Tag: Anna Turley

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anna Turley on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will take steps to ensure that a target to end violence towards women forms part of the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Justine Greening

The UK has worked hard to lead efforts across the globe to ensure that a target to end violence against women and girls formed part of the agreed UN Sustainable Development Goals. We are pleased that a strong gender goal was included as one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted at the United Nations General Assembly, which includes targets on violence against women and girls, harmful practices, female genital mutilation and child early and forced marriage. Seeing these Sustainable Development Goals and targets implemented is a continuing top priority for the UK.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anna Turley on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be affected by the introduction of the individual award limit to the Access to Work scheme.

Justin Tomlinson

The annual limit on Access to Work awards of 1.5x average salaries (which currently equates to £40,800 per person per year) will be introduced for new customers from October 1st 2015.

There are 200 current customers, (approximately 0.5% of the current caseload) who are currently above this level. Current customers with awards above that level as of 1st October 2015 will have their existing award levels protected until 1st April 2018, provided their needs remain the same.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anna Turley on 2015-09-17.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the interest rate hedging products redress scheme operated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Harriett Baldwin

The information requested is available on the Financial Conduct Authority’s website:

http://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/financial-services-products/banking/interest-rate-hedging-products.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anna Turley on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the amount of original radio and television content on the BBC does not decrease following the review of the BBC Charter.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Charter Review consultation document, published on 16 July, invited views on the BBC’s approach to content production and the quota systems in place. This issue will be considered as part of the Charter Review process.