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385476

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants had Social Fund Loan repayments wrongly deducted from their benefits in each year since 2010; and how many of those deductions were due to (a) prior full loan repayment and (b) non-existence of the loan.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	4173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not collect this information.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 16:31:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

385515

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households, (b) adults and (c) children have been affected by the benefit cap in each local authority area since the nationwide roll-out in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	4060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of households affected by local authority, family type, and number of children can be found on Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 16:14:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

385516

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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, when he plans to publish an impact assessment on the reduction of the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	4061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 16:23:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

385542

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the claimant would be if income under (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payments was subject to taxation.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	4014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 15:20:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

385599

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment: Ealing
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 end the requirement for residents of Ealing to attend personal independence payment assessments in Deptford; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	Stephen Pound
uin	4112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The requirement placed on the providers delivering Personal Independence Payment assessments is that claimants cannot usually be expected to travel more than 90 minutes by public transport to attend assessments. We expect them to minimise travel times wherever possible but, in scheduling appointments, they need to balance both keeping journey times down and ensuring claimants are assessed in a reasonable time period. The providers have been opening new assessment centres across the country to increase capacity and reduce journey times. Atos opened sites in Harrow on 23 March 2015; Wandsworth on 15 April 2015; and Vauxhall on 29 April 2015. A centre in Twickenham is due to open in July 2015. This will mean less travel for Ealing residents requiring face-to-face assessments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 16:01:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	161 label Biography information for Stephen Pound

384886

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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 estimate he made of savings accruing to the Exchequer from changes to the percentage threshold scheme for statutory sick pay scheme introduced on 6 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The savings from the abolition of the Percentage Threshold Scheme (PTS) of £52M 2014/15 were reinvested to set up Fit for Work and provide a tax exemption of up to £500 per year per employee for medical treatments recommended by Fit for Work or an employer arranged occupational health service. This was based on an independent review[1] into sickness absence which found that PTS provided little incentive to tackle the causes of sickness absence and recommended the new approach.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Dame Carol Black and David Frost conducted an independent review in November 2011 of sickness absence in the UK</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181060/health-at-work.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181060/health-at-work.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 17:05:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

385152

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment: Preston
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 in Preston constituency who applied for personal independence payments in (a) December 2014 and (b) January 2015 (i) have had medical assessments and (ii) are waiting for medical assessments.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	3670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The table below shows the number of claimants who registered a Personal Independence Payment claim in the Parliamentary Constituency of Preston in December 2014 and January 2015 who:</p><p>· have had an assessment by an assessment provider;</p><p>· are still waiting for an assessment by an assessment provider.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>December 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of registrations</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waiting for an assessment by an assessment provider</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Have had an assessment by an assessment provider</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Withdrawn or disallowed prior to a completed assessment by an assessment provider</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: PIP Computer Systems</p><p> </p><p>Note that the figures above relate to:</p><ul><li>New claim registrations only. There were no DLA reassessment claims registered in these months.</li><li>Both claims made under special rules for the terminally ill and those under normal rules i.e. not the terminally ill.</li><li>Claims can be withdrawn by the claimant prior to an assessment by an assessment provider, or disallowed due to non-return of the PIP2 form within the time limit, failure to attend the assessment without good cause or failure of basic eligibility criteria (for example, age criteria, residence and presence).</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 14:02:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

385154

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for his Department and its subsidiary agencies are paid less than the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	3647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>a) All staff directly employed by DWP and its arms length bodies are paid above the Living Wage.</p><p>b) DWP’s temporary agency staff are employed in line with Agency Workers Regulations which ensures parity with directly employed staff after 12 weeks.</p><p>c) There are currently 3,936 outsourced staff working for DWP contractors and their Service Partners who are paid at or below the Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 13:36:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

385156

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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	Jobcentre Plus: Armed Forces Covenant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is given to Jobcentre Plus staff to take account of the Armed Forces Covenant.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	3617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>All Jobcentre Plus staff have access to specific learning relating to the Armed Forces Covenant.</p><p> </p><p>This 30 minute learning product is part of foundation learning, undertaken at the beginning of the learning journey but is also accessible as “just in time” learning where staff may need to refresh their knowledge and understanding. The purpose of this learning is to prepare staff on how to assist Service leavers and their spouse or partner to resettle into civilian life and provides specific information relating to the Armed Forces Covenant.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, to support people who are discharged from the armed forces on medical grounds, our network of Armed Forces Champions are available to help work coaches understand the range of support open to service leavers and to actively signpost to appropriate organisations.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 15:32:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

385158

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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	Disability Living Allowance: Barking and Dagenham
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 in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham are in receipt of the mobility component of the disability living allowance.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	3807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of people in receipt of Disability Living Allowance, by parliamentary constituency and component, can be extracted using the DWP Tabtool: <a href="http://83.244.183.180/100pc/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://83.244.183.180/100pc/tabtool.html</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 3808 question first answered 29/06/2015 15:55:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge