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782761

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Community Hospitals: Staffordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the Independent Reconfiguration Panel's report and recommendations into local authority referrals to his Department of community hospital bed closures in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	111041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is considering the case, and an announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/11/2017 15:43:59 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

782813

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance she has provided to the police to support the deployment of qualified specialist investigators to tackle domestic abuse, sexual offences and online crime.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	111193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Police training and guidance are the responsibility of the College of Policing, which has recently launched a sexual offences Special Investigator Development Programme, and has updated its Authorised Professional Practice on domestic abuse and rape. The College has also launched a new training programme developed by the voluntary sector called ‘Domestic Abuse Matters’ which focuses on improved evidence gathering and understanding of controlling and coercive behaviour. This training is being rolled out across forces.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Police Transformation Fund, the Home Office has also awarded £1.9 million to the College to pilot a new ‘licence to practise’ which will ensure that only those officers who are qualified to carry out specialist investigations in high risk areas like child protection, are able to do so. And, up to £12.4million has also been awarded for the Digital Policing Programme, including the Digital Evidence Transfer Service. This is designed to allow forces to rapidly transmit the increasing body of digital evidence across the criminal justice system.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/11/2017 17:29:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

782823

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
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 is taking to improve the Disclosure and Barring Service checking service.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	111100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Baring Service (DBS) has a governance framework set out in the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 and a performance framework agreed with the Home Office. The DBS regularly reports on performance and risk to its Board and Home Office Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2017 17:28:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

782897

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons claimants are required to have 35 years of national insurance contributions instead of 30 years to qualify for the new state pension.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	111223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Direct comparisons between the old State Pension and the new State Pension are not appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>People reaching State Pension age before 6 April 2016 could be entitled to a basic State Pension and an additional State Pension. The full amount of the basic State Pension (£122.30 a week for 2017/18) was reached after 30 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions or credits. The amount of additional State Pension was based on earnings over a full working life and its value ranges from £0.01p a week to over £160 a week. Legislation requires that the basic State Pension is uprated by at least the increase in earnings each year and the additional State Pension by at least the increase in prices.</p><p> </p><p>The new State Pension replaced the old system for people reaching State Pension age from 6 April 2016 with a single pension which, after a transition period which recognises people’s National Insurance records in the old system, will require 35 qualifying years to achieve the full amount of £159.55 a week. Legislation requires the new State Pension is uprated by at least earnings each year.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in <em>The single-tier pension: a simple foundation for saving (Command 8528), </em>the objective of the new State Pension is to provide a foundation for private saving by individuals and is designed to deliver an amount set at or above the level of the weekly means test which most people should be able to achieve. The new State Pension system has been designed to provide a simpler, sustainable system for decades to come, correcting some of the historic unfairness in the previous system, in particular for women, self-employed people and lower paid workers.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 111220 111224 question first answered 06/11/2017 16:36:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

782898

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to bring the maximum amount for the old state pension in line with the new state pension.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	111224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Direct comparisons between the old State Pension and the new State Pension are not appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>People reaching State Pension age before 6 April 2016 could be entitled to a basic State Pension and an additional State Pension. The full amount of the basic State Pension (£122.30 a week for 2017/18) was reached after 30 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions or credits. The amount of additional State Pension was based on earnings over a full working life and its value ranges from £0.01p a week to over £160 a week. Legislation requires that the basic State Pension is uprated by at least the increase in earnings each year and the additional State Pension by at least the increase in prices.</p><p> </p><p>The new State Pension replaced the old system for people reaching State Pension age from 6 April 2016 with a single pension which, after a transition period which recognises people’s National Insurance records in the old system, will require 35 qualifying years to achieve the full amount of £159.55 a week. Legislation requires the new State Pension is uprated by at least earnings each year.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in <em>The single-tier pension: a simple foundation for saving (Command 8528), </em>the objective of the new State Pension is to provide a foundation for private saving by individuals and is designed to deliver an amount set at or above the level of the weekly means test which most people should be able to achieve. The new State Pension system has been designed to provide a simpler, sustainable system for decades to come, correcting some of the historic unfairness in the previous system, in particular for women, self-employed people and lower paid workers.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 111220 111223 question first answered 06/11/2017 16:36:39 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

782899

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the requirement for a person to have 10 years of qualifying national insurance contributions to receive any state pension on poverty and homelessness of people aged over 60 in (a) Wales and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	111221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The new State Pension has a minimum qualifying period of ten years to ensure that only people who have made a significant economic and social contribution can become entitled. However, people who do not satisfy the Minimum Qualifying Period may be entitled to means tested benefits. For example, Pension Credit provides means tested support for low income pensioners and works by topping up any other income to a standard minimum amount and Housing Benefit provides support for rent for those on a low income.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/11/2017 16:41:14 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

782901

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Ceredigion, (b) Wales and (c) the UK are not eligible for the new state pension due to having less than 10 years of National Insurance contributions.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	111222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The new State Pension was introduced for those persons reaching State Pension age on, or after, 6th April 2016. Our latest data on the number of qualifying years people have are for the 2015/16 financial year, so we do not yet have any data on the numbers of people reaching State Pension age under the new State Pension with less than 10 years of National Insurance contributions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/11/2017 16:48:34 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

782903

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the maximum amount available under the new state pension is higher than the maximum amount available under the old state pension.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	111220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Direct comparisons between the old State Pension and the new State Pension are not appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>People reaching State Pension age before 6 April 2016 could be entitled to a basic State Pension and an additional State Pension. The full amount of the basic State Pension (£122.30 a week for 2017/18) was reached after 30 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions or credits. The amount of additional State Pension was based on earnings over a full working life and its value ranges from £0.01p a week to over £160 a week. Legislation requires that the basic State Pension is uprated by at least the increase in earnings each year and the additional State Pension by at least the increase in prices.</p><p> </p><p>The new State Pension replaced the old system for people reaching State Pension age from 6 April 2016 with a single pension which, after a transition period which recognises people’s National Insurance records in the old system, will require 35 qualifying years to achieve the full amount of £159.55 a week. Legislation requires the new State Pension is uprated by at least earnings each year.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in <em>The single-tier pension: a simple foundation for saving (Command 8528), </em>the objective of the new State Pension is to provide a foundation for private saving by individuals and is designed to deliver an amount set at or above the level of the weekly means test which most people should be able to achieve. The new State Pension system has been designed to provide a simpler, sustainable system for decades to come, correcting some of the historic unfairness in the previous system, in particular for women, self-employed people and lower paid workers.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 111223 111224 question first answered 06/11/2017 16:36:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

782062

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have been awarded Authorised Economic Operator status in the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	110782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>In each of the last three years the following number of businesses received Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status:</p><p> </p><p>Between 01/11/2016 and 31/10/2017 there were 185 authorisations</p><p>Between 01/11/2015 and 31/10/2016 there were 80 authorisations</p><p>Between 01/11/2014 and 31/10/2015 there were 42 authorisations</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs has seen a significant increase in applications since the introduction of the Union Customs Code.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/11/2017 12:11:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

782063

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury, along with other government departments, has access to the Westminster Play Scheme, which is run by a private sector childcare provider called ‘Tinies’. This is available during school holidays (half terms and summer break). The total cost to HM Treasury for the last financial year (01/04/2016 to 31/03/2017) was £2,558.50. As this is an external provider we are unable to confirm total cost per child.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 15:00:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin