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908451

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	What steps he is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people to increase their earnings and progress in their jobs.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	905451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>In April 2017 we reduced the Universal Credit taper rate to 63% supporting people to earn more and keep more of their earnings. And unlike in the legacy system, there are no cliff edges, so claimants know that for every extra hour they work they will be able to keep more of their earnings.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2018 16:55:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

908452

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When she last visited a personal independence payment assessment centre.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	905452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The last time I attended a Personal Independence Payment assessment centre was 12th December 2017. I was struck by the professional and helpful attitude displayed by all the staff at the assessment centre.</p><p> </p><p>My Honourable Friend, the member for North West Hampshire (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, Kit Malthouse MP) visited Vauxhall assessment centre on the 17th April 2018. Like me he found the visit extremely informative.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/05/2018 16:10:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

908453

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of people signposted or referred to food banks in areas where full service universal credit has been rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	905453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>We have made no assessment of food bank use.</p><p> </p><p>The reasons for food banks use are complex, so it’s wrong to attribute it to any one cause. The best way to help people improve their lives is through employment, and people on Universal Credit move into work faster and stay in work longer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2018 16:18:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

908454

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans the Government has to increase compliance with child maintenance responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	905454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service has wide ranging powers to enforce the collection of both ongoing child maintenance liability and arrears.</p><p> </p><p>We publish regular information about this activity which shows for example, increasing use of the Financial Investigation Unit with over 1000 more complex earner investigations referred this year compared with last.</p><p> </p><p>We recently consulted on a new Compliance and Arrears Strategy with the aim of increasing these powers. The Government’s response to this consultation will be published later this summer.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2018 16:27:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

908455

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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: Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that support is provided for former Carillion employees whose pensions will not be covered by the Pension Protection Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	905457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>There are 12 Carillion DB schemes in the Pension protection Fund (PPF) assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>The PPF are working with scheme administrators to determine whether they can pay pensions at or above PPF benefits. Where a scheme cannot do this, the PPF will assume responsibility and pay compensation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individuals above their scheme’s normal pension age will receive 100% of their accrued pension, and all other members will receive 90%, subject to an overall cap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/05/2018 16:38:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

908456

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Long Term Unemployed People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of trends in long-term unemployment.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	905458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of long term unemployed (over 12 months) stood at 358,000 in the 3 months to March 2018, down by nearly 30,000 in the past year. It has fallen by 430,000 since 2010, a decrease of 54.5%.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2018 15:56:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

905439

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the financial effect on people in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest moving on to a Support for Mortgage Interest loan.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	144940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 27 March 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-03-22/133903/)" target="_blank">133903</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2018 10:40:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

905503

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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	Part-time Employment: Young People
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 between 16 and 24 years old were in part-time employment in (a) 2012 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	144841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The latest official data available from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that 1.41 million 16 to 24 year olds were working part-time from January-December 2017. This represented 36.6% of 16-24 year olds in employment, down from 1.45 million young people working part time in January-December 2012 (39.9% of 16-24 year olds in employment).</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2018 13:51:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

905513

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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	Flexible Support Fund
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 135706, on Flexible Support Fund, what assessment her Department has made of trends in (a) claimant needs and (b) volumes between 2013-14 and 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	144900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that unemployment fell by 1 million (just under 40%) between April 2013 and March 2017. Because of this fall in unemployment we have been able to reduce the size of the Flexible Support Fund (FSF). The Department keeps the FSF and other budgets under continuous review.</p><p> </p><p>In January to March 2018 our unemployment rate currently stands at 4.2% - it has not been lower since 1975.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2018 15:42:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

905553

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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	Cold Weather Payments: County Durham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cold weather payments have been issued in 2018 for people in postcode area SR8; and what the timetable is for recipients to receive their payments.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	144886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Cold Weather Payment scheme is administered at weather station level and the estimated numbers of Cold Weather Payments are produced at a weather station level and cannot be broken down further. The coverage area for each weather station is determined by the Met Office which assesses the most appropriate weather station for each postcode area.</p><p> </p><p>Cold Weather Payments are triggered when the average temperature recorded at the weather station has been recorded as, or is forecast to be, 0<sup>o</sup>C or below over seven consecutive days, during the Cold Weather season (November – March). The SR8 postcode area is linked to Loftus weather station. There has been one Cold Weather trigger at Loftus weather station since 1<sup>st</sup> January 2018. This resulted in an estimated 54,000 Cold Weather Payments to eligible recipients living in a postcode area linked to Loftus weather station. These postcode areas are: SR8, TS1-8, TS10-14, TS17-20, TS22-27.</p><p> </p><p>After each period of very cold weather that results in a trigger, eligible recipients should receive a Cold Weather Payment within 14 working days.</p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><ol><li>The number of payments given here is an estimate as information on the exact number of payments made is not readily available. These figures are produced by determining the volume of eligible recipients in each weather station area at the start of the winter season and using these figures throughout the winter to estimate payments based on the actual triggers recorded.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The number of payments made is not necessarily the total number of individuals benefitting from a Cold Weather Payment. Any individuals making a joint claim for one of the qualifying benefits, such as a couple living together, will receive one payment between them rather than one payment each.</li></ol> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2018 10:40:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris