Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mandatory reconsiderations for tax credits which were undertaken by Concentrix took (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (i) nine, (j) 10 and (k) more than 10 weeks in each year since that company has been contracted by the Department.
Answered by David Gauke
The information requested is not available in the form requested.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Help to Buy mortgages have been refused by the Government despite being accepted by the participating bank.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The Government has established a criteria of eligibility for Help to Buy mortgages for participating banks to uphold. The responsibility of approving or rejecting a Help to Buy mortgage is given to participating banks.
There are currently two existing Help to Buy schemes; the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme and the Help to Buy: equity loan scheme. The eligibility criteria for each of these schemes can be found on the Help to Buy website: http://www.helptobuy.org.uk
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Help to Buy mortgages have been declined on the basis of a poor credit rating.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The Government does not collect information on the number of Help to Buy mortgage applications declined on the basis of a poor credit rating.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to hypothecate funds received from the increased fixed-odds betting terminals levy to fund NHS gambling addiction treatment.
Answered by David Gauke
The Responsible Gambling Trust (which is funded by the gambling industry and further donations) expects to distribute £6,292,000 on treatment, education and research in 2014/15. This provides funding to specialist charities, such as GamCare, which provide gambling addiction treatment.