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688072

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	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	Women against State Pension Inequality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has further plans to meet Women Against State Pension Inequality campaigners; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	63844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>I am responding on behalf of the Secretary of State, as the Minister for Pensions I have responsibility for this issue.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to meet with WASPI campaigners. The Government has been quite clear that the demands of WASPI will not be met, confirming that the Government will make no further changes to their pension age or pay them financial redress.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/02/2017 17:07:59 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

686253

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2017
	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	Winter Fuel Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had their eligibility for winter fuel allowance stopped as a result of the introduction of temperature tests.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	63530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The available statistics on the annual number of Winter Fuel Payments made to eligible individuals in each European Economic Area country, including those countries subject to the temperature restriction on payments, can be found at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payments-by-eea-country" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payments-by-eea-country</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/02/2017 17:02:44 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

687136

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing women affected by the increase in state pension age to retire early on a reduced pension; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	63564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>Many alternative options to the existing arrangements have been put forward. All of these options, including the actuarially reduced pension, suffer from substantial practical problems and would create extra cost to the taxpayer.</p><p>Even if actuarially neutral, such an option would result in losses of income tax and National Insurance payments. To give some idea of the scale of this, for individuals affected by the Pensions Act 2011, additional income tax and NI receipts from the change to State Pension age were estimated to be up to £8.3 billion.</p><p>Furthermore, the new State Pension’s key features are simplicity—giving people the clarity and confidence to save—and a value set above the minimum income guarantee standard. An actuarially reduced pension would undermine both these key features. It would complicate outcomes and, if people’s actuarially reduced state pension were below the minimum guarantee, might increase the need for means-tested support amongst pensioners.</p><p>There are also legal risks associated with offering affected women an actuarially reduced pension. The requirement to take account of equality between men and women in framing new legislation means any new transitional provisions aimed just at those women affected by recent rises to the State Pension age run the risk of legal challenge.</p><p>This matter has been comprehensively debated in Parliament and the Government has been very clear that there will be no further changes to the current arrangements or any financial redress in lieu of pensions.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/02/2017 17:23:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

688073

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	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: Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people on release from Young Offender Institutions have had their benefits sanctioned or suspended in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	63847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>This information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/02/2017 16:02:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

687139

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	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: Care Leavers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people leaving care have had their benefits sanctioned or suspended in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	63643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested in respect of care leavers is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/02/2017 15:41:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

687137

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	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 estimate he has made of the effect of changes in the level of inflation on working age benefit claimants in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	63631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>We know that work is the best route out of poverty. That is why the Government has introduced welfare reforms – such as those included in the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 to increase work incentives and reduce welfare dependency. These reforms are working.</p><p> </p><p>We now have the lowest rate of unemployment in over a decade, and the lowest number of workless households since records began. Millions of people are taking home more of what they earn thanks to this Government’s actions to lower taxes and introduce the National Living Wage. This has helped give lower earners their fastest pay rise in 20 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 63632 question first answered 20/02/2017 15:47:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

687138

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	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 estimate he has made of the effect of changes in the level of inflation on the value of social security benefits in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	63632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>We know that work is the best route out of poverty. That is why the Government has introduced welfare reforms – such as those included in the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 to increase work incentives and reduce welfare dependency. These reforms are working.</p><p> </p><p>We now have the lowest rate of unemployment in over a decade, and the lowest number of workless households since records began. Millions of people are taking home more of what they earn thanks to this Government’s actions to lower taxes and introduce the National Living Wage. This has helped give lower earners their fastest pay rise in 20 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 63631 question first answered 20/02/2017 15:47:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

686261

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Coventry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people using Tile Hill Jobcentre Plus in Coventry South have been informed in writing of the closure of that jobcentre.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	63414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>It is important to remember that the announcements made in relation to the Written Statement of 26 January 2017 are proposals at this stage and not final decisions. The proposal to merge staff and services from Tile Hill to Cofa Court Jobcentre is currently under public consultation and we will carefully consider any concerns raised during the process. Once a final decision is made, claimants will be informed at an appropriate time prior to any office move.</p><p> </p><p>Detail of current public consultations, including Tile Hill, can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=consultations&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-work-pensions&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=consultations&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-work-pensions&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date</a>=</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/02/2017 16:33:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

686259

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Coventry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are served by (a) Tile Hill and (b) Cofa Court jobcentres in Coventry; and how many such claimants are (i) disabled and (ii) women.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	63413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. However, such information that is available is in the tables and provides the stock of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit (required to seek work) claimants; the number of new claims to Employment and Support Allowance and Income Support from people who are attending (a) Tile Hill and (b) Cofa Court Jobcentres in Coventry.</p><p>Table (a) Tile Hill</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>The stock of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit claimants attending Tile Hill Jobcentre</p></td><td><p>The number of people making a new claim to Employment and Support Allowance and attending Tile Hill Jobentre</p></td><td><p>The number of people making a new claim to Income Support and attending Tile Hill Jobcentre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>November 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>82</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table (b) Cofa Court</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>The stock of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit claimants attending Cofa Court Jobcentre</p></td><td><p>The number of people making a new claim to Employment and Support Allowance and attending Cofa Court Jobentre</p></td><td><p>The number of people making a new claim to Income Support and attending Cofa Court Jobcentre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>November 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>370</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/02/2017 16:01:04 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

686254

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Closures
	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 rate of unemployment is in those communities in which his Department is proposing to close jobcentres.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	63517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>It is worth clarifying that although some Jobcentre buildings are proposed for closure, the staff and services will merge with nearby offices to continue delivering DWP services within communities. We are committed to retaining a Jobcentre network and continuing to serve people in all areas of the country to make sure they can continue to access the services they need, and the purpose of the equality analysis is to help establish how many people are likely to be affected by the proposals to close some offices.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide the average unemployment rates specifically for the areas where a Jobcentre building is proposed for closure however the claimant counts for each Jobcentre are available from the following link: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk</a>. Guidance for users is available at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/02/2017 16:42:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams