The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2016-05-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the next set of National Diet and Nutrition Survey data is planned to be published.
Jane Ellison
The next report of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey is being prepared and will be published as an Official Statistic; the publication date will be announced in advance in accordance with the Official Statistics Code of Practice.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the benefit cap on the number of workless households.
Justin Tomlinson
I refer the hon.Member to the answer I gave today to Oral Question UIN 901933
The benefit cap is having a long term positive impact on people’s lives, and encouraging them to find work.
Over 60,000 households have been capped since April 2013. As of May 2015, over 40,000 households were no longer subject to the benefit cap. Of those, 16,300 households moved into work.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2014-04-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what education projects her Department is supporting in Nigeria.
Lynne Featherstone
DFID supports five education projects in Nigeria (Education Sector Support Programme, Girls’ Education Programme, Teacher Development Programme, Developing Effective Private Education, and Education Data, Research and Evaluation through which an additional 800,000 children will access better quality schools by 2015.
DFID also supports two further projects through the global Girls’ Education Challenge (Discovery Girls and Educating Nigerian Girls in New Enterprises), through which 48,000 marginalised girls will be supported to access better schools.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department’s review of debt relief orders will be launched.
Jenny Willott
We plan to launch a review of debt relief orders this year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2014-04-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen vocational education in Nigeria.
Lynne Featherstone
DFID recognises the importance of vocational skills training for reducing poverty among young people in Nigeria, and is currently considering options on how best to support the sector to increase the economic opportunities available to marginalised groups of young men and women in six of the poorest states in Northern Nigeria.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review the level of the debt threshold for a creditor bankruptcy petition.
Jenny Willott
We plan to review the debt threshold for a creditor bankruptcy petition this year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2014-04-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to increase the role of the UK further education sector in strengthening vocational education in Nigeria.
Lynne Featherstone
DFID recognises the importance of vocational skills training for reducing poverty among young people in Nigeria, and is currently considering options on how best to support the sector to increase the economic opportunities available to marginalised groups of young men and women in six of the poorest states in Northern Nigeria.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2014-06-16.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times HM Revenue and Customs has met with (a) the Ministry of Justice and (b) the Insolvency Service to discuss the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 reforms to insolvency litigation on creditors since 2012.
Mr David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs regularly meet with other departments as a matter of course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2014-04-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent meetings she has had with representatives of the Nigerian diaspora in the UK on support for entrepreneurship in Nigeria.
Lynne Featherstone
I have not, as yet, had the pleasure of meeting representatives of the Nigerian diaspora in UK. My Department, however, is actively involved in helping improve the investment climate for entrepreneurs in Nigeria, including for Nigerians living abroad. An example of this was our recent support for a review of Nigeria’s Investment Policy which was presented at President Goodluck Jonathan’s Honorary International Investors’ Council held in London last November and which was co-chaired by Baroness Chalker.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2014-06-16.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been made about HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints related to mistakes in calculated tax liability.
Mr David Gauke
The table below shows the number of complaints received by HM Revenue and Customs (excluding the VOA) for each of the years 2009/10 – 2013/14. The figure for 2013/14 will be published in the HMRC Annual Report later this month.
|
Year |
Number of complaints |
|
2009/10 |
71406 |
|
2010/11 |
76721 |
|
2011/12 |
74831 |
|
2012/13 |
67956 |
|
2013/14 |
64729 |
HMRC’s complaints database does not currently distinguish between complaints about mistakes in calculated tax liability from mistakes in other functions. HMRC is developing a robust process for learning from customer’s complaints which aims to reduce or eliminate mistakes made.