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225716

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	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	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of working households claiming housing benefit.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	uin	907929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Latest figures show that there are just over 1 million in-work housing benefit claims. This reflects the fact that under this Government the number of out-of-work Housing Benefit claimants has fallen. This is to be expected, as more people are getting back into work than ever before.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/03/2015 17:31:56 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

225713

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	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	Widowed Parent'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 assessment he has made of the effects on divorced partners of their exclusion from widowed parents' allowance; and what consultation his Department has undertaken on the potential financial effect on children of that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	John Pugh
	uin	907922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This is a long-standing position in bereavement benefits. It will continue under the new Bereavement Support Payment, the provisions of which were debated by this House during the passage of the Pensions Act 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Those who are divorced have access to income-related benefits in the same way as other lone parents .</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/03/2015 17:19:44 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

175558

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	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	Shared Housing
	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 has taken to ensure that the shared accommodation rate is representative of the real cost of renting shared accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	907191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On behalf of DWP, the Rent Officer Services, collect evidence of a wide range of achieved rents for each area and use these to set Local Housing Allowance rates, in line with the current policy for Local Housing Allowance uprating.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, increases to Local Housing Allowance rates are limited to one per cent. However, in areas where there have been the greatest divergences between rates and rents, we are increasing rates by up to 4 per cent through Targeted Affordability Funding.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014/15, this meant that 56 out of the 192 Shared Accommodation Rates were increased by 4 per cent. In 2015/16, there will be £95 million available for the Targeted Affordability funding and we will be increasing 63 out of the 192 Shared Accommodation Rates by 4 per cent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/01/2015 17:29:41 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

102231

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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	Older Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to support older workers.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	905825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government has abolished the default retirement age, extended the right to request flexible working, and will be giving people more freedom in how they draw their pension pots to smooth the transition to retirement. The Department also published “Fuller Working Lives - A Framework for Action” in June, which set out the business case for employing older workers and included the following actions:</p><p> </p><ul><li>DWP to work more closely with Local Enterprise Partnerships to encourage them to focus on the issue of fuller working lives in their local area;</li></ul><ul><li>DH, DWP and GEO to launch a trial on carers in employment and the role assistive technology can play in helping them to combine work and care:</li></ul><ul><li>A number of pilots with Jobcentre Plus on back to work support for carers; and</li></ul><ul><li>DWP to develop a new guidance toolkit for employers - this will build on the existing Age Positive employer guidance.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>In July 2014, Dr Ros Altmann was appointed as the Business Champion for Older Workers and is making the case for the importance of fuller working lives for individuals, employers and wider society.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/11/2014 17:08:38 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

45844

	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, if he will publish an assessment of the likely effect of the change to pensions announced in the 2014 Budget on the budget for welfare payments over the next ten years.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Mr Dave Watts
	uin	903390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The impact on welfare spending will depend on how people choose to use their savings; the choices people make may increase or decrease the likelihood of them being eligible for means tested benefits at some point in their retirement. However we are talking about people who have saved for their future and therefore we would expect the numbers choosing to rely solely on welfare benefits to be small.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of the single-tier pension also means that the majority of people will have a state pension income above the basic means test.</p><p> </p><p>The details of the policy and the guidance offer are being developed and we are consulting on this.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

45841

	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 assessment he has made of the performance of the Innovation Fund to Support Separated Families.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	903389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We are funding 17 projects to help and support separated families in various parts of the country and piloting a range of approaches. The schemes conclude by April 2015 after which we will publish a full, independent evaluation.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

229412

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 19 February 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regards to Nurv Saadi.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
	uin	228938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith), replied on the 25 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:23:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

229414

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	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	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 times he and Ministers in his Department visited Scotland in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	228921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on the 03 July 2014 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-06-26/202811/" target="_blank">202811</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since the last Question given on the 03 July 2014 Minister for Pensions Rt. Hon. Steve Webb MP attended the Gleneagles Conference in September 2014 and Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper MP attended the Commonwealth Games in July 2014.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:19:51 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

229266

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Children: Maintenance
	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 gender impact of the introduction of child maintenance service charges.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Mike Wood
	uin	228853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of the gender impact of fees and charges for the new Child Maintenance Service was published in the Equality Impact Assessment for the Child Support Fees Regulations 2013. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220219/eia-child-support-fees.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220219/eia-child-support-fees.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:20:32 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood

229263

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Children: Maintenance
	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 on child poverty of the introduction of child maintenance service charges.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Mike Wood
	uin	228852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North, Catherine McKinnell, on 13 October 2014 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2014-10-13&amp;answered-to=2014-10-13&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=208928" target="_blank">208928</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:14:54 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood