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46968

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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 people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance were sanctioned for failing to complete their job search evidence form for the week of 25 December 2013 to 1 January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	195208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>Published data on sanctions is currently available up to 30th September 2013, with the next scheduled release in May 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are expected to do all that is reasonable within full time working hours in any week to look for work and this is not restricted to specific days.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

45138

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	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 people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance were sanctioned for failing to complete their job search evidence form on 25 December 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	193590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>Claimants are expected to do all that is reasonable within full time working hours in any week to look for work and this is not restricted to specific days.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants with sincerely held religious beliefs can restrict their availability during religious festivals and holidays.</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	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

45419

	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 funding his Department has agreed to provide in future years for former Remploy Employment Services; and until what year such funding will continue.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	193869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department agrees Remploy funding and performance targets, including Work Choice job outcome targets on an annual basis. Remploy's performance targets for 2013/14 were published in Hansard on 31 October 2013, column 60WS by Written Ministerial Statement confirming publication of Remploy Annual Report and Accounts 2013. Remploy performance targets and funding for 2014/15 will be published alongside the 2014 accounts later this year.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

43870

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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 criteria are for self-employed people to be eligible for contributions-based jobseekers' allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	192697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>Guidance is provided in the Decision Makers Guide. Please see link to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/251790/dmg-vol4-ch20.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 20</a> for the basic conditions of entitlement (20003) and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/278886/dmgch21.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 21</a> for the contribution-based conditions (21051 onwards).</p><p> </p><p>With limited exceptions, only Class 1 (employed) contributions count towards Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA). This means that self-employed people who make class 2 (self-employed) contributions do not normally qualify for JSA. The exceptions are Share Fishermen, and Volunteer Development Workers employed abroad. People in these categories pay a special class 2 National Insurance Contribution at a higher rate, which enables them to qualify for contribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 192696 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

43873

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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 guidance his Department issues on (a) the amount of class 1 National Insurance contributions an individual must have made and (b) for how long such contributions must be paid in order to be eligible for contribution-based jobseekers' allowance; and how his Department makes such guidance available to the public.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	192696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>Guidance is provided in the Decision Makers Guide. Please see link to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/251790/dmg-vol4-ch20.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 20</a> for the basic conditions of entitlement (20003) and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/278886/dmgch21.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 21</a> for the contribution-based conditions (21051 onwards).</p><p> </p><p>With limited exceptions, only Class 1 (employed) contributions count towards Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA). This means that self-employed people who make class 2 (self-employed) contributions do not normally qualify for JSA. The exceptions are Share Fishermen, and Volunteer Development Workers employed abroad. People in these categories pay a special class 2 National Insurance Contribution at a higher rate, which enables them to qualify for contribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 192697 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

45424

	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, how many additional households in temporary accommodation became subject to the benefit cap on flow in each month between May 2013 and January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gilbert
	uin	193746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</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	4101 label Biography information for Stephen Gilbert

45422

	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, how many people who were temporarily exempt from the benefit cap due to their housing benefit being reduced were in temporary accommodation between April 2013 and January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gilbert
	uin	193740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available. People whose housing benefit entitlement is reduced such that their overall benefit falls below the cap threshold are not subject to the cap.</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	4101 label Biography information for Stephen Gilbert

45427

	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, how many single parents with a child under the age of five years old were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gilbert
	uin	193733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</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	4101 label Biography information for Stephen Gilbert

45426

	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, how many households in receipt of (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) employment and support allowance were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gilbert
	uin	193732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and can only be be provided at a disproportionate cost.</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	4101 label Biography information for Stephen Gilbert

45425

	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, how many households in temporary accommodation were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gilbert
	uin	193731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</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	4101 label Biography information for Stephen Gilbert