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49247

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, with reference to the letter dated 5 March 2014 from the Minister of State for Pensions to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make national insurance credits available for past periods for service spouses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	197415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Subject to Royal Assent of the Pensions Bill a duty will be placed on the Secretary of State to make regulations to allow service spouses and civil partners, due to reach State Pension age from 6 April 2016, to apply for National Insurance credits for periods during which they accompanied their husband, wife or civil partner on a posting outside the UK. The regulations will make provision to allow credits for periods between 1975/76 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Ministry of Defence on the finer details of the scheme including the manner in which applications will need to be made and the precise date when the administrative arrangements will be in place.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that up to 20,000 individuals could have a higher single-tier pension from these credits as some individuals may, at state pension age, already have sufficient qualifying years to gain a full single-tier pension.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 197416 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

49248

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, with reference to the letter dated 5 March 2014 from the Minister of State for Pensions to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, what estimate he has made of the number of service spouses who will be affected by his plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make national insurance credits available for past periods for service spouses.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	197416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Subject to Royal Assent of the Pensions Bill a duty will be placed on the Secretary of State to make regulations to allow service spouses and civil partners, due to reach State Pension age from 6 April 2016, to apply for National Insurance credits for periods during which they accompanied their husband, wife or civil partner on a posting outside the UK. The regulations will make provision to allow credits for periods between 1975/76 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Ministry of Defence on the finer details of the scheme including the manner in which applications will need to be made and the precise date when the administrative arrangements will be in place.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that up to 20,000 individuals could have a higher single-tier pension from these credits as some individuals may, at state pension age, already have sufficient qualifying years to gain a full single-tier pension.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 197415 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

49294

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, if he will place in the Library a code of practice on the circumstances in which recovery action will be taken for overpayments of universal credit, jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A copy of the Code of Practice What happens if you are overpaid Universal Credit, Jobseeker's Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance will be placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p><p>The Code of Practice is available on GOV.UK and can be accessed through the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-happens-if-you-are-overpaid-universal-credit-jobseekers-allowance-or-employment-and-support-allowance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-happens-if-you-are-overpaid-universal-credit-jobseekers-allowance-or-employment-and-support-allowance</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48937

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 recovery actions in respect of child support arrears owed to the parent residing in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency were (a) commenced, (b) concluded successfully and (c) suspended in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	196988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on the number of recovery actions in respect of child support arrears owed to the parent with care in the Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency is not available as it is not routinely recorded for management information purposes. To provide this would require the creation of new information which could only be completed and appropriately assured at a disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information regarding enforcement actions undertaken by the Child Support Agency (CSA) is published on page 48 of the CSA Quarterly Summary of Statistics. This can be found at the following link:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-december-2013</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

48938

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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, what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency whose incomes from benefits payments have reduced by (i) 10 per cent, (ii) between 20 and 49 per cent and (iii) 50 per cent or more since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	196989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The requested information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

48947

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 and what proportion of staff members employed by contractors delivering the Work Programme are paid less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	197136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

48978

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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, what funding is currently allocated to the Youth Contract; and what proportion of that funding is allocated for wage incentives.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Our 2014/15 budget allocation for Youth Contract is £183.75m, of which £42.55m is currently allocated to Wage Incentives (23.2%).</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48979

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 much has been paid out in wage incentives under the Youth Contract, by region, in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The latest information that we hold on Youth Contract Wage Incentives was published in February 2014 and can be found at the link below. We do not collect payment data in a form that allows it to be reported at regional level.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283873/youth-contract-feb14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283873/youth-contract-feb14.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 197147 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48980

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 people have benefited from Youth Contract wage incentives, by region, in each year since the Youth Contract was introduced.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The latest information that we hold on Youth Contract Wage Incentives was published in February 2014 and can be found at the link below. We do not collect payment data in a form that allows it to be reported at regional level.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283873/youth-contract-feb14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283873/youth-contract-feb14.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 197150 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48981

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 much has been spent on consultants working on the Youth Contract in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP does not have any consultants working on the delivery of the Youth Contract.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms