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444782

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	Work Capability Assessment: Location
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 has taken to enable applicants who have suffered from a stroke, heart attack or any other major health scare to access a work capability assessment of medical assessment within a 90 minute journey.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	22424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>A home consultation can be offered, in particular where a claimant is unable to travel to a consultation as a result of their health condition or impairment. Home visits are offered when the claimant provides confirmation via their own health professional which indicates that they are unable to travel on health grounds or at a claimant’s request where the assessment provider’s health professional determines this is appropriate for their health condition or disability.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/01/2016 16:55:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

444313

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
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	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, how many households in each parliamentary constituency will be affected by the new benefit cap from April 2016; and what the mean amount of benefit capped will be in each constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	22201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>We will confirm roll out plans after the Welfare Reform and Work Bill has received Royal Assent.</p><br /><p>A breakdown by local authority of the estimated number of households potentially affected by the benefit cap will be provided to local authorities in due course.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/01/2016 17:38:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

443730

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
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 is taking to ensure that benefit claimants who are sanctioned receive a written notification of the sanction before their benefit payment is withdrawn.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	21965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>We recently reintroduced automated sanction notifications (from Monday 23<sup>rd</sup> November 2015) to ensure that all claimants who are sanctioned receive a written notification of the sanction.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/01/2016 15:59:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

443494

registered interest
date	08/01/2016
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: Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of universal credit claimants who are employed on a zero-hours contract.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	21673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>Universal Credit is paid on the basis of earnings. Information on types of contracts that claimants are on is not routinely collected.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/01/2016 16:42:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

432359

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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	State Retirement 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 new state pension statements have been returned due to being sent to the wrong address since May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	17700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>We do not have the information requested. I can confirm we have a robust process in place to review all incorrect address returns and properly scrutinise and update customer account details when address is confirmed.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/11/2015 14:57:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

432360

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions
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 update the Pension Service leaflet entitled, A detailed guide to State Pensions to include the introduction of the new State Pension from 6 April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	17701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>“A detailed guide to State Pensions” (publication NP46) was a technical guide aimed primarily at third party advisers and stakeholders, not general members of the public. This guide has not been available since 2010.</p><br /><p>We continue to work with stakeholders to supply detailed information on the new State Pension before April 2016.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/11/2015 15:01:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

431414

registered interest
date	20/11/2015
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: Databases
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 the streams of data collected by his Department are (a) used by the Department, (b) read by how many people and (c) unused or unread.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	17139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>I have interpreted the question to be asking for the number of datasets compiled by the department. This information is not currently available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/11/2015 15:27:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

429458

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	Jobcentres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department last audited the amount of unused space within each Jobcentre Plus.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	16981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions occupies the majority of its estate under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) known as the PRIME Contract. Under this PFI, the Department leases fully serviced accommodation from its private sector partner Telereal Trillium. The Department pays an inclusive unitary price for the space occupied. The Department does not own any of the buildings that it occupies. As such, we continually review our space and utilisation within Jobcentre Plus.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/11/2015 17:29:20 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

429472

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	Vacancies: Internet
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 jobseeker's allowance claimants have used Universal Jobmatch in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	16977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Universal Jobmatch is open to anyone to use in order to look for work, whether they are claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance or not. We do not differentiate between different types of users and are not able to provide statistics on the numbers of each.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/11/2015 13:23:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

429474

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	ICT: Training
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 making a new benefit claim in the last 12 months were offered training on IT literacy.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	16978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/11/2015 10:15:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead