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432781

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date	26/11/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme: Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been paid into the Exchequer from surpluses accrued by the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme since privatisation of the coal industry.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	17991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to House of Commons Library Briefing Paper Number SN01189 dated 25 November 2015 which contains at page 17 a table showing the total gross payments made to the Guarantor from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme since privatisation:</p><br /><p><a href="http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01189/SN01189.pdf" target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01189/SN01189.pdf</a></p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/12/2015 16:25:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

432832

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the effect of proposed courts and tribunal closures on (a) staff with caring responsibilities, (b) disabled staff, (c) black and minority ethnic staff and (d) court users.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	17825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The staff impact of these proposals will be managed using the department’s Managing Organisational Change Framework which has been endorsed by the Departmental Trade Unions. This will make sure that the transition to new arrangements proceeds in a fair and transparent manner for all staff.</p><br /><p>In an increasingly digital age, court users will not always need to attend hearings in person in order to access the justice system and whilst we have already established alternative ways users can interact with our services, we are looking to expand these provisions to provide more choice than is currently available.</p><br /><p>In order to achieve these aims, we have secured over £700m of funding to invest in our courts and tribunals. We have worked closely with the senior judiciary to develop a plan for investing this in reforming the courts and tribunals so they can deliver swifter, fairer justice at a lower cost. This will include digitisation and modernisation of our IT infrastructure. This will mean court users can attend hearings remotely, and not be inconvenienced by having to take a day off work to come to court. It will also mean victims of crime can give evidence from somewhere they feel safe.</p><br /><p>A full impact assessment will be published alongside the consultation response.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/12/2015 16:51:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

432207

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will amend the Local Government Pension Scheme to permit boycott, divestment and sanctions policies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	17640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>We will issue guidance to local government pension scheme administering authorities in the spring on how their policies on environmental, social and corporate governance matters should reflect foreign policy and related issues. This will make clear that their predominant concern should be the pursuit of their financial return on investments and that they should not pursue boycott, divestment and sanctions policies unless they are consistent with UK foreign policy.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/12/2015 16:21:09 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

432319

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of court closures between 2010 and 2015 on access to justice.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	17617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>Effective access to justice has been maintained between 2010 and 2015. Access to justice is not just about proximity to a court.</p><br /><p>We have secured over £700m of funding to invest in our courts and tribunals. We have worked closely with the senior judiciary to develop a plan for investing this in reforming the courts and tribunals so they can deliver swifter, fairer justice at a lower cost. This will include digitisation and modernisation of our IT infrastructure. This will mean court users can attend hearings remotely, and not be inconvenienced by having to take a day off work to come to court. It will also mean victims of crime can give evidence from somewhere they feel safe.</p><br /><p>We are committed to providing alternative ways for users to access our services, including the use of other civic buildings and extending video conferencing facilities.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/12/2015 16:45:14 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

432320

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of courts and tribunal buildings in England and Wales have wifi access.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	17618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>One of the main projects within the Criminal Justice Efficiency Programme was to introduce Wi-Fi throughout the criminal courts, allowing professional court users access to their home systems and the internet, improving their productivity and efficiency of flow of cases in court. With 158 courthouses already connected, the Programme is on track to deliver to all criminal courts well before summer 2016. Further courts may come into scope depending on the outcome of the consultation on the court estate which is currently underway. In addition to the wifi provided for professional court users many courts have commercially provided BT wifi solutions to allow court users to access the internet. These have been installed locally and no central record is held on the exact number of courts where this is available.</p><br /><p>We have secured over £700m of funding to invest in our courts and tribunals. We have worked closely with the senior judiciary to develop a plan for investing this in reforming the courts and tribunals so they can deliver swifter, fairer justice at a lower cost. This will include digitisation and modernisation of our IT infrastructure. This will mean court users can attend hearings remotely, and not be inconvenienced by having to take a day off work to come to court. It will also mean victims of crime can give evidence from somewhere they feel safe.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 03/12/2015 16:48:20 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

432347

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the contribution of the Minister of State for Work and Pensions of 23 November 2015, Official Report, column 467HL, what the evidential basis is for her statement that most of the women affected by state pension equalisation have accepted this.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	17647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>My noble friend, the Minister for Pensions, engages regularly with older workers, employers and other stakeholders. The Minister for Pensions was summarising from her frequent discussions with these groups.</p><br /><p>All women affected by faster equalisation will reach State Pension age after the introduction of the new State Pension. Around 650,000 women reaching State Pension age in the first ten years will receive an average of £8 per week (in 2014/15 earnings terms) more due to the new State Pension valuation of their National Insurance record.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Equalisation of the State Pension age was necessary under EU law to eliminate gender inequalities in welfare provision.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/12/2015 09:30:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson