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765980

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date	06/10/2017
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	Pension Credit: East Renfrewshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many East Renfrewshire residents (a) are eligible to receive and (b) claim pension credit.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	105867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of individuals eligible to receive Pension Credit by parliamentary constituency is not available at that level.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of February 2017, there were 2,021 individuals in receipt of Pension Credit in East Renfrewshire.</p><p> </p><p>This information is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/10/2017 12:04:24 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

765975

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the promotion of credit unions as an alternative to pay day lenders.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	105873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Credit unions play a key role in offering affordable, responsible credit to underserved communities. The Government has supported the sector in the following ways:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Announcing at Autumn Statement 2016 that a greater proportion of funds recovered from illegal money lenders will be allocated to incentivise vulnerable people to join, save and borrow with a credit union instead of turning to loan sharks;</p></li><li><p>Increasing the maximum interest rate that credit unions can charge on loans from 2% to 3%. This has helped credit unions become more stable and allowed them to offer reliable, affordable credit to consumers who may otherwise have had to resort to more expensive means;</p></li><li><p>Contributing £600,000 to an initiative developed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Young Enterprise, to start savings clubs in primary schools and educate young children in the benefits of saving, while promoting awareness of credit unions to children and their parents. Lifesavers works with local credit unions to help run savings clubs in schools; and</p></li><li><p>Initiating the Credit Union Expansion Project, a £38 million project aimed at helping the sector modernise and offer new services.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 16/10/2017 11:05:05 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

765978

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of post office counter services on vulnerable older customers; and what alternatives are available to those customers.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	105870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role post offices play in communities across the county, especially for the Post Office’s more vulnerable and elderly customers.</p><p> </p><p>With over 11,600 post offices in the UK, the Post Office network is at its most stable in decades due to the significant investment that has been made to maintain and protect it. This investment has delivered the fresher customer environments, increased opening hours and greater efficiency needed to succeed in Post Office’s competitive and changing markets.</p><p> </p><p>Post Offices are offering nearly a million extra opening hours every month and there are more than 4,400 branches open on Sunday, making Post Office the country’s largest Sunday retail network. Nearly 93% of the UK population live within one mile of their nearest post office, and over 99% within three miles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/10/2017 15:34:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

765982

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: East Renfrewshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on the retention of local post office services in East Renfrewshire.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	105871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The provision of individual post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited; the company that manages and oversees the UK’s post office network.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that there are currently 10 open post offices in the Honourable Member’s constituency, 9 of which have been transformed under the Post Office’s modernisation programme, offering an additional 224 opening hours per week, with 6 branches open on a Sunday.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/10/2017 15:22:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

765981

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when officials of his Department last met representatives of the Post Office to discuss the provision of local post offices.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	105872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The location and provision of individual post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited; the company manages that and oversees the network.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials meet regularly with Post Office Limited to discuss a wide range of matters affecting the network, and this will include its provision of post offices across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/10/2017 15:19:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton