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45379

	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 assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on the investment strategy of the National Employment Savings Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
	uin	193950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The investment strategy for the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) is the responsibility of the NEST Trustees who will consider, if in the best interests of their members, there needs to be any change in NEST's investment approach.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

44783

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 604W, on EU Justice and Home Affairs, with which countries the EU as a legal personality has concluded co-operation agreements in the field of justice and home affairs.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	193408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to the response given by the Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington) on 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 70W. In addition, JHA agreements have also been concluded with Brazil, Ukraine and Moldova during the course of this Government which build on the borders and immigration aspects of the Schengen system, in which the UK does not participate.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 2687 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

45608

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	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 outstanding cases of social fund loan repayments his Department is curretnly pursuing; in what year each such loan was issued; what estimate he has made of the total value of such outstanding repayments; and how much his Department is paying a debt management service to pursue such repayments.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	194152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>At March 2013, there were 10,118,298 loans outstanding relating to 2,940,087 customers. The table below indicates the age of loans and their volumes and values.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age of loan</p></td><td><p>Loans</p></td><td><p>Value £000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Five years and over</p></td><td><p>1,837,896</p></td><td><p>218,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between one and five years</p></td><td><p>5,898,911</p></td><td><p>595,737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one year</p></td><td><p>2,381,491</p></td><td><p>373,729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>10,118,298</p></td><td><p>1,188,306</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department pursues all debts available for recovery. Where we have difficulty with locating a customer and obtaining payment from them we will employ a private sector company to do this for us; for year ending March 2013 we paid £880,000 and recovered £6.1m.</p><p> </p><p>Data has been included for the financial year 2012-13, the latest year for which the audited Social Fund White Paper Account is available. The 2013-14 Account will be publicly available from July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

45139

	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, what his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to question number 193382 by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude. Official Report 26 Mar 2014Col. 300W</p><p> </p><p><strong>Chris Ruane:</strong> To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups. [193382]</p><p><strong>Mr Maude:</strong> Guidance on officials appearing before all-party parliamentary groups is set out in Volume 2 of the Directory of Civil Service Guidance, copies of which are available in the Library of the House and online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/60997/guide-civil-service-guidance-volume-2_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/60997/guide-civil-service-guidance-volume-2_0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45612

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	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, whether his Department collects information from Jobcentre Plus offices on the number of people referred to local advice providers to use telephones.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	194147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is not our policy to refer people to other organisations for the purposes of making a phone call.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

45614

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	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 support his Department makes available to people who are unable to work whilst receiving treatment for cancer and what assets which cannot quickly be converted to enough money to cover consequential costs.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	194168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>People who are unable to work whilst receiving treatment for cancer may be entiltled to claim Employment and Support Allowance and, depending on the circumstances of them and their family, may be entilted to other benefits such as Personal Independence Payment, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

45386

	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 assessment he has made of the effect of the planned changes to pensions on opt-out rates of auto enrolment.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
	uin	193948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Budget announced that from April 2015, the tax rules for how people access their defined contribution pension savings will be simplified to allow individuals aged 55 or over to withdraw their savings however they wish, subject to their marginal rate of income tax.</p><p> </p><p>Allowing individuals to exercise greater choice over how they access their retirement savings may mean that some people who would have previously chosen to opt out may no longer do so. This is more likely to have an effect on the choices of older workers.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

45739

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many complaints about Atos Healthcare have been submitted or received through the Department for Work and Pensions, per year, since the commencement of the service provision contract.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
	uin	HL6388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department does not hold central records on the number of complaints received in regards to Atos Healthcare, this information could only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

45377

	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 received face to face guidance from the Pension Advisory Service in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
	uin	193944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Pensions Advisory Service provides information and guidance over multiple distribution channels including by telephone, web chat, online and written enquiries and face to face via outreach activity. The outreach activity includes shows, forums and similar events. All guidance is tailored to the individuals' personal circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The data for the last five years are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>2013/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Helpline customers</p><p>Includes calls, online enquiries, webchats and 1<sup>st</sup> party complaints</p></td><td><p>99,663</p></td><td><p>87,712</p></td><td><p>93,505</p></td><td><p>84,228</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>76,348 (as at 28th February)</p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outreach work</p></td><td><p>6,457 people spoken to at TPAS events/presentations</p></td><td><p>7,577</p></td><td><p>3,786</p></td><td><p>1,091</p></td><td><p>1,400 estimate to date</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

45420

	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 the average waiting time for a work capability assessment is for claimants in (a) Torbay local authority area, (b) the South West region and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	193856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The average waiting time for a Work Capability Assessment in the period from March 2013 to February 2014 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Torbay local authority area – the information is not available in respect of Local Authority areas</p><p> </p><p>The South West - 110 working days</p><p> </p><p>England - 71 working days</p><p> </p><p>We announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 27 March our plans to achieve a reduction in waiting times and next steps, including Atos Healthcare's withdrawal from delivery of Work Capability Assessments in Great Britain before the end of the current contract .</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Atos Healthcare will continue to deliver Work Capability Assessments until contract exit and will still be subject to a quality and service credit regime. We will continue to work with Atos to ensure they can deliver the best service possible to claimants until they leave the contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders