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524292

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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	Basic Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has undertaken on the potential merits of implementing a universal basic income.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	40099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>My department has not undertaken any research on this topic.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2016 12:17:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

450289

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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: Inverclyde
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone calls his Department received to its benefit helplines from people in Inverclyde in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	25557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>DWP operates a national network of contact centres which allows calls from anywhere in the country to be routed to the next available agent, regardless of their location. This virtual national telephony network means that it is impossible to provide a definitive answer regarding the volume of calls received from any particular geographical area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/02/2016 13:25:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

418986

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments in connection with claims for employment and support allowance have been carried out in (a) Inverclyde, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	10296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A total of 5,100 work capability assessments were carried out in Inverclyde; 221,900 in Scotland, and; 1,914,000 in Britain between April 2013 and March 2015. All figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. The assessments include Employment and Support Allowance initial assessments, repeat assessments and Incapacity Benefit reassessments.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/09/2015 11:06:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

418987

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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: Inverclyde
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when universal credit will be rolled out in Inverclyde constituency.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	10297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>Inverclyde is part of our Tranche 3 roll out schedule which runs from September 2015 to November 2015 and goes live on 12 October 2015.</p><p> </p><p>More information can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/09/2015 11:01:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

175006

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce fuel duty and VAT on road fuel; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	221667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Government has cut fuel duty by 1 penny per litre and frozen it until the end of the parliament, resulting in the longest duty freeze in over 20 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government supports the uptake of greener road fuels and technologies through a number of taxes, including zero rates of vehicle excise duty, preferential rates of company car tax and enhanced capital allowances for ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs), and reduced rates of fuel duty for road fuel gases. In addition to this, the Government is providing £900 million to position the UK at the global forefront of ULEV development, manufacture and use.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The actions this Government has taken on tax, spending and welfare reform have reduced the deficit, protected the economy, and restored stability. Any further tax changes would need to be considered in the context of the wider public finances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 221668 question first answered 26/01/2015 17:01:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

175007

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase tax incentives for the adoption of greener fuels and technologies.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	221668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Government has cut fuel duty by 1 penny per litre and frozen it until the end of the parliament, resulting in the longest duty freeze in over 20 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government supports the uptake of greener road fuels and technologies through a number of taxes, including zero rates of vehicle excise duty, preferential rates of company car tax and enhanced capital allowances for ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs), and reduced rates of fuel duty for road fuel gases. In addition to this, the Government is providing £900 million to position the UK at the global forefront of ULEV development, manufacture and use.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The actions this Government has taken on tax, spending and welfare reform have reduced the deficit, protected the economy, and restored stability. Any further tax changes would need to be considered in the context of the wider public finances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 221667 question first answered 26/01/2015 17:01:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie