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906314

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	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, how many claimants of universal credit have waited for more than (a) 2 weeks, (b) 3 weeks, (c) 4 weeks, (d) 5 weeks, (e) 6 weeks, (f) 7 weeks, (g) 8 weeks, (h) 9 weeks, (I) 10 weeks, (j) 11 weeks and (k) 12 weeks for a payment in each month since July 2017.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	145370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The requested data is attached.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/05/2018 10:42:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma attachment 1 file name 145370 table.docx title Table
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

906315

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	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: York Central
	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 York Central constituency claim universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	145371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The requested information on the number of claimants by constituency is published and can be accessed at:</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 obtained at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/05/2018 10:43:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

906317

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	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: York Central
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants in York Central constituency have received sanctions in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	145373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of individuals sanctioned by benefit and parliamentary constituency is published and can be accessed at:</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><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We engage at a personal and individual level with all of our claimants and are committed to tailoring the support that we give, and any conditionality requirements to the specific circumstances of the individuals.</p><p>We take a number of steps to make sure our decisions are fair. When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good cause, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/05/2018 10:42:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

746802

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the material used to clad Grenfell Tower was approved under British standards and has subsequently failed British Research Establishment tests.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	2112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government cannot release information specific to the Grenfell Tower, as this would currently cut across the police investigation underway. A Government note was published last week at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a> , which explains the requirements in Building Regulations for external walls not to allow fire spread.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:08:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

746803

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Building Regulations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to reassure the public about the adequacy of building standards.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	2139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to looking at wider issues following the Grenfell Tower fire and this work will now need to be informed by any recommendations that the independent inquiry make.</p><p>We have appointed an expert panel to advise us on immediate steps to be taken following the Grenfell Tower fire, and will act on those recommendations. The role of the expert panel and the advice already given is set out in a note published last week at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:09:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

746804

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential increase in heating costs for residents living in high-rise blocks from which cladding has been removed.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	2140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made at this stage. The priority is on testing samples of cladding, as set out in a note published last week at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:07:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

746805

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the cladding used at Grenfell Tower was approved for use when the tower was refurbished; and whether standards changed after that refurbishment.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	2141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government cannot release information specific to the Grenfell Tower, as this would cut across the police investigation currently underway.</p><p>The Department wrote to local authority and housing association landlords on 18 June, setting out immediate actions that should be taken to identify residential tower blocks over 18 metres in height with aluminium type external cladding. The Department wrote again on 19 June to set out the process they should follow to submit samples of aluminium composite material cladding for testing.</p><p>On 30 June, we published a note at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a>. This note confirms the advice in those letters to local authorities, with further specific information about the tests being carried out.</p><p>On 6 July we published details of further tests to be carried out as the next step in helping landlords to ensure the safety of their buildings. These large scale tests will help establish how different types of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) panels in combination with different types of insulation behave in a fire. Further detail about the next testing stage can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 11:00:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

747139

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding is being put in place to support local authorities and social housing landlords repairing high-rise blocks as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	2259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Where Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding is present on residential buildings over 18 metres in height, the Government is providing testing for local authorities and housing associations free of charge. If the screening tests indicate that such cladding would not meet the limited combustibility requirements of the current Building Regulations guidance, it is for landlords in consultation with the fire and rescue service and other experts to determine, and take, the best course of action, communicating closely with residents. My Department has issued advice on the interim mitigating measures landlords should implement. Cost considerations must not get in the way of making sure that residents are safe. Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of a building, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent them going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2017 16:25:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

747140

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to decide whether sprinkler systems should be a mandatory requirement for high-rise buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	2260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department wrote to all social housing providers in 2013, encouraging them to act on the recommendations in a Coroner’s report into firefighter deaths which occurred at Shirley Towers in Southampton in April 2010. That letter encouraged providers to consider the retrofitting of sprinklers in older residential tower blocks. The Department then reinforced the content of that letter in it’s response to the Coroner’s report into the Lakanal House Fire – a copy of which can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205567/Annex_B_-_SoS_DCLG_Rule_43_response.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205567/Annex_B_-_SoS_DCLG_Rule_43_response.pdf</a></p><p>We are committed to looking at wider issues following the Grenfell Tower fire and this work will now need to be informed by any recommendations that the independent inquiry makes.</p><p>We have appointed an expert panel to advise us on immediate steps to be taken following the Grenfell Tower fire, and will act on those recommendations where necessary. The role of the expert panel and the advice already given is set out in a note published last week at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:07:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

747142

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will issue urgent guidance on what are acceptable replacement materials for the multi-storey blocks that have had cladding removed.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	2261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Building Regulations and supporting guidance set out the requirements for external walls in relation to fire safety. Advice to all building control bodies was published on 14 July, which highlighted the key Building Regulations' guidance requirements when cladding work on high rise buildings over 18 metres tall is undertaken. That note can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ensure-that-recladding-work-meets-building-regulations-advises-expert-panel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ensure-that-recladding-work-meets-building-regulations-advises-expert-panel</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 15:16:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane