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690501

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Jobcentres: West Dunbartonshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when an Equality Impact Assessment will be published on the proposal to close the Alexandria Jobcentre in West Dunbartonshire constituency.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	64110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text Throughout the development of this project, the department has been mindful of its duties under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, and in particular the duty to have regard to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who have a protected characteristic and those who don’t. Statistical analysis has informed high-level decision-making. Site-specific information will be reflected in the final decisions. answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/02/2017 16:45:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

722275

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2017
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2016 to Question 53958, on Department for Work and Pensions: staff, when the learning product Supporting Customers with a Vulnerability, covering how to respond to individuals threatening suicide, was introduced; and what proportion of current jobcentre staff have been trained using that product.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	71182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>‘Supporting Customers with a Vulnerability’ was introduced in February 2012. It is part of a range of products that build the capability of DWP staff to support vulnerable users of the Department’s services. These products have been developed over time to reflect the Department’s longstanding commitment to this critical aspect of our work. Information on the proportion of current Jobcentre staff who have completed this particular product could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 25/04/2017 11:58:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

712138

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2017
	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	Maternity benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days on average it takes between receipt of an application by his Department from an applicant habitually resident in the UK and the date of first payment of (a) maternity grant, (b) maternity allowance and (c) maternity pay.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Rob Marris
	uin	68414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>a) Average Actual Clearance Times (AACT) figures for Sure Start Maternity Grants (SSMGs) are published in Section 4.11 of the Annual Report by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund 2015-16 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/552482/social-fund-annual-report-2015-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/552482/social-fund-annual-report-2015-2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>These figures show the time from receipt of application to the payment being released. In 2015-16, this was 3.54 days. It then takes 3 working days to arrive in the claimant’s bank account.</p><p> </p><p>Before a person can qualify for SSMG they have to be in receipt of a qualifying benefit. In order for the qualifying benefit to be paid, the claimant would need to have passed the Habitual Residence test for that qualifying benefit. Therefore all claimants in receipt of SSMG are habitually resident.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) The Average Actual Clearance Time (AACT) for Maternity Allowance (MA) for 2015/16 was 9.76 days. This shows the average time between receipt of the MA1 claim form and the decision to entitlement. The time taken to payment will depend on the circumstances of each case. The mother can apply for MA once she is 26 weeks pregnant. Payment can start any time between 11 weeks before the baby is due and the day after the baby is born, and is made when the mother leaves work.</p><p> </p><p>c) Women wishing to claim Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) do so directly to their employer and are paid SMP as part of their pay. DWP does not deal with these cases, and holds no information on timescales for payment.</p><p> </p><p>Habitual residence is not a qualifying condition for SMP or MA, entitlement to which is based on employment, earnings and National Insurance Contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/03/2017 16:12:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

802720

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	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: Glasgow North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the roll-out of universal credit in Glasgow North East constituency will not result in an increase in child poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	118269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Work is the best route out of poverty, and Universal Credit supports parents to move into and progress in work, and raises the income of families.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 the number of children growing up in households where no one works has fallen by half a million.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/12/2017 13:14:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

674489

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether employers who partake in the Work Programme pay national insurance contributions for participants in the programme.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	60437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Work experience undertaken through the Work Programme is unpaid. Participants will therefore remain on Jobseeker’s Allowance whilst participating on a work placement.</p><p>As the placements are unpaid, employers are not required to pay National Insurance contributions for participants.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 60435 question first answered 23/01/2017 16:03:54 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

776070

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	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 guidance his Department provides to individual claimants and Jobcentre Plus work coaches specifically on universal credit advance payments and alternative payment arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	109029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Work coaches are trained to offer personal budgeting support and discuss whether claimants need help to manage until their first Universal Credit payment. The work coach will discuss with the claimant whether an advance payment of Universal Credit or an alternate payment arrangement of rent to their landlord is suitable.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance for work coaches has been refreshed for new claims advances, change of circumstances advances, benefit transfer advances and budgeting advances. It gives an overview and sets out the elements of the Personal Budgeting Support, also eligibility and advice on how and when Alternative Payment Arrangements can apply. It also refers to making claimants aware that they are able to claim the maximum advance and are able to repay at the maximum repayment period.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has undertaken recent work to raise awareness of advances nationally, including providing options on the UC Helpline, and signposting through the new “Universal Credit &amp; you” guide for claimants. The UC helpline and guide also provide information on alternate payment arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2017 16:28:45 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

809558

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 19 of the written evidence submitted by Gingerbread to the Work and Pensions Committee, UCR0106, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of knowledge of the Universal Credit childcare offer among DWP work coaches.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	120216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Work coaches and case managers receive a blend of face-to-face and online learning, which focuses on the technical delivery of Universal Credit, the transformational change, as well as consolidation of their training post-completion.</p><p>All work coaches receive specialist training on childcare in Universal Credit Full Service as part of this learning journey, which is designed to support them in the delivery of the service.</p><p>This training, with the aid of the Universal Credit Full Service Guidance, enables work coaches and case managers to:</p><ul><li>state when a claimant is eligible to claim childcare costs</li><li>check if a childcare provider is registered</li><li>record childcare provider details on the Training Service</li><li>verify childcare costs</li><li>clerically calculate child care costs paid in advance</li><li>state the time limits for providing evidence</li><li>state what reasonable usage is</li></ul><p>Furthermore, the Universal Credit Full Service has a training feature that allows our staff to experience the system before their site goes live with the Full Service.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/12/2017 16:05:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

765385

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Interviews
	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 the setting of time limits for jobseekers' interviews with their work coaches.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Work Coaches working with their local managers are best placed to identify the support and guidance that is appropriate to each claimant to help them move in to work as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The length of the appointment and the number of times that a Work Coach sees a claimant is dependent upon which conditionality group they are placed in. As an example those claimants undertaking Intensive Work Search are required to attend mandatory face to face weekly interventions for the first 13 weeks of their claim</p><p> </p><p>Work Coaches have the flexibility to apply easements for attendance, for example:</p><p> </p><ul><li>temporary absence to receive medical treatment,</li><li>bereavement of partner or child,</li><li>domestic Violence,</li><li>child in distress,</li><li>drug/alcohol dependent,</li><li>carrying out public duty,</li><li>periods of sickness,</li><li>claimant in prison,</li><li>witness protection</li></ul> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 11:33:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

756112

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of jobcentre and Jobcentre Plus closures on the ability of jobcentre users to access job opportunities.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	6966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Work Coaches work with claimants to ensure that they optimise their chances in the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>This includes supporting claimants to develop their confidence and capability to access the widest range of job opportunities, signposting to suitable sources of vacancies and specialist services.</p><p> </p><p>This support is a core element of the jobcentre service which will be provided from the claimant’s new jobcentre.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/09/2017 16:01:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

789191

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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	Unemployment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support job coaches are able to offer jobseekers with health conditions and disabilities in the event that those jobcentres are unable to access the Work and Health programme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	113000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Work Coaches work closely with jobseekers to help them move towards employment and can offer a wide range of support tailored to the specific needs of customers, including those with health conditions and disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>There is a wide range of local and national contracted and non-contracted provision and support available to customers, and their Work Coach will refer them to the most appropriate support available locally.</p><p> </p><p>In areas where the Work and Health Programme has not yet rolled out, contracts for other provision have been extended to ensure we can continue to meet the on-going needs of customers.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 16:40:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah