The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Glasgow City Council on the Glasgow Guarantee.
Esther McVey
The Secretary of State has not had recent discussions with Glasgow City Council on the Glasgow Guarantee.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-04.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what issues the HM Revenue and Customs’ Scrutiny Committee has addressed since its establishment in 2013.
Mr David Gauke
The remit of the Scrutiny Committee is to advise the Board and Principal Accounting Officer on issues referred by the Board for in-depth review, challenge or assurance. Since its establishment in 2013, the Committee has reviewed the departmental security strategy as well as the department’s complaints handling processes.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to publicise information on changes to child maintenance.
Steve Webb
Since the Child Maintenance Service launched in December 2012 we have been talking to clients (via caseworkers and through our Child Maintenance Options service) about the planned introduction of charging, and letters to Child Maintenance Service clients have made reference to the charges.
More widely we have engaged with stakeholders, partners, MP caseworkers and intermediaries to share information about the reforms to the child maintenance system.
Ahead of existing Child Support Agency cases closing, a regional media trial is currently running in the Manchester area. The media activity includes digital, radio and press advertising to let parents know that the Child Support Agency is changing and to reassure them that they don’t need to take any action until they receive a letter. We will evaluate the results of this media activity before confirming plans to run this campaign nationally later this year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the real-terms income of carers in each of the years from 2010 to 2014; and what estimate he has made of the real-terms income of carers in 2015 in a) Glasgow North West constituency, b) Glasgow, c) Scotland, and d) the UK.
Mike Penning
This information is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will conduct an assessment of the effect on carers of the implementation of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
Mike Penning
The Universal Credit Impact Assessment was published in December 2012, full details of the report can be found here
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/welfare-reform-act-2012-impact-assessments
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects on carers of (a) each change and (b) all changes to the benefits system since 2010.
Mike Penning
The Universal Credit Impact Assessment was published in December 2012, full details of the report can be found here
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/welfare-reform-act-2012-impact-assessments
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discusssions she has had with the Passport Office about the updating of advice on timescales during busy periods for (a) the renewal of a passport and (b) the time it will take for staff to call an applicant back.
James Brokenshire
Ministers have held frequent recent discussions with Her Majesty’s Passport Office.
Current advice for customers on expected service standards is published on
https://www.gov.uk.
The current guideline for returning calls to customers is to do so within 48
hours. Her Majesty’s Passport Office gives priority to those with the most immediate
travel plans.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average waiting time for people (a) applying for a passport renewal and (b) waiting for a call back from the Passport Office.
James Brokenshire
The information requested is as follows:
(a) Expected service standards for passport renewals are published at
https://www.gov.uk.
(b) The current guideline for returning calls to customers is to do so within
48 hours. Her Majesty’s Passport Office gives priority to those with the
most immediate travel plans.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average profit made by energy companies on the energy bills of households in each constituency in the UK.
Michael Fallon
Data on the average profit made by energy companies at the level of households in each constituency is not available.
The average pre-tax profit made per household consumer in 2012 was £53 or 4.3%. (Source: “Making the Profits of the six largest energy suppliers clear” factsheet, Ofgem). Ofgem also estimates pre-tax margins over the next 12 months using current data in their Supply Market Indicator. Their latest estimate of pre-tax margins for May 2014-April 2015 was £96 or 7% (Source: Understanding energy bills, Ofgem).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children in poverty in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each year until 2020.
Esther McVey
The Government does not produce forecasts of the number of children living in income poverty either locally or nationally. The number of children in poverty is dependent on a number of factors which cannot be reliably predicted, including the median income.
The Government does not believe it is possible to accurately project child poverty to 2020. Poverty projections are rarely accurate. For example, IFS projections in October 2011 suggested the number of children in relative poverty would fall by 100,000 in 2010/11, whereas in fact it fell by 300,000.