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61531

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date	12/06/2014
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: Medical Examinations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated current backlog of persons waiting to be assessed by Atos Healthcare for (1) Employment Support Allowance, and (2) Disability Living Allowance, broken down by region of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales; what action they are taking to address the backlog; and on what evidence they base their attribution of the delays to failings within Atos.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows outstanding Employment and Support Allowance new claims, existing Employment and Support Allowance recipients awaiting a review and Incapacity Benefit claimants awaiting reassessment, at the end of April 2014 for England, Scotland and Wales. The figures exclude cases referred to Atos Healthcare where the claimant has yet to return their ESA50 questionnaire.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p>ESA New claims awaiting a Work Capability Assessment</p></td><td><p>Existing ESA recipients awaiting a review Work Capability Assessment</p></td><td><p>Incapacity Benefit recipients awaiting reassessment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>333,000*</p></td><td><p>201,000*</p></td><td><p>74,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>34,000*</p></td><td><p>13,000*</p></td><td><p>2,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>28,000*</p></td><td><p>20,000*</p></td><td><p>7,000*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Note: figures are based on operational management information received from Atos Healthcare and are rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p> </p><p>The total Disability Living Allowance claimants' awaiting an assessment at the end of April 2014 nationally was 800. Figures are based on operational management information received from Atos Healthcare and are rounded to the nearest hundred.This information is not routinely collated to regional area.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland has a separate contract with Atos Healthcare for the delivery of assessments in Northern Ireland. Therefore, questions relating to waiting times in Northern Ireland should be addressed to the Minister for Social Development in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with our supplier to deliver the best possible service for claimants, driving up performance and quality to help reduce waiting times and process claims as quickly as possible. We are continuing to monitor and robustly manage this contract.</p><p> </p><p>Identification by the Department of a reduction in Atos Healthcare's quality led to decisive action in the form of a retraining and re-accreditation exercise and an overhaul of audit arrangements when we instructed Atos Healthcare to introduce an improvement plan in July 2013. The quality of reports provided by Atos Healthcare has improved significantly but the Department continues to monitor quality closely.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 26/06/2014 15:19:52 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

61535

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	World War II: Anniversaries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to recognise women who worked in munitions factories during the Second World War as part of the 70th anniversary commemorations marking the end of conflict.
tabling member printed	Baroness Taylor of Bolton
uin	HL304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p><br>The Government fully appreciates the efforts and the often very dangerous conditions experienced by those who worked in factories producing vital equipment for the armed forces that helped contribute to winning the Second World War. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has been working with the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Recognition for Munitions Workers, which was set up in 2011 to explore ways to ensure that the valiant collective efforts of all those who worked in munitions factories are not forgotten.</p><p>Following the very successful commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day we will now be focussing in more detail across government on how the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 2015 might be marked in an appropriate manner. No decisions have yet been made on how the anniversary will be marked, but we expect an announcement on the commemorations to be made by the Government later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/07/2014 16:43:53 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	407 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Bolton

61536

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Employment: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 18–21 year olds and 22–24 year olds in England are (1) employed, (2) employed and claiming housing benefit, and (3) employed and claiming housing benefit and on an apprenticeship.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since May 2010, the number of out-of-work Housing Benefit claimants has fallen. Action this Government has taken is bringing the ballooning housing benefit bill under control - saving the taxpayer around £6bn by the end of this Parliament</p><p> </p><p>Housing benefit has always helped those in and out of work. The average rate of increase of housing benefit claimants in work has slowed under this Government, having increased by more than 50% in just 18 months under the last Government. And we have seen a fall in the number of housing benefit claimants in the last year.</p><p> </p><p>(1) Analysis of the Labour Force Survey for the most recent period Jan-Mar 2014 shows that:</p><p>Of those aged 18-21 in England, around 1,567,000 are employed.</p><p>Of those aged 22-24 in England, around 1,242,000 are employed.</p><p>(2) (3)The information for those in work or undertaking apprenticeships, is only available for HB recipients whose claim is not passported: that is for those who do not receive the following benefits: Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit).</p><p>The information that shows those in work for HB recipients whose claim is not passported can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p>Those in apprenticeships are recorded as being in work and cannot be separately identified.</p><p>The economic status of all Housing Benefit (HB) recipients is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 26/06/2014 15:18:13 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

61537

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sovereignty: Scotland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their current estimate of the time it will take, in the event of a "yes" vote in the Scottish referendum on 18 September, for the necessary legislative and administrative preparations to be made for the implementation of independence.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
uin	HL306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to predict the time needed for the preparations that would be necessary in the event of a “yes” vote in the Scottish referendum.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 27/06/2014 12:49:06 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury

61539

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Egypt
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funds are available via the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development to help the people of Egypt to promote good governance, economic development and the rule of law.
tabling member printed	Lord Stone of Blackheath
uin	HL308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The FCO and DFID support Egypt through the following funds:</p><p>1) The Arab Partnership Economic Facility</p><p>2) The Arab Partnership Participation Fund, and</p><p>3) The Conflict Pool</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 26/06/2014 15:35:36 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	2222 label Biography information for Lord Stone of Blackheath

61567

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 10 March (WA 351) on homelessness, how much was awarded to each of the 47 local authorities for preventing homelessness in 2011–12.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under this and the last Administration, the Department for Communities and Local Government has provided grant funding to a number of local authorities to support the provision of advice on preventing homelessness to complement the funding we provide to the voluntary sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The London Borough of Croydon received £1,591,050 in grant in 2010-11 for homelessness prevention, which was intended to support a range of activities including a contribution to the costs of providing homelessness advice to local authorities in London. The payment to Croydon was made under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 (the general power to pay grant to local authorities towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred). The grant was unring-fenced and not subject to any conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As was the position with funding provided to Newham, as set out in the answers to the noble Lady on 13 February 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column WA165 and of 27 March 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column WA247, there was no contract either between the Department and the London Borough of Croydon or the Department and Andy Gale.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While departmental officials had discussions with Croydon about how the grant was to be spent, Ministers in this Administration had no involvement with local authorities on commissioning such services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A copy of the The Homelessness Revenue Grant Determination 2011-12 (31/1974) dated 1 March 2012 which lists the amount of funding received by 47 local authorities in 2011-12 for homelessness prevention work has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL337 question first answered 26/06/2014 16:21:19 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston attachment 1 file name 120106-Single Homelessness 31-1974.pdf title Homelessness Revenue grant Determination2011/12
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

61568

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Croydon
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding was provided to the London Borough of Croydon in 2010–11 to host Andy Gale as a homelessness advisor and what work was required under the terms of that contract.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under this and the last Administration, the Department for Communities and Local Government has provided grant funding to a number of local authorities to support the provision of advice on preventing homelessness to complement the funding we provide to the voluntary sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The London Borough of Croydon received £1,591,050 in grant in 2010-11 for homelessness prevention, which was intended to support a range of activities including a contribution to the costs of providing homelessness advice to local authorities in London. The payment to Croydon was made under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 (the general power to pay grant to local authorities towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred). The grant was unring-fenced and not subject to any conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As was the position with funding provided to Newham, as set out in the answers to the noble Lady on 13 February 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column WA165 and of 27 March 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column WA247, there was no contract either between the Department and the London Borough of Croydon or the Department and Andy Gale.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While departmental officials had discussions with Croydon about how the grant was to be spent, Ministers in this Administration had no involvement with local authorities on commissioning such services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A copy of the The Homelessness Revenue Grant Determination 2011-12 (31/1974) dated 1 March 2012 which lists the amount of funding received by 47 local authorities in 2011-12 for homelessness prevention work has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL336 question first answered 26/06/2014 16:21:18 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston attachment 1 file name 120106-Single Homelessness 31-1974.pdf title Homelessness Revenue grant Determination2011/12
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

61596

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	200479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>Details of ministerial overseas travel and meetings with external organisations are routinely published every quarter and can be accessed on the Department's web page via the following:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/07/2014 14:41:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

61597

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons his Department no longer publishes statistics for non-fire incidents with casualties attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	200567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Tuesday 17 June 2014]</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Collection of statistics</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department's <em>Fire Statistics Monitor</em> publication continues to provide statistics on numbers of non-fire incidents. These are updated twice a year and data for each fire and rescue authority in England can be found in spreadsheet workbook 7 at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department published numbers of casualties at non-fire incidents for the first time in the 2010-11 publication of <em>Fire Statistics Great Britain</em>. This was discontinued following a 2012 readership survey which did not identify any need for them on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Statistics on incidents attended</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for incidents with one or more casualties attended by fire and rescue authorities in Great Britain, based on the Fire and Rescue Incident Recording System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013/14</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire incidents with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>8,881</p></td><td><p>8,167</p></td><td><p>7,464</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Road traffic collision with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>16,627</p></td><td><p>16,375</p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical incidents</p></td><td><p>5,278</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>5,919</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-fire incident with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>6,146</p></td><td><p>6,270</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>37,086</p></td><td><p>36,787</p></td><td><p>36,473</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Statistical calculation of response times</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The difference in the primary fire numbers published is due to a small number of incidents being excluded from the calculation of average response times to ensure the data is as representative and consistent over time as possible. These are Official Statistics publications and as such, the Department's Head of Profession for Statistics has sole responsibility for decisions on the methodology for these statistics and how they are presented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The excluded incidents are those for which response time may be less critical, such as fires in abandoned vehicles or derelict property, and exceptional incidents which would otherwise skew averages and hinder analysis of trends. The exclusions are in line with long-established statistical practice; details on the exclusions are set out on p.16 of the <em>Fire Incident Response Times 2012-13</em>, published in August 2013:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 200566 200568 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:13:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 2093 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

61598

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-fire incidents with casualties were attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	200568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Tuesday 17 June 2014]</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Collection of statistics</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department's <em>Fire Statistics Monitor</em> publication continues to provide statistics on numbers of non-fire incidents. These are updated twice a year and data for each fire and rescue authority in England can be found in spreadsheet workbook 7 at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department published numbers of casualties at non-fire incidents for the first time in the 2010-11 publication of <em>Fire Statistics Great Britain</em>. This was discontinued following a 2012 readership survey which did not identify any need for them on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Statistics on incidents attended</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for incidents with one or more casualties attended by fire and rescue authorities in Great Britain, based on the Fire and Rescue Incident Recording System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013/14</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire incidents with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>8,881</p></td><td><p>8,167</p></td><td><p>7,464</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Road traffic collision with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>16,627</p></td><td><p>16,375</p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical incidents</p></td><td><p>5,278</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>5,919</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-fire incident with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>6,146</p></td><td><p>6,270</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>37,086</p></td><td><p>36,787</p></td><td><p>36,473</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Statistical calculation of response times</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The difference in the primary fire numbers published is due to a small number of incidents being excluded from the calculation of average response times to ensure the data is as representative and consistent over time as possible. These are Official Statistics publications and as such, the Department's Head of Profession for Statistics has sole responsibility for decisions on the methodology for these statistics and how they are presented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The excluded incidents are those for which response time may be less critical, such as fires in abandoned vehicles or derelict property, and exceptional incidents which would otherwise skew averages and hinder analysis of trends. The exclusions are in line with long-established statistical practice; details on the exclusions are set out on p.16 of the <em>Fire Incident Response Times 2012-13</em>, published in August 2013:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 200566 200567 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:13:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 2092 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown