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348321

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	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	Statutory Sick Pay
	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 changes in employment retention levels since changes to the percentage threshold scheme for statutory sick pay were introduced on 6 April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has not undertaken a formal assessment of changes in employment retention levels since changes to the percentage threshold scheme for statutory sick pay were introduced on 6 April 2014. The Impact Assessment supporting this change reflects that the removal of the scheme will not precipitate illegal discrimination by employers against employees with poor sickness records. If employees should suffer such discrimination then there are legal protections in place.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/06/2015 15:49:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

418035

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	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	Disability Living Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working age people applied for and received disability living allowance, claiming under special rules for people with terminal illness, in each year from 2005 to 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	9721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The data requested is available through the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) data tabulation tool, which 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> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 12:43:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

346882

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what areas of his Department's expenditure spending reductions are planned.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	97
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government’s commitment to save £12bn from welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/06/2015 13:51:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

417810

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of workers employed through an umbrella payroll company who will opt-out of automatic-enrolment into a workplace pension.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	9649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 11:09:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

417809

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the shortfall in pension accrual experienced by employees who are employed through an umbrella payroll company or similar overarching employment contract and do not receive automatic enrolment pension contributions from their employer.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	9648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 11:21:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

417812

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	Workplace Pensions
	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 effect of automatic-enrolment pension arrangements on workers employed through employment agencies.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	9646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The law requires employers to enrol all eligible workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme and make at least a minimum contribution to their pension. This includes workers employed through employment agencies. The Department has made no separate assessment of the impact of automatic enrolment on these workers.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 11:18:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

417813

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on addressing the backlog in applications for personal independence payments; and for what median end-to-end time applicants are currently waiting.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	9645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have implemented a wide range of initiatives across the whole Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim journey to speed up processes and are continuing to identify further opportunities for improvement. Figures released on 17 June reflect the significant progress made over the past year and show claims for PIP are now being cleared at four times the rate they were in January 2014. These figures can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics show that as at April 2015 a new claimant was waiting on average (median) 11 weeks from the point of registration to a decision being made on their claim (end to end), compared to 41 weeks in July 2014. DLA reassessment claims were taking on average (median) 10 weeks in April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Updated statistics on PIP registrations, clearances, clearance times and outstanding times (up to July 2015 data) are due to be published and can be found from 16th September at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 13:53:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

417806

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	Working Mothers: Industrial Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of present Government guidance available to employers on managing the health and safety of new and expectant mothers at work.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	9595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reviewed and revised its website and other published guidance on managing new and expectant mothers’ health and safety in 2012. A further minor review was carried out in 2014. HSE also contributed to advice produced by Acas in 2013 on breastfeeding at work.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is currently working with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to assess the findings of a major survey on pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work and any implications for the effectiveness of the Executive’s current guidance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 11:27:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

417826

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the highest amount of annual housing benefit paid to a single household was in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	9481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of the highest amount of annual housing benefit paid to a single household in each of the last five years can be found using the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></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/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 10:20:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417824

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what equality impact assessment of the recent change to the benefits cap his Department has undertaken.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	9474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. A link to the impact assessment is included.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 14:26:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray