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874718

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she next plans to meet with her counterparts in the Scottish Government to discuss that Government's progress on the timetable for the devolution of social security powers.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	135019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare is attended by Ministers from both Governments, including the Secretary of State, and was set up to oversee the devolution of social security powers. The next meeting is due to take place before the summer recess.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State also answered questions from the Scottish Government’s Social Security Committee at Holyrood on 16 April, regarding the timetable for the devolution of social security powers. In addition, meetings and conversations take place on an ad hoc basis between DWP and Scottish Government Ministers to discuss progress and related matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/04/2018 10:08:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

874884

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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, if he will set out the service delivery standards for universal support.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>DWP asks local authorities to measure the take-up of Universal Support provision.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance, which sets out our expectations around Universal Support, was sent to Local Authorities with their grant-funding offer. The guidance is also published online and can be accessed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-universal-support-201819-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-universal-support-201819-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/04/2018 09:07:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

873523

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Working Conditions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level businesses terminating employment contracts temporarily during building work in those businesses.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Information on businesses terminating employment contracts temporarily during building work is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/04/2018 09:10:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

873544

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Christians against Poverty: Jobclubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to job clubs run by Christians Against Poverty; what the nature of that support is; and at which locations those job clubs are based.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	134658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department works in collaboration with a number of external organisations to ensure claimants are able to access the support they need.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working with Christians Against Poverty (CAP) since April 2012, with CAP offering a wide range of free non contracted provisions that Work Coaches can signpost claimants towards. This includes job clubs, debt help and money management courses to help claimants overcome barriers to employment.</p><p>Relationships with CAP are managed at a local level across the Jobcentre network. Information on the local services provided by CAP is available to staff via our District Provision Tool. This digital tool lists local and national provision and support delivered by Jobcentre Plus, Skills Funding Agency, Skills Development Scotland, Careers Wales, other providers, local authorities, and independent and volunteer organisations.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/04/2018 10:59:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

873756

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants of universal credit have been subject to a deduction in their standard allowance in each of the past twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	134870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 134871 134872 134873 134879 134880 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

873757

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants of monthly awards for universal credit have had greater than 40 per cent of the standard allowance taken in deductions and recoveries during the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	134871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 134870 134872 134873 134879 134880 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

873758

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants have had 40 per cent or more of their standard allowance deducted in (a) one and (b) more than one month, in the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	134872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 134870 134871 134873 134879 134880 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

873759

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants have had (a) 20 per cent and (b) more than 20 per cent of their standard allowance taken off in (i) one and (ii) more than one month in the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	134873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 134870 134871 134872 134879 134880 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

873760

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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, how many and what proportion of universal credit deductions for (a) rent and (b) service charges have been taken at the (i) 20 per cent higher rate, (ii) between 10 per cent and 20 per cent and (iii) the 10 per cent lower rate in the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	134874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 134876 134877 134878 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:51:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

873762

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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 the average rate was of deductions from universal credit for (a) rent and (b) service charges in the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	134876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 134874 134877 134878 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:51:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield