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445074

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
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: Wallasey
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 savings accrued by the closure of the Wallasey Jobcentre Plus in Liscard.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	22579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The proposed relocation of Department for Work and Pensions colleagues from Wallasey Dominick House to Birkenhead Brunswick House will provide an expected net financial saving of around £450,000 by 2018.</p><br /><p>Notification of the 4-week consultation period was sent to all key stakeholders of Wallasey Jobcentre Plus, including Angela Eagle MP, Eric Robinson (Chief Executive Wirral Council), People Plus (Work Programme Provider), Ingeus (Work Programme Provider), Citizens Advice Bureau, and Wirral Welfare Rights.</p><br /><p>The Department has no plans to publish the outcome of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 22580 22581 question first answered 19/01/2016 16:54:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

445075

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
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: Wallasey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who his Department consulted prior to 18 September 2015 on the proposed closure of Wallasey Jobcentre Plus; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	22580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The proposed relocation of Department for Work and Pensions colleagues from Wallasey Dominick House to Birkenhead Brunswick House will provide an expected net financial saving of around £450,000 by 2018.</p><br /><p>Notification of the 4-week consultation period was sent to all key stakeholders of Wallasey Jobcentre Plus, including Angela Eagle MP, Eric Robinson (Chief Executive Wirral Council), People Plus (Work Programme Provider), Ingeus (Work Programme Provider), Citizens Advice Bureau, and Wirral Welfare Rights.</p><br /><p>The Department has no plans to publish the outcome of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 22579 22581 question first answered 19/01/2016 16:54:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

445076

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
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: Wallasey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 9 September 2015 to Question 9059, which other key stakeholders have been consulted on co-locating with Wallasey Jobcentre Plus; and when he plans to publish the outcomes, responses and findings of those consultations.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	22581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The proposed relocation of Department for Work and Pensions colleagues from Wallasey Dominick House to Birkenhead Brunswick House will provide an expected net financial saving of around £450,000 by 2018.</p><br /><p>Notification of the 4-week consultation period was sent to all key stakeholders of Wallasey Jobcentre Plus, including Angela Eagle MP, Eric Robinson (Chief Executive Wirral Council), People Plus (Work Programme Provider), Ingeus (Work Programme Provider), Citizens Advice Bureau, and Wirral Welfare Rights.</p><br /><p>The Department has no plans to publish the outcome of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 22579 22580 question first answered 19/01/2016 16:54:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

445078

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
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: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many potential overlapping payments between those processed through the universal credit live service and those processed for housing benefit have been identified in the East London Jobcentre Plus district since 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	22641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>We do not retain statistics to identify the information requested, however we have safeguards in place to ensure an effective transition in these instances to avoid overlapping benefits.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/01/2016 14:43:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

445081

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
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: Females
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 women born in the 1950s who have been affected by the changes to pension terms made in 1995 and 2011; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	22675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>We have interpreted the question as asking how many women in total were affected by State Pension age equalisation in either the Pensions Act 1995 or the Pensions Act 2011 or the increase in the State Pension age to 66 in the Pensions Act 2011.</p><p>The estimated number of women born between April 1950 and December 1959 who are affected by the changes to State Pension age made in the 1995 and 2011 Pensions Acts is 3.48 million. This figure, rounded to the nearest 10,000, is for Great Britain and is based on DWP calculations using ONS statistics.</p><p /> <br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/01/2016 17:47:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

445082

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the final version of the Evaluation of Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy was agreed within his Department.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	22618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The contractors who were commissioned to undertake the report into the evaluation of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy provided the Department with the final version of the report on 8 December 2015.</p><br /><p>It was agreed within the Department on 11 December 2015 and publication details were announced on the same day.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/01/2016 11:58:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

445083

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
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	Christmas Bonus
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 were paid their Christmas bonus on their benefits in the first week of December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	22619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>For Working Age a total of 430,160 customersreceived their Christmas Bonus with their benefit payment for the period covering week commencing 7th December.</p><br /><p>The Pension Service has deemed that to provide a response to this PQ for any of their products could only be provided at a disproportionate cost to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/01/2016 14:53:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

445084

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
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: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice his Department gives to universal credit applicants on their eligibility for council tax reduction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	22616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Local Council Tax reduction schemes are delivered by Local Authorities.</p><p>Universal Credit claimants are signposted to the Local Authority for information on eligibility.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/01/2016 14:45:29 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

444775

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
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 his policy is on the continuation of payments for legacy benefits to claimants being transferred to universal credit until a first universal credit payment is received.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	22230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Legacy benefit entitlement will cease when a claimant starts a claim for Universal Credit. We have put in place specific arrangements which allow a person transferring to Universal Credit to apply for an advance on their first UC payment.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/01/2016 14:51:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel previous answer version 39692 answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

444776

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
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	Christmas Bonus
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 who were eligible to receive a Christmas bonus on their benefits had not received it on 24 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	22231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Everyone eligible for a Christmas bonus will receive their payment in full. A technical error meant that 327,379 people had a delayed payment.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/01/2016 10:02:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel previous answer version 39698 answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith