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100823

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates there are in each local authority area; what the gender and ethnic composition is of magistrates in each such area; and what recruitment of magistrates there has been in each such area in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	211837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Each magistrate in England and Wales is assigned to a local justice area. I have therefore interpreted the reference to ‘local authority area’ in the question to mean local justice area.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 provides the number of magistrates in each local justice area along with their gender and ethnic breakdown.</p><p> </p><p>The number of magistrates recruited in each local justice area is dictated by the business needs of the magistrates’ courts. Due in part to falling crime levels, the workload of the magistrates’ court has reduced in recent years. Table 2 provides the number of magistrates recruited in each local justice area in the last five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name Table 1 - 211837 - Number of magistrates.xls title Table 1 2 file name Table 2 - 211837 - Number of magistrates.xls title Table 2 question first answered 28/10/2014 15:17:56 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

100824

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Season Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on his Department's plan in Rail Fares and Ticketing published in October 2013 to trial flexible ticketing; when he expects flexible ticketing to be rolled out and available across the whole rail network; what recent representations he has received from train operating companies on such tickets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	211803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Good progress has been made on introducing flexible ticketing. The Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) rail franchise includes an obligation to introduce carnet-based season tickets on smartcards by 30 September 2015. The Essex Thameside franchise includes a similar obligation to introduce flexible season tickets and carnets. We plan to trial flexible ticketing through a combination of research and analysis, as well as evaluation of data from these flexible ticketing schemes. Conclusions around price, flexibility, the impacts on operator revenue and other ticket prices will be central to any decisions on wider roll-out.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/10/2014 15:51:31 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

100825

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many (a) men and (b) women her Department has publicly appointed in each of the last five years; and how much has been paid to each (i) man and (ii) woman.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	211836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office made the following public appointments to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in each of the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* includes two reappointments</p><p>The EHRC Chair and Deputy Chair posts are salaried and the salaries over the period are shown below. The significant reduction in the remuneration is a result of the reduction in terms and conditions following the Government’s comprehensive review of the EHRC:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chair (male)</p></td><td><p>£124,000</p></td><td><p>£124,000</p></td><td><p>£147,000</p></td><td><p>£65,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chair (female)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£55,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deputy Chair (both female)</p></td><td><p>£59,533</p></td><td><p>£65,800</p></td><td><p>£65,800</p></td><td><p>£85,000 (including period as interim Chair)</p></td><td><p>£23,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Commissioners receive £400 a day plus expenses. In addition, two male Disability Commissioners were required to carry out additional work during the period, therefore additional payments were made as shown:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chair of the Inquiry into disability related harassment</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£8,875</p></td><td><p>£11,750</p></td><td><p>£2,375</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lead on Disability Committee Review</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£18,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total of fees and expenses paid each year to each Commissioner is available in the relevant EHRC annual report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 28/10/2014 09:02:42 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

100826

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Job Evaluation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the procedure is in his Department for assessing grade boundaries and job roles; and how often such assessments take place.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>DWP uses two job evaluation schemes, which are widely utilised across the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Job Evaluation and Grading Support (JEGS), an analytical points-based system which is used by trained evaluators to rank roles from AA to Grade 6. This also incorporates Grading Guidance which provides an analytical matching of posts based on JEGS, a good level of assurance and is less resource intensive than a full evaluation.</p><p> </p><p>2. Job Evaluation for Senior Posts (JESP) which is similar to JEGS but used to evaluate posts in the Senior Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DWP evaluates all new roles and roles where there has been a fundamental or material change in job content using one of these schemes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on JEGS, including use of grading guidance, is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/job-evaluation-and-grading-support-jegs-for-civil-servants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/job-evaluation-and-grading-support-jegs-for-civil-servants</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on JESP is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/job-evaluation-for-senior-posts-good-practice-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/job-evaluation-for-senior-posts-good-practice-guide</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 28/10/2014 14:19:49 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100827

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department have more than one member of staff on personal improvement plans.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally maintain fully comprehensive records of all employees who have been placed under performance improvement plans as many of these are dealt with informally.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 211824 211825 question first answered 29/10/2014 14:54:48 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100828

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Universal Credit: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments to universal credit claimants have been made directly to a landlord in Ashfield local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	211835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2014 12:04:14 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

100829

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department (a) are on a personal improvement plan, (b) have been on a personal improvement plan for over one year and (c) have been on a personal improvement plan for more than two consecutive years; and what the grades are or were of such staff.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally maintain fully comprehensive records of all employees who have been placed under performance improvement plans as many of these are dealt with informally.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 211825 211826 question first answered 29/10/2014 14:54:48 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100830

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department are responsible for mentoring staff on personal improvement plans.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally maintain fully comprehensive records of all employees who have been placed under performance improvement plans as many of these are dealt with informally.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 211824 211826 question first answered 29/10/2014 14:54:48 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100831

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Universal Credit: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants in Ashfield local authority area have a housing cost element in their payment.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	211798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2014 14:26:33 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

100832

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Universal Credit: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claimants who have a housing cost element in their payment in Ashfield local authority area are in arrears on rent payment.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	211799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2014 14:35:12 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero