Tag: Gavin Newlands

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of her Department’s landlords’ checking service before the right to rent scheme is rolled out nationally.

James Brokenshire

The Government has carried out an evaluation of phase one of the Right to Rent scheme in Birmingham, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley and Wolverhampton. This includes assessment of the implementation of the Landlords Checking Service. The findings of the evaluation were published on 20 October and will inform extension of the scheme. The evaluation can be found at the following link : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-right-to-rent-scheme

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many driving licences were incorrectly revoked from people who were suspected of living illegally in the UK in each of the last five years.

James Brokenshire

The Immigration Act 2014 only granted this power in July 2014. Since the Home Department commenced the referral of driving licences of people with no valid leave in the UK to the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) in July 2014, over 12,500 driving licences have been revoked. So far only 283 driving licences have been reinstated.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of why those asylum seekers detained at the Dungavel facility had their applications refused in the last year; and what reasons were given in each case for that refusal.

Mr John Hayes

There were 222 asylum claimants who received a refusal decision on their asylum claim whilst held in detention at Dungavel Removal Centre over the past 12 months. Each asylum claim is considered on its individual merits and where an individual is found to be in genuine need of our protection, asylum is granted.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has spent on deportations in each of the last five years.

Mr John Hayes

This information is not recorded on an annual basis, so cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-09-17.

To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people employed by the House of Commons (a) directly and (b) indirectly are not receiving a wage of at least £7.85 an hour.

Tom Brake

The House of Commons is an accredited London Living Wage Employer. In order to obtain our accreditation, the House has to satisfy the Living Wage Foundation that no directly employed or contracted workers engaged to work on the Parliamentary Estate are paid less than the London Living Wage (LLW), currently £9.15 an hour.

All contractors and their sub-contractors with staff based in London providing services to the House have agreed to pay at least the London Living Wage to those of their staff working on contracts for the House; or, in the case of staff working for contractors outside London, at least the Living Wage of £7.85 an hour. These contractual requirements are included within our Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many letters of apology for an administrative error have been sent by his Department in each of the last five years.

Justin Tomlinson

The information requested is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the contribution of trades unions to the national economy.

Nick Boles

Trade unions have a constructive role to play in maintaining positive industrial relations. The British Social Attitudes Survey and the Workplace Employment Relations Survey provide information on how the population, employers and union members view the services and activities of Trade Unions. The Office for National Statistics publishes estimates of the approximate Gross Added Value for Trade Union activities as well as the number of disputes (and days lost to industrial action).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government will take to provide support to small organisations which are not able to pay their staff the national living wage.

Nick Boles

The National Living Wage is part of this Government’s aim to move from a low-wage, high-tax and high-benefits economy to a high-wage, low-tax and low-benefits economy; it ensures that work pays, and reduces reliance on the State topping up wages through the benefits system. As part of this, the Government is cutting taxes and employer NICs in total by over £3bn a year through the Employment Allowance and Corporation Tax.

The Government believes that the new National Living Wage is affordable given the strength of the UK economy and labour market.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-09-17.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how many people will lose their working tax credits as a result of being paid the national living wage.

Damian Hinds

The information requested is not available.

The government’s target is for the National Living Wage to reach over £9 by 2020, which means that a full-time worker currently on the National Minimum Wage will be earning over £5,200 more per year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of how many people will benefit directly from the implementation of the national living wage.

Nick Boles

The Office for Budget Responsibility estimate that the National Living Wage will benefit 2.7 million low wage workers by 2020 – http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.independent.gov.uk/July-2015-EFO-234224.pdf

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