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49432

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the number of applicants who seek a national insurance number and claim welfare benefits within six months of receipt.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	197459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is available up to December 2013 and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

49434

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants were sanctioned in each month since August 2013; and how many such claimants continued to sign on during the period for which they were sanctioned.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Mr Michael Meacher
uin	197517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We have interpreted the question to be for the number of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claimants who were sanctioned and this information is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on how many JSA claimants continued to sign on during the period for which they were sanctioned is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	454 label Biography information for Mr Michael Meacher

49480

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by the universal credit project on (a) staff travel and (b) overnight accommodation and allowances in each month of 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Universal Credit is being developed and delivered across the UK. As expected with a programme of this size, some travel is needed to ensure effective delivery of the programme. DWP has clear policies on travel and accommodation expenses to ensure costs are minimised</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is not possible, on the grounds of disproportionate cost, to separate out this expenditure between DWP staff and contractors working on the Universal Credit project.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

49481

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he takes to monitor whether Work Programme prime providers fulfil their minimum service standards; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department has developed a clearly defined compliance monitoring regime which commits to an appropriate level of checking for each of the 40 Work Programme contract package areas.<br> <br> The compliance management team work closely with Work Programme performance managers to ensure clear factual information is available for consideration as part of monthly Contract Performance Reviews with providers.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

49482

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in budgeting loans was spent in each region of the UK in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1 provides the Budgeting Loan expenditure in each region of Great Britain in the financial years from 2008/09 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding annual expenditure for Social Fund schemes in Northern Ireland is a matter for Northern Ireland office and is not included in the figures below. Figures are therefore given for Great Britain and not the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Budgeting Loan expenditure by region between 2008/09 and 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Budgeting Loan Expenditure per Region (£ million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>28.4</p></td><td><p>30.3</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td><td><p>29.1</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>30.4</p></td><td><p>34.8</p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td><td><p>33.2</p></td><td><p>34.2</p></td><td><p>30.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>64.0</p></td><td><p>64.9</p></td><td><p>58.9</p></td><td><p>57.5</p></td><td><p>54.0</p></td><td><p>47.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>31.2</p></td><td><p>34.3</p></td><td><p>31.9</p></td><td><p>32.6</p></td><td><p>33.8</p></td><td><p>31.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>69.6</p></td><td><p>72.4</p></td><td><p>65.1</p></td><td><p>65.3</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>49.0</p></td><td><p>51.9</p></td><td><p>48.5</p></td><td><p>48.3</p></td><td><p>49.2</p></td><td><p>44.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>36.3</p></td><td><p>38.1</p></td><td><p>36.6</p></td><td><p>37.1</p></td><td><p>37.7</p></td><td><p>33.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td><td><p>23.9</p></td><td><p>23.5</p></td><td><p>23.3</p></td><td><p>21.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>28.7</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td><td><p>27.8</p></td><td><p>28.3</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>49.1</p></td><td><p>53.1</p></td><td><p>49.3</p></td><td><p>48.5</p></td><td><p>48.7</p></td><td><p>45.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>43.5</p></td><td><p>44.4</p></td><td><p>43.0</p></td><td><p>44.6</p></td><td><p>47.1</p></td><td><p>44.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>454.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>482.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>445.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>447.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>455.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>416.3</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. The information provided is (internal)Management Information. Our preference is to answer all Parliamentary Questions using Official / National Statistics but in this case we only have Management Information available. It is not quality assured to the same extent as Official / National statistics, nor does it include the same depth of information. For example the MI does not include expenditure on applications which were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p> </p><p>2. All figures have been rounded to the nearest £100,000. Figures may not sum due to rounding.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

49497

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
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 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 318W, on housing benefit: social rented housing, how many housing benefit social sector tenants have been (a) given exempt status because they reached state pension credit age and (b) allowed to keep an extra bedroom because they are (i) registered foster carers who have fostered a child during the last 52 weeks and (ii) parents of armed forces' personnel who have been deployed on operations.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	197590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In response to your question above please see the following:</p><p> </p><p>a) – The information relating to the numbers reaching state pension credit age who are no longer subject to the removal of the spare room subsidy is not available.</p><p> </p><p>We can say that there are estimated to be 700,000 housing benefit tenants who are state pension credit age and have one or more spare bedrooms.</p><p> </p><p>b) i) - Information relating to registered foster carers is not available.</p><p> </p><p>b) ii) – Information relating to parents of armed forces' personnel is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

49511

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
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 has made of the number of businesses in Brigg and Goole constituency that will be issued with staging dates for automatic enrolment between 1 April 2014 and 1 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	197610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Answer I gave the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon Julian Smith on 30 April, Official Report, Column 729W.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

49532

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims to the Independent Living Fund of what total value were made in each parliamentary constituency in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	197483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There were no claims to the Independent Living Fund in the last year as the Fund was closed to new applications in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

49533

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of recipients of the Independent Living Fund (a) are in employment and (b) were in employment at the date of application.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	197574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information is not available in the format requested as the ILF does not record the employment status of its recipients.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

49228

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those classified disabled were seeking work in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	197250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is within the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The number of working age disabled people seeking work in each of the last four years in Great Britain[1]<sup>,[2]</sup>:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total seeking work</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unemployed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Inactive - Seeking work but currently unavailable</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><strong>435,000</strong></p></td><td><p>381,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><strong>442,000</strong></p></td><td><p>389,000</p></td><td><p>52,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><strong>473,000</strong></p></td><td><p>415,000</p></td><td><p>58,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Estimates for 2013 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier years, due to a change in definitions[3]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><strong>379,000</strong></p></td><td><p>333,000</p></td><td><p>46,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>[1] Source: Labour Force Survey (four-quarterly averages for each calendar year).</p><p>[2] Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</p><p>[3] Changes in 2013 to the wording of the disability questions within the survey questionnaire and a move to only reporting those who are disabled within the core definition of the Equality Act, have led to a step change in the levels of reported disability and their composition (e.g. numbers in employment). Therefore, estimates of disability from the Labour Force Survey for 2013 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier years.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe