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	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Young People: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support his Department provides to 18 and 19 year olds in employment who have never attended college or university.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	227221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>18 and 19 year olds who are working fewer than 16 hours per week may be entitled to out of work benefits. In areas where Universal Credit has been rolled out, 18 and 19 year olds who are on a low income or out of work may be entitled to claim Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/03/2015 12:58:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

179076

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many DWP sanctions there were relating to each benefit in each Scottish parliamentary constituency in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	224079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance adverse sanctions, by Scottish Parliamentary constituency, for each of the last four years is published at:</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/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The available information in respect of Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 224076 224077 224078 question first answered 23/02/2015 11:29:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey attachment 1 file name Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions.pdf title Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

179077

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many DWP sanctions there were relating to each benefit in each Scottish parliamentary constituency in 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	224076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance adverse sanctions, by Scottish Parliamentary constituency, for each of the last four years is published at:</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/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The available information in respect of Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 224077 224078 224079 question first answered 23/02/2015 11:29:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey attachment 1 file name Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions.pdf title Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

179078

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many DWP sanctions there were relating to each benefit in each Scottish parliamentary constituency in 2011-12.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	224077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance adverse sanctions, by Scottish Parliamentary constituency, for each of the last four years is published at:</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/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The available information in respect of Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 224076 224078 224079 question first answered 23/02/2015 11:29:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey attachment 1 file name Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions.pdf title Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

179079

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many DWP sanctions there were relating to each benefit in each Scottish parliamentary constituency in 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	224078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance adverse sanctions, by Scottish Parliamentary constituency, for each of the last four years is published at:</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/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The available information in respect of Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 224076 224077 224079 question first answered 23/02/2015 11:29:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey attachment 1 file name Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions.pdf title Income Support Lone Parents (ISLP) sanctions
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

226413

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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: Scotland
	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 each Scottish city have been subject to a benefits sanction in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such sanctions were imposed for each reason.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	227078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information we have for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance adverse sanction decisions, by geography and reason, is published at:</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/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Proportions can then be calculated using the published figures.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/03/2015 12:20:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

226797

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
	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 assess the merits of extending the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme to allow compensation to be paid to non-dependent children who were under 21 years of age at the time of the diagnosis of the deceased.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	227307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Scheme makes payments to eligible sufferers of diffuse mesothelioma, or, where that person has died, an eligible spouse, civil partner or other dependant, as defined in the Mesothelioma Act 2014.<br> <br> This is because the purpose of making payments to people who would have been dependent on the deceased at the time of death is to recognise the loss of financial support caused by their death.<br> <br> We are not considering extending the Scheme to those who were not dependent on a deceased sufferer of diffuse mesothelioma.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 227306 question first answered 16/03/2015 17:43:35 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

226798

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
	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 assess the merits of extending the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme to allow compensation to be paid to non-dependent children in the event of there being no dependent children or spouse to receive the payment.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	227306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Scheme makes payments to eligible sufferers of diffuse mesothelioma, or, where that person has died, an eligible spouse, civil partner or other dependant, as defined in the Mesothelioma Act 2014.<br> <br> This is because the purpose of making payments to people who would have been dependent on the deceased at the time of death is to recognise the loss of financial support caused by their death.<br> <br> We are not considering extending the Scheme to those who were not dependent on a deceased sufferer of diffuse mesothelioma.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 227307 question first answered 16/03/2015 17:43:35 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

226404

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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	Food Banks: Scotland
	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 people in Scotland subject to a benefit sanction who have used food banks.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	227037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hall Green, Roger Godsiff, <em>Official Report,</em> 13 January 2014<em>,</em> column 448W.</p><p>The answer can be found at the following link (UINs 181451 &amp; 181511):</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/text/140113w0004.htm#column_448w" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/text/140113w0004.htm#column_448w</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227034 227035 227036 question first answered 17/03/2015 14:33:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

226405

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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	Food Banks: Scotland
	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 customers of his Department in Scotland who are using the services of food banks.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	227035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hall Green, Roger Godsiff, <em>Official Report,</em> 13 January 2014<em>,</em> column 448W.</p><p>The answer can be found at the following link (UINs 181451 &amp; 181511):</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/text/140113w0004.htm#column_448w" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/text/140113w0004.htm#column_448w</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227034 227036 227037 question first answered 17/03/2015 14:33:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy