MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
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Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Children: Maintenance (1 May 2018)
Kit Malthouse: The number of paying parents with maintenance arrears, and the corresponding amount of money outstanding of such arrears as of December 2017 for both Scotland and the constituency of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath is outlined in the table below. Number of paying parents with Maintenance arrears Amount of Maintenance Arrears (£m) Scotland 8,940 13.2 Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 240...
Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Cold Weather Payments: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (29 Mar 2018)
Kit Malthouse: The Cold Weather Payment scheme is administered at weather station level rather than any other standard GB geography such as constituency level. The coverage area for each weather station is determined by the Met Office which assesses the most appropriate weather station for each postcode area. Cold Weather Payments are triggered when the average temperature recorded at the weather station...
Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Occupational Pensions: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (7 Jul 2020)
Guy Opperman: ...Scheme. This is because the necessary information is collected at employee level only on claims where 100 or more staff are furloughed. An estimate of the number of employees resident in the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency that are no longer making employee pension contributions, via their employers payroll, is not currently available and to provide one would incur...
Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq Committee of Inquiry (22 Nov 2013)
David Cameron: The former Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Mr Brown), appointed the members of the Iraq Inquiry Committee. Opposition leaders were consulted. The Inquiry is independent of Government. The Inquiry Committee has had full access to all documents relevant to its work, including records of Cabinet level discussions and notes and records of discussions between...
Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment: Scotland (6 Jul 2018)
Sarah Newton: For Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions made in 2016/17 (the most recent period available to allow for most appeals to have been completed), the number of appeals in the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency and Scotland were as follows: Decision Maintained Decision Overturned Total Appeals Total Decisions Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 60 100 160 2150 Scotland 3,460...
Isil: Tax Avoidance (HSBC) (23 Feb 2015)
George Osborne: Well, we have taken a much more aggressive approach. As a result, prosecutions are up fivefold. I have the following parliamentary answer from the then Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Mr Brown), and this is what he told the House: “Where serious tax fraud has been committed, the Board”— the Inland Revenue board— “may accept a money settlement...
Space Policy: House of Lords Reform (14 Jan 2016)
Peter Grant: I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman recalls that, last time there was a major review of the boundaries in Scotland, the Kingdom of Fife was reduced from five parliamentary constituencies to four. The then Member of Parliament for Dunfermline, East, by the name of Gordon Brown, found himself without an obvious successor seat. The MP for Kirkcaldy agreed to retire from the House, Mr Brown...
[Mr Nigel Evans in the Chair] — Child Suicide Bombers (13 Oct 2015)
Jim Shannon: It is a pleasure to be called to speak in this debate, Mr Evans, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Roger Mullin) on securing it and on giving us chance to participate. As I said to you, Mr Evans, and to the shadow Minister and the Minister, I have another Committee to go to, so I apologise for having to leave early. That does not take away from the debate’s...
Scottish Parliament: Scottish-Polish Connection (28 Oct 2009)
Tricia Marwick: I, too, congratulate Shirley-Anne Somerville on securing the debate and on the way in which she presented both the historical context and the current situation. In an excellent debate, we have heard some very good speeches from all sides of the chamber. Growing up in Cowdenbeath, I went to school with many people with Polish names and many of my friends came from the Polish community. In...
Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Defence: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (20 Jul 2015)
Philip Dunne: The value of Ministry of Defence contracts placed in each of the last five financial years with suppliers in the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency is given below. Year Current total value of contracts (£ million) 2010-11 4.9 2011-12 1.3 2012-13 1.8 2013-14 2.6 2014-15 42.7 The analysis is based on direct contracts with suppliers where the billing address has a postcode in...
Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq Committee of Inquiry (12 Nov 2013)
Elfyn Llwyd: ...November 2013 to him, published on the Iraq Inquiry website (1) if he will disclose to the Iraq Inquiry the 25 notes from the right hon. Tony Blair to President Bush, referred to in that letter; and if he will make a statement; (2) on which date the Iraq Inquiry requested the Cabinet Secretary to disclose records of conversations between the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and...
Business of the House: Remploy (4 Jul 2013)
Thomas Docherty: First, may I echo the positive message from my right hon. Friend the Member for Stirling (Mrs McGuire) about the advance notice given? That certainly compares very favourably with the MOD. On Cowdenbeath Remploy, there will be great disappointment in my constituency and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Glenrothes (Lindsay Roy), and the Minister knows the excellent work done by us and...
Petitions: Referendum on the EU Constitution (27 Feb 2008)
Bob Spink: I understand entirely and appreciate that you are always generous, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I shall therefore draw my comments to an end. The petition, which I welcome and support, states: The Petition of Councillor Alan Wood and residents of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and surrounding areas, Declares that the Prime Minister has no mandate to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon and cites as firm evidence a...
Debate on the Address: Education and Local Services (27 Jun 2017)
Lesley Laird: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak in today’s debate. Before looking forward, I want to take a few moments to pause and reflect on the maiden speeches made by Members of Parliament who have represented Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath before me. My predecessor Roger Mullin served the constituency from June 2015 to May 2017, and in his maiden speech he quoted...
Diabetes Prevention (Soft Drinks): Clause 1 — Charge for 2012-13 and rates for 2012-13 and subsequent tax years (18 Apr 2012)
Karl McCartney: ...Darling). Many of us suspect, however, that at the top of that economically discredited Labour Government, the then Prime Minister, who is now much missed in his absence, the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Mr Brown), had a more political plan, perhaps with three prongs. First, the 50p tax rate was a bone to throw to the Opposition’s political masters who run the...
Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Kirkcaldy (7 Feb 2011)
Gordon Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of the working age population of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency are in receipt of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) unemployment allowance, (c) carer's allowance, (d) disability living allowance, (e) widow's or bereavement benefit and (f) other income support.
Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Fife (18 Jul 2016)
Roger Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants were sanctioned more than once in (a) Fife and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14, (iv) 2014-15 and (v) 2015-16.
Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Employment Schemes: Scotland (12 Sep 2016)
Roger Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of people in the workfare programme in (i) Fife and (ii) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency moved into full-time employment in each of the last five years.
Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Employment and Support Allowance: Scotland (16 Apr 2018)
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people making a claim for employment and support allowance have waited over one year for a medical assessment in (a) Scotland and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in the last five years.
Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Employment and Support Allowance: Scotland (16 Apr 2018)
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants have been successful on appeal at tribunal against decisions to reject those claims in (a) Scotland and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in each of the last three years.