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578768

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	Workplace Pensions: Interest Rates
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 make an assessment of the ability of companies to fund their long-term pension obligations after the reduction in the Bank of England base rate to 0.25 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	45590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Gentleman to my previous answer I gave on the 12<sup>th</sup> September 2016 to Question: UIN 44305</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 13/09/2016 14:40:24 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

577656

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many citizens of other EU countries work in his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	45511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Information on EU citizenship is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions, its agencies or its non-departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2016 14:19:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

577660

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on informing benefit claimants of breaches of security in his Department which may compromise their data.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	45410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>DWP takes its responsibilities to protect the privacy of customers and their data very seriously. This is reflected in its published Personal Information Charter. In the event of a security or information breach, the DWP would always ensure that it fulfils its obligations under the Data Protection Act and from the Information Commissioner’s Office to notify any affected persons as soon as it is possible to identify them.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2016 16:43:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

577661

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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 his Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 1 August 2016 to the Benefits Director on pension credit related to a constituency case.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	45357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions apologises for the delay in responding. We have been investigating the issues raised by your constituent and a response has sent to the hon. Member for Walsall North, Mr David Winnick, today.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/09/2016 13:12:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

577662

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Refuges: Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from women's refuges on the local housing allowance cap; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	45406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Ministers in DWP and DCLG have met and continue to meet with stakeholders representing local authorities, supported accommodation, refuges, commissioners, and all categories of supported housing providers, be they charities, housing associations, voluntary organisations or from the commercial sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has confirmed that the Government expects to make an announcement on the way forward for supported housing in early autumn.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2016 13:58:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

576739

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Supported Housing: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many supported housing providers in (a) Birmingham, Erdington constituency and (b) the West Midlands will be affected by the local housing allowance cap on supported housing.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	45261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has confirmed that the Government expects to make an announcement on the way forward for supported housing in early autumn.</p><p>Full impact and equality impact assessments will be undertaken in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2016 16:59:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

576932

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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, when he plans to publish the reviews carried out by his Department on the deaths of social security claimants since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	45252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>All our currently published reviews can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-foi-releases-for-may-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-foi-releases-for-may-2016</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/09/2016 16:38:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 11065 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

576933

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Children's Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what response he plans to make to the serious concerns raised by the recent UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in its concluding observations to its Fifth Period Report.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	45292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>In section V. paragraph B92 of the UN concluding observations, the UN Committee has invited the UK to submit its combined sixth and seventh periodic reports (including a response to the observations from this year’s examination) by 14 January 2022; it would therefore not be appropriate for me to pre-empt this report by anticipating what we might say in 2022. In any event, the Government regularly assesses the impacts of its policies and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/09/2016 16:22:09 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

576934

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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, with reference to the Answer of 27 June 2016 to Question HL691, if the Government will publish the information it holds on the proportion of claimants affected by the lower benefit cap who are in receipt of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) income support.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	45327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>The information is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated number of households affected by the lower cap levels by benefit receipt, 2016/17, GB</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Benefit Type</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of Households affected (000’s)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of affected households</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment and Support Allowance</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income Support</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseeker's Allowance</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>Estimates assume no behavioural responses - any behavioural responses to the lower cap, such as claimants moving into employment, would cause the number of households affected to reduce.</li><li>The methodology used to estimate the households affected by the cap is consistent with that described in the latest impact assessment published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a></li></ol><p> </p><p>The benefit cap will be lowered from 7th November from £26,000 to £20,000, except in London where it will be lowered to £23,000. To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable Housing Benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to our welfare reforms, the Government will provide £870m funding for Discretionary Housing Payments over the next 5 years. Information about this and other measures to ease the transition for families affected by this policy change is included in the latest impact assessment at the link above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/09/2016 14:01:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

576935

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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: Fraud
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 32920, where the allegations of fraudulent benefit claims are collected.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	45323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>There are a variety of ways that allegations of Benefit Fraud are received by the DWP including telephone calls to the National Benefit Fraud Hotline (NBFH), online and letter. Once an allegation has been received and, if it meets the required criteria containing enough information, a Fraud Referral Form (FRF) is completed which is then entered into the internal Fraud Referral and Information Management System (FRAIMS).</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/09/2016 16:10:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie