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43582

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation his Department has had with groups representing separated parents on steps to ensure universal credit makes shared parenting a financially viable option for parents who do not have family-based financial arrangements in place.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Mike Crockart
	uin	192380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>Currently the child element will be awarded to the parent with whom the child or qualifying young person normally lives. Where separated parents both share the care of a child or qualifying young person they are expected to jointly nominate which of them has the main responsibility.</p><p>Where parents are unable to come to an agreement themselves, a determination will be made. This will take account of where the child normally lives and who has the main day to day responsibility. </p><p>The proposed approach to Universal Credit was set out in a White Paper &quot;Universal Credit: Welfare that Works&quot; and in draft Regulations upon which a wide range of organisations responded to in the consultation exercise carried out by the Social Security Advisory Committee.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 192385 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3967 label Biography information for Mike Crockart

43581

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how disputed child tax credits claims will be managed under the universal credit system.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Mike Crockart
	uin	192385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>Currently the child element will be awarded to the parent with whom the child or qualifying young person normally lives. Where separated parents both share the care of a child or qualifying young person they are expected to jointly nominate which of them has the main responsibility.</p><p>Where parents are unable to come to an agreement themselves, a determination will be made. This will take account of where the child normally lives and who has the main day to day responsibility. </p><p>The proposed approach to Universal Credit was set out in a White Paper &quot;Universal Credit: Welfare that Works&quot; and in draft Regulations upon which a wide range of organisations responded to in the consultation exercise carried out by the Social Security Advisory Committee.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 192380 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3967 label Biography information for Mike Crockart

42886

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued on the requirement to have £16,000 or less in savings for eligibility for income-based jobseeker's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	191792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>For Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), guidance on the requirement to have £16000 or less in capital and savings is in the JSA procedural guidance. Corresponding guidance for Decision Makers is in the Decision Makers Guide, chapter 29.</p><p> </p><p>Public facing communications are available via the:</p><p>· Government website <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>;</p><p>· information leaflet INF4: changes you must tell us about; and </p><p>· Jobseeker's Allowance: help while you look for work leaflet.</p><p> </p><p>There has always been a level above which income-based JSA was not payable if savings were held since 1996.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

50373

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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
	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 takes to ensure that a claimant suffers no financial hardship as a result of paperwork lost by a jobcentre.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	198186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>In the event of maladministration, the Department provides for a special payment scheme. The scheme is designed to allow us to restore the claimant to the financial position they would have been in, had there been no maladministration. Information about the scheme can be found on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

42874

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 promote small business entrepreneurial skills for people who are currently unemployed.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	191768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Government is keen to promote and provide support to help people start and build their own business. One of the ways we are doing this is through the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA).</p><p> </p><p>The NEA provides access to business mentoring and financial support for people on benefits interested in starting up their own business. The financial support consists of a weekly allowance payable over 26 week's worth up to £1,274. If participants need start-up capital they may also apply for an unsecured loan through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills start-up loan scheme.</p><p> </p><p>So far 32,520 businesses have been created and 56,700 claimants have started working with a mentor.</p><p> </p><p>We announced in the Autumn Statement our intention to extend the scheme through to 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

44148

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit sanctions in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency were (a) issued and (b) dropped following requests for reconsideration or appeal in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	192798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

48893

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many short-term benefit advances were made between April 2013 and March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	196821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The total number of Short Term Benefit Advances made between April 2013 and March 2014 was 78,021.</p><p /> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

42594

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 claimants who have returned to Jobcentre Plus after 104 weeks on the Work Programme are attached to each jobcentre in the UK; and what proportion of each jobcentre's caseload such people represent.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	191627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p><strong> </strong>Statistics on the number of claimants, who have returned to Jobcentre Plus after 104 weeks on the Work Programme, by Jobcentre Plus district, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>In order to calculate the proportions, statistics on the number of Jobseeker's Allowance claimants by jobcentre plus district can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p> </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><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

49294

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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
	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 place in the Library a code of practice on the circumstances in which recovery action will be taken for overpayments of universal credit, jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	197338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A copy of the Code of Practice What happens if you are overpaid Universal Credit, Jobseeker's Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance will be placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p><p>The Code of Practice is available on GOV.UK and can be accessed through the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-happens-if-you-are-overpaid-universal-credit-jobseekers-allowance-or-employment-and-support-allowance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-happens-if-you-are-overpaid-universal-credit-jobseekers-allowance-or-employment-and-support-allowance</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

42599

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 the Answer of 15 January 2013, Official Report, column 715W, on child poverty, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of (a) the new timetable for the implementation of universal credit and (b) changes to work allowances on the level of relative income poverty among (i) children and (ii) adults.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Julie Hilling
	uin	191594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>After full roll-out, the Department's latest analysis suggests that Universal Credit will reduce the number of individuals in relative income poverty by some 600,000; including up to 300,000 children and up to 350,000 adults (numbers do not sum due to rounding).</p><p> </p><p>This figure does not take into account the expected increase in numbers of people in work as a result of universal credit, and excludes the impact of the minimum income floor for the self-employed which is designed to encourage those affected to improve their income levels and for which the behavioural response is very difficult to model.</p><p> </p><p>This estimate is not affected by the timetable for the implementation of Universal Credit, and changes to the policy on uprating of work allowances make negligible difference to the impact of Universal Credit on child or adult poverty as measured by relative income.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3925 label Biography information for Julie Hilling