Tag: Caroline Flint

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-10-21.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of (a) the reduction in the level at which working tax credit begins to be withdrawn from £6,420 to £3,850 from April 2015 on work incentives for those on low incomes and (b) increasing of the taper rate to 48 per cent on work incentives for those on low incomes.

Damian Hinds

The Government is making changes to Tax Credits which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society.

Alongside the introduction of the New Living Wage and raising the Personal Allowance, the intended impact of these reforms is to incentivise work, ensure work always pays, and then allow people to keep more of what they earn.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-10-21.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the reduction in household income arising from net tax and benefit reforms in the Summer Budget 2015 will be made up by an increase in household income arising from the new National Living Wage.

Damian Hinds

The Government is supporting household incomes by introducing a new National Living Wage (NLW) for workers aged 25 and above from April 2016. The NLW will be introduced at a level of £7.20, 50p more than the current NMW which means a £900 p.a. increase in earnings next year for a full-time worker. By 2020 the NLW is expected to be over £9 an hour, meaning a full-time worker will earn £4,800 more than today.

By 2020 it is expected that the NLW will directly benefit 2¾m workers; while up to 6m could benefit from ripple effect. A number of large employers have already started paying wages at or above the NLW level, these include Ikea, Lidl, and Morrisons.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people in work expected to be in receipt of universal credit currently receive less than the proposed National Living Wage.

Priti Patel

DWP does not have estimates of the salaries of people who are forecast to be on Universal Credit in the future.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-10-23.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the practice of insurers automatically signing up customers to annual renewals without the explicit consent of those policy holders.

Harriett Baldwin

I refer my hon. Member to the answer given on the 26 October 2015 to Question UIN 12727.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-10-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of training a consultant in vascular surgery.

Ben Gummer

The Department does not hold information on the average cost to the taxpayer of training someone to become a consultant in vascular surgery.

The Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent estimates within their report ‘Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2014’, published March 2014 (latest data available), that the average cost in 2013/14 of consultant training to be £726,551. These figures reflect the pre-registration costs of tuition, living expenses/lost production and clinical placements and the post-graduate costs of tuition and replacement costs not the average cost to the taxpayer.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-10-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of nurses that are eligible for tax credits.

Ben Gummer

This information is not collected centrally. Eligibility for tax credits is dependent on individual circumstances and income, including for example the financial circumstances of any partner.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-10-21.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether insurers are increasing their premiums year on year due to the automatic renewal of policies without customers’ explicit consent.

Harriett Baldwin

This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who are operationally independent from Government.

The question has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s Site Licence Companies spent on support and overhead costs in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.

Matthew Hancock

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s expenditure on support costs, as defined for the purposes of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Annual Report and Accounts, was £739m in 2010-11, £800m in 2011-12, £801m in 2012-13 and £814m in 2013-14. The definition includes research and technology, IT, security, facilities, programme management, procurement, human resources, finance, head-office costs, EHS&Q (environment, health safety and quality), regulatory engagement and communications.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the staff costs and other operating expenditure of NDA Properties Limited in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16, including through third-party management fees.

Matthew Hancock

NDA Properties Limited forecasts its staff costs and other operating expenditure at £433,804 in 2014-15 and £390,000 in 2015-16.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s Site Licence Companies plan to spend on support and overhead costs in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

Matthew Hancock

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority expects to spend £970m in 2014-15 and £918m in 2015-16 on support costs, as defined for the purposes of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Annual Report and Accounts. The definition includes research and technology, IT, security, facilities, programme management, procurement, human resources, finance, head-office costs, EHS&Q (environment, health safety and quality), regulatory engagement and communications.