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91651

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date	11/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the data protection implications of the new DVLA online vehicle check service.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	209130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The vehicle enquiry service provides general information about vehicles and not individuals. The information included is therefore not covered by the Data Protection Act 1998.</p><p> </p><p>The service was recently enhanced to include the taxation class and MoT status of vehicles. This was intended to help organisations to continue to provide the appropriate parking concessions and exemptions from certain tolls to users of vehicles in the disabled tax class, following the abolition of the tax disc.</p><p> </p><p>The term &quot;disabled&quot; describes a vehicle’s tax class and does not refer to a living individual. Views have been expressed about the potential impact on the privacy of individuals who may be linked with vehicles licensed in the disabled tax class. The DVLA has removed all tax classes from the vehicle enquiry service while these matters are being considered in discussion with the Information Commissioner’s Office.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/10/2014 11:43:32 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

91652

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	Domestic Visits
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 14 July 2014, Official Report, column 583W, on domestic visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	209079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State regularly visits Departmental offices across the country to meet with staff providing services to DWP customers. He also makes regular visits to external organisations in relation to welfare reform. Details of any events where hospitality is provided are published regularly by the Cabinet Office and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 09:57:33 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

91653

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for an Atos medical assessment in (a) Cornwall and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Stephen Gilbert
uin	209131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested on ESA is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Statistics on the time taken to process Personal Independence Payment cases are intended for future publication. The Department's analysts are currently considering what information will be included in the release. The release will be pre-announced in line with UK Statistics Authority protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/10/2014 08:49:00 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4101 label Biography information for Stephen Gilbert

91654

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	Unemployed People: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Workplace Mental Health Support Service funding reflects demand from people with mental health problems who are out of work; and whether his Department plans to increase funding for the Workplace Mental Health Support Service.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	209115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) is not a service for those people with mental health conditions who are out of work.</p><p>Jobcentre Plus offers a range of support to unemployed people with mental health conditions including: Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership Managers; Disability Employment Advisers; and Work Psychologists.</p><p>In January 2014, JCP launched the Employment and Wellbeing toolkit, which offers practical support to advisers to help them work with claimants affected by mental health problems.</p><p>Overall funding for Access to Work has increased by £15m over this Spending Review period, fulfilling the government’s commitment which was set out in its response to the Sayce Review.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/10/2014 11:39:52 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

91655

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	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 guidance his Department has given to the Child Maintenance Service and Child Support Agency about parents who repeatedly report changes in circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Where a person’s circumstances change, they are entitled to report them to the Child Suport Agency (CSA) or Child Maintenance Service (CMS). Where the reported change has substantive grounds for superseding an existing decision, the CSA / CMS will investigate that change applying the usual evidential requirements or supersession rules.</p><p>Case officers have access to online procedures that provide a comprehensive guide on all aspects of handling child maintenance applications including procedures, policies and legislative references.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 11:45:11 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91656

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	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 estimate his Department has made of the cost to the Child Maintenance Service and Child Support Agency of repeated changes of circumstances in child support maintenance by either parent in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 10:43:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91657

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	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 income the (a) Child Maintenance Service and (b) Child Support Agency received from telephone calls to its hotlines in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>No income has been received by either the Child Maintenance Service or the Child Support Agency from telephone calls to its hotlines since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 10:38:57 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91658

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	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 proportion of cases involving parents who did not give the right information to the Child Maintenance Service or Child Support Agency were (a) successfully taken to court and (b) received the maximum fine in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>For cases administered by the Child Support Agency, information is only available on the number of cases where action was taken for misrepresentation of evidence, which is provided in the table below. Information is not available on the overall number of cases referred to court or the value of the fine imposed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of cases where action taken for misrepresentation of evidence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2009 – March 2010</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010 – March 2011</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011 – March 2012</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012 – March 2013</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013 – March 2014</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2012 child maintenance scheme, administered by the Child Maintenance Service, was opened to all new applicants on 25 November 2013. We are not yet in a position to release full statistics, therefore we are unable to provide you with the information requested. When system data becomes available and fully assured they will be released as part of a managed process, which will be pre-announced and in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p>1. Figures rounded to nearest 5.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 13:33:27 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91659

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases the Child Maintenance Service or Child Support Agency has dealt with of either parent changing their circumstances more than 10 times in 18 months in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 10:35:14 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91660

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to increase the number of people with mental health problems who are supported by the Access to Work scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	209094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The number of people who have been helped by Access to Work whose primary medical condition is a Mental Health Condition, have increased year on year from 200 (0.7% of all people helped by Access to Work) in 2007/08, to 1,410 (4.0% of all people helped by Access to Work) in 2013/14</p><p>The scheme is now supporting over 35,000 disabled people including people with mental health conditions, either through the bespoke Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) or the main Access to Work scheme.</p><p>On June 10 2014, the then Minister of State for Disabled People committed to look at Access to Work, focusing on how we can support more disabled people and further improve the service. The MHSS will be considered within this review.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/10/2014 13:48:03 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green