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registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister's press release of 18 August 2014, what steps he is taking to assess the impact of his Department's policies on the family.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	1204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014 through the publication of guidance for officials - <strong> </strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Family Test Guidance</strong></a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The objective of the Test is to introduce a family perspective to the policy making process, specifically to make the potential impacts on family functioning and relationships explicit.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has applied the Test to a number of policies and is also working to embed the Test across Government.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/06/2015 11:19:31 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

348321

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Statutory Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of changes in employment retention levels since changes to the percentage threshold scheme for statutory sick pay were introduced on 6 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has not undertaken a formal assessment of changes in employment retention levels since changes to the percentage threshold scheme for statutory sick pay were introduced on 6 April 2014. The Impact Assessment supporting this change reflects that the removal of the scheme will not precipitate illegal discrimination by employers against employees with poor sickness records. If employees should suffer such discrimination then there are legal protections in place.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/06/2015 15:49:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348331

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Rutherglen and Hamilton West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit recipients have been sanctioned in Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	1016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested, broken down by geography and reason, is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/06/2015 13:58:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

348334

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many homeless households living in temporary accommodation will be affected by the reduction of the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1043 1044 1045 question first answered 10/06/2015 11:34:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

348336

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children living in temporary accommodation will be affected by the reduction of the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1042 1044 1045 question first answered 10/06/2015 11:34:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

348337

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of carer's allowance will be affected by the reduction of the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1042 1043 1045 question first answered 10/06/2015 11:34:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

348339

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual saving to the public purse net of additional costs incurred by local authorities from reduction of the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1042 1043 1044 question first answered 10/06/2015 11:34:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

348368

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the discretionary housing payments budget when the reduced benefit cap is introduced.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Details of the policy will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2015 11:55:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

348388

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to continue the Targeted Affordability Fund beyond financial year 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have already made available a total of £140 million in Targeted Affordability Funding during 2014/15 and 2015/16. We will advise of any further plans for Targeted Affordability Funding in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/06/2015 14:44:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348393

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many citizens of other EU member states receive (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not collect information on the EU citizenship status of claimants for Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 911 question first answered 10/06/2015 11:02:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman