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720817

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, following the accepting of an appeal against a personal independence payment award, how many claimants (a) are offered a revised decision by his Department prior to the appeal being heard, (b) accept the revised decision leading to the appeal lapsing, (c) reject the revised decision and continue with the appeal and (d) accept the revised decision leading to the appeal lapsing and subsequently lodge an appeal against the revised decision; and how many appeals were considered lapsed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	70571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 11:29:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

714247

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Jobcentres: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Ministers of his Department have plans to visit constituencies affected by the proposed closure of jobcentres.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	69136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and his Ministers regularly visit DWP sites across the country, including Jobcentres.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/03/2017 13:20:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

706650

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative estimate he has made of the number of children living in poverty in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Inverclyde constituency if child benefit is (i) frozen and (ii) increased in line with inflation in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	66159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has considered the impact on all benefits and tax credits rates that are included in the four year uprating freeze. The Government has published an impact assessment at:</p><p>http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 66164 66165 66179 question first answered 06/03/2017 15:22:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

690188

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Dormant Assets Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has received the recommendations of the Dormant Assets Commission.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	64154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The independent Commission on Dormant Assets is expected to present its findings and recommendations to Government shortly. Publication will follow in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 22/02/2017 11:54:06 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

690412

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to increase cash-based approaches to international aid.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	63983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>Decisions about the type and level of support for cash based approaches depend on a number of factors, including the maturity and coverage of cash transfer programmes, our objectives, value for money, burden share with other donors, and current and projected fiscal space of partner governments.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/02/2017 15:17:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

690500

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Inverclyde
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful appeals against Personal Independence Payments awards there were in Inverclyde in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	64129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>Information about the volume and outcomes of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) is published on gov.uk and the following table is a further breakdown of that information.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Personal Independence Payment appeals in favour of the appellant in the </strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong><strong>Greenock venue.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January – December 2015</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January – September 2016 (the latest period for which figures are available)</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Greenock venue, includes all cases heard at this venue. Appeals are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellants’ home address and for those living in Inverclyde this is the Greenock Venue.</p><p> </p><p>SSCS data are registered to the venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. Data based on the appellants’ actual address cannot be retrieved but reports can be produced detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or venues.</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 27/02/2017 15:54:16 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

686971

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) households and (b) businesses have participated in the Government's Better Broadband Subsidy Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	63575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The department and its local body partners have issued 13,475 Better Broadband codes since the beginning of the scheme in 2015. Over 4,200 codes have so far been redeemed with a supplier. Approximately 10% of these have been issued in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not differentiate between homes or businesses. To be eligible for a code the applicant should be in a premise receiving broadband speeds of less than 2mbits/s and where there are no plans to provide a superfast connection in the near future.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 22/02/2017 10:20:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

679802

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Jobcentres: Port Glasgow
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 cost of relocating staff and resources from Port Glasgow Jobcentre.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	62109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>We are not yet in a position to share an estimated figure due to commercial confidentiality pending completion of legal processes. We expect to make savings by merging the two offices through reduced running costs and making best use of both office space available and taxpayer’s money. Where we are proposing changes to our estate, staff 1-2-1’s are underway to assess impact on individuals and potential costs.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 02/02/2017 16:26:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

679803

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Jobcentres: Port Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will confirm that no compulsory redundancies will result from the closure of Port Glasgow Jobcentre.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	62110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>We do not anticipate any compulsory redundancies as a result of merging staff and services from Port Glasgow into Greenock Jobcentre.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/02/2017 11:44:22 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

679804

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Jobcentres: Port Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria were used to select Port Glasgow Jobcentre for closure.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	62111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department has sought to merge together multiple sites in close proximity. Merging the staff and services from Port Glasgow into Greenock Jobcentre maximises use of space and offers good value for money. The merge would not be viable in reverse.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/02/2017 11:35:52 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan