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346882

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what areas of his Department's expenditure spending reductions are planned.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	97
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government’s commitment to save £12bn from welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/06/2015 13:51:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346938

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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 and what proportion of housing benefit claimants (a) in total and (b) aged 18 and 21 have children.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested on how many individuals aged 18 to 21 are in receipt of housing benefit with a dependent child can be found 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>Proportions can be calculated using the published figures.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/06/2015 15:24:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

346937

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total annual spending on housing benefit and jobseeker's allowance is for people aged between 18 and 21; and what proportion of the total social security budget this figure represents.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Housing Benefit and Jobseeker's Allowance expenditure for 18 to 21 year olds, £millions in 2013/14, Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cash terms</p></td><td><p>Real Terms, 2014/15 prices</p></td><td><p>Proportion of total expenditure on DWP benefits and personal tax credits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total HB</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>696</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which also receiving JSA</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total HB and JSA</p></td><td><p>1,219</p></td><td><p>1,239</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study and Local Authority subsidy returns</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only. Information for 2014/15 full financial year is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>2. Figures are consistent with the published expenditure tables for Budget 2015. Full information on benefit expenditure is at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 13:08:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

346963

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration was of housing benefit claims by 18 to 21 year olds who were (a) in employment, (b) unemployed and (c) inactive in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The duration of claim for Housing Benefit (HB) recipients aged 18 to 21 is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 11:39:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

346996

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Pensions
	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 encourage pension providers to invest responsibly.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Pension scheme trustees are subject to a range of duties which, broadly speaking, require them to act in the best interests of beneficiaries.</p><p>The Government consulted on whether the law should be changed to provide clarity for pension scheme trustees about their legal duties regarding considering financial and non-financial factors when taking investment decisions, as well as encouraging trustees to consider their approach to stewardship. The Government will respond to this consultation later this year.</p><p>The guidance provided by The Pensions Regulator in its free ‘trustee toolkit’ was updated earlier this year to clarify that where trustees think environmental, social or governance issues are financially material to a scheme’s investments they should take these into account. The guidance also makes clear that the law permits trustees to make investment decisions that are influenced by non-financial factors, provided they have a good reason to think that scheme members share the concern, and there is no risk of significant detriment to the fund</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 172 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:42:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

346997

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on pension divestment.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Pension scheme trustees are subject to a range of duties which, broadly speaking, require them to act in the best interests of beneficiaries.</p><p>The Government consulted on whether the law should be changed to provide clarity for pension scheme trustees about their legal duties regarding considering financial and non-financial factors when taking investment decisions, as well as encouraging trustees to consider their approach to stewardship. The Government will respond to this consultation later this year.</p><p>The guidance provided by The Pensions Regulator in its free ‘trustee toolkit’ was updated earlier this year to clarify that where trustees think environmental, social or governance issues are financially material to a scheme’s investments they should take these into account. The guidance also makes clear that the law permits trustees to make investment decisions that are influenced by non-financial factors, provided they have a good reason to think that scheme members share the concern, and there is no risk of significant detriment to the fund</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 171 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:42:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347000

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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: Public Expenditure
	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 analyse the distributional effect of the policy options for reducing his Department's expenditure.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The department will carefully consider the impact of individual policy changes, including the effect on individuals with protected characteristics in line with its legal obligations.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 11:08:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347275

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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	Asbestos: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what health and safety regulations apply to the demolition of buildings containing asbestos and prior exposure of staff who previously worked in such buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Demolition is construction work as defined by the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM). Asbestos is a hazard which may give rise to risk and so information on its presence in a building should form part of the pre-construction information which the client must make available to the contractors involved.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, all work with asbestos (including demolition) is subject to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR) which requires exposure to asbestos to be prevented or reduced to as low a level as reasonably practicable. In cases of final demolition the employer’s plan of work must, so far as is reasonably practicable, specify that asbestos must be removed before any demolition starts, unless removal would cause a greater risk to employees than leaving it in place.</p><p> </p><p>CAR also requires the owner, or person responsible for maintenance (the ‘duty holder’) of a non-domestic building to record the location and condition of any asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and to put into place a plan to manage the risk they present. The duty holder is responsible for managing the risk at the time they hold the duty; they are not responsible for prior exposure to earlier building occupants. The record of the location and condition of any ACMs, and management plan, must be available for as long as ACMs are present in the building.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 14:47:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347276

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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	Asbestos: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what regulations apply to the recording and maintenance of information on asbestos in buildings; and for what period such records should be maintained by building owners.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR) requires the owner, or person responsible for maintenance (the ‘duty holder’) of a non-domestic building to record the location and condition of any asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and to put into place a plan to manage the risk they present. The duty holder is only responsible for managing the risk at the time they hold the duty; they are not responsible for prior exposure to earlier building occupants. The record of the location and condition of any ACMs, and management plan, must be available for as long as ACMs are present in the building.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 14:56:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347277

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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 families in each parliamentary constituency were in receipt of benefits in excess of £26,000 before the introduction of the benefits cap.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 11:11:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh