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388027

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many, and what proportion of, households affected by the proposed reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000 per year receive (1) Employment and Support Allowance, and (2) Income Support.
	tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
	uin	HL1153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20<sup>th</sup> July. The impact assessment is now available on Parliament’s website, and a copy is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/07/2015 15:32:41 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud attachment 1 file name Impact Assessment.pdf title Imapct Assessment
	tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

100270

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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
	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 3 September 2014 to Question 207337, when his Department's statisticians last assessed whether statistics on mandatory reconsideration meet the standards set out in the UK Statistics Authority's code of practice.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	211322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>DWP statisticians are currently working to collate and quality assure data on Mandatory Reconsideration. The Department has committed to publishing statistics as soon as Departmental statisticians judge that the data meets the standards set out in the UK Statistics Authority’s Codes of Practice. The aim is to release an initial set of official statistics on Mandatory Reconsideration by the end of 2014.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2014 17:11:27 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

100918

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	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
	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 17 October 2014 to Question 210464, what metrics are used to track and manage timeliness of payments within the benefits system.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	211860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department uses a broad range of Management Information to monitor processing of benefit claims including, for example, the percentage of claims processed within defined timescales and the average time for claims to be processed, with different metrics being used for different benefits. Further information on activities to manage timeliness of payments, and some examples of the metrics used for specific benefits, is available via the Departmental Improvement Plan and the Annual Report and Accounts, both of which are publicly accessible via the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DIP <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-departmental-improvement-plan-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-departmental-improvement-plan-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Accounts <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323953/dwp-annual-report-accounts-2013-2014.PDF" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323953/dwp-annual-report-accounts-2013-2014.PDF</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 29/10/2014 16:22:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

100921

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	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
	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, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in benefit payments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	211859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>DWP has made a number of operational improvements in benefit processes across each working age benefit, supporting both speed of clearance performance and overall customer experience. There are no delays in benefit payments, working age benefits are currently being paid on time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 29/10/2014 16:26:55 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

100930

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the steps they are taking to reduce the cost of benefit fraud, what they propose to do, and how much they plan to spend, to reduce underpayments to claimants due to mistakes by officials or claimants.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL2398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department takes both under and overpayments seriously and has in place a number of initiatives to address the errors that cause them. These activities address fraud as well as error, and both under and overpayments. It is therefore not possible to separate out the cost of activities focused exclusively on underpayments as a result of error.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit will make the welfare system simpler by replacing six benefits and credits with a single monthly payment. This simplification is expected to lead to a reduction in fraud and error due to the fact that information about claimants will be held in one place and updated more frequently and easily.</p><p> </p><p>For claimants that have income taxed under PAYE, Universal Credit will be linked to HMRC’s Real Time Information system, which will provide an automatic monthly update of their income thus reducing the potential for both error and fraud.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has invested in compliance activity, so that case correctness is maintained and fraud and error entering the system are detected and resolved quickly. Across all delivery arms there is a focus on accuracy and quality, including a continuous quality checking regime to review claims and check processing accuracy.</p><p> </p><p>We constantly review claims by checking them against data coming into our systems, in order to highlight potential anomalies. We do this by using business rules which focus on potential error to identify both under and overpayments.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is taking steps to encourage claimants to ensure that the information provided to us is accurate and up-to-date. This includes a fraud and error communications campaign about driving behaviour change and emphasising that claimants must report any change of circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 07/11/2014 13:39:35 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

101317

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of households claiming (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit are (i) in work and (ii) have dependent children.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	212371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>For Tax Credits, details of proportions of families in receipt by in work recipients, and recipients with dependent children can be calculated using HMRC’s national statistics publication found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305886/cwtc-apr14.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305886/cwtc-apr14.xls</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Out-of-work families should be included when considering the proportion of families with dependent children as all families in this category have dependent children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold information for Child Benefit on the work status of a recipient family and so an answer cannot be provided. All recipients of Child Benefit have dependent children.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/11/2014 15:00:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

101511

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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
	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, what proportion of households claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) universal credit, (c) income support, (d) the work-related activity group component of employment and support allowance and (e) local housing allowance rates in housing benefit are (i) in work and (ii) have dependent children.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	212370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of local housing allowance awards each month is published at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </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/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The requested information for Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Income Support (IS) taken from the Family Resources Survey (FRS) is shown below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Of households where at least one member receives Jobseeker's Allowance:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>proportion where at least one adult is in work:</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>proportion with at least one dependent child:</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Of households where at least one member receives Income Support:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>proportion where at least one adult is in work:</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>proportion with at least one dependent child:</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Family Resources Survey 2012/13</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. The Family Resources Survey (FRS) is a nationally representative sample of UK households.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. The figures from the Family Resources Survey are based on a sample of households which have been adjusted for non-response using multi-purpose grossing factors which align the Family Resources Survey to former Government Office Region population by age and sex. Estimates are subject to sampling error and remaining non-response error.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. Percentages have been rounded to the nearest 1 per cent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4. Relative to administrative records, the FRS is known to under-report benefit receipt. For more details please see the Methodology chapter of the FRS publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/325491/family-resources-survey-statistics-2012-2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/325491/family-resources-survey-statistics-2012-2013.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>5. A dependant child is an individual aged under 16, or aged 16-19 and: not married, in a civil partnership, or living with a partner; and living with parents or another responsible adult; and in full-time non-advanced education or in unwaged government training.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>6. A household is in work if at least one member who is not a dependant child is employed or self-employed, either full- or part-time using the International Labour Organisation definitions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested for the work related activity group of ESA is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department publishes a wide range of statistics relating to children in workless households, by benefit, which includes those receiving Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) with child dependants (Table 4). This information links our data with that for Child Benefit HMRC data and is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-out-of-work-benefit-households-statistics-31-may-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-out-of-work-benefit-households-statistics-31-may-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Background guidance on the use and interpretation of the figures is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/ben_hholds/cb_hholds_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/ben_hholds/cb_hholds_guidance.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested on Universal Credit is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published its strategy for releasing Official Statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013. These statistics will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. As outlined in the strategy officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department will however be publishing statistics on the proportion of people claiming Universal Credit who are in work on the 12 November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit statistics and the Department’s release strategy can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 17:59:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

101603

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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
	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, what recent progress he has made on rectifying benefit sanctions found to have been wrongly applied.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
	uin	905816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We get the vast majority of decisions right. All decisions are made by independent decision makers based on evidence provided at the time. A sanction will never be imposed if a claimant provides good reason and once sanctioned a claimant has rights to reconsideration and appeal. Hardship payments are also available and vulnerable claimants, including anyone with responsibility for a child, can receive payments immediately.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 13:03:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

102009

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	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
	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 individual cases of customer overpayment debt there have been in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk, (c) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in each of the last five years; and what the total monetary value was of customer overpayment debts in this period.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
	uin	212571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Official statistics for customer overpayment debt are not readily available and to provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 06/11/2014 16:48:37 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

106385

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	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
	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 3 November 2014, Official Report, column 522, what the evidential basis is for his statement that there has been very little movement of more than about five miles from people's existing homes as a result of the benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	213259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Latest official statistics, released 6th November, show that only 1% of households who have previously been capped and which are no longer subject to the cap have moved to a different Local Authority.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/11/2014 15:06:02 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 26919 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms