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174488

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what basis the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia are excluded from his calculations for the purposes of establishing the average mean winter temperature for France in connection with winter fuel payments.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The French Government and European Union law makes a distinction between the <em>pays et territoires d’outre-mer</em> (PTOM) and the <em>départements d’outre mer (DOMs). </em>The PTOM include Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélémy, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia. These territories benefit from association with the EU but community law does not generally apply. With the exception of Saint- Barthélémy they have their own social protection schemes and are legally and financially autonomous. UK Winter Fuel Payments are not paid to residents in the PTOMs.</p><p> </p><p>The French Government treats its DOMs as integral parts of the French State and they are subject to the application of EU social security co-ordination regulations. Winter Fuel Payments are payable to residents in the DOMs, however this will end from September 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/01/2015 12:35:10 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

174486

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	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	Self-employed: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly earnings were for self-employed women in each year since 2002-03.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong>Table 1: </strong>estimated median weekly income (£) from self-employment of women from 2002/03 to 2012/13. These figures cover a period that includes the deepest recession since the 1930s and the initial recovery from a large fall in national income. In the period since 2012/13 the economic recovery has picked up speed, with GDP in 2014 up by 2.6% on the previous year, while the number of people in work increased by more than half a million in the year to November 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Self-employed women</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/03</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/04</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Family Resources Survey</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Figures have been adjusted to 2012/13 prices using RPI and are rounded to the nearest pound (£).</li></ol><p>2. Self-employment is defined using the ILO definition.</p><p>3. The Family Resources Survey is a nationally representative sample of UK households.</p><p>4. The figures from the Family Resources Survey are based on a sample of households which have been adjusted for non-response using multi-purpose grossing factors which align the Family Resources Survey to former Government Office Region population by age and sex. Estimates based on survey data are subject to uncertainty due to sampling error and remaining non-response error.</p><ol start="5" type="1"><li>Median self-employment income divides the number of people, when ranked by self-employment income, into two equal-sized groups.</li></ol> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 17:02:43 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 39820 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

174491

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	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 19 January 2015 to Question 220704, how large the control group will be in the proposed randomised control trial for universal credit in work progression; for how long that trial is planned to run; how progression in the two groups will be measured; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Based upon current Universal Credit roll-out plans we expect the trial to run through to 2016 and involve at least 15,000 Universal Credit claimants, of which the control group will comprise approximately 5,000 claimants. We are currently finalising the trial design and evaluation strategy.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 22/01/2015 14:51:49 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

174456

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Town Halls: Fenton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the next meeting between officials of his Department, Urban Vision and Stoke-on-Trent City Council to discuss Fenton Town Hall will take place.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
	tabling member printed	Robert Flello
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Ministry of Justice officials met, including telephone conferences, with Urban Vision on one occasion and with Stoke on Trent City Council on three occasions in the last three months. There are no further meetings scheduled to take place. The MoJ is now in commercial discussions for the sale of the property to a private bidder.</p><p> </p><p>Members of the community in Stoke-on-Trent have made their views on the court building clear to us, and we have engaged in constructive dialogue with Urban Vision as they developed their business case.</p><p> </p><p>Following those discussions, we offered to transfer ownership of the building to Stoke-on-Trent City Council, for a peppercorn rate so they could work with Urban Vision and others on the long term future of the building. Unfortunately the council has declined that offer and sadly now we will be looking to sell the court.</p><p> </p><p>We were keen to explore solutions that suited the community but we have a duty to get best value for the taxpayer when disposing of surplus property and this building had been empty for over two years.</p><p> </p><p>We will be paying for three of the war memorials to be carefully relocated to the nearby Fenton Christ Church. There will be a legal duty for whoever buys the building to preserve the Minton Memorial which cannot be safely moved.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 221235 question first answered 22/01/2015 16:08:51 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

174794

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department arising from the closure of (a) Rhyl family court and (b) Denbigh magistrates' court.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Rhyl County Court, which deals with family work, remains open.</p><p> </p><p>Denbigh Magistrates’ Court closed in September 2013. The estimated savings arising from this closure are £230,000.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/01/2015 15:53:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

174792

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the future funding of victim support services.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that victims of crime have access to high-quality, effective and timely support to help them cope and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime. We have made more money than ever before available for this purpose, increasing the contribution offenders make to the costs of providing support and almost doubling the budget in previous years from £50m to £100m.</p><p> </p><p>Locally accountable Police and Crime Commissioners are now responsible for the provision of support services in their areas and PCCs will receive the bulk of the available funding with which to do so – at least £60.8m in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials regularly receive correspondence and representations on the funding of victims’ services.</p><p> </p><p>There have also been a small number of individual representations from organisations on funding which are currently being considered by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/01/2015 17:05:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

174791

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
	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 ensure there is consistent, co-ordinated and efficient access to victim support services in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that victims of crime have access to high-quality, effective and timely support to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime.</p><p> </p><p>In September last year, the Government published “Our Commitment to Victims”, which included a commitment to establish a new nationwide Victims’ Information Service. This will provide the first ‘one stop shop’ to ensure better information and support is available and easily accessible to any victim of crime– whether they are searching for local support services or want to find out more about what to expect from the Criminal Justice System.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has made more money than ever before available for victims’ support services in England and Wales, increasing the contribution offenders make to the costs of providing support and almost doubling the budget in previous years from £50m to £100m, with the majority allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to ensure local provision matches local need. As part of this MoJ is working closely with PCCs to ensure that the Victims’ Information Service and nationally commissioned services such as the court based witness service work with local services, to provide joined-up support to victims.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/01/2015 15:43:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

174485

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any people claiming universal credit are subject to in-work conditionality.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Universal Credit ensures that people are better off in work – and makes it pay for people to increase their earnings through more or better paid work.</p><p> </p><p>We will, for the first time, be supporting people in low-paid work to take active steps to increase their earnings.</p><p> </p><p>We first need to build the evidence on what can be effective in helping people to earn more. We are therefore committed to testing and learning what works, including the role and impact of conditionality.</p><p> </p><p>We will evaluate this through the first trial that will start in April 2015 to inform decisions on extending in-work conditionality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/01/2015 17:52:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 39878 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172715

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the annual budget deficit and what was the structural deficit for each of the last 20 years; and what is their estimate of those figures for the current year and the next two years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>&quot;The independent Office for Budget Responsibility publishes this information in its ‘public finances databank’, the deficit being ‘Public sector net borrowing’ (PSNB) and the structural deficit being ‘Cyclically-adjusted net borrowing’ (CANB). The data are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£bn</p></td><td><p>1994-95</p></td><td><p>1995-96</p></td><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>2001-02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PSNB</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td><td><p>35.3</p></td><td><p>27.7</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td><td><p>-4.6</p></td><td><p>-14.8</p></td><td><p>-17.2</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CANB</p></td><td><p>37.8</p></td><td><p>25.6</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>-1</p></td><td><p>-5.1</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>£bn</p></td><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PSNB</p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td><td><p>31.5</p></td><td><p>43.6</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>36.3</p></td><td><p>40.3</p></td><td><p>100.3</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CANB</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td><td><p>36.4</p></td><td><p>52.3</p></td><td><p>48.8</p></td><td><p>44.7</p></td><td><p>58.3</p></td><td><p>99.5</p></td><td><p>121.9</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>£bn</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>PSNB</p></td><td><p>112.4</p></td><td><p>119.4</p></td><td><p>97.5</p></td><td><p>91.3</p></td><td><p>75.9</p></td><td><p>40.9</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>CANB</p></td><td><p>81.8</p></td><td><p>86.2</p></td><td><p>70.6</p></td><td><p>77.4</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>34.8</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The outturn years are consistent with data published by the Office for National Statistics and the forecast years consistent with the ‘Economic and fiscal outlook’ published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 14/01/2015 17:34:10 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

172688

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	City Link
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will examine the financial support undertakings given to City Link by its owner; and whether they have estimated the cost to the taxpayer of the withdrawal of the committed support.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service will consider the conduct of the directors of City Link in connection with the management of the company. This would include any issues associated with financial support offered by its owner or by third parties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not uncommon that an insolvent company has insufficient money to pay their creditors in full - including employees - and that is why there are special arrangements for employees who are made redundant on the insolvency of their employer. These provisions ensure employees receive a basic minimum of the debts owed by the employer from the National Insurance Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is too early to provide an estimate of the cost of the payments to former employees of City Link. However, I can confirm that there are statutory limits on these payments, such as the £464 cap on a week’s pay.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/01/2015 12:51:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners