Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

533635

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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	Jobcentres: Oldham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to (a) close or (b) change the functions of the Jobcentre Plus facility in Oldham town centre.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	42154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department is in the process of reviewing all of its estates requirements as the current contract for most of the estate comes to an end on 31 March 2018. No decision has been made on the future of Oldham Jobcentre Plus by the Department.</p><p>Commercial negotiations are underway on the entirety of our estate at this time and it is not appropriate to comment further on individual sites while negotiations are in progress.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/07/2016 13:56:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

533636

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are concurrently claiming employment and support allowance and personal independence payments for long-term and degenerative conditions.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	42125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2016 answer text <p>In March 2016 approximately 6,600 Employment and Support Allowance claimants with a long-term and degenerative condition as their primary condition also received Personal Independence Payment.</p><p>‘Long-term and degenerative conditions’ include cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, other rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson’s disease and spinal muscular atrophy.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/07/2016 13:14:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

533637

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of his Department's capacity to manage the appeals and review process for personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	42126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Departmental analysts forecast projected volumes of Personal Independence Payment Mandatory Reconsiderations and appeals; these projections are used to determine staffing requirements. The assessment of the Department’s capacity to handle volumes is determined from current deployment, planned recruitment and attrition rates. The information is updated, reported and reviewed on a monthly basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/07/2016 14:01:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

533638

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department carried out an assessment prior to the introduction of personal independence payments for existing disability living allowance recipients of the effect of that introduction on advice services such as Citizens Advice Bureaux.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	42127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>No specific such assessment was carried out.</p><p> </p><p>Citizens Advice Bureaux have been, and continue to be, members of the Personal Independence Payment Implementation Stakeholder Forum and regularly engage with the Department on PIP issues.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/07/2016 12:17:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

533435

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on supporting disabled people through (a) the work programme and (b) work choice in (i) each year since 2010 and (ii) total since the introduction of those schemes; and what the total cost of support over the lifetime of the two programmes is estimated to be.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	42016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>The figures represent the annual expenditure on Work Choice provision from 2010-11 to 2015-16 and estimated spend from 2016/17 to the end of the programme, based on the existing contracts.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that with effect from 2015/16, Work Choice provision also includes costs for the Remploy contract. It is not possible to provide information for the amount spent on supporting disabled people through the work programme as this cannot be separately identified.</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 £32m</p><p>2011-12 £79m</p><p>2012-13 £83m</p><p>2013-14 £86m</p><p>2014-15 £88m</p><p>2015-16 £124m</p><p> </p><p>Total to 2015/16: £492m.</p><p> </p><p>The total over the life of the Work Choice programme is currently estimated to be £645m.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/07/2016 14:26:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

533436

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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, what assessment he has made of the effect of in-work conditionality under universal credit on the number of people offered (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	42028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The in-work progression Randomised Control Trial is currently being expanded following a successful proof of concept stage. It is too early to provide any assessment of its impact.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/07/2016 15:41:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

533437

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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: Appeals
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 30 June 2016 to Question 41331, how many decisions taken on claims for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment have been taken to mandatory reconsideration in (i) Birkenhead and (ii) the UK in each of the past five years; and how many of those mandatory reconsiderations have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	42057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>The data for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations which have resulted in a decision being changed can be found at:</p><p>Employment and Support Allowance</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/530530/esa-wca-mr-summary-june-2016-tables-version2.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/530530/esa-wca-mr-summary-june-2016-tables-version2.ods</a></p><p>Personal Independence Payment</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528662/pip-registrations-and-clearances-apr-2016.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528662/pip-registrations-and-clearances-apr-2016.xls</a></p><p>The breakdown of data you have requested for Birkenhead can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/07/2016 16:42:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

533438

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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	Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the value for money provided by Motability to (a) disabled people and (b) the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	42110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Motability is an independent charitable organisation, wholly responsible for the Motability Scheme. More detailed information about the operation of the Scheme can be requested from the Director of Motability, Motability, Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow, Essex, CM19 5PX.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not provide any funding to Motability so the Scheme does not come at a direct cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/07/2016 12:29:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna