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933772

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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: Wansbeck
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of people in receipt of universal credit in Wansbeck constituency who will have a household income of £7000 or less.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	159612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Based upon DWP administrative data, we estimate between 60% to 70% of people on Universal Credit in Wansbeck constituency currently have a household income of £7,000 or less.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>There may be additional income or support that we have not included in the calculation, such as child benefit or passported benefits.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2018, there were 783 individuals claiming Universal Credit in Wansbeck of which 34% were in employment.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit Full Service is due to roll out later this year.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2018 16:40:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

933819

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what time target his Department has for the answer of Departmental correspondence relating to constituency cases.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	159613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury’s target to answer correspondence relating to constituency cases is 15 working days. In 2017 we achieved this in 77% of cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/07/2018 14:35:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

932756

registered interest
date	29/06/2018
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 Child Maintenance claims are currently in dispute.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	158993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted dispute to refer to any situation where there is a disagreement between parents about the details of a child maintenance case which have an impact on the amount of child maintenance to be paid. As such, a dispute could refer to mandatory reconsiderations and/or appeals. Statistics on mandatory reconsiderations and appeals are published in tables 15 and 16 of the Child Maintenance Service: Aug 2013 to Mar 2018 (experimental) available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p><p>Information on current mandatory reconsiderations and appeals will be available in future publications, information up to the end of June 2018 is due to be published in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The volume and percentage of mandatory reconsiderations cleared within 20 working days is also published in table 15 of the Child Maintenance Service Statistics.</p><p>On average in 2017/18, appeals were with the Child Maintenance Service for 42 days. Where the parent was not satisfied with the outcome from appeal to the Child Maintenance Service, the parent can submit an appeal to HM Courts &amp; Tribunal Service, who took on average 168 days to review an appeal.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 158995 question first answered 06/07/2018 11:15:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

932757

registered interest
date	29/06/2018
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	Child Maintenance Service: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to staff of the Child Maintenance Service on legislation applicable to their area of responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	158994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>Child Maintenance Group employees are provided with a comprehensive induction and a tailored technical training programme including legislation appropriate to their area of work. There is no one single training product covering all aspects of this programme.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/07/2018 11:24:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

932758

registered interest
date	29/06/2018
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 the average time taken is to resolve a disputed case with the Child Maintenance Service in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	158995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted dispute to refer to any situation where there is a disagreement between parents about the details of a child maintenance case which have an impact on the amount of child maintenance to be paid. As such, a dispute could refer to mandatory reconsiderations and/or appeals. Statistics on mandatory reconsiderations and appeals are published in tables 15 and 16 of the Child Maintenance Service: Aug 2013 to Mar 2018 (experimental) available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p><p>Information on current mandatory reconsiderations and appeals will be available in future publications, information up to the end of June 2018 is due to be published in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The volume and percentage of mandatory reconsiderations cleared within 20 working days is also published in table 15 of the Child Maintenance Service Statistics.</p><p>On average in 2017/18, appeals were with the Child Maintenance Service for 42 days. Where the parent was not satisfied with the outcome from appeal to the Child Maintenance Service, the parent can submit an appeal to HM Courts &amp; Tribunal Service, who took on average 168 days to review an appeal.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 158993 question first answered 06/07/2018 11:15:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

932759

registered interest
date	29/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Email and Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the (a) £1.37 per minute charge for the public helpline and (b) £5.38 charge for email correspondence.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	158996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration in–country contact centres provide information about the Immigration Rules and the Points Based System requirements via a number of published customer enquiry line numbers. In 2014, in line with Cabinet Office guidance, UKVI changed all 0845 and 0870 prefix helpline numbers to lower call tariff rate 0300 prefix numbers. UKVI do not generate any income from these non-geographic numbers enquiry lines.</p><p>For overseas customers, UK Visas and Immigration have a chargeable call rates of £1.37 per minute and a £5.48 email charge which includes the initial e-mail enquiry plus any follow-up e-mails to and from the contact centre relating to the same enquiry.</p><p>The international charge (£5.48 per email enquiry) was introduced on 1<sup>st</sup> June 2017 as part of the UKVI Contact Centre operations contract awarded to SITEL UK Ltd</p><p>These charges are levied to fund the commercial contract as the UK government believes it is right that those who use and benefit directly from the UK immigration system make an appropriate contribution towards meeting the costs of the immigration system. Those who use the services from outside the UK are predominantly prospective customers and in many cases no application will be made and no application fee collected.</p><p>Our web site <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> is the main source of information and advice and is free of charge.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/07/2018 11:05:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

931939

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Imports: Western Sahara
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 21 December 2016 ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Polisario v Council, whether all products from Western Sahara entering the UK under the ISO code EH are classed as Moroccan products.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	158255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>ISO code ‘EH’ is the international code for Western Sahara. It should be used when importing goods from Western Sahara into the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/07/2018 09:43:40 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

931940

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Import Duties: Western Sahara
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 21 December 2016 ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Polisario vs Council, whether imports from Western Sahara are subject to the preferential tariffs under the EU's trade agreement with Morocco.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	158256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text On 21 December 2016 the European Court of Justice ruled that the EU-Morocco trade agreement (known as the Association Agreement) did not apply to Western Sahara and that preferential tariffs could not therefore be applied to products originating in Western Sahara.<p> </p><p>The European Union has negotiated with Morocco following the court ruling. The EU has put forward a proposal to the Council to amend the relevant protocols of the Association Agreement to amend the territorial scope of the origin of products which could benefit from tariff preferences. The EU has consulted a wide spectrum of Western Saharan representatives, stake-holders, civil society, and other organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proposed Council Decisions and report of the EU’s consultations are publicly available on the EU’s website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?qid=1528727963950&amp;uri=COM:2018:479:FIN" target="_blank">https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?qid=1528727963950&amp;uri=COM:2018:479:FIN</a>,</p><p> </p><p>and</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?qid=1528728345252&amp;uri=COM:2018:481:FIN" target="_blank">https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?qid=1528728345252&amp;uri=COM:2018:481:FIN</a>, <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?qid=1528728473699&amp;uri=SWD:2018:346:FIN" target="_blank">https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?qid=1528728473699&amp;uri=SWD:2018:346:FIN</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/07/2018 13:36:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

897962

registered interest
date	04/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of women in (a) Wansbeck Constituency, (b) Northumberland County and (c) the North East who might have been affected by the breast cancer screening error.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	141347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Data on the number of women affected by the National Health Service breast screening programme failure will be published by the end of May.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 141319 question first answered 15/05/2018 16:22:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

895495

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many young people under the age of 18 were referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the North East in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	140101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/05/2018 12:10:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery