The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to disseminate the lessons learned from the data mining pilots for the introduction of individual electoral registrations; and if he will make a statement.
Greg Clark
The Government published its results in March 2012 and July 2013 and can be found at:
The Electoral Commission also produced their assessment of the pilots. Their reports can be found at:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what use his Department has made of the National Wellbeing Index introduced by the Office for National Statistics in formulating policy since the introduction of that Index in 2011; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve national wellbeing as defined in that Index since 2010.
Norman Lamb
The Department has worked closely with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on the development of the Measuring National Wellbeing Framework. Given the experimental nature of the data it is too early to use it specifically to formulate policy. However, some examples of relevant work taken forward by the Department include:
– working in partnership with ONS to include a measure of mental wellbeing into the Measuring National Wellbeing Framework;
– including wellbeing questions on a range of health surveys, for example the Health Survey for England, Health Behaviours of School-aged Children, the trial of a local level survey of 15 year olds, and the current wave of the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey;
– including wellbeing as a key indicator in the Public Health Outcomes Framework;
– publishing a narrative and a series of factsheets on why wellbeing matters to health policy;
– publishing a report on the predictors of wellbeing across the lifecourse;
– conducting two wellbeing workshops with policy makers to allow them to consider their policies from a wellbeing perspective; and
– co-founding a collaborative studentship with the University of Warwick on positive genetics using twin data to explore how genetics are related to wellbeing.
Wellbeing will also be considered in the forthcoming Chief Medical Officer’s annual report.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hilary Benn on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have currently been waiting (a) up to one month, (b) one to two months, (c) two to three months, (d) three to four months, (e) four to five months and (f) more than six months for their appeal against their being deemed fit for work to be determined.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The First-tier Tribunal—Social Security and Child Support (SSCS), administered by HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits including a person’s entitlement to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
Whilst a work capability assessment (WCA) can be a key factor in an ESA decision, it is not the only consideration. Appeals are brought against ESA refusals, and not WCA decisions themselves. The Tribunal does not record information on those ESA appeals in which the WCA decision is a factor, and as such HMCTS does not hold the specific information requested.
Information on appeals against ESA decisions is published by HMCTS in Tribunal Statistics Quarterly. The most recent report for the period January to March 2014, published on 12 June 2014, can be viewed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2014
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Harrow West’s letter of 2 June 2014 regarding Mr Abdi Kadir Mumin of Harrow; and if he will make a statement.
Mike Penning
I wrote to the hon. Member on 10 June 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-10.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who were classified as self-employed and who claimed Working Families Tax Credits (WFTC) in 2010 still claimed WFTC in 2013.
Nicky Morgan
Working Family Tax Credit was abolished in 2003 and replaced by Child Tax Credits (CTC) and Working Tax Credits (WTC).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug trials have taken place in the UK in each of the last three years.
Norman Lamb
The numbers of applications received by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s Clinical Trials Unit for clinical trials of medicinal products over the past three financial years is shown in the following table:
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Financial Year |
Total trials |
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2011-12 |
920 |
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2012-13 |
935 |
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2013-14 |
989 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Evans on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in police dog numbers in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK in the last five years.
Damian Green
The Home Office does not hold this information centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria his Department uses to evaluate tenders to provide Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
Norman Lamb
NHS England has responsibility for commissioning Tier 4 (in-patient) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Tiers 1-3 CAMHS are commissioned locally by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).
As with all procurement exercises undertaken by the National Health Service, there will be a clear service specification and evaluation criteria will be developed specific to the requirements of the service being tendered. Providers will then be able to submit a response, which NHS England or the CCG will assess and make a decision based on the outcome.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Elfyn Llwyd on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of probation staff have received training in sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
Jeremy Wright
Sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, which were inserted by virtue of section 111 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012,have been included in the curriculum of the Probation Qualification Framework since 2012.
The Home Office has funded the development and delivery of a training package on stalking for frontline professionals which is been delivered by Women’s Aid, in collaboration with Paladin, the National Stalking Advocacy Service. This training is currently taking place nationwide. The training material is also available for use by organisations and agencies to deliver sessions themselves.
Training details relating to probation staff are held locally, but have not been collected centrally and could not be collected without incurring disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of each type of benefit were sanctioned and for what period by Warrington Jobcentre in each year since 2010.
Esther McVey
The information requested on the duration of benefit sanctions is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The available information on the number of individuals with an adverse benefit sanction is shown in the table below.
Number of individuals with an adverse benefit sanction in Warrington Jobcentre Plus office: 2010 – 2013
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Year |
Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) |
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) |
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2010 |
1,121 |
146 |
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2011 |
912 |
45 |
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2012 |
1,436 |
36 |
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2013 |
1,488 |
55 |
Source: DWP Information, Governance and Security Directorate: Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database.
Notes:
1. Statistical disclosure control has been applied to protect against the identification of individual claimants.
2. Figures for Income Support Lone Parents are not available by Jobcentre Plus office.
3. The number of benefit sanctions applied is the number of sanction or disallowance referrals where the decision was found against the claimant.
4. Data refers to January to December in each year shown.
5. New regulations introduced a new revised sanctions regime for JSA and ESA claimants from 22nd October and 3rd December 2012 respectively.
6. This data is published at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
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