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720854

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date	13/04/2017
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	Jobcentre Plus: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability employment advisers have received training in dealing with people with autism.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	70289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>It is expected that all Disability Employment Advisers will undertake a learning routeway, which includes information about a wide range of disabilities and health conditions, including autism.</p><p> </p><p>Our learning is delivered through a wide range of methods, including structured classroom based modules, up-skilling from colleagues and some delivered by third party organisations.</p><p> </p><p>On 27 March, to coincide with World Autism Awareness Week, we launched a new Disability Confident Autism and Neuro-diversity Toolkit which we developed in partnership with Autism Alliance UK and the Autism Task Group. Communications about this went out to all DWP staff, not just those in customer-facing roles, to ensure our entire workforce is able to understand the needs of customers with autism and other hidden impairments.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/04/2017 14:31:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

720855

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Jobcentre Plus: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus work coaches have received training in dealing with people with autism.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	70290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>I am not able to provide a definitive number of Work Coaches who have received training in dealing with people with autism. This is because our learning is delivered through a wide range of methods, including structured classroom based modules, up-skilling from colleagues and some delivered by third party organisations.</p><p> </p><p>All our Work Coaches undertake a learning routeway which includes information to help them deliver to customers with a wide range of additional needs including those with disabilities and hidden conditions such as autism.</p><p> </p><p>We have also recently changed the role of Disability Employment Advisers to allow them to focus on sharing their expertise with all Work Coaches and Jobcentre staff. As part of this we have recruited new Disability Employment Advisers, some of whom will still be undertaking their learning journey.</p><p> </p><p>On 27 March, to coincide with World Autism Awareness Week, we also launched a new Disability Confident Autism and Neuro-diversity Toolkit which we developed in partnership with Autism Alliance UK and the Autism Task Group. Communications about this went out to all DWP staff, not just those in customer-facing roles, to ensure our entire workforce is able to understand the needs of customers with autism and other hidden impairments.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/04/2017 16:42:13 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

715812

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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
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 savings to the public purse from the introduction of the minimum income floor for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	70208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility have published our estimated savings due to the minimum income floor for Universal Credit, in table 2.22 of their economic and fiscal outlook supplementary tables. This can be found here: <a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2017/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2017/</a> and the specific line of the table is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>£ billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Forecast</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross saving from the minimum income floor</p></td><td><p>-0.1</p></td><td><p>-0.4</p></td><td><p>-0.8</p></td><td><p>-1.2</p></td><td><p>-1.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/04/2017 15:53:13 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

715817

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Farmers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many farmers are currently in receipt of tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	70169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Data held by HM Revenue and Customs on tax credit claimants does not specify where claimants are farmers.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/04/2017 14:20:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

715818

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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: Farmers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on farmers of the introduction of the minimum income floor for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	70168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Minimum Income Floor is expected to encourage those reporting very low self-employed income to increase their earnings. Some people will respond to this by increasing their earnings from self-employment, others will look for other employment to increase their income.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government recognises the need for claimants who are setting up a business to be given time to establish themselves and develop their business and customer base. That is why claimants who are gainfully self-employed and within one year of starting out in self-employment will be eligible for a ‘start-up period’, during which the Minimum Income Floor will not be applied for up to 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>And we have widened eligibility for the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) to include Universal Credit claimants who are already self-employed, but whose income from their business is below their Minimum Income Floor. Eligible claimants will receive mentoring support designed to help them to increase their earnings from their business, making it more sustainable in the longer term and reducing their benefit dependency.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that self-employed earnings often fluctuate from month to month. From April 2018 in Full Service the Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015 will apply, meaning that any surplus earnings, or losses from self-employment, will be carried forward into subsequent assessment periods. However, where the Minimum Income Floor applies, that level of earnings will be taken into account.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/04/2017 16:49:09 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

715819

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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: Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the findings of the Ofcom report, entitled Connected Nations, published in December 2016, that five per cent of homes and small businesses and 25 per cent of premises in rural areas were unable to receive broadband speeds of more than 10Mps for the feasibility of the universal credit full service.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	70207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Universal Credit Full Service is a Digital service that has been specifically designed to keep bandwidth requirements as low as possible in order to ensure users get the best possible service. The user interface has been built using cross-government standards and is consistent with designs used by other Government departments. Because it utilises lower bandwidths, people with limited or intermittent internet access will still be able to use it affectively.</p><p> </p><p>Because internet access is an issue for some claimants, including those in rural areas, all jobcentres across the country have Wi-Fi and computers available, including 6000 additional computers installed to support the introduction of Universal Credit. This provides access to digital channels in every Jobcentre for claimants to use when they do not have access at home.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/04/2017 16:31:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

712123

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS continuing health care is means-tested at clinical commissioning group level.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	68412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare is not means-tested.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Continuing Healthcare is a complete package of ongoing care arranged and funded solely by the National Health Service, where it has been assessed that the individual has a ‘primary health need’.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 21/03/2017 10:32:53 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

679007

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
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	Parking: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of parking charges on the viability of town centre economies.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	61857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>My Department has not made an assessment of the effect of parking charges on the viability of town centre economies. Local authorities are responsible for determining local parking needs and setting parking charges, which includes considering the effect of parking charges on town centre economies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/02/2017 13:50:54 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

679018

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Higher Education: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much EU funding was received by the higher education sector in the (a) UK and (b) North West in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	61866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the level of funding Higher Education Institutions in (a) the UK and (b) the North West, received from EU government bodies for research grants and contracts, the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund between 2010/11 and 2014/15.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West (£ thousands)</p></td><td><p>44,358</p></td><td><p>45,624</p></td><td><p>53,153</p></td><td><p>59,752</p></td><td><p>67,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK (£ thousands)</p></td><td><p>496,734</p></td><td><p>589,425</p></td><td><p>694,731</p></td><td><p>787,047</p></td><td><p>821,280</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: BEIS analysis of the HESA Finance Record and the HE-BCI Survey </em></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 31/01/2017 10:56:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

679082

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	European Aviation Safety Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the benefit to the UK of membership of the European Aviation Safety Agency.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	61867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The system centred on the European Aviation Safety Agency has delivered significant efficiencies in the safety regulation of civil aviation in the EU while ensuring a high level of safety. The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising for our aviation industry from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for the continued participation in the European Aviation Safety Agency system.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 03/02/2017 11:39:34 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood