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date	11/09/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Overseas Companies: Malawi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure British companies and investors in Malawi respect human rights in that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment has a duty to British businesses to provide them with all of the advice and information they need to succeed in foreign markets. Human rights guidance is a core part of that. The UK National Action Plan for implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, entitled &quot;Good Business&quot;, sets out what the Government will do and what it expects of business in respecting human rights throughout their operations.</p><p>The Government is working with the Government of Malawi and British companies to encourage greater bilateral trade and investment. In their meetings with British companies in Malawi, officials at the British High Commission in Lilongwe have raised the importance of human rights and corporate responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 16/09/2015 14:44:51 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

418390

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the extent of the adoption of IPv6; and what steps he is taking to promote such adoption.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	10008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>As outlined in the Digital Communications Infrastructure Strategy, the government has commissioned an independent review of the use of IPv6 in the UK. We are in the final stages of this review and the outcomes will inform future policy making in this area. We intend to publish the outcome of the Review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/09/2015 14:15:01 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

417755

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time taken was by the Tribunals Service to administer a First-tier Tribunal Social Security and Child Support appeal in respect of (a) disability living allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support, (d) jobseeker's allowance and (e) tax credits in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England in (A) each of the last six years and (B) the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	9494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The First-tier Tribunal – Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service, hears appeals against the Department for Work and Pensions’ decisions on a range of benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the average length of time to administer appeals in respect of (a) Disability Living Allowance (DLA), (b) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), (c) Income Support (IS), (d) Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and (e) Tax Credits in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England between April 2014 and March 2015 in each of the last six years (Table A) and the latest period for which figures are available (Table B).</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table A</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Average length of time (in weeks) to administer appeals between April 2009 and March 2010</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>DLA</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Credits<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>13.6</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>13.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>16.3</p></td><td><p>12.6</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Average length of time (in weeks) to administer appeals between April 2010 and March 2011</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>DLA</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Credits<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>26.8</p></td><td><p>21.3</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td><td><p>18.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td><td><p>22.5</p></td><td><p>20.7</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>22.6</p></td><td><p>19.3</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Average length of time (in weeks) to administer appeals between April 2011 and March 2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>DLA</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Credits<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>47.2</p></td><td><p>38.5</p></td><td><p>23.3</p></td><td><p>18.8</p></td><td><p>22.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>36.6</p></td><td><p>32.3</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td><td><p>19.2</p></td><td><p>23.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>28.7</p></td><td><p>24.1</p></td><td><p>24.8</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td><td><p>18.5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Average length of time (in weeks) to administer appeals between April 2012 and March 2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>DLA</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Credits<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>36.9</p></td><td><p>34.9</p></td><td><p>27.5</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td><p>24.8</p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td><td><p>26.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>25.6</p></td><td><p>18.9</p></td><td><p>20.6</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>23.2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Average length of time (in weeks) to administer appeals between April 2013 and March 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>DLA</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Credits<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>32.6</p></td><td><p>29.2</p></td><td><p>22.9</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td><td><p>18.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td><td><p>21.0</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td><td><p>17.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>24.7</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Average length of time (in weeks) to administer appeals between April 2014 and March 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>DLA</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Credits<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>40.7</p></td><td><p>39.9</p></td><td><p>33.3</p></td><td><p>28.3</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>33.8</p></td><td><p>35.4</p></td><td><p>37.0</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td><td><p>17.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td><td><p>30.4</p></td><td><p>30.7</p></td><td><p>25.4</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table B</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Average length of time to administer appeals (in weeks) between April 2015 and March 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DLA</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Credits<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Coventry</strong></p></td><td><p>37.2</p></td><td><p>30.5</p></td><td><p>30.3</p></td><td><p>17.4</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>24.5</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td><td><p>30.2</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England<sup>5</sup></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>22.2</p></td><td><p>18.5</p></td><td><p>28.5</p></td><td><p>22.0</p></td><td><p>26.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A decrease in receipts allowed the Tribunal to clear its outstanding caseload of older and more complex cases, some of which were over a year old. This increased the average disposal time in the year in which these cases were cleared.</p><p>Notes:</p><p>SSCS data are normally registered to the venue nearest to the appellant's home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellant’s actual address, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue.</p><p>1. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is progressively being replaced by Personal Independence Payment (PIP), from April 2013, for people aged between 16 and 64.</p><p>2. Includes Employment Support Allowance and Employment Support Allowance (Reassessments)</p><p>3. Includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit.</p><p>4. West Midlands includes the venues in: Birmingham, Coventry, Hereford, Stoke, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Shrewsbury, Kidderminster, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton and Walsall.</p><p>5. Excludes SSCS Scotland processing centre and the following venues Aberystwyth, Bridgend, Cardiff, Caernafon, Carmarthen, Colwyn Bay, Cwmbran, Haverfordwest, Llandrindod Wells, Langstone, Llandudno, Llanelli, Llangefni, Llwynypia, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath, Port Talbot, Newton Abbott, Newtown, Pontypridd, Pontypool, Prestatyn, Swansea, Welshpool, Wrexham, Bargoed and Ebbw Vale</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 16/09/2015 16:37:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher