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506245

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has contributed to the Your first EURES job scheme; how many vacancies have been filled under that scheme in the UK since 2012; and how many UK workers have found work in the EU under that scheme.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	32925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government has not contributed any financial resources to the Your First EURES Job project. As this project is led by the EU Commission, the UK Government does not collect or hold information relating to the number of EU job seekers that have found jobs in the UK, or the number of UK jobseekers that have found work elsewhere in the EU through Your First EURES Job.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/04/2016 08:13:50 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

506314

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	British Steel: Pension Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the security of pensions invested in the British Steel pension fund.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	33198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The government continues to work closely with Tata on the future for the members of the British Steel pension fund. Members of defined benefit occupational pension schemes in the UK are covered by a robust framework of protection.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/04/2016 16:24:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

506761

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Lifetime ISA will be included in assessments of savings under universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	33179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Further details about how the Lifetime ISA will work will be announced in the autumn. Following this the Government will confirm how it will be treated for Universal Credit purposes.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/04/2016 14:31:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

506763

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2016 to Question 31791, on employment and support allowance: inflammatory bowel disease, how many of those claimants started receiving employment and support allowance before 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	33135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The number of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants in August 2015 with Inflammatory Bowel Disease recorded as their main disabling condition, with a claim start date prior to 2010, in England is 340 and in Wales is 30.</p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP 100% data.</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>The data is at August 2015, which is the latest available information.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/04/2016 14:35:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

506766

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment: Strokes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many stroke survivors are currently in receipt of the personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	33027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment claims in payment, including by detailed medical condition, are published on Gov.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/04/2016 15:48:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

506767

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Strokes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many stroke survivors are in (a) receipt of employment and support allowance and (b) the work-related activity group.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	33028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/04/2016 14:20:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

506768

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	National Insurance Contributions
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 estimate (a) the number of employers who have passed the full increase in national insurance contributions associated with the Pensions Act 2014 on to their employees, (b) the number of employees who have been affected by those changes, (c) the change in real terms to the take-home pay of such staff as a result of those changes and (d) the number of employers who are making profits to a sufficient level that there is no need to use the override facility incorporated within that Act.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	33090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested in parts (a),(b) and (d) of the question. In relation to part (c), the Pension Act 2014 Impact Assessment (May 2014) contains relevant information:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311316/pensions-act-ia-annex-a-single-tier-state-pension.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311316/pensions-act-ia-annex-a-single-tier-state-pension.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In particular, table 5.2 shows the monthly increase in individual National Insurance contributions as a result of ending DB contracting-out, expressed in 2013/14 earnings terms on the assumption that the increased cost to the employer is passed on in full.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2016 12:13:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

506771

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days it took his Department to answer hon. Members' correspondence on average in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015 and (d) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	32952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office publishes information on the performance of Departments and agencies on handling correspondence from hon. Members and peers annually by way of a written statement.</p><p> </p><p>The information for the years that is available, 2013 and 2014, are in the Official Record (13 May 2014: Column 17WS and 3 Jun 2015: Column 15WS, respectively).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/04/2016 12:27:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

506773

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many allegations of fraudulent benefit claims have been reported by members of the public in each year since 2010; and by what means such allegations were reported.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	32920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 32921 question first answered 18/04/2016 14:21:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506774

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many allegations of fraudulent benefit claims made by members of the public led to (a) benefits being stopped and (b) prosecutions in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	32921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 32920 question first answered 18/04/2016 14:21:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie