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174817

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
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 take steps to ensure that UK pensioners living in France receive winter fuel payments when the temperature where they live is below freezing.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	221343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Winter Fuel Payments are intended to give older people in the UK reassurance that they can keep warm during cold weather. Winter Fuel Payments are payable to UK pensioners in France, however this will end from September 2015. Winter Fuel Payments are not triggered by temperature either in the UK or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/01/2015 11:24:30 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

174818

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Separated People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an external evaluator has been appointed to provide an independent assessment of the 17 Innovation Fund projects set up under the Help for Separated Families initiative to establish what works in assisting separated parents to co-operate in the interests of their children; when it is planned that that evaluation process will take place; and when it is planned that that evaluation report will be published.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	221342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>One of two evaluation partners has been appointed and we are in the process of appointing the second.</p><p> </p><p>Evaluation data continues to be collected by all of the live projects and this data will be analysed and interpreted by our independent evaluator throughout the duration of their contract into 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Results will be published after all projects have ended delivery and the external evaluator has completed their follow up work and analysis.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/01/2015 11:13:40 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

174820

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
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 to Question 220107, if he will make it his policy to exclude French Overseas Departments in the calculation of average temperature for France for the purposes of determining eligibility for winter fuel payments to UK citizens.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	221473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>It is the French Government that defines itself as the mainland and its outermost regions, and as such are included in the EU social security co-ordination regulations, used and applied by all member states.</p><p> </p><p>It is because of this that the French Overseas Departments<em> (départments d’outre mer</em> or DOMs) are treated in the same way as mainland France with regard to Winter Fuel Payments, which are currently made to those entitled who live there. Therefore, the hotter French Overseas Departments have to be included in the calculation of the average temperature of France. We are being consistent with our policy approach.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/01/2015 11:29:58 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

174825

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	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 the principal risks are which his Department has identified with respect to the national rollout of universal credit in 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	221463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In delivering the plans for Universal Credit, the Programme follows industry-standard risk management processes, through a number of governance and assurance boards, as part of the wider Departmental risk management framework. These protocols focus on managing the cumulative impact of risks on our plans for delivery. The over-arching plans for delivering Universal Credit have been assured by the Major Projects Authority (MPA) and are subject to ongoing assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/01/2015 11:07:44 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

174488

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what basis the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia are excluded from his calculations for the purposes of establishing the average mean winter temperature for France in connection with winter fuel payments.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	221255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The French Government and European Union law makes a distinction between the <em>pays et territoires d’outre-mer</em> (PTOM) and the <em>départements d’outre mer (DOMs). </em>The PTOM include Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélémy, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia. These territories benefit from association with the EU but community law does not generally apply. With the exception of Saint- Barthélémy they have their own social protection schemes and are legally and financially autonomous. UK Winter Fuel Payments are not paid to residents in the PTOMs.</p><p> </p><p>The French Government treats its DOMs as integral parts of the French State and they are subject to the application of EU social security co-ordination regulations. Winter Fuel Payments are payable to residents in the DOMs, however this will end from September 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/01/2015 12:35:10 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

174489

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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	Self-employed: Industrial Health and Safety
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 how much time per year self-employed workers spend on fulfilling regulatory health and safety obligations.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	221230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive has carried out a limited qualitative survey of self-employed workers. Only those self-employed individuals in occupations where we expect them to be exempt under proposals to exempt certain self employed persons from section 3(2) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 responded.</p><p> </p><p>The best estimate is one hour per individual.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/01/2015 14:15:57 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

174490

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the Major Projects Authority to provide its next assessment of the universal credit project.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	221231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The responsibility for the frequency and timing of formal assessments of HM Government Programmes sits with the Major Projects Authority in Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/01/2015 12:17:46 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

174491

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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	Universal Credit
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 19 January 2015 to Question 220704, how large the control group will be in the proposed randomised control trial for universal credit in work progression; for how long that trial is planned to run; how progression in the two groups will be measured; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	221254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Based upon current Universal Credit roll-out plans we expect the trial to run through to 2016 and involve at least 15,000 Universal Credit claimants, of which the control group will comprise approximately 5,000 claimants. We are currently finalising the trial design and evaluation strategy.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 22/01/2015 14:51:49 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

174255

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
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	Universal Credit: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to pilot different approaches to the use of sanctions in in work conditionality for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	221148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to do this.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2015 15:53:11 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

174256

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
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	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, what representations he has received from the Trussell Trust about the adequacy of his Department's hardship payments scheme since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	221119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2015 15:48:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms