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Tackling Poverty in the UK (10 Jun 2010)

Teresa Pearce: I am grateful to the House and to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me this opportunity to speak here for the first time. I have listened carefully to the debate, and I extend my congratulations to the hon. Members who have made varied, interesting and eloquent speeches. This is the first maiden speech by a Member for Erith and Thamesmead, as my predecessor, John Austin, made his maiden...

Written Answers — Leader of the House: Members' Staff: Training (22 Jun 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Leader of the House if he will discuss with the House authorities the establishment of a human resources department to handle professional training for the staff of hon. Members.

[Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Epilepsy Services (12 Oct 2010)

Teresa Pearce: The Minister mentioned information for patients, but one area of concern that has not been mentioned today is that involving women of child-bearing age. Currently, such women are meant to be counselled by their GPs, but sometimes that counselling is patchy or non-existent. One successful drug creates a significant increase in baby malformations, so a woman who finds herself pregnant must...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Child Benefit (19 Oct 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effects of the proposal to withdraw child benefit from households where a parent earns over £44,000 per year on women who look after children full-time and receive national insurance credits towards their state pension through child benefit.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Student Loans Company (19 Oct 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the monetary value was of loans made by the Student Loans Company in each of the last five years; and what he expects the monetary value to be of loans made in each of the next five years.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Comprehensive Spending Review (20 Oct 2010)

Teresa Pearce: The Chancellor has told us that we can expect 490,000 public sector jobs to go in the next five years, while PricewaterhouseCoopers has made an expert estimate that another half a million private sector jobs will go. How does putting out of work 1 million people, who will no longer pay tax and will add to the jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit budgets, cut the deficit and add to growth?

Written Answers — Health: Epilepsy (22 Oct 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what epilepsy awareness training is provided to paramedics working in the National Health Service.

Written Answers — Health: Epilepsy (25 Oct 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent discussions he has had with representatives of epilepsy groups on the future of epilepsy services in the National Health Service; (2) whether he plans to take steps to ensure that proposed GP consortia comply with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on services for people with epilepsy; (3) what...

Written Answers — Health: Epilepsy: Pregnancy (25 Oct 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to encourage GPs to comply with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's recommendation in the proposed Quality and Outcomes Framework for 2011-12 for GPs to talk to women with epilepsy about drug risk during pregnancy.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education and Student Finance Independent Review (25 Oct 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposals in the Browne review of higher education on future graduates who are (a) men and (b) women.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Winter Fuel Payment: Erith and Thamesmead (25 Oct 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many residents of Erith and Thamesmead constituency in receipt of winter fuel payment are higher rate tax payers.

Parliament (Amendment): Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill (26 Oct 2010)

Teresa Pearce: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak about clause 1 of this Bill today. In 2005, the child trust funds were launched in an attempt to build financial education and encourage habitual saving. The scheme was progressive in that it gave additional financial help to those who needed it most, with larger sums given to children from low-income families, children with no families-those in...

Written Answers — Transport: Crossrail ( 2 Nov 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in which year he expects the Crossrail line to open.

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation ( 2 Nov 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the law on independent taxation.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Finance ( 2 Nov 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what financial impact assessment his Department undertook on the decision to reduce the funding available for teaching in higher education institutions; and what estimate his Department has made of the number of higher education (a) institutions, (b) departments and (c) courses likely to close as a result of this decision.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Fraud ( 2 Nov 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria will be used to determine the awarding of contracts to private sector companies to implement the fraud prevention techniques referred in the Government's fraud and error strategy; and at what level performance-related pay for such services will be set.

Written Answers — Treasury: Social Security Benefits: Fraud ( 4 Nov 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what methodology his Department uses to calculate its estimate of the annual sum lost through fraud in the welfare system.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Fraud ( 4 Nov 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many calls the National Benefit Fraud Hotline received in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those calls were referred to (a) the Fraud Investigation Service and (b) Customer Compliance each year.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection ( 8 Nov 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of posts to be deleted in HM Revenue and Customs as a result of the implementation of proposals to transfer debt collection services to private sector agencies.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Fraud ( 8 Nov 2010)

Teresa Pearce: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to his Department's publication Tackling Fraud and Error in the Benefit and Tax Credits Systems, page 20, paragraph 6, on customer segmentation analysis, what proportion of customers are classified as organised criminals.


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