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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

93871

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of cases awaiting individual assessments by Atos; what estimate he has made of the waiting time between personal independence payment (PIP) claims, assessment and awards being made; and what estimate he has made of the amount due in PIP awards that is outstanding.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of cases awaiting individual assessments is not routinely supplied and is not published data.</p><p>Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance times and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of Personal Independence Payment system performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published as soon as they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols</p><p>No estimate has been made of the amount due in PIP awards that is outstanding as each claim must be individually assessed before entitlement can be determined.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/10/2014 10:53:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

101610

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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	Social Security Benefits: 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, whether a conclusion has been reached on infringement proceedings generated by the European Commission against the Government of the United Kingdom, with regard to the application of the 'Past Presence' test for disability benefit purposes as it affects ex-patriate citizens of the United Kingdom now resident in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There has been no formal conclusion to the infringement proceedings brought by the European Commission against the Government of the UK with regard to the application of the ‘Past Presence Test’ for certain disability benefits.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/11/2014 15:54:22 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

93856

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Ebola: Port of Dover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to screen arrivals from West Africa via Europe at the Port of Dover for Ebola; and what steps her Department is taking to liaise with the French authorities to facilitate the screening of people temporarily resident in Calais while seeking to enter the UK illegally for Ebola.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Border Force officers assess travellers for symptoms of Ebola following standard protocols issued by Public Health England that have been in place at all ports, including Dover, since August 2014. <br><br>Enhanced screening for Ebola at specific ports has begun, in line with advice from the Chief Medical Officer, focusing initially on Heathrow, Gatwick, St Pancras, Manchester and Birmingham. This is being carried out by Public Health England. <br><br>Border Force regularly liaises with the relevant French authorities regarding all operational matters at the port of Calais.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 17:21:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 23262 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

168831

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all payments of pensions payable to retired civil servants resident overseas are up to date; and whether the MyCSP mutual venture system and its associated information technology are working efficiently.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	217850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>MyCSP Ltd took over administration of the Civil Service pensioner payroll in September 2014. The majority of the 658,000 pensioners - 14,000 of them are overseas - have been paid accurately and on time since September.</p><p>During the transfer MyCSP unexpectedly inherited 5,579 cases from the previous supplier where payments had been delayed or missed. MyCSP has now cleared all but 740 of these. 109 of the remaining cases are overseas pensioners awaiting payments because new banking mandates need to be completed to allow processing by the new paying bank. MyCSP is working to clear the remaining cases where payments are due before Christmas (but are in some cases dependent on employers or pensioner members for the necessary information to do so). Where delayed payment is causing hardship MyCSP has been making emergency interim payments to members.</p><p>The recent service issues are not a result of the mutual joint-venture (MJV) model. In fact, the mutual joint venture has enabled investment in new technology to replace legacy systems. This transformation will allow MyCSP to deliver a wider range of services (including online services) to higher standards whilst almost halving the cost of pensions administration over 10 years.</p><p>Since mutualisation, MyCSP has improved productivity by 15% year-on-year, driven down staff absenteeism and has improved both staff engagement and customer satisfaction, despite inheriting legacy systems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 15/12/2014 17:20:42 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

348275

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Modern Greek Language: GCE A-level and GCE AS-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that Modern Greek continues to be available to students to study as A and AS-levels after 2017.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education is currently considering what further support and encouragement can be provided to awarding organisations to enable as wide a range of languages as possible to be maintained at GCSE and A level, including Modern Greek.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has been clear that it wants to see all pupils provided with the opportunity to take a core set of academic subjects, including modern foreign languages. The number of pupils entering for a modern language GCSE has increased by 20% since 2010 due to the introduction of the English Baccalaureate. There are considerable benefits to learning a second language and the government is keen to see the range of languages at GCSE and A level preserved. To this end, the Secretary of State for Education wrote to exam boards during the pre-election period in April to express her concern about their decision to stop awarding qualifications in some languages. She asked awarding organisations to work with Ofqual on the future of these qualifications and committed, if there is no further action, to launching a consultation on how best to secure the future of these qualifications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/06/2015 16:15:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

381822

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: EU Action
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the European Commission's study on information to consumers on the stunning of animals, published in May 2015, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of that report; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the findings of the Commission’s report into the labelling of meat and religious slaughter, which is a serious contribution to the debate. We are studying the findings and look forward to any proposals that come forward from the EU Commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/06/2015 14:25:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

64788

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the speech by Simon Stevens, CEO, NHS England on 4 June 2014, if he will call in and review the decision taken by the East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust to transfer community services currently based at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay to the Estuary View Medical Practice in Whitstable.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The reconfiguration of local health services is the responsibility of the local National Health Service, led by clinicians, and should be in the best interests of patients. Any reconfiguration proposed has to ensure that it shows support from general practitioner commissioners, strengthened public and patient involvement, clarity on the clinical evidence base and consistency with current and prospective patient choice.</p><p> </p><p>East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) and NHS Canterbury and Coastal Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are leading plans to consolidate outpatient sites from 15 locations down to six, and conducted public consultation on plans between December 2013 and March 2014. We understand EKHUFT's board approved these proposals on 27 June 2014.</p><p> </p><p>These changes do not affect the future of any community hospitals in Kent. NHS England confirms the NHS Canterbury and Coastal CCG Governing Body met on the 2 July 2014 and approved EKHUFT's move to implement new ways of working in an outpatient setting, including the reduction of specialist acute outpatient clinics from 15 sites down to six sites, and the choice of Estuary View Medical Centre as the centralised site for specialist acute outpatient services on the north Kent coast.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/07/2014 14:53:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

114880

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each force, are suspended and unavailable for duty as a result of the 63 active independent investigations currently being undertaken by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and which have taken more than 11 months.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The suspension of police officers is a matter for individual police forces. Information about the numbers suspended is not kept centrally or by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 16:01:04 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

100212

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases currently under investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission have been live for more than 11 months.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. The Independent Police Complaints Commission will write to my hon. Friend and I will place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 28/10/2014 14:20:33 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale