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515463

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new staff have been appointed to his Department since 21 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>A total of 337 new employees were appointed to the Department for Work and Pensions during the period 21 March 2016 to 25 April 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/04/2016 09:03:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515464

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of recipients of the state pension living overseas in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	35421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of recipients of the State Pension living overseas in each of the last 10 years are published on the DWP Tabulation Tool. The numbers from November 2012 can be seen in the column ‘Claimants living abroad’, and prior to this in the column ‘Unknown’ of this table:</p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/ccdate/ccgor/a_carate_r_ccdate_c_ccgor.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/ccdate/ccgor/a_carate_r_ccdate_c_ccgor.html</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/04/2016 13:20:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

515467

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Government
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 21 April 2016 to Question 34465, if his Department will take steps to allow web-users to include honours when completing Government online forms.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	35211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>We only collect information that is relevant for an online service. As information on honours is not needed for a user to complete any of our online services we have no plans to collect this information.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 16:02:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

515468

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Pontypridd of 15 April 2016 on assessments for personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>I replied to the hon. Member on 21 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/04/2016 07:25:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515469

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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: Disability
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 22 March 2016 to Question 30765, when his Department plans to publish its White Paper on improving support for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Improving support for disabled people and people with health conditions to get into and stay in work is a key priority for Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has outlined that he is starting a new conversation with disabled people and people with health conditions, their representatives, healthcare professionals and employers. He is listening to all of their ideas and this will help inform our plans.</p><p> </p><p>These will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/04/2016 13:15:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515470

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will be affected by proposed changes to debt repayment arrangements under universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Analysis undertaken by DWP has identified a large number of variables that will affect debt repayments from individuals claiming Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>This includes, but is not limited to; the number of people claiming Universal Credit, the level of Universal Credit award they receive, the amount of debt they have (across DWP, HMRC and Local Authorities), the approach for recovering debt from Universal Credit and the approach for recovering debt by deduction from earnings.</p><p> </p><p>Considering this, it is likely that most Universal Credit claimants with existing debts or debt repayment arrangements will be affected to some degree. At present there is insufficient data to predict the effects of these variables accurately.</p><p> </p><p>Given the scale of the change, the likely confidence interval for forecasts for any time after 2016-17 is too large to give a meaningful or indicative answer at this time.</p><p> </p><p>However, as Universal Credit rolls out, DWP will continue to analyse all available data to give a wider view on any changes to debt repayment agreements that are being seen under Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, DWP will continue to work with HMRC and Local Authorities in developing forecasting models to show the changes that people with debt will see as their benefit payments move to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 15:57:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515471

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Funeral Payments
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 18 April 2016 to Question 33700, what steps his Department is taking to monitor levels of funeral poverty.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises that some families on low incomes can struggle to meet the costs of a funeral, this is why the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments covers specified necessary costs and provides a significant contribution of up to £700 towards the fee levied by funeral directors for all other funeral expenses.</p><p>My Department continues to look at the effectiveness of the scheme so that it provides effective support and will keep on monitoring its effectiveness and liaising with stakeholders and interested groups so that it maintains its aim of providing a contribution towards the cost of a funeral.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 16:34:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515475

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Women against State Pension Inequality
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 meet representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has met with a number of his constituents who have raised this issue, and he will be meeting with Tim Loughton, who has been involved in the WASPI campaign, very soon. He is clear that there are no plans to change policy.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 13:41:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515476

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Pension Protection Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the Government has not yet implemented its policy to increase the Pension Protection Fund compensation cap for service over 20 years; and when he plans to implement that policy.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	35275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon.Member to the answer I gave on 1 February 2016 to <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=24981" target="_blank">24981</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/04/2016 13:09:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

515477

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Pensions Act 2014
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 January 2016 to Question 23225, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward changes to secondary legislation that are necessary to implement the relevant provisions of the Pensions Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	35312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Work on the changes needed to secondary legislation in relation to the Pension Protection Fund long service cap has begun. I am not, at this stage, able to say when these changes will be brought forward.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/04/2016 15:19:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge