Ian Swales

Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Redcar

First elected: 6th May 2010

Left House: 30th March 2015 (Retired)


Ian Swales is not a member of any APPGs
Public Accounts Committee
12th Jul 2010 - 30th Jun 2014
European Scrutiny Committee
26th Jul 2010 - 25th Nov 2013


Division Voting information

Ian Swales has voted in 911 divisions, and 23 times against the majority of their Party.

26 Jan 2015 - Infrastructure Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 15 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 26 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 245 Noes - 293
1 Dec 2014 - Criminal Justice and Courts Bill - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 1 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 40 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 194
13 May 2014 - Consumer Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 2 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 38 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 228 Noes - 281
14 Jan 2014 - Offender Rehabilitation Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 7 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 42 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 247 Noes - 313
26 Nov 2013 - Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 1 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 39 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 271
11 Nov 2013 - Offender Rehabilitation Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 3 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 42 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 269
29 Aug 2013 - Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 10 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 32 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 285
18 Jun 2013 - Financial Transaction Tax and Economic and Monetary Union - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 1 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 44 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 215 Noes - 311
18 Apr 2012 - Finance (No. 4) Bill - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 4 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 33 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 260 Noes - 295
12 Mar 2012 - Backbench Business Committee - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 13 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 27 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 186
12 Mar 2012 - Backbench Business Committee - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 13 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 20 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 101 Noes - 166
21 Feb 2012 - Welfare Reform Bill - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 9 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 36 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 263
1 Feb 2012 - Welfare Reform Bill - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 8 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 44 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 324 Noes - 265
1 Feb 2012 - Welfare Reform Bill - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 6 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 48 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 266
1 Feb 2012 - Welfare Reform Bill - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 12 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 37 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 268
2 Nov 2011 - Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 10 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 40 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 238 Noes - 301
2 Nov 2011 - Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 6 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 36 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 233 Noes - 298
25 Oct 2011 - Public Bodies Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 2 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 31 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 235 Noes - 287
13 Oct 2011 - Procedure Committee Reports - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 3 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 22 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 63 Noes - 206
14 Sep 2011 - Energy Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 12 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 32 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 128 Noes - 278
22 Jun 2011 - Smoking in Private Vehicles - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 7 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 11 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 78 Noes - 66
9 Dec 2010 - Higher Education Fees - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 21 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 27 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 323 Noes - 302
9 Dec 2010 - Higher Education Fees - View Vote Context
Ian Swales voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 21 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 27 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 323 Noes - 302
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All Debates

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
David Gauke (Independent)
(39 debate interactions)
Shabana Mahmood (Labour)
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
(33 debate interactions)
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative)
Foreign Secretary
(26 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
HM Treasury
(270 debate contributions)
Department for Education
(36 debate contributions)
Department for Transport
(32 debate contributions)
Department for Work and Pensions
(29 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Ian Swales has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debate
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Redcar Petitions

e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.

If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.

If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).

Ian Swales has not participated in any petition debates

Latest EDMs signed by Ian Swales

Ian Swales has not signed any Early Day Motions

Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Ian Swales, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Ian Swales has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Ian Swales has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

1 Bill introduced by Ian Swales


The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Chancellor of the Exchequer to lay before Parliament an independent report on methods for supporting the domestic bioethanol production industry; and for connected purposes

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Commons
Wednesday 12th October 2011

Ian Swales has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 24 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
2 Other Department Questions
19th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the value and proportion of UK content of the forthcoming Race Bank offshore windfarm.

The Department does not estimate the value and proportion of UK content of individual offshore windfarms.

19th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the value and proportion of the UK content of each completed UK offshore wind farm is.

The Department does not require Developers to submit to it the value and proportion of the UK content for each completed UK offshore wind farm. However, many Developers already report on the UK content of their wind farms and it is a priority for Government to support the development of a UK-based supply chain for offshore wind and to increase the UK content of wind farms.

12th Jun 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on redundancy payments for special advisers since May 2010.

The Government publishes annual statements on special adviser numbers and paybill costs, including severance pay. Information for each financial year going back to 2010/11 is available at the following links: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-adviser-data-releases-numbers-and-costs-october-2013

12th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on redundancy payments for special advisers since May 2010.

The Government publishes annual statements on special adviser numbers and paybill costs, including severance pay. Information for each financial year going back to 2010/11 is available at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-adviser-data-releases-numbers-and-costs

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-adviser-data-releases-numbers-and-costs-october-2013

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency will include small and medium-sized enterprises in the procurement process for its contract to manage direct debit payments for vehicle tax discs.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) will deliver direct debits for vehicle excise duty in two phases. Initially, the DVLA will partly use its existing contract for IT service provision with elements being subcontracted via an open competition which will include small/medium enterprise interest.

The full strategic solution will be pursued in an open competition which will start in 2015. This open competition will also invite interest from Government frameworks which support small/medium enterprise involvement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency meets the deadline of 1 November 2014 for enabling payment for vehicle tax discs by direct debit.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has in place a dedicated project team which is working on the systems and other changes needed to deliver direct debits for vehicle excise duty. Progress is being monitored in line with departmental governance procedures.

22nd Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on bank transfer transactions for each type of benefit and pension payment in the last financial year; and what the total cost was of those transfers.

DWP can provide a total figure for UK benefit bank transfers for 2013/14 (including pensions) by BACS, broken down by benefit as follows:

Benefit

Volume

Banking Costs

ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE (AA) (inc Overseas)

14,914,870

£65,625.43

DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE (DLA) (inc Overseas)

47,522,463

£209,098.84

EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND (ESF)

288

£1.27

CARERS ALLOWANCE (CA) (inc Overseas)

27,066,880

£119,094.27

INCAPACITY BENEFIT (INCAP)

10,093,974

£44,413.49

INCOME SUPPORT (IS)

146,845,498

£646,120.19

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES (IIDB)

11,975,719

£52,693.16

OVERSEAS DIVISION (ODIIDB)

73,828

£324.84

JSA

30,546,139

£134,403.01

MORTGAGE DIRECT (JSA MD)

239,080

£1,051.95

LPS

71,171

£313.15

LPS MID

1,900

£8.36

MORTGAGE DIRECT (MI)

1,299,364

£5,717.20

RETIREMENT PENSIONS

339,855,838

£1,495,365.69

THIRD PARTY PAYMENTS (TPP)

44,715

£196.75

WINTER FUEL NEW RULE (WFNR)

953,886

£4,197.10

SOCIAL FUND (SF)

1,157,008

£5,090.84

DWP ESA MID

617,369

£2,716.42

DWP ESA

44,349,674

£195,138.57

DWP CPS LOCAL PAYMENTS

1,930,311

£8,493.37

PIP

282,631

£1,243.58

Universal Credit

13,556

£59.65

Benefits Total

679,559,975

£2,990,063.89

Excluding CSA/SPVA/CMS

686,118,046

£3,018,919.40

TOTAL BACS

699,386,621

£3,077,301.13

The Department does not have the breakdown for Faster Payments by benefit type, however the total volume figure of payments is 3,261,640 and a transaction value of £526,273.

12th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the Cancer Drugs Fund was spent on pancreatic cancer drugs in each year since 2010.

NHS England has advised that there is currently one anti-cancer therapy available through the Cancer Drugs Fund that is used in pancreatic cancers. This is Abraxane (albumin bound paclitaxel).

NHS England has estimated that, since Abraxane was added to the national Cancer Drugs Fund list in March 2014, the estimated spend in that financial year was approximately £13,000.

Based on current application rates for this drug, NHS England estimates that approximately £4.09 million will be spent on this drug in 2014-15.

Prior to April 2013, information on the indication for which a cancer drug was provided through the Fund was not collected.

5th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses have been recruited by the NHS in England from (a) the UK, (b) other EU member states and (c) outside the EU in each of the last five years.

The Department does not hold information on the number of nurses recruited by the National Health Service in England from the United Kingdom and other EU member states and outside the European Union in each of the last five years.

It is the responsibility of each NHS organisation to determine how many nurses it employs and from where these nurses are recruited.

The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), holds data on the nationality of staff working in the NHS as at 30 September 2013, the latest published data available. September data for the years 2009 to 2014 inclusive will be published, for the first time, by the HSCIC on 23 January.

The information as at September 2013 is set out in the table below:

Hospital and Community Health services: Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, by nationality

England

Headcount

British

269,390

Other EU

12,347

Rest of the World

27,792

Unknown

38,415

Total

347,944

Notes:

These statistics relate to the contracted positions within English NHS organisations and may include those where the person assigned to the position is temporarily absent, for example on maternity leave.

Data Quality:

It should be noted that well over 100,000 staff do not have a specified nationality in the whole data set which included all staff so the figures above do not show the exact numbers of each nationality, but rather an indication of the numbers with known nationalities.

Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Provisional NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) monthly workforce statistics.

5th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are being trained by the NHS.

The number of pre-registration nursing places (degree and diploma courses) that were filled as at 31 March 2014 was 17,568.

In December 2014, Health Education England published their Workforce Plan for England which includes their planned Education and Training Commissions for 2015/16.

17th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that off-patent bisphosphonate drugs are made routinely available for the new indication of preventing breast cancer spreading to the bone.

Research led by the University of Sheffield on the effects of bisphosphonate treatment on recurrence and cause-specific mortality in women with early breast cancer was presented in 2013. We understand that NHS England’s Breast Cancer Clinical Reference Group plans to incorporate this research into guidance it will be publishing in 2015.

23rd Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to health technology appraisal committees on application of NICE's end of life criteria when appraising treatments for patients with terminal illness.

The Department has not issued any such guidance. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is an independent body and is responsible for the development of its methods and processes.

26th Sep 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the effect of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's three-month end-of-life threshold on the number of treatments for advanced pancreatic cancer.

Since the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued its supplementary advice to its appraisal committees on the appraisal of life extending, end-of-life treatments in January 2009, NICE has not published final technology appraisal guidance on any treatments for advanced pancreatic cancer.

NICE is currently developing technology appraisal guidance on two treatments for pancreatic cancer:

- Abraxane (paclitaxel) in combination with gemcitabine for treating previously untreated metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas (final guidance is expected in January 2015); and

- Theraloc (nimotuzumab) for the first line treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer (final guidance is expected in August 2015).

26th Sep 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drugs were approved by the Cancer Drugs Fund and subsequently rejected by NICE in the last 12 months.

Since 1 September 2013, no cancer drugs have been added to the national list of approved cohort policies for drugs available through the Cancer Drugs Fund and subsequently not been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in final technology appraisal guidance.

12th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on redundancy payments for special advisers since May 2010.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), to today's Parliamentary Question 200473.

22nd Oct 2014
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on bank transfer transactions for tax credits and tax refunds in the last financial year.

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) includes information on bank charges in its annual report and accounts (Page 138 Other Administration Costs and Page 140 Programme Costs):

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/330670/HMRC-annual-report-2013-14.pdf

23rd Oct 2014
G4S
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether G4S records (a) telephone calls made to it by asylum seekers who have ended the call as they have not been able to explain that they need an interpreter and (b) all other telephone calls received in connection with its contract to deliver accommodation for asylum seekers.

All providers are required under the COMPASS contracts to provide a minimum level of support to asylum seekers accommodated in their properties, this includes briefing the service user in a language that they understand, on how to contact the provider and the Home Office to make complaints.

G4S does make a record of all telephone calls they receive from asylum applicants accommodated in their property and refers service users to their interpreters where it is clear that an interpreter is required.

22nd Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure complaints submitted by asylum seekers to G4S sub-contractors have been passed on to G4S by those sub-contractors.

The COMPASS contract lays down requirements for accommodation standards and for the receipt of enquiries and complaints from service users. The providers are contractually required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation to comply with relevant mandatory and statutory requirements in relation to housing, including the Housing Act 2004 and the Decent Home standards.

G4S provide a 24-hour helpline which provides support, advice and opportunity to raise complaints for service users. In addition, G4S and the Home Office conduct regular accommodation inspections across G4S’ property portfolio which presents the opportunity to ensure appropriate accommodation standards are being met and that service users are getting the right level of service.

22nd Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to make it possible for asylum seekers to make a complaint without it costing them money to call from their mobile phones.

Complaints regarding the operation of the Asylum system can be made by email or in writing to UK Visas and Immigration.

Information regarding the UK Visas and Immigration complaints procedure and how to contact the Complaints Allocation Hub is available to the public at the following website link:

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure

10th Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that asylum seekers receive face-to-face advice when making or following up a complaint.

Asylum seekers are encouraged to raise any issues they have with the Home Office in person when they attend their reporting office or the asylum screening unit.

Where someone is unhappy with the service provided to them, they are advised to raise this immediately so that the issue can be resolved at the
point where the service was provided. Where someone is not happy with the way their verbal complaint was handled or would like to make a formal complaint they are advised to make a written complaint.

Written complaints are handled by Responder hubs who aim to respond to the complainant within 20 working days following an investigation of their complaint. All complaints are acknowledged and contact information is provided both at the initial stage and at the outcome.

Advice on how to make a complaint is available on the Home Office website at: www.gov.uk/visas-immigration. Leaflets and posters providing this information are displayed in most Home Office premises open to the public.

12th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of redundancy payments for special advisers in her Department has been since May 2010.

No redundancy payments have been made to special advisers in the Home Office since May 2010.

12th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on redundancy payments for special advisers since May 2010.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Mr Maude) on 19 June 2014 (Official Report, column 678W).

5th Feb 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighting jobs are not front line in each fire authority.

We do not hold this information centrally.

Information on staff strength and roles, by fire and rescue authority, is published annually in the Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics bulletin. The latest figures refer to end March 2014, and are available in Tables 3a and 3b of following publication:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics-bulletin-for-england-2013-to-2014

Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons