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179339

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Asia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department disbursed to projects in (a) Pakistan and (b) Azad Kashmir in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	224256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Total UK ODA to Pakistan by financial year since 2005 is as follows. This includes both bilateral and multilateral spend.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total Spend (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>30.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>65.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>88.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>83.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>120.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>138.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>204.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>216.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>202.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>253.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014-15 provisional spend is currently being finalised and will be made available by May 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has a bilateral programme with Pakistan, but does not have a specific programme in Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK), which is an autonomous administrative territory of Pakistan. AJK benefits from DFID-supported national programmes in Pakistan that promote economic growth and improve health services, and has also benefited from DFID’s humanitarian programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 26/02/2015 16:32:30 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

164161

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Malaysia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with the Malaysia authorities with the aim of preventing inappropriate activity on the wrecks of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	215526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have sought assistance from Malaysia in preventing unauthorised salvage and damage to the military maritime graves of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales, mindful of the difficulty of doing so when they are situated in international waters. Our High Commission in Kuala Lumpur released a press statement on 23 May welcoming the Malaysian impounding of a vessel responsible for illegally disturbing and salvaging scrap from wrecks in the area.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 27/11/2014 14:25:45 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

156982

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Malaysia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received of theft of metal and other valuable items from HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales which were sunk off the coast of Malaysia in December 1941.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	215466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>We are concerned by reports of damage being done to the wrecks of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by metal salvage companies and recreational divers off the coast of Malaysia. We welcome the actions of the Malaysian Marine Department which impounded a vessel responsible for illegally disturbing and salvaging ship material for scrap earlier this year.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 27/11/2014 14:20:26 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

114681

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support behavioural optometry services.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	213570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Free National Health Service funded sight tests are available to eligible groups with the purpose of detecting signs of injury, disease or abnormality and giving an individual a written prescription for glasses or referring them to a doctor for further examination. Funding is also available under the NHS voucher scheme for the provision of spectacles with a prescription power to correct a defect of sight.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning services to meet the needs of their local population. This could include services over and above the NHS sight test, such as behavioural optometry. Where positive National Institute for Health and Care Excellence technology appraisal guidance does not exist, it is for NHS commissioners to make funding decisions based on an assessment of the available evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 17/11/2014 14:51:11 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

93753

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance the Government provides to enable a person to remain in a home against which a bank loan for a business has been secured when they have defaulted on that loan.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	210909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>UK borrowers taking out a business loan secured on their home have a number of protections available to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has responsibility for the regulation of mortgages secured by a first charge against a borrower’s home, regardless of the purpose of that loan. These regulations include consumer protections to ensure that repossession is only used as a last resort.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where borrowers are taking out a second charge loan of £25,000 or less for a business purpose they are also protected under the FCA’s regulatory regime for consumer credit. The Government is currently consulting on the transfer of the regulation of second charge mortgages to the same regime as first charge mortgages.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, all borrowers are provided protection in the Courts, through the use of the Mortgage Pre-Action Protocol, which requires a Court to ensure that the lender has taken all reasonable steps to resolve the borrower’s payment difficulties before granting a possession order.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/10/2014 15:31:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

93095

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Repossession Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on the introduction of restrictions on the ability of banks and other mortgage lenders to repossess a home where that would make a family homeless.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	210330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has put a number of protections in place to limit repossessions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It established the independent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and gave them the responsibility to put in place robust protections to ensure fair treatment of borrowers facing payment difficulties. The Department for Work and Pensions also provides help for pensioners and those out of work to meet their mortgage payments through Support for Mortgage Interest. In addition, all borrowers can seek protection in the Courts using the Mortgage Pre-Action Protocol, which makes it clear that repossession must always be the last resort for lenders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, a well-functioning mortgage market will always need to keep the possibility of repossession open as a last resort. Without this option, lenders have no reliable security against which to lend and the likely consequence would be higher mortgage rates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/10/2014 10:43:10 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

93351

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Office of the Public Guardian
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Office of the Public Guardian.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	210333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice and is subject to regular meetings with me to review its effectiveness. The last meeting took place in June 2014.</p><p> </p><p>I am satisfied that the OPG is performing effectively. During 2013/14 they introduced an online tool for making lasting powers of attorney (LPA), reduced the statutory waiting and objection periods for LPA and, by introducing end-to-end case management, have streamlined the way in which they process applications. They have also reviewed and improved their regime for supervising court appointed deputies.</p><p> </p><p>The number of complaints received in 2013/14 reduced significantly to 3,549, compared with 11,617 complaints received in 2012/13 and 14,814 in 2011/12, despite a significant increase in caseloads across the OPG.</p><p> </p><p>The OPG is not complacent and has undertaken work to enable them to compare complaints by type, yielding more information about trends to help them address the issues and concerns raised by their customers.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the OPG’s performance are published in their annual report which can be found at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/corporate-reports/OPG/opg-annual-report-accounts-2013-14.pdf</p><p> </p><p>Copies of the annual account and the OPG Framework document which sets out the arrangements for governance and accountability, have already been placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 20/10/2014 13:50:11 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

93369

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for personal independence payments have taken longer than 26 weeks to receive a decision.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	210331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance times and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of PIP system performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published once/when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 210327 question first answered 17/10/2014 11:29:05 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

93370

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that personal independence payments applications are not delayed to the extent that supporting medical information becomes outdated.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	210332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We keep the time taken to process claims under constant review and we are absolutely committed to improving performance. We are already seeing improvements to our processes and outcomes and will continue to work further to reduce processing times and levels of work outstanding.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/10/2014 11:29:50 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

93372

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have applied for personal independence payments are waiting to receive a decision.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	210334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The latest available data for personal independence payment claims, including details on the number of people who have applied for the benefit and the number of claims that have been cleared, have been published and are available from the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/10/2014 11:00:35 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett