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46158

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	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, with reference to his letter of 20 March 2014, what the evidential basis is for his statement that allowing people receiving employment and support allowance to do some work within a specified 52 week period is the best way of encouraging a move towards work of 16 hours or more a week.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	194563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The permitted work rules in Employment and Support Allowance are based on those which applied to Incapacity Benefit. This approach was supported by evidence contained in DWP Research Report 268 “Final outcome from Permitted Work Rules”.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

47389

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	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, what the average waiting time is for a personal independence payment assessment for claimants in (a) the Torbay local authority area, (b) the South West and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	195671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Personal independence payment (PIP) started from April 2013 and although limited data has started to feed through, we need to wait until the Department has quality assured, meaningful figures for publication. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity. We intend to publish official statistics on PIP from spring 2014 in line with our publication strategy:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284330/pip_stats_release_strategy_feb14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284330/pip_stats_release_strategy_feb14.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>An ad-hoc release of PIP information was published on 11 February 2014.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

45420

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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 the average waiting time for a work capability assessment is for claimants in (a) Torbay local authority area, (b) the South West region and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	193856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The average waiting time for a Work Capability Assessment in the period from March 2013 to February 2014 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Torbay local authority area – the information is not available in respect of Local Authority areas</p><p> </p><p>The South West - 110 working days</p><p> </p><p>England - 71 working days</p><p> </p><p>We announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 27 March our plans to achieve a reduction in waiting times and next steps, including Atos Healthcare's withdrawal from delivery of Work Capability Assessments in Great Britain before the end of the current contract .</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Atos Healthcare will continue to deliver Work Capability Assessments until contract exit and will still be subject to a quality and service credit regime. We will continue to work with Atos to ensure they can deliver the best service possible to claimants until they leave the contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

45428

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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 recent assessment he has made of the capability of the Work Programme to provide adequate support to jobseekers with long-term medical conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	193765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department has commissioned an independent evaluation of the Work Programme, and will publish findings once the evaluation is complete.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

46156

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	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 posts in his Department will be relocated to the South West in the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	194568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The deployment of staff and efficient use of the departmental estate is always subject to review. At the present time, there are no plans to relocate Departmental staff to the South West in the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

66210

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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 staff by grade and full-time equivalence are currently employed by his Department in dealing with policy on benefit sanctioning.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	204233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/07/2014 16:33:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

93379

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	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	Torbay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many visits were made by Ministers of his Department to Torbay constituency in the 12 months to 14 October 2014; whom the invitation for each such visit was issued by; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such visit.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	210486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the ministers of his Department have made no visits in the 12 months to October 2014 to the Torbay constituency in a ministerial capacity. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 14:01:59 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

64096

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	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	Universal Credit
	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 copy of the risk register for the universal credit programme.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	202496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In line with standard practice, as the Universal Credit risk register includes details of a sensitive nature the Department will not be putting the risk register into the public domain.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 02/07/2014 15:56:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

64095

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	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	Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reforms his Department plans to make to the Work Programme following the downgrading of the project's rating from green to amber by the Major Projects Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	202495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Major Projects Authority has not downgraded the Work Programmes project rating. The rating was amber in 2012/13 and has remained amber in 2013/14.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/07/2014 14:12:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

93279

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	School Milk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the review of the Nursery Milk Scheme, what assessment officials of his Department have made of the potential effect of claiming subsidies for school milk under the EU School Milk Scheme on the UK's EU rebate.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	210563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The size of the proposed budget for the EU School Milk Scheme is €80 million per year. The exact Member State allocations have yet to be finalised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The net monetary impact on the UK and the impact on the UK's rebate from the EU budget of claiming subsidies for school milk under the scheme will depend on both the actual take-up by Member States of available funds and other technical factors that determine the UK's contributions to the EU budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For any given level of EU expenditure under this scheme, the marginal impact of every €1 drawn down by the UK would be a reduction in the UK rebate by approximately two thirds of this figure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 210559 question first answered 21/10/2014 16:44:18 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders