Tag: Mary Glindon

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2015-11-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of child maintenance payments made to receiving parents under each scheme and each type of payment arrangement in each year since 2010.

Priti Patel

Information on the value of payments made to receiving parents, on the 2012 scheme, or Parents with Care under the 1993/2003 Schemes are included in the Client Fund Accounts. Previous publications can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-maintenance-client-funds-accounts

The Client Funds Account 2014/15 is planned for publication by the end of 2015.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2016-02-08.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what change there has been to the level of the Equality and Human Rights Commission budget since 2007; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Dinenage

Following the results of the Spending Review the Department for Education is currently finalising budgets over the review period for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) along with other budgets for which the Department is responsible. I am not in a position to confirm the level of funding that the EHRC will receive until this process is complete.

The EHRC’s budget is available in its annual report, which is available to view here: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/about-us/about-commission/corporate-reporting/annual-reports

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2016-07-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans for local authorities to have access to (a) tenancy deposit protection scheme data and (b) the database of rogue landlords and property agents as provided for in the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

Gavin Barwell

Following the positive measures to tackle rogue landlords that we have delivered in the Housing and Planning Act 2016, we are working with the Tenancy Deposit Protection (TDP) Schemes on providing local authorities with access to the relevant data by the end of this year.

Work is also underway to prepare the database of rogue landlords and property agents which will require affirmative regulations to be considered by Parliament.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2015-11-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Maintenance Service has collected in charges since their introduction.

Priti Patel

Income received from fees and charges for the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme is disclosed on page 136 of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2014/15. Up to 31^st March 2015, £2.802 million has been collected.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for the time taken to supply the Kurdistan Regional Government with new rounds for British machine guns.

Penny Mordaunt

We have previously provided some 50 tonnes of non-lethal support, 40 heavy machine guns and nearly half a million rounds of ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga. The Kurdish Regional Government has made a number of recent requests to Her Majesty’s Government for further assistance, including for ammunition. These requests are currently under consideration to see whether we can assist, taking into account the UK’s own requirements and stocks, and notifying Parliament in the normal way on assistance provided.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2016-07-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans for local authorities to have the power to issue banning orders against landlords as provided for in the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

Gavin Barwell

The Housing & Planning Act 2016 introduced a power enabling local authorities to apply to the First tier tribunal for a banning order against a person or organisation who has been convicted of a banning order offence. Banning order offences will be specified in regulations following a public consultation and will be subject to the affirmative procedure. We are planning to introduce this power on 1 October 2017.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2015-11-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost to the public purse was of repayments made following the Manual Process 217 computer errors in child maintenance collection.

Priti Patel

From February 2015 to November 2015 the Department has awarded 305 payments for financial loss under Manual Process 217, at a cost of £122,000.

Note: This figure has been rounded to the closest thousand pounds.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for the time taken to supply the Kurdistan Regional Government with new rounds for British machine guns.

Penny Mordaunt

We have previously provided some 50 tonnes of non-lethal support, 40 heavy machine guns and nearly half a million rounds of ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga. The Kurdish Regional Government has made a number of recent requests to Her Majesty’s Government for further assistance, including for ammunition. These requests are currently under consideration to see whether we can assist, taking into account the UK’s own requirements and stocks, and notifying Parliament in the normal way on assistance provided.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2016-07-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to monitor the (a) provision and (b) price of starter homes under the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

Gavin Barwell

My Department publishes annual statistics on total Affordable Housing Supply, including breakdowns by local authority and type of housing provided (social rent, affordable rent and intermediate housing). We also publish a combined Greater London Authority/ Homes and Communities Agency funded Affordable Housing figure on a six-monthly basis. My Department plans to publish a breakdown of starter homes alongside existing housing types from early 2017.

We have also included provisions in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 for local planning authorities to report on starter homes delivery in their area and make this publicly available. This could be combined with their existing requirement to report on delivery of affordable housing through their Authority Monitoring Report. We have consulted on proposals, which will be put in place through regulations.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues on the effect of the increase in the state pension age on women.

Mr Shailesh Vara

Ministers regularly discuss matters of policy that span their responsibilities.

Reasonable mitigation for those worst affected by changes in State Pension age was introduced in 2011. A concession was made prior to the passing of the 2011 Act which reduced the delay that anyone would experience in claiming their State Pension, relative to the previous timetable, to 18 months. This concession was worth £1.1 billion in total.

This Government is committed to better outcomes for pensioners. However, the several billions of pounds that it would cost to make further policy changes in this area, that prolong the gender inequality in State Pension provision, cannot be justified.