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418519

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Health and Safety Executive
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used by the Health and Safety Executive to establish whether a sector presents a high risk and requires pro-active inspections.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	10047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>HSE targets industry sectors for proactive inspection according to the framework for health and safety set out in the 2011 Coalition Government publication ‘Good health and safety, good for everyone’, which can be found on-line at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/good-health-and-safety-good-for-everyone" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/good-health-and-safety-good-for-everyone</a>.</p><p>HSE employs a broad range of interventions to bring about improvements in occupational safety and health within industry sectors. Direct interventions include inspection, investigation and safety case assessment in major hazard sectors. Indirect interventions include the use of information and campaigns, guidance and engagement with intermediaries to raise awareness of duties, risks and to promote compliance across all workplaces in a sector.</p><p>HSE’s choice of intervention strategy for any particular sector takes into account a combination of factors including the actual level of risk within the sector, the industry's injury and ill-health record, its structure and commitment to improving occupational safety and health, and the effectiveness and efficiency of different types of intervention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 10:31:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

418759

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	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	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households were in receipt of housing benefit totalling up to (a) £10,000, (b) £25,000, (c) £50,000, (d) £75,000 and (e) £100,000 per annum in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	10106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is available at:</p><p> </p><p><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 information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p> </p><p>To obtain the information divide the yearly amounts requested by 52.18 to give the weekly amount of housing benefit in payment. A search can then be made in Stat-Xplore for the number of cases with those weekly amounts in payment.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 11:33:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

418760

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	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	Unemployment: Older People
	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 help older unemployed people to retrain.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	10176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Jobcentre Plus uses a range of innovative approaches to help older claimants back to work. Training to help unemployed people find work is available to benefit claimants of all ages.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have introduced a number of initiatives to support older people including the introduction of Jobcentre Plus Older Claimant Champions and the launch of the work experience and sector based work academy pilots that will support 3,000 claimants. We are trialling career reviews and digital support in two Jobcentre Plus districts.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/09/2015 13:40:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

418762

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	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	Workplace Pensions
	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 publish the Government's response to his Department's consultation on changes to the Occupational Pension (Investment) regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	10183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government plans to respond to this consultation by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 14:16:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

418758

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours his Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	10234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Processing Freedom of Information requests is an integral part of civil servants' responsibilities. As such the number of hours spent on this activity is not separately identifiable.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 10:25:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

418984

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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, how many of the households affected by the benefit cap in May 2015 were also affected by that cap in February 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	10241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>22,460 households were subject to the benefit cap as at May 2015 and of these, 10,170 households (45%) also had their benefits capped at February 2014.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 14:21:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

418989

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2015 to Question 8871, on data or categories of households affected by the benefit cap, if he will publish that administrative data on people claiming each benefit prior to May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	10283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has no plans to publish the benefit type administrative data prior to May 2015.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 14:25:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

418991

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on limits to progression pay increases for civil servants in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	10329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP does not have contractual pay progression. The value and method of any progression forms part of the annual pay review and must be affordable within the terms set out in the annual civil service pay guidance issued by Treasury.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 15:24:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

417033

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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: Disqualification
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to introduce a warning system to provide benefit claimants with an opportunity to explain any non-compliance before sanctions are imposed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL1953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This is already an established part of the process. All claimants are informed of the responsibilities they must fulfil in order to receive benefit, and the consequences of failing to comply. This is done in discussions with work coaches and through the Claimant Commitment.</p><p> </p><p>Where it appears a claimant has failed to comply with a particular requirement and the case is being referred to a decision maker, the claimant is asked to provide information they wish to be taken into account, including their reasons for non-compliance, before the imposition of a sanction.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Anyone who disagrees with a sanction has the right to appeal.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 17/09/2015 14:36:08 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

417035

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	Jobcentre Plus: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they issue to Jobcentre Plus branches about treating claimants as innocent and deserving unless clearly shown not to be so; and whether they have any plans to amend any such guidance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL1955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Legislation sets clear entitlement provisions which are used to ensure that benefit is paid correctly to those who claim it. We emphasise in our learning and development packages and the DWP customer charter, that all claimants are treated fairly and with respect. These standards are outlined and published in the DWP Customer Charter on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 17/09/2015 11:21:34 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton