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100021

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Home Care Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to facilitate the portability of home-based care packages between local authorities in different countries in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	905560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Adults with care and support needs should be able to move between countries within the United Kingdom knowing that their care will continue during the move.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the care and support systems in the four countries are different, we are developing principles with the Devolved Administrations to ensure continuity of care for people moving.</p><p> </p><p>These should be published in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 21/10/2014 15:45:44 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

101974

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Divorce: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement on 23 October 2014 by the Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties on more support for separating couples and parents, how much of the new £2 million package will be spent on improving the Government's Sorting Out Separation website.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	212777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that when people separate they do it in the best possible way. Too many people end up fighting expensive and confrontational court battles when they could be helped to resolve their problems outside the courts. However when people do end up in court it is imperative that they have the right advice and information.</p><p> </p><p>The new package of support which I announced on 23 October is aimed at keeping disputes away from court, while those who end up in court will be provided with better support. The £2m funding identified in the announcement will be used to support the increase of legal and practical support for litigants in person in the civil and family courts. This strategy has been agreed with the legal and advice sectors and we are working with them on implementation.</p><p>The funding will not be used to support improvements to the DWP's Sorting out Separation website. This is because we are already working closely with DWP to improve and refine Sorting out Seperation. The DWP has appointed commercial providers with digital expertise to run the new contract for strategic development and improvement of the online service and to raise its profile for online search. MoJ and DWP are working closely with providers as their recommendations are implemented.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 04/11/2014 16:41:29 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

101975

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Divorce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to integrate the new supporting separated parents in dispute helpline pilot to be run by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service with the Sorting Out Separation Service and the Child Maintenance Options Service operated by the Department for Work and Pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	212778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The ‘supporting separated parents in dispute helpline’ pilot is complementary to the online Sorting out Separation information and advice service. However, the pilot is different because it will test the provision of tailored information and signposting based on a telephone discussion with an experienced Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) professional. The Cafcass professional will signpost separating parents in dispute to sources of information, advice and support appropriate to their circumstances, which could include Sorting out Separation or the Child Maintenance Options online and telephone service, as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we are working closely with DWP to improve and refine Sorting out Separation. The DWP has appointed commercial providers with digital expertise to run the new contract for strategic development and improvement of the online service and to raise its profile for online search. MoJ and DWP are working closely with providers as their recommendations are implemented.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 04/11/2014 09:07:21 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

142313

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	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	Welfare State: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014 to Question 203664, when he plans to start the public consultation on the implementation of section 40 of the Welfare Reform Act 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	213703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I will be making a written ministerial statement soon to address this issue.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/11/2014 13:59:23 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

142314

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014 to Question 203665, when he plans to publish a report on the initial findings of the series of behaviour change trials carried out by his Department to test different interventions that tackle barriers that prevent parents making regular child maintenance payments.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	213702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The series of behaviour change trials are now complete, and full evaluation is on-going. Where appropriate, findings will be published once full evaluation is complete. Trials that we have found to be successful are already being considered for wider implementation and we will be incorporating the learning from all our trials into our approach to tackling compliance and arrears.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/11/2014 13:49:08 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

165910

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time taken to answer calls to tax credit helplines was in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	215872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes quarterly information about our telephony performance, which is available on GOV.UK: <br><br>www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/11/2014 14:35:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

171233

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were received by the Child Maintenance Options Service from parents who had been in contact with the Options Service during the period covered by his Department's most recent survey of effective family-based arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	219096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of inbound calls received by the Child Maintenance Options Service in each month from Apr-13 to March 14 is available in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of calls received by the Child Maintenance Options Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-13</p></td><td><p>8,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-13</p></td><td><p>7,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-13</p></td><td><p>8,915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-13</p></td><td><p>10,360 <sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-13</p></td><td><p>11,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-13</p></td><td><p>13,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-13</p></td><td><p>14,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>21,375 <sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-13</p></td><td><p>22,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-14</p></td><td><p>26,515</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-14</p></td><td><p>25,875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>26,865</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Data Sourced from CMO Monthly MI Service Pack</p><p>- Data rounded to nearest 5</p><p><sup>1 </sup>Child Maintenance Options started providing a ‘soft gateway’ to the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme, offering parents applying to the 2012 Scheme the opportunity to explore the full range of options before making an application, including considering making their own arrangements.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Child Maintenance Options became the automatic ‘gateway’ to the statutory 2012 child maintenance scheme, ensuring all parents who wish to access the 2012 Scheme are making a fully informed decision and have considered making their own arrangements first.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 05/01/2015 10:32:17 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

171234

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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	Children: Maintenance
	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 parents in the survey conducted by his Department of parents' contact with the Child Maintenance Options Service between February 2013 and March 2014 had no maintenance arrangement following contact with the Service.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	219094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Information around different arrangement types (including where parents have no arrangement) is under development and while not included in this publication, once assured, it will be included in future releases of this publication.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 05/01/2015 10:49:35 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

171235

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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	Children: Maintenance
	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 parents in the survey conducted by his Department of parents' contact with the Child Maintenance Options Service between February 2013 and March 2014 chose to make a statutory maintenance arrangement following contact with the Service; and how many children such statutory arrangements covered.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	219095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information around different arrangement types is under development and while not included in this publication, once assured, it will be included in future releases of this publication.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 05/01/2015 15:04:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

171675

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Interpreters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services in each prison in England and Wales in 2012; and on how many occasions each such interpretation service was used.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	219419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The percentage success rates for the Capita Translation and Interpreting contract are published and can be found using the below link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-the-use-of-language-services-in-courts-and-tribunals-january-2012-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-the-use-of-language-services-in-courts-and-tribunals-january-2012-december-2013</a></p><p>Please find below a table showing the number of assignments and total spend in 2012 in each prison on professional interpretation through the MoJ Language Services Contract with Capita Translation and Interpreting.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Spend 2012 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of assignments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Nottingham</p></td><td><p>£317.77</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Nottingham</p></td><td><p>£162.76</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Ranby</p></td><td><p>£155.01</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Stocken</p></td><td><p>£94.24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Sudbury</p></td><td><p>£668.23</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP The Mount</p></td><td><p>£69.75</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>£223.50</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>£72.32</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IRC Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>£36.25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Whatton</p></td><td><p>£37,893.56</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ Shared Services</p></td><td><p>£4,635.61</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Bure</p></td><td><p>£153.01</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Highpoint</p></td><td><p>£33.58</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Usk and Prescoed</p></td><td><p>£1,855.39</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP North Sea Camp</p></td><td><p>£253.73</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Norwich</p></td><td><p>£38.67</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>£62.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>£411.12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>£144.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Brixton</p></td><td><p>£136.92</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Pentonville</p></td><td><p>£403.03</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>£33,777.91</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Feltham</p></td><td><p>£31.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Frankland</p></td><td><p>£62.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Holme House</p></td><td><p>£86.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Garth</p></td><td><p>£155.16</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Liverpool</p></td><td><p>£654.32</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Manchester</p></td><td><p>£1,177.93</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Manchester</p></td><td><p>£1,018.55</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Preston</p></td><td><p>£33.59</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Hindley</p></td><td><p>£217.66</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Styal</p></td><td><p>£109.07</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Swaleside</p></td><td><p>£496.04</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Downview</p></td><td><p>£130.49</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Reading</p></td><td><p>£4,610.72</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>£58.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Send</p></td><td><p>£129.17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>£124.01</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Leyhill</p></td><td><p>£293.45</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Shepton Mallet</p></td><td><p>£158.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP The Verne</p></td><td><p>£94.24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Hewell</p></td><td><p>£114.17</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>£5,320.39</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Brinsford</p></td><td><p>£493.54</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Werrington</p></td><td><p>£86.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Leeds</p></td><td><p>£607.58</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Lindholme</p></td><td><p>£485.88</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wakefield</p></td><td><p>£38.75</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Askham Grange</p></td><td><p>£48.33</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Moorland</p></td><td><p>£1,363.14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI New Hall</p></td><td><p>£3,182.58</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£102,982.08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>452</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Interpreters used by the Prison Service are self employed, freelance booked and sourced via the Capita-TI contract. Each assignment constitutes a separate individual booking which can range from one hour to a few days dependent upon the requirement. The value of spend and number of assignments for HMP Wandsworth and HMP Whatton are due to the requirement for a British Sign Language interpreter for a 6 month period in each facility to aid a member of prison service staff with access to work. This requirement, whilst initially paid for by HMPS, was reimbursed by the Department of Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>The interpreting contract was introduced to tackle the inefficiencies and inconsistencies in the previous system. The contract has delivered significant improvements so far and we now have a system that is robust, sustainable and able to deliver a quality service at an affordable level. As a result of the contract, we have spent £27m less in the first two years it has been running, and it continues to reduce the burden on taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 20/01/2015 16:37:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore