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750171

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish the (a) consultation on improving social care and (b) green paper on social care funding.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	3910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will work to address the challenges of social care for our ageing population, bringing forward proposals for consultation to build widespread support. We are committed to listening to people’s views on how to reform the social care system, to ensure it is sustainable for current and future generations and that the quality of care improves.</p><p> </p><p>We will provide further details on the next steps on social care in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/07/2017 09:17:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

749674

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sopra Steria: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were made about the loss of passport application packs or documents contained within those packs by Sopra Steria in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	3664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office is unable to specify the number of complaints in relation to losses of passport applications or supporting documents by Sopra Steria, as this level of detail is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/07/2017 10:22:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

749698

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women born in the 1950s who are subject to changes in the state pension age in (a) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency and (b) Oxfordshire.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	3670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were affected by State Pension age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, and included transitional arrangements limiting State Pension age delays, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953. It also brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers affected by constituent country, parliamentary constituency or local authority is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions. However, the most recent population breakdowns for England and its parliamentary constituencies by age can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates</a></p><p> </p><p>Population breakdowns by local authority, region and country can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland</a></p><p> </p><p>The House of Commons library have produced a paper estimating the number of women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 (those born between 6 April 1953 and 5 April 1960) by constituency, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx" target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/07/2017 10:06:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

749239

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Gibraltar: Schengen Agreement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 9 February (HL5288), what progress they have made with the pilot scheme which aims to assist asylum applicants who have been granted leave to remain in the UK to make contact with the Department for Work and Pensions at the earliest opportunity; and whether they will publish the evaluation of that pilot.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The pilot was extended until the end of March 2017 and is currently being reviewed. We will be writing to key stakeholders with an update shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/07/2017 11:45:17 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

749284

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have left or agreed settlements to leave his Department under (a) voluntary exit, (b) voluntary redundancy and (c) compulsory redundancy since 1 November 2016; and how much compensation was paid in those cases.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	3359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Details of the number, type, compensation levels and cost of exits from the Cabinet Office are routinely published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/07/2017 16:21:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

749287

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was for special advisers, including the cost of redundancies, across all Government departments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	3464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>A list of special advisers and costs is published annually on gov.uk and deposited in the libraries of both Houses. The information can be accessed here https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/special-adviser-data-releases-numbers-and-costs</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/07/2017 11:04:32 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

749289

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Ministerial Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will appoint a Minister with sole responsibility for cyber security.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	3526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The First Secretary of State and the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Damian Green is responsible for managing the UK’s cyber security supported by myself. Specific objectives within the National Cyber Security strategy are aligned with departmental responsibilities and the corresponding Ministerial portfolio.</p><p>We embed cyber security in everything that the the government does. To meet the challenges of cyber security we launched the new National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021 in November 2016. Our strategy is supported by £1.9billion of transformational investment and sets out ambitious policies to protect the UK in cyber space.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/07/2017 11:34:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

749296

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases have been brought for non-compliance with the national minimum wage in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available in (a) Ellesmere Port and Neston, (b) the North West, (c) England and (d) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) enforce the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in line with the law and policy set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The government are determined that everyone who is entitled to NMW receives it.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not record statistics on complaints or the outcomes of its investigations by reference to regions, constituencies or counties. In 2016-17, HMRC closed over 2,600 cases into NMW non-compliance and identified arrears of over £10.9m for more than 98,000 workers.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/07/2017 12:40:51 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

749298

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Consumer Price Index
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the rise in the Consumer Price Index on consumer spending habits in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	3468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>In their March Economic and Fiscal Outlook, the Office for Budget Responsibility expected consumption growth to slow as the past depreciation of sterling put upwards pressure on inflation. The latest data on household consumption show that in Q1 2017 it was 2.6% higher than a year earlier.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking action to support people with the cost of living. This includes increasing the National Living Wage, raising the personal allowance, and freezing fuel duty.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 12/07/2017 10:07:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

749351

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial resources the Government committed to support the (a) civilian and (b) military components of Operation Temperer following the activation of that operation on 23 May 2017.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	3538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently compiling the costs of Operation TEMPERER in conjunction with the Home Office. Once complete a full response will follow, a copy of which will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/07/2017 15:09:44 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones