Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1179484

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to undertake an equality impact assessment of the points-based system announced by her Department on 19 February 2020 in line with the Public Sector Equality Duty.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	18815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government, in delivering on its manifesto commitments, has considered relevant views, evidence, and analysis in finalising this policy, in particular the report of the Migration Advisory Committee, which was published in January. A programme of engagement will begin in March to raise awareness of the new system.</p><p>We have considered equalities impacts of the points-based immigration system in line with our public sector equality duties and, as now, we will keep all immigration routes under review.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 18816 18817 question first answered 26/02/2020 16:16:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1179361

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to answer Question 11631 tabled on 3 February 2020 by the Hon Member for Livingstone.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	18768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The response for UIN 11631 was given on 26 February 2020.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2020 11:30:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1179376

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to inform employers of the entitlement to work of people with pre-settled status.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	18585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>We have a comprehensive and ongoing programme of engagement with businesses of all sizes, across the UK, to ensure they fully understand their obligations as employers of EU nationals.</p><p>We have made it clear there is no requirement for employers to differentiate between those with settled and pre-settled status. EU citizens continue to be able to use their passport or national identity card to evidence their right to work and this will not change until 30 June 2021.</p><p>Employers must not discriminate between those who have been granted a status under the EU Settlement Scheme and those who have not.</p><p>Further guidance on right to work checks after 30 June 2021 will be issued in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 16:07:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1179365

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are banned from the UK as a result of accusations of cheating by ETS in relation to its Toeic test in the period 2011-14.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	18485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The exact information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office in a way that allows us to answer this question without manually checking individual case records which could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 16:00:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1179184

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available during the three month wait for eligibility for limited capability for work and work-related activity for a person who was eligible for employment and support allowance but who was in a couple and not the main claimant, in the event of their separation.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	18708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Where a person makes a new claim for New Style Employment and Support Allowance (NS ESA) and satisfies the contribution conditions, they receive a basic rate of benefit at £73.10 a week (for a single person over 25) during the 13-week assessment phase while capability for work is established.</p><p> </p><p>Where Universal Credit (UC) is claimed on health grounds, there is a 3-month relevant period which mirrors the 13-week assessment phase in ESA. Entitlement to UC is calculated on various factors including housing, childcare and the child element; however, the standard allowance per assessment period is £317.82 (for a single person over 25).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/02/2020 12:53:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1179569

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support parents that have (a) ongoing claims and (b) been waiting for payment of arrears for up to 10 years through the Child Maintenance Service (CMS); whether she plans to reduce the amount of time before the CMS seeks a court order for enforcement of payment of arrears; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing greater penalties for parents that avoid making payments in cases where there are substantial arrears.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	19064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Where paying parents fail to pay their maintenance on time and in full, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aim to take immediate action to recover the debt and re-establish compliance using its range of enforcement powers.</p><p> </p><p>If all efforts to re-establish compliance have been exhausted and the paying parent is employed, the Service can deduct their maintenance and any arrears directly from their earnings. The CMS can also deduct directly from bank accounts as a lump sum or regular amount. We have a range of other strong enforcement powers, including the use of Enforcement Agents to take control of goods, forcing the sale of property, disqualification from holding a UK passport or commitment to prison.</p><p> </p><p>The CMS is committed to using its wide ranging enforcement powers proportionally, and in the best interests of children and separated families, and must consider on a case by case basis whether taking action will secure more money for children.</p><p>Since 2018 we have introduced new collection and enforcement powers. We will continue to monitor the effectiveness of the new powers. At present we have no plans to further extend these powers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/02/2020 13:04:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1179556

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of extending the eligibility criteria for new style Employment Support Allowance to include contributions to national insurance paid in the last three years that do not fall within the relevant income tax years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	18845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>There are no plans to extend the qualifying period for new style Employment and Support Allowance to include National Insurance contributions paid in the last three years that do not fall within the relevant income tax years.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers the current qualifying period looking at an individual's contribution record over the last two complete tax years to be a fair way of assessing entitlement.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/02/2020 12:45:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1179488

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Maternity Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 10295, on Maternity Allowance, on what date the service level agreement came into force; which parties are bound by that agreement; and whether she plans to revert to clearing claims for maternity allowance within 24 working days.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	18497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>There is no formal Service Level Agreement in place; that term was used to describe the process by which the department considers a variety of factors to identify the most appropriate balance of resources to deliver a good level of customer service. Currently we work to a planning assumption of a maximum waiting time of 24 days, but our actual processing time is currently eight days.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/02/2020 12:39:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1179457

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much pension credit was unclaimed in (a) Aberavon constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	18798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Official statistics on the take-up of income-related benefits at Great Britain level, including Pension Credit, can be found in the ‘Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up in 2016 to 2017’ publication.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2016-to-2017</a></p><p /><p>The next report containing 2017/18 data is due to be published on 27<sup>th</sup> February 2020. It will be available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2017-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the amount of Pension Credit which remains unclaimed is only available at the Great Britain level. Below are the figures on the amount of unclaimed Pension Credit within Great Britain over the past 3 years of data available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Estimated Amount Unclaimed (Millions of Pounds)</p></td><td><p>Range (Millions of Pounds)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>3,050</p></td><td><p>2,620 – 3,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2,720</p></td><td><p>2,330 – 3,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2,760</p></td><td><p>2,400 – 3,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/02/2020 11:56:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1179465

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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: Aberavon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in back-dated payments to universal credit claimants in Aberavon constituency in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	18806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does not centrally collate records of back-dated payments by constituencies.</p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/02/2020 15:11:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock