Cases are not generally given priority over any other except where the claimant is terminally ill.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4066", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Priti Patel"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Witham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Priti Patel"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-07-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-16T10:35:13.767Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-07-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Employment and Support Allowance: Medical Examinations"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of priority employment and support allowance cases in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Caerphilly County Borough.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4040", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Evans"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Islwyn"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Evans"} ], "uin" : "6826"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/389451", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/389451/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We are the first Government ever to deliver a National Living Wage. Every employer in the country will pay the National Living Wage, including of course all Government departments.<\/p>
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As the Chancellor and the Governor of the Bank of England have said, it is in taxpayers\u2019 interests for the government to begin now to return RBS to private ownership. The Governor has also said, there could be considerable net costs to taxpayers of further delaying the start of a sale. The government is clear that the mis-selling of financial products is wrong and those businesses affected should be appropriately compensated through the Financial Conduct Authority\u2019s redress scheme.<\/p>
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UK Financial Investment (UKFI) adheres to the Code of Practice as set out by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, which specifically addresses the issue of actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
In addition, UKFI is subject to the Companies Act 2006, which sets out in detail the legal obligations whereby companies have a legal duty to avoid conflicts of interest<\/p>
<\/p>
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UK Financial Investment (UKFI) adheres to the Code of Practice as set out by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, which specifically addresses the issue of actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
In addition, UKFI is subject to the Companies Act 2006, which sets out in detail the legal obligations whereby companies have a legal duty to avoid conflicts of interest<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
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Electricity distribution network charges vary by region and reflect the costs of running the network in that area and the number of consumers that those costs are spread over. Moving away from this \u2018cost-reflective\u2019 approach would weaken the local accountability of the network operator in ensuring expenditure is fully justified, in turn weakening downward pressures on network costs overall. In addition, a national price for electricity distribution would mean lower network charges in some areas, but increases in others. There are fuel poor consumers throughout GB, including in the areas that could be expected to see higher bills as a result of such a change.<\/p>
Any decision on whether to pursue this further could therefore only sensibly be considered on the basis of robust and evidence-based analysis. <\/em>Ofgem is currently working to inform the issue, and the Government will consider its analysis carefully. It will also be important to take full account of the final conclusions of the energy market investigation which is currently being undertaken by the Competition and Markets Authority. Its provisional findings favour more locational transmission pricing.<\/p> To help protect domestic and business consumers in the North of Scotland specifically, Government has already introduced the Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme. It provides an annual assistance amount of over £50m to consumers in the North of Scotland. The cost of providing this discount is recovered from consumers across the whole of Great Britain.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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