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77455

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Media: Subscriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In response to Part A of the question “what magazine subscriptions his Department funds”.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no contracted provision to supply general magazines.</p><p> </p><p>In response to Part B of the Question “what television channels his department funds”.</p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service funded The Life Channel in a limited number of Prisons in 2013/2014. This service provides broadcast programming that is aimed at reducing reoffending and cascading general health information to prisoners and visitors.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/10/2014 14:13:07 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77494

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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	Mass Media: Subscriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>(a) Subscriptions to magazines are included within the Department's contracts for journals and newspapers. The Department receives the following titles via these contracts:</p><p> </p><p>.Net</p><p>Able Magazine</p><p>Adviser</p><p>BMJ - British Medical Journal - General Practice Edition - Internet</p><p>Bookseller - Internet</p><p>Business Transfers and Employee Rights</p><p>Butterworths Civil Court Precedents</p><p>Civil Service World</p><p>Community Care</p><p>Common Market Law Review - Print &amp; Internet</p><p>Community Care Law Reports</p><p>Credit Collections and Risk</p><p>Credit Today</p><p>Current Law Complete Service A</p><p>Daily Express</p><p>Daily Mail</p><p>Daily Mirror</p><p>Daily Star</p><p>Daily Telegraph</p><p>Disability and Rehabilitation - Full Set - Internet &amp; Print</p><p>Disability and Society - Internet</p><p>Economist - Internet &amp; Print</p><p>Encyclopedia of Data Protection and Privacy - Including CD ROM</p><p>Equal Opportunities Review</p><p>Equality Law Reports - E-Mail &amp; Internet &amp; Optional Print</p><p>EU Public Procurement - Law and Practice</p><p>European Journal of Social Security - Internet</p><p>European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology - Print &amp; Internet</p><p>Financial Times</p><p>Freedom of Information Journal - E-Mail</p><p>Gazette - Law Society London</p><p>Guardian</p><p>Health and Safety Bulletin</p><p>Health Service Journal</p><p>Housing Studies - Internet</p><p>Housing Theory and Society - Online Archive Incl Current Year - Internet</p><p>Human Rights Practice</p><p>IDS Pensions Law Reports</p><p>In House Lawyer</p><p>Independent</p><p>Independent on Sunday</p><p>Inside Housing</p><p>International &amp; United Kingdom Report - Privacy Laws and Business</p><p>International Journal of Housing Policy - Internet</p><p>Journal of Community Care Law</p><p>Journal of Social Security Law</p><p>Journal of Welfare Benefits Law and Practice</p><p>Judicial Review</p><p>Juncture - Internet</p><p>Kemp and Kemp - Quantum of Damages</p><p>Legal Action - Legal Action Group</p><p>Mail on Sunday</p><p>Medical Law Reports - Academic - Internet &amp; Print &amp; Bound Volume</p><p>Mental Health Law Review</p><p>Modern Law Review - Print &amp; Internet</p><p>Money Marketing - London</p><p>NAPF Pension Legislation Service - including CD ROM</p><p>National Institute Economic Review - Internet</p><p>New Law Journal</p><p>New Statesman</p><p>Newsweek</p><p>Observer</p><p>Occupational Pensions</p><p>Oxford Economic Papers – Internet</p><p>Pensions Management</p><p>Pensions Expert</p><p>Pensions World</p><p>Private Eye</p><p>Professional Pensions - Print &amp; Internet</p><p>Public Private Partnership and PFI</p><p>Records Management Journal - Print &amp; Internet</p><p>Renton and Brown - Criminal Procedure</p><p>Renton and Brown - Criminal Procedure Legislation</p><p>SEN Magazine</p><p>Social Care Law Today</p><p>Social Policy and Society &amp; Journal of Social Policy - Print &amp; Internet</p><p>Solicitors' Journal</p><p>Spectator</p><p>Sun</p><p>Sun on Sunday</p><p>Sunday Express</p><p>Sunday Mirror</p><p>Sunday People</p><p>Sunday Telegraph</p><p>Sunday Times</p><p>Sweet and Maxwell's Law of Pension Schemes</p><p>Time Magazine</p><p>Times</p><p>Tolley's Pensions Law Service</p><p>Tolley's Social Security and State Benefits</p><p>Transfer of Undertaking</p><p>Vacher's Quarterly</p><p>Welfare Rights Bulletin</p><p>Work and Stress - Internet</p><p>Work Employment and Society - Print &amp; Backfile Lease - Internet</p><p>Working Brief - PDF - E-Mail</p><p> </p><p>(b) This information is not centrally collated and could not be provided without incurring disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/07/2014 16:28:13 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77497

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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	Pensioners: Means-tested Benefits
	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 estimate the number of pensioners that would be lifted out of poverty if take-up of means-tested benefits was 100 per cent.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	205396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>An up-to-date estimate of the number of pensioners that would be lifted out of poverty if take-up of means-tested benefits was 100 per cent is not available. The latest estimate available, published in 2011 (PQ 33325, Official Report, 13 January 2011, column 429W), showed that an estimated 600,000 pensioners would be lifted out of poverty if take-up of means-tested benefits was 100 per cent. It should be noted, however, that given that there have been changes to the policy context, the level of pensioner poverty, and in the wider economy over the period, this figure is likely to have changed since then.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/07/2014 11:28:57 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

77490

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (i) have let and (ii) plan to let that are worth (A) between £1 million and £3 million and (B) over £3 million since 2010; how much his Department has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	205377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Between 01/01/2010 and 14/07/2014, the Department for Work and Pensions awarded 71 contracts with a value of between one and three million pounds and 191 contracts with a value of over three million pounds.</p><p> </p><p>At 14/07/2014, our current commercial planning data indicates we intend to let 47 contracts with a value of between one and three million pounds and 30 contracts with a value over three million pounds.</p><p> </p><p>The award timelines on future contracts stretches to 2017 and beyond. As conditions change, some of these contracts may not yet proceed to the procurement stage. Also, award values are not yet firm for those at the earliest of planning stages.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does not record the numbers of staff and their length of assignment in monitoring individual contracts, therefore the answer to this part of the question could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Between 01/01/2010 and 14/07/2014, the Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) awarded the following contracts within the requested values:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NDPB</p></td><td><p>Number of contracts with Contract Value £1m -3m</p></td><td><p>Number of Contracts with Contract Value over £3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pensions Ombudsman</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>NIL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Pensions Advisory Service</p></td><td><p>NIL</p></td><td><p>NIL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Pensions Regulator (TPR)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Safety Executive (HSE)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC)</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC)</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Living Fund (ILF)</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Pensions Ombudsman estimate the cost of monitoring its contract at £7,000 per annum with a dedicated resource of 0.1 FTE.</p><p> </p><p>TPR have a planned contract to start in 2014/15 value £1-3m.</p><p> </p><p>TPR do not hold information regarding the total amount spent on monitoring the contracts and it would be disproportionate for it to calculate this. However, it has 2 FTE staff dedicated to monitoring the contract valued over £3m</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NEST - The Scheme Administration Services contract has a Contract Manager (commencing August 2014) and is supported by a Procurement &amp; Contract Specialist.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is in the process of letting one contract with a value of between one and three million pounds.</p><p> </p><p>HSE does not record the numbers of staff and their length of assignment in monitoring individual contracts, therefore the answer to this part of the question could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/07/2014 16:09:42 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

77500

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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	Alcoholic Drinks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on alcohol consumption on the premises (a) in general and (b) during parties in his Private Office.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>During normal working hours staff must not consume alcohol on departmental premises. However, there is no prohibition of alcohol and occasionally Ministers and the Permanent Secretary host events for staff in recognition of particular achievements. Alcohol may be provided at such events and will normally be paid for by the relevant Minister or the Permanent Secretary.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 21/07/2014 16:37:23 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77496

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place to allow for the payment of universal credit to those without a bank or building society account; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Love
	uin	205382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>For those without a bank or building society, the Department can pay Universal Credit into a Credit Union current account, Post Office card account or by Simple Payment.</p><p> </p><p>A Simple Payment is a cash transfer service, which has been designed to pay those people who DWP cannot pay into any type of account.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 15:57:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	164 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Love

77499

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on what (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) Ministers in his Department since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer to the reply given on 3 Feb 2014 to the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) Official Report col. 109W. There has been no expenditure on social media training for any Ministers in the Department.</p><p> </p><p>3 Feb 2014 : Column 109W</p><p> </p><p>Chris Bryant: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on communications and media training for (a) Ministers and (b) senior civil servants in each year since 2010. [185708]</p><p>Mike Penning: In 2010-11 the Department spent £3,525 on media training for Ministers. We do not hold data on the number of senior civil servants that received training in this year.</p><p>From 2011 media training has been delivered through Civil Service Training and we do not hold data breaking down attendees into further categories.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 21/07/2014 11:50:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77491

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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	Work Programme: Ayr
	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 from Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency have secured employment through the Work Programme in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
	tabling member printed	Sandra Osborne
	uin	205404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on job starts from the Work Programme is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The available information on Job Outcomes is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Number of Work Programme Job Outcomes in Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Parliamentary Constituency for each of the last 12 months: April 2013 – March 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Parliamentary Constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-13</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 15:05:23 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	576 label Biography information for Sandra Osborne

77498

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in (i) his Department and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since 1998 the Department occupies the majority of its accommodation under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) known as the PRIME Contract. Under the terms of the contract, the Department sold all its property interests (and risk) to our Estates private sector partner, Telereal Trillium. The Department does not, therefore, own any property but occupies fully serviced accommodation in return for the payment of a unitary charge.</p><p> </p><p>The unitary charge includes payment for all Life Cycle Works which covers the maintenance and upkeep of facilities including interior redecoration. It is not possible to disaggregate the costs for individual maintenance tasks.</p><p> </p><p>We have not spent any monies (outside of the unitary charge) on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in 2013 or 2014 to date.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/07/2014 15:45:04 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77495

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place to allow people who do not have access to a computer or the internet to claim universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Love
	uin	205383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Support is available through our own Jobcentre network where we are introducing 6,000 additional web access devices to improve digital access by Autumn. Claimants can be given access to the internet through these devices to make a claim and support will be given where necessary if they are not familiar with digital services.</p><p> </p><p>DWP already works in partnership with local authorities who can also provide digital access and digital support for claimants through existing outlets.</p><p> </p><p>DWP also provides a telephony service to support those unable to use the digital channel.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/07/2014 15:32:21 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	164 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Love