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523665

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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 Offenders: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 on access to housing for post-release young offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	39688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the welfare policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Act on 20<sup>th</sup> July 2015. It set out its assessment of the impacts of the social rents policies in the Act on 28<sup>th</sup> September 2015.</p><p> </p><p>A link to the impact assessments is included:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 39685 39686 39687 39689 question first answered 14/06/2016 10:44:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

523693

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 6 June (HL Deb, col 627), whether they have the necessary power to pursue pension contribution payments from companies where the parent company is based in the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, or Monaco.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>Each case will need to be considered on its own merits but the Pensions Regulator can use its anti-avoidance powers against targets that are based abroad. Section 303 of the Pensions Act 2004, governing the service of documents abroad, is intended to operate outside the UK jurisdiction The power to enforce any regulatory action against a non-UK company is likely to require the approval or cooperation of the relevant overseas authorities. By and large, these provisions should be enforceable in other EU and Commonwealth jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator has demonstrated that it is prepared to use its anti-avoidance powers against targets that are based abroad, as was shown in its handling of the cases involving Sea Containers and the Lehman Brothers group and a complex investigation into the Carrington Wire Defined Benefit Pension Scheme resulted in a £8.5m settlement with two Russian companies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 16/06/2016 13:48:07 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

523447

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	Veterans: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 on access to housing for veterans.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	39689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the welfare policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Act on 20<sup>th</sup> July 2015. It set out its assessment of the impacts of the social rents policies in the Act on 28<sup>th</sup> September 2015.</p><p> </p><p>A link to the impact assessments is included:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 39685 39686 39687 39688 question first answered 14/06/2016 10:44:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

523655

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Overseas Territories
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on implementing the request by the governments of British Overseas Territories during the December 2015 Joint Ministerial Council on establishing parity of treatment between all British Overseas Territories on the uprating of pensions for UK state pension holders residing in those territories.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	39650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position which has remained the same for around 70 years and we have no plans to change this policy: UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and are uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so, for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. Annual increases are paid to UK state pension recipients in Bermuda and in Gibraltar.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/06/2016 12:24:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

523657

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Arthritis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to collect data on the number of people with arthritis who qualify for personal independence payments on the basis of their need to use aids and appliances.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
	uin	39637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The department routinely collects management information on the descriptors awarded to each claimant when they have a PIP assessment.</p><p> </p><p>In the PIP assessment, individuals are assessed on their ability to complete a number of key every day activities (for example, relating to the ability to dress and undress). Within each activity there are a number of descriptors, each representing a varying level of ability to carry out the activity. A descriptor may indicate the need to use an aid or appliance.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the claimant’s primary disabling condition is recorded for those individuals who have a PIP assessment. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which their decision is based, but only the primary condition is recorded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2016 13:02:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

523660

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Arthritis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who qualify for personal independence payments on the basis of their need of use of aids and appliances have arthritis.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
	uin	39634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>For claimants with Arthritis who were awarded the Daily Living component of Personal Independence Payment between April 2013 and October 2015, 52% gained all of their points from Aids and Appliances.</p><p> </p><p>The source of the data is the PIP computer system. This is unpublished data and, as such, it does not meet the quality standard required for official statistics publication. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</p><p> </p><p>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2016 10:52:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

523664

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	Personal Income
	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 increase the range of statistics that his Department collects on income mobility.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	39725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (as well as the Office for National Statistics) publishes a wide range of information looking at the income distribution. We have announced we will be producing a new publication, Income Dynamics in February/March 2017, which will look at income mobility, including a measure of persistent low income, based on new data from the Understanding Society survey.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/06/2016 14:46:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

523666

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	Offenders: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 on access to housing for post-release offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	39687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the welfare policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Act on 20<sup>th</sup> July 2015. It set out its assessment of the impacts of the social rents policies in the Act on 28<sup>th</sup> September 2015.</p><p> </p><p>A link to the impact assessments is included:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 39685 39686 39688 39689 question first answered 14/06/2016 10:44:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

523667

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 on access to housing for victims of domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	39686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the welfare policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Act on 20<sup>th</sup> July 2015. It set out its assessment of the impacts of the social rents policies in the Act on 28<sup>th</sup> September 2015.</p><p> </p><p>A link to the impact assessments is included:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 39685 39687 39688 39689 question first answered 14/06/2016 10:44:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

523659

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	Health and Safety Executive: Finance
	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 potential effect of reductions in funding for the Health and Safety Executive in the period to 2019-20 on occupational health and safety; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	39615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 May 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-05-19/37593" target="_blank">37593</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2016 10:50:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms