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806123

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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	Budgeting Loans and Crisis Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much the Government has made available in real terms through (a) budgeting loans and (b) crisis loans in each year between 2010/11 and 2016/17.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	119324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The amount made available through Budgeting Loans is published in the annual Social Fund Accounts in nominal terms. These figures have been adjusted to real terms in 2016/17 prices and are outlined in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Budgeting Loan payments - £m (2016/17 prices)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>495.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>491.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>485.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>434.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>428.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>414.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>411.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1m.</li><li>Figures are adjusted to real terms using GDP deflators.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The amount made available through Crisis Loans is published in the annual Social Fund Accounts in nominal terms. These figures have been adjusted to real terms in 2016/17 prices and are outlined in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Crisis Loan payments - £m (2016/17 prices)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>155.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>153.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>114.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1m.</li><li>Figures are adjusted to real terms using GDP deflators.</li><li>Crisis Loans were abolished with effect from 31/3/13. There have been no new Crisis Loan payments since then. The provision of interest free credit through Crisis Loans since their abolition represents a net transfer of customer debt from Northern Ireland where customers have moved between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. DWP manage the recovery of the transferred debt.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Sources:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Social Fund Accounts, 2010/11 – 2016/17</li><li>GDP deflators at market prices, and money GDP November 2017 (Autumn Budget 2017)</li></ol><p> </p><p>The links to the annual Social Fund Account for each of the last seven years are given below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2010/11:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247280/1307.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247280/1307.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011/12:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246945/0454.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246945/0454.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2012/13:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209380/SFWPA_2012-13.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209380/SFWPA_2012-13.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2013/14:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/450047/social-fund-account-2013-to-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/450047/social-fund-account-2013-to-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014/15:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/450036/social-fund-account-2014-to-2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/450036/social-fund-account-2014-to-2015.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015/16:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535981/social-fund-account-2015-16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535981/social-fund-account-2015-16.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2016/17:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626607/social-fund-account-2016-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626607/social-fund-account-2016-2017.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/12/2017 17:45:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

805132

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in what ways his Department treats clerical cases differently to other cases.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	118804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not treat clerical cases differently to other cases. The outcomes for the customer will be the same although, while cases are being managed on a clerical basis, there will be small differences in the way the cases are managed due to differences in the level of technology support available at a point in time.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/12/2017 17:25:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

810646

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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	Bereavement Benefits: Cohabitation
	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 it his policy to allow surviving members of cohabiting couples to access bereavement benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	120991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Bereavement Benefits are contributory benefits and it is a founding principle of the contributory benefits system that rights derived from another person’s contributions should be based on the concept of legal marriage or civil partnership. Moreover, proving that cohabitation existed could be a complex process likely to cause distress at a time of bereavement.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/01/2018 12:43:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

807214

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	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: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP is delivering a number of major IT contract exit programmes, and has followed the guidance detailed in the paper titles Large Expiring Contracts, Exit and Disaggregation: guidance for departments which precedes the paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, which is currently being reviewed by DWP, prior to implementation.</p><p> </p><p>DWP engages with Cabinet Office Complex Transactions Team from the outset, when exiting major IT contracts to utilise their knowledge and experience in defining, and implementing commercial strategies.</p><p> </p><p>These commercial strategies include all the points in a) to f) above and some recent examples are as follows;</p><p> </p><p>a) DWP utilises Crown Commercial Service Frameworks when sourcing disaggregated IT services. The market is engaged to establish supplier capacity, capability and alignment to DWPs key business objectives.</p><p>b) DWP has disaggregated a number of IT supply contracts in recent years, is currently in the process of disaggregating the complex services of the DWP Hosting contract and will exit and disaggregate its remaining Application Deployment &amp; Desktop contracts at an appropriate time.</p><p>c) Risk Assessment forms part of DWPs Contract Management Framework toolset and is assessed for all major contracts on a regular basis.</p><p>d) Detailed plans are produced and managed by Programme Leads for the exiting of all major IT contracts.</p><p>e) In conjunction with the work DWP is completing to disaggregate its historic contracts, DWP is further developing its supplier and contract management capabilities to equip the Department for the future; enhancing its major IT project delivery and contract exit commercial skills.</p><p>f) DWP utilises multi-disciplinary teams including Digital Group, Finance, HR, Legal and Commercial. Good programme governance is also followed both within DWP and through close working with HM Treasury and Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>DWP will continue to follow the guiding principles and critical tasks set out in this latest publication.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/12/2017 14:49:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

809767

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, from what acceptance date the Independent Case Examiner's Office is allocating complaints to an investigation case manager.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	120387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As at 20 December 2017, the Independent Case Examiner’s Office is allocating cases to investigation case managers from the following dates:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Department for Work &amp; Pensions (DWP) - 6 October 2016.</li><li>Contracted Provision (organisations delivering services on behalf of the DWP) – 6 October 2016.</li><li>Child Maintenance Group – 9 January 2017.</li><li>Women born in the 1950s affected by changes in state pension age – 21 March 2017.</li></ul><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/12/2017 15:50:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

810211

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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: Children
	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 children were living in poverty in Gower in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	120677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of children in relative low income are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication. The number and proportion of children in relative low income is not available at local authority or constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p> </p><p>Latest 3-year estimates for Wales of the proportion and number of children in low income are available in Table 4.16ts and Table 4.17ts in the file “4_children_timeseries_risk” from this link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/01/2018 16:23:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

810719

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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	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, how many and what proportion of people receiving Support for Mortgage Interest will not qualify for the loans which will replace them from April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	121064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>All claimants currently receiving support for mortgage interest will be eligible to receive a loan from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/01/2018 11:13:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

810722

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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	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, how many and what proportion of people whose only source of income is (i) Employment Support Allowance (ESA), (ii) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (iii) ESA and PIP in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI), will not be eligible for the loans which replace SMI in April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	121067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>All claimants currently receiving support for mortgage interest will be eligible to receive a loan from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/01/2018 12:05:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

808975

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	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: Uprating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households that will be affected by the benefit cap after the recent welfare payment uprating.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	120084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The eligible benefits which are considered when calculating whether an individual has their benefit capped are frozen for 2018/2019. As such no additional households will be brought into scope of the cap through benefit uprating.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of households capped, including those with children, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 120083 120085 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:12:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

809758

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints relating to women born in the 1950s and affected by changes in state pension age have been fully reviewed by the Independent Case Examiner's Office.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	120378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As at 20 December 2017, the Independent Case Examiner Office had fully reviewed and concluded 12 investigations into complaints from women born in the 1950s and affected by changes in the state pension retirement age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/12/2017 15:55:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden