verbal or physical act of violence must be challenged, and this includes bullying. Any prisoners engaging in violence, intimidation or bullying behaviour will have their privileges reviewed and may be subject to prosecution or disciplinary action.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS is currently reviewing the policy and practice of the management of violence with the aim of issuing further guidance to prison staff in early 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/11/2014 12:58:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

164184

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homophobia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce homophobic hate crime; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	215547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>All forms of hate crime are deplorable and it is important that victims are protected and have the confidence to come forward. In May, we published our refreshed cross-Government hate crime action plan—Challenge it, Report it, Stop it, setting out the progress we have made and further steps we will take to address the issue. The government is driving forward work to tackle homophobic hostility and hate crime. We have toughened up sentencing and are working closely with the police and other agencies to increase reporting, improve support and prevent these terrible crimes happening in the first place.</p><p><br>As part of the government’s action plan to tackle homophobia, we are working alongside the Equality and Human Rights Commission on a project to improve the reporting and criminal justice outcomes of victims of hate crime from lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information specifically on homophobic crimes – we have information on hate crimes based on sexual orientation but cannot break this down – it may also include crimes against heterosexuals (and perceived heterosexuals). The Home Office only receives recorded hate crime data at the police force area level and only holds data for the last three years. This data can be found in the table below.<br><br>A breakdown of statistics by force area can be found at the following links:2011/12 data in Table 2.01 <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265928/hate-crime-2013-apptabs.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265928/hate-crime-2013-apptabs.xls</a> <br>2012/13 and 2013/14 data in Tables 1.01 and 1.02 respectively <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364201/hosb0214-tabs.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364201/hosb0214-tabs.ods</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 215549 question first answered 01/12/2014 17:25:38 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone attachment 1 file name 215547.stats.xls title Hate crimes
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

164185

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homophobia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests and prosecutions related to homophobic hate crime there have been in (a) Greater London, (b) the London Borough of Hackney and (c) England since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	215548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Arrests related to hate crime are not separately identifiable from arrests data reported centrally to the Home Office.<br><br>Data provided by the Ministry of Justice on the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court for offences relating to acts intended to stir up religious hatred or hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation, under Sections 29B to 29G of the Public Order Act 1986, in England, from 2004-2013 (latest data available) can be viewed in table 1. The data held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on court proceedings do not specifically identify whether the offence prosecuted was on grounds of religious hatred or sexual orientation.<br><br>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court for offences relating to acts intended to stir up religious hatred or hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation, under Sections 29B to 29G of the Public Order Act 1986, in Greater London, from 2004-2013 (latest data available) can be viewed in table 2.<br><br>Data for the offences requested is not available at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 215541 question first answered 01/12/2014 17:14:44 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone attachment 1 file name PQ114 and 115 14 tables.xls title Religious hatred
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

164186

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homophobia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of homophobic hate crime have been recorded by the Metropolitan Police in (a) Greater London, (b) the London Borough of Hackney and (c) England since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	215549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>All forms of hate crime are deplorable and it is important that victims are protected and have the confidence to come forward. In May, we published our refreshed cross-Government hate crime action plan—Challenge it, Report it, Stop it, setting out the progress we have made and further steps we will take to address the issue. The government is driving forward work to tackle homophobic hostility and hate crime. We have toughened up sentencing and are working closely with the police and other agencies to increase reporting, improve support and prevent these terrible crimes happening in the first place.</p><p><br>As part of the government’s action plan to tackle homophobia, we are working alongside the Equality and Human Rights Commission on a project to improve the reporting and criminal justice outcomes of victims of hate crime from lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information specifically on homophobic crimes – we have information on hate crimes based on sexual orientation but cannot break this down – it may also include crimes against heterosexuals (and perceived heterosexuals). The Home Office only receives recorded hate crime data at the police force area level and only holds data for the last three years. This data can be found in the table below.<br><br>A breakdown of statistics by force area can be found at the following links:2011/12 data in Table 2.01 <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265928/hate-crime-2013-apptabs.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265928/hate-crime-2013-apptabs.xls</a> <br>2012/13 and 2013/14 data in Tables 1.01 and 1.02 respectively <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364201/hosb0214-tabs.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364201/hosb0214-tabs.ods</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 215547 question first answered 01/12/2014 17:25:38 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone attachment 1 file name 215547.stats.xls title Hate crimes
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

164189

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Religious Hatred
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of Islamophobic hate crime were recorded by the police in (a) Greater London, (b) Hackney and (c) England in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	215542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The coalition government takes seriously all forms of hate crime, including anti-Muslim hatred. We have legislation in place to protect people from hostility, hatred and violence.<br><br>In May, we published our refreshed cross-Government hate crime action plan—Challenge it, Report it, Stop it, setting out the progress we have made and further steps we will take to address the issue. Specific actions to tackle anti-Muslim hatred include supporting educational workshops for young people, running a series of regional roadshows across the country to engage with communities, and publishing new hate crime guidance for police officers which provides advice on dealing with anti-Muslim hatred.<br><br>We also continue to support the work of cross-government Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, which includes community representatives, to identify what more can be done to prevent anti-Muslim hatred, and respond to any emerging issues.<br><br>Our cross-government action plan brings together the work of a wide range of departments and agencies under three core principles: to prevent hate crimes happening in the first place; to increase reporting and victims’ access to support; and to improve the operational response to hate crimes.<br><br>The Home Office does not disaggregate religious hate crime by religion. We only hold recorded hate crime data at the police force area level and for the previous three years. This data can be found in the table below.<br><br>A breakdown of statistics by force area can be found at the following links:2011/12 data in Table 2.01 <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265928/hate-crime-2013-apptabs.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265928/hate-crime-2013-apptabs.xls</a> <br>2012/13 and 2013/14 data in Tables 1.01 and 1.02 respectively <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364201/hosb0214-tabs.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364201/hosb0214-tabs.ods</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 215543 question first answered 01/12/2014 17:35:47 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone attachment 1 file name 215542.stats.xls title Hate Crime
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

164190

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Religious Hatred
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce Islamophobic hate crime; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	215543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The coalition government takes seriously all forms of hate crime, including anti-Muslim hatred. We have legislation in place to protect people from hostility, hatred and violence.<br><br>In May, we published our refreshed cross-Government hate crime action plan—Challenge it, Report it, Stop it, setting out the progress we have made and further steps we will take to address the issue. Specific actions to tackle anti-Muslim hatred include supporting educational workshops for young people, running a series of regional roadshows across the country to engage with communities, and publishing new hate crime guidance for police officers which provides advice on dealing with anti-Muslim hatred.<br><br>We also continue to support the work of cross-government Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, which includes community representatives, to identify what more can be done to prevent anti-Muslim hatred, and respond to any emerging issues.<br><br>Our cross-government action plan brings together the work of a wide range of departments and agencies under three core principles: to prevent hate crimes happening in the first place; to increase reporting and victims’ access to support; and to improve the operational response to hate crimes.<br><br>The Home Office does not disaggregate religious hate crime by religion. We only hold recorded hate crime data at the police force area level and for the previous three years. This data can be found in the table below.<br><br>A breakdown of statistics by force area can be found at the following links:2011/12 data in Table 2.01 <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265928/hate-crime-2013-apptabs.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265928/hate-crime-2013-apptabs.xls</a> <br>2012/13 and 2013/14 data in Tables 1.01 and 1.02 respectively <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364201/hosb0214-tabs.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364201/hosb0214-tabs.ods</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 215542 question first answered 01/12/2014 17:35:47 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone attachment 1 file name 215542.stats.xls title Hate Crime
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

164191

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Religious Hatred
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests and prosecutions there have been for Islamophobic hate crime in (a) Greater London, (b) Hackney and (c) England in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	215541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Arrests related to hate crime are not separately identifiable from arrests data reported centrally to the Home Office.<br><br>Data provided by the Ministry of Justice on the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court for offences relating to acts intended to stir up religious hatred or hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation, under Sections 29B to 29G of the Public Order Act 1986, in England, from 2004-2013 (latest data available) can be viewed in table 1. The data held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on court proceedings do not specifically identify whether the offence prosecuted was on grounds of religious hatred or sexual orientation.<br><br>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court for offences relating to acts intended to stir up religious hatred or hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation, under Sections 29B to 29G of the Public Order Act 1986, in Greater London, from 2004-2013 (latest data available) can be viewed in table 2.<br><br>Data for the offences requested is not available at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 215548 question first answered 01/12/2014 17:14:44 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone attachment 1 file name PQ114 and 115 14 tables.xls title Religious hatred
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

157001

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the gender pay gap for employees of NHS England in (a) Stoke Newington and Hackney North constituency, (b) Hackney local authority area, (c) London and (d) England; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	215370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>We do not have an accurate estimate of the gender pay gap for employees of NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England does not have offices in Stoke Newington, Hackney North constituency, or Hackney local authority area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/11/2014 17:21:57 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

164211

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	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	Poverty: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce poverty among adults and children in (a) London and (b) the London Borough of Hackney.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	215587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to our goal of ending child poverty in the UK by 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2014-17 Child Poverty Strategy outlines our plans to tackle the root causes of poverty, including worklessness, low earnings and educational failure. This approach reflects the reality of child poverty in the UK today and is the only way to achieve lasting change to protect the poorest in society.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under this Government, 300,000 fewer children are in relative income poverty, around 390,000 fewer children are growing up in workless families, the attainment gap for deprived pupils has narrowed, and we have recently seen the largest annual fall in unemployment on record.<sup>[1]</sup></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>But central Government cannot, by itself, end child poverty. Where people live matters. This Government has taken action to give local areas more freedom to do what people want and need locally including by providing local data that helps users identify specific local challenges. Local Authorities are required to have their own local child poverty strategies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information is outlined in the Child Poverty Strategy. Local data is also published in the child poverty basket of indicators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child Poverty Strategy: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-strategy-2014-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-strategy-2014-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child Poverty basket of indicators: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-basket-of-local-indicators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-basket-of-local-indicators</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our strategy is not just focussed on children; Universal Credit will reduce poverty by making work pay and providing an effective route out of poverty.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government’s welfare reforms will improve the lives of some of the poorest families in our communities by promoting work and helping people to lift themselves out of poverty.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Up to 300,000 more people are likely to be in work as a result of Universal Credit, through improved financial incentives, increased simplicity of the system and increased conditionality.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Universal Credit aims to ensure that work – even small amounts – will pay. This removes long-standing barriers that deter people on benefit from working.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the immediate pressure on households and has responded with a range of policy interventions including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Providing funding for successive Council Tax freezes, saving the average household £1,100 during this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Increasing the National Minimum Wage rate to £6.50 from October 2014, the first real terms increase since 2007.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· The largest ever increases in the income tax personal allowance, to £10,500 by April 2015, will save a typical taxpayer £805 per year compared to 2010, and will lift 3.2 million individuals out of income tax altogether by 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Based on Labour Market Statistics published in October 2014. In June-August 2014, there were 538,000 fewer unemployed people compared to a year earlier.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 215727 question first answered 28/11/2014 13:02:02 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

164442

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	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	Poverty: Hackney
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce poverty among (a) adults and (b) children in Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	215727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to our goal of ending child poverty in the UK by 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2014-17 Child Poverty Strategy outlines our plans to tackle the root causes of poverty, including worklessness, low earnings and educational failure. This approach reflects the reality of child poverty in the UK today and is the only way to achieve lasting change to protect the poorest in society.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under this Government, 300,000 fewer children are in relative income poverty, around 390,000 fewer children are growing up in workless families, the attainment gap for deprived pupils has narrowed, and we have recently seen the largest annual fall in unemployment on record.<sup>[1]</sup></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>But central Government cannot, by itself, end child poverty. Where people live matters. This Government has taken action to give local areas more freedom to do what people want and need locally including by providing local data that helps users identify specific local challenges. Local Authorities are required to have their own local child poverty strategies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information is outlined in the Child Poverty Strategy. Local data is also published in the child poverty basket of indicators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child Poverty Strategy: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-strategy-2014-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-strategy-2014-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child Poverty basket of indicators: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-basket-of-local-indicators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-basket-of-local-indicators</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our strategy is not just focussed on children; Universal Credit will reduce poverty by making work pay and providing an effective route out of poverty.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government’s welfare reforms will improve the lives of some of the poorest families in our communities by promoting work and helping people to lift themselves out of poverty.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Up to 300,000 more people are likely to be in work as a result of Universal Credit, through improved financial incentives, increased simplicity of the system and increased conditionality.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Universal Credit aims to ensure that work – even small amounts – will pay. This removes long-standing barriers that deter people on benefit from working.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the immediate pressure on households and has responded with a range of policy interventions including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Providing funding for successive Council Tax freezes, saving the average household £1,100 during this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Increasing the National Minimum Wage rate to £6.50 from October 2014, the first real terms increase since 2007.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· The largest ever increases in the income tax personal allowance, to £10,500 by April 2015, will save a typical taxpayer £805 per year compared to 2010, and will lift 3.2 million individuals out of income tax altogether by 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Based on Labour Market Statistics published in October 2014. In June-August 2014, there were 538,000 fewer unemployed people compared to a year earlier.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 215587 question first answered 28/11/2014 13:02:02 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott