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760957

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) number and (b) average age was of state pension recipients in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	105262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Please find the response to your question in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Age</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,020,020</p></td><td><p>74.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>10,001,160</p></td><td><p>74.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>647,330</p></td><td><p>74.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, February 2017.</em></p><p><em>Caseload figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</em></p><p><em>Averages are means.</em></p><p> </p><p>There are additionally 430 persons resident in Great Britain whose location is unknown.</p><p>DWP does not administer State Pensions for Northern Ireland. The figures above relate solely to those that are administered by the DWP.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 09/10/2017 17:09:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

760174

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
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 estimate of the average amount deducted from housing benefit claimants in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Great Britain due to the removal of the spare room subsidy in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	10320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The available information for Housing Benefit claims with removal of the spare room subsidy reduction, including average amount deducted, is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-benefit-caseload-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-benefit-caseload-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/10/2017 16:26:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

760179

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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	Food Banks: Scotland
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 11 September 2017 to Question 8068, on food banks: domestic visits, whether Ministers of his Department have visited a food bank in Scotland since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	10484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Ministerial visits have been routinely published as transparency data on Gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts#history</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/10/2017 17:18:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

759844

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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: Glasgow
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 11 September 2017 to Question 7645, if he will make it his policy that no compulsory redundancies will occur at any point in time as a result of the planned closure of Parkhead Jobcentre.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	10238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my reply to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=7645" target="_blank">7645</a> on 11 September 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/09/2017 09:40:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

759845

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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: Glasgow
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 11 September 2017 to Question 7646, if he will make it his policy that no compulsory redundancies will occur at any point in time as a result of the planned closure of the Easterhouse Jobcentre.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	10240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my reply to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=7646" target="_blank">7646</a> on 11 September 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/09/2017 09:41:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

759847

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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: Glasgow
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 11 September 2017 to Question 8086, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of people using the food bank signposting services at (a) Easterhouse, (b) Parkhead and (c) Shettleston jobcentres.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	10242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to introduce a policy of collecting data on the number of claimants using food bank signposting services.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/09/2017 09:35:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

756075

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions have been issued to claimants who have a registered mental health illness in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	7348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics are available on the number of individuals in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) with a primary disabling condition in the category Mental or Behavioural Disorder who received an adverse sanction decision and these are published on Stat-Xplore here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the relevant information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/09/2017 12:23:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

756083

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	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 he plans to respond to the letter of 7 July 2017 from the hon. Member for Glasgow East on the proposed closure of Easterhouse and Parkhead Jobcentres.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	7271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>I replied to the hon. Member’s invitation on 7<sup>th</sup> September 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/09/2017 12:47:48 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

756114

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Citizens Advice Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) on which date he last met Citizens Advice Scotland and (b) what issues were discussed during that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	6986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>There have been no meetings between the current Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Citizens Advice Scotland.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/09/2017 14:50:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

756255

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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: Glasgow
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 potential effect of the closure of Easterhouse Jobcentre on claimants who have difficulty using PCs and the internet.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	8074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Our work coaches personalise the support provided for each claimant based on individual need and circumstance. Where claimants have limitations due to a health condition or disability or because of caring responsibilities, then this is taken into account when arranging any attendance.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to offer internet access to support claimants and we are working with local authorities as part of our ongoing partnership to improve digital access and capability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/09/2017 14:33:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden