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418044

	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the transition to universal credit to be complete.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	9830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>As previously announced, by the end of 2018 claimants will no longer be able to make a claim to legacy benefits and tax credits.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/09/2015 10:59:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

418043

	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	Universal Credit
	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 in receipt of universal credit; and of those claims how many have alternative payment arrangements in place.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	9829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 9828 question first answered 14/09/2015 11:01:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

418045

	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	Universal Credit: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims include an element for housing costs.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	9828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 9829 question first answered 14/09/2015 11:01:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

418008

	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	Universal Credit: Highlands of Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the Highland Council on assessment of the roll-out of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	9824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Regular discussions have taken place between DWP and Highland Council who have been delivering Universal Credit (UC) since November 2013.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/09/2015 10:49:20 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

417811

	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	Children: Poverty
	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 on (a) relative and (b) absolute child poverty of the four-year freeze announced in the July Budget on the uprating of (i) jobseeker's allowance and (ii) employment and support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	9628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government has carefully considered all measures introduced in the Summer Budget.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to reducing child poverty, and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to get on in life.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this we are introducing new life chances measures to drive action on addressing the root causes of disadvantage.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/09/2015 11:25:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

417818

	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	Department for Work and Pensions: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which external organisations he has met to discuss the consequences of the UK leaving the EU in each of the last three years; and how many times he has met each such organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	uin	9549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis. The Secretary of State regularly meets with a range of external organisations to discuss the Government's objectives in Europe.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly on Gov.UK.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387937/ministers-meetings-apr-jun-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387937/ministers-meetings-apr-jun-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/09/2015 11:16:38 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

417819

	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	Department for Work and Pensions: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which external organisations officials in his Department have met to discuss the consequences of the UK leaving the EU in each of the last three years; and how many meetings such officials have had with each such organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	uin	9530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis. Officials regularly meet with a range of external organisations to discuss the Government's objectives in Europe.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/09/2015 11:14:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

417821

	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	Department for Work and Pensions: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department are engaged in research into the effects of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	uin	9512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis. Departments are appropriately resourced to support the Government’s priorities in Europe.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/09/2015 11:17:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

417387

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	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 people who are eligible for jobseeker's allowance but who choose not to claim it.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	9299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has not made any estimates of the number of people who are eligible for Jobseeker’s Allowance, but who choose not to claim it.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/09/2015 11:23:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

417388

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what policy evaluations have been carried out by external organisations for his Department and its agencies in each financial year since 2010-11; whether the output of those evaluations was published; which organisation carried out each such evaluation; and what the value of each contract to provide that evaluation was.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Policy evaluations, as with all externally commissioned DWP research, are routinely published:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/research" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/research</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports always identify the organisations that have been contracted to do the research. Details of all government contracts let since February 2011 are in the public domain, including the contract value:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/09/2015 11:09:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna