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790198

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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: Social Media
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 in his Department with responsibility for social media are employed on an (a) full and (b) part-time basis.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	113295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Social media plays an important role in both our communications and delivery and therefore responsibility is shared by several teams across the Department, including DWP Strategic Communications, DWP Digital Group and across the Jobcentre Plus network overseen by the Operational Excellence Division.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of people</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic Communications</p></td><td><p>2 Full time, 1 Part time</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DWP Digital Group</p></td><td><p>5 Full time</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobcentre Plus Network</p></td><td><p>3 Full time and 1 Part time</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/11/2017 16:22:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

751479

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times in each year of their operation the Child Maintenance Service and its predecessor bodies have paid a consolatory payment to a resident parent.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	4740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Figures for consolatory payments to resident parents for the Child Maintenance Service and for the Child Support Agency are provided below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Financial Reporting Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Consolatory Payments Made to Resident Parent</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(Child Maintenance Service)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*Dec 2014 to March 2015</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to June 2017</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Financial Reporting Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Consolatory Payments Made</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(Child Support Agency) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>7,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>5,405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>4,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>4,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>4,245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>2,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>1,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to June 2017</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 5.</li><li>We have interpreted resident parent to be Receiving Parent for the Child Maintenance Service and Parent with Care for the Child Support Agency.</li><li>“*” for the Child Maintenance Service for 2014/15 indicates it’s not a full year.</li><li>Figures for the Child Support Agency are for all parents as we are unable to show payments purely to the resident parent.</li></ol> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/07/2017 14:08:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

751482

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 82 of the 14th Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of 2016-17, Child Maintenance Service, HC 587, whether he plans to implement the recommendation on reinstating provisions for parents to challenge child maintenance awards on the grounds of assets and lifestyle inconsistent with income.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	4758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government welcomes the Work and Pensions Select Committee report and is carefully considering its recommendations. We will submit the Government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/07/2017 14:13:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

750942

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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: Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many public engagements for which a media calling notice was issued were attended by a departmental Minister in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	4307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>DWP does not issue media calling notices. However, if the question relates to media operational notes, DWP has issued three media operational notes for public engagements attended by Ministers in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/07/2017 09:48:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

749507

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	3415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>DWP Corporate Services has a contract with CARAT LTD for Media Buying services which covers Social Media advertising. The amount spent for the period stated amounts to an average of £21k per month.</p><p> </p><p>A more precise and detailed response could only be extracted at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/07/2017 14:09:06 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

746841

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on levels of poverty in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	2113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on levels of poverty in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>DWP’s Households Below Average Income (HBAI) publication provides annual estimates on the number and percentage of people living in low-income households. HBAI is the foremost source for data and information about household income in the UK. The statistics are based on data from the Family Resources Survey (FRS) whose focus is capturing information on incomes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest release of the HBAI publication is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201516" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201516</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/07/2017 14:54:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

713577

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Access to Work Programme
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 reduce the time taken under Access to Work for disabled people to receive the support packages they require; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	68818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>In 2014 Access to Work transformed its operational delivery, providing greater consistency and increased speed of customer service. Consequently, Access to Work delivery is now performing above its Key Performance Indicators, which are internal measures of performance. However, we are constantly considering ways to improve the customer journey and expedite the provision of support. For example:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Last year we re-launched Access to Work as a digital service, allowing customers to apply online at a time of their choosing and taking an average of 20 minutes to do so. We are currently exploring what further online functionality could be offered.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We have recently specified in new contracts to be awarded shortly that 90% of independent workplace assessments are to be delivered within 8 days rather than the current 10 days.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are also considering whether customers could have a longer window to apply in advance of receiving an employment start date from an employer, in order to ensure support is in place for the first day at work. We are currently working with employer and customer stakeholders to establish whether there is an optimum period.</li></ul><p> </p><p>As a highly personalised grant scheme, Access to Work is reliant on correct information being received from customers and employers within set timeframes in order to calculate awards or make payments timeously. It is important to note that Access to Work provides grants on receipt of invoices to pay for items or services that are commissioned by employers or disabled employees and which may therefore be delivered to timeframes over which Access to Work has no control.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/03/2017 15:50:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

711105

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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	Disability: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on disability employment of reductions to the work-related activity group component of employment and support allowance; and whether the Government will reconsider that measure if the disability employment gap widens as a result.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	67886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government published its assessment of the impacts of the change to the work-related activity component on 20 July 2015. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government remains committed to halving the disability employment gap as set out in the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper published on 31st October 2016 and we have seen nearly 600,000 more working age disabled people in employment over the past three years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/03/2017 12:48:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

681374

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: Edinburgh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are currently served by the Edinburgh city centre jobcentre on South St Andrew Street.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	62330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Edinburgh City claimant count is currently shared with High Riggs Jobcentre and primarily split by age group as opposed to postcode.</p><p> </p><p>The claimant count for High Riggs is 2245. This information is available from the following link: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk</a>. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>These are UC and JSA claimants served by Edinburgh City and High Riggs Jobcentres. We are unable to provide exact figures of ESA and IS claimants potentially affected, however the purpose of the equality analysis is to help establish how many people are likely to be affected by the proposal.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/02/2017 12:45:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

681375

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: Edinburgh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans that compulsory redundancies will result from the closure of the Edinburgh city centre jobcentre on South St Andrew Street.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	62329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is now consulting with colleagues at South St Andrew’s Street Jobcentre. We are seeking to relocate, or offer alternative roles, to all employees affected by the proposed closure.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to stress that this is a proposed closure: we will make a final decision informed by the consultation process with our colleagues. We are not therefore in a position to comment on the potential for redundancy.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/02/2017 12:38:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock