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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Charlotte Leslie on Work and Pensions.

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Mike Penning

Last year’s Spending Review determined budgets for 2015/16 only. This applies to all aspects of government expenditure not just ex-ILF funding. Budgets for later years will be determined in a later Spending Review; the timing of this is not known but it is likely to be after the next general election.

Following the closure of the ILF it will be the responsibility of the Department of Health and the devolved administrations to ensure that they reflect the needs of ILF users in future funding bids.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Stephen Timms on Work and Pensions.

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Esther McVey

There is one single plan for a Universal Credit on-line service. The current live service is already offering more online services than ever before, with stronger work incentives to get people back into work, and this week we started its expansion across the North West of England. The enhanced digital system is an extension of the current online services and will integrate work and benefits activity, making best use of technology.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson on Work and Pensions.

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Mike Penning

The information you have requested is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning on Business, Innovation and Skills.

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Jenny Willott

All available information relating to the estate of Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is held by the maintenance provider. This information includes reports and other information relating to asbestos in buildings.

This is available on request to all maintenance provider contractors.

Other interested parties such as staff, need to be directed to the maintenance provider by Property Asset Management Directorate who work for BIS.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins on Home Office.

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Norman Baker

The Advisory Board is a strategic sounding board for the Alcohol Impact pilot, providing NUS with advice to enable it to:
• maximise the impact and success of the pilot;
• identify, and react to, strategic barriers and opportunities in the short,
medium and long-term;
• identify, and develop, influential and effective strategic partnerships for
the Programme;
• develop a strong legacy plan beyond the pilot.

Representatives for the board were selected by the NUS, in consultation with the Home Office, to provide a cross-section of groups who have expertise in a project that combines alcohol and the night-time economy, crime, higher education and community interests.

In addition to officials from the NUS and Home Office, 19 external advisors form the NUS Alcohol Impact Advisory Board.

They are representatives of:
• Association of Managers of Student Services in Higher Education
• Association of University Directors of Estates
• Addaction
• Portman Group
• Association of Town and City Management
• British Universities and Colleges Sport
• Research and Analysis
• Leeds University Union
• Universities UK
• Best Bar None
• GuildHE
• Newcastle University
• Northamptonshire Police
• Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers
• Greater Manchester Police
• British Beer and Pub Association
• Public Health England
• Best Bar None

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Iain McKenzie on Business, Innovation and Skills.

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Jenny Willott

The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs have 173 staff dedicated to the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage.

The Government is already taking tougher action on employers that break minimum wage law. We have made it simpler to name and shame employers that don’t pay the national minimum wage and increased the financial penalty that employers pay for breaking the law.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Rehman Chishti on Business, Innovation and Skills.

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Jenny Willott

Our main labour market policy to improve the position of the low paid is the National Minimum Wage. We have asked the Low Pay Commission to review and recommend minimum wage rates for 2015 that maximise wages without damaging employment.

We have also increased the focus on compliance and enforcement of the National Minimum Wage in order to ensure that those entitled to it, receive it.

In addition to the National Minimum Wage we are raising the personal tax allowance so that people take home more of what they earn.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Valerie Vaz on Work and Pensions.

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Esther McVey

(a) Number of customer helplines with a prefix of 0845 is 139

(b) The Department does not operate any 0844 numbers

(c) The Department does not operate any 0843 numbers

Data sources and metric definitions will be placed in the library.

All numbers currently owned by Network Services relate to calls either managed entirely within the Department or split between DWP and outsourcing partners. If the Department sponsors any numbers on behalf of third parties data is not included within Network Services reporting.

During 2014 DWP are introducing 0345 numbers to run alongside existing 0845 numbers to provide a choice for the caller based on the arrangement they have with their telephony provider. Using 0345 numbers allows DWP to use the same last 7 digits as its 0845 range.

Charges for calls to 0345/0845 numbers vary and depend on the person’s contract with their provider. When charges apply the costs are shown on the following web page for the Gov.uk site (www.gov.uk/call-charges)

If a customer raises concerns over the cost of a call we will offer to call them back from our enquiry lines. The Department also provides controlled access to telephones for claimants who require one in support of their jobsearch or benefit enquiry.

The department does not operate any prefixes that begin with 0844 or 0843 therefore no alternative numbers are available.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Tom Greatrex on Energy and Climate Change.

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Michael Fallon

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 25 June 2014, Official Report, Column 235-6W.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Lord Coaker on Defence.

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Anna Soubry

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 June 2014, (Official Report, column 364W) to the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green).

Reservists are treated exactly the same as regulars in terms of operational training and support while mobilised, including access to the same welfare support and medical treatment through the Defence Medical Services (DMS). They are retained in service and will receive treatment and rehabilitation until they are medically assessed as having reached a steady state of fitness, at which point they will be demobilised. If they have continuing healthcare needs following demobilisation, they will be taken through a transition from military to NHS care. Reservists who are medically discharged as a result of injuries sustained during deployment are also entitled to resettlement training and to the same range of services available to regular veterans. Where service is the only or main cause of injury or illness, members or former members of the reserve forces may qualify for awards under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS).

The level and quality of post-operational support provided to injured mobilised reservists is exactly the same as that provided to regulars, with full access to all the facilities and expertise provided under the Army Recovery Capability, and it is a level of support of which the Army and the Ministry of Defence are extremely proud.

Following the Reserves 2020 White Paper, which proposed improvements to occupational health provision to ensure consistent access to these services for all reservists, the MOD committed to extending DMS occupational health provision to non-mobilised reservists. Rehabilitation services are also being extended to members of the reserve forces who are injured during reserve training. This is in addition to the procedure in place since 2006, whereby reservists can obtain DMS mental health treatment through the Veterans and Reserves Mental Health Programme. Implementation of the new measures started in April 2014.