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	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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 recent estimate she has made of the number of people with a disability living in poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	243357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of people with a disability living in poverty, are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures can be found using the link below, in table 7b, in the file “summary-hbai-1994-95-2017-18-tables.ods”.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2019 15:21:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

516364

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	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	ASW: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department last met representatives of former members of the Allied Steel and Wire pension scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	35947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>All Ministerial meetings with external parties are recorded on the Cabinet Office website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 13:23:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

516367

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	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	ASW: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average value was of payments made under the Financial Assistance Scheme to former members of Allied Steel and Wire pension scheme in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	35948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 13:35:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

443341

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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	AWE: Explosives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive was notified of any cases of non-compliance with explosives labelling regulations at the Atomic Weapons Establishment during 2015 on which action was subsequently taken to address this situation.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	21557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>No notifications of non-compliance with explosives labelling regulations were received from AWE during 2015, and therefore no regulatory action was required.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/01/2016 14:29:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

443340

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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	AWE: Safety Measures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the investigation conducted by the Office for Nuclear Regulation into the operability and availability of fire detection systems at the Atomic Weapons Establishment has been completed.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	21559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The investigation conducted by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) into the operability and availability of fire detection systems at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) was completed in August 2014.</p><br /><p>The investigation was instigated after AWE reported two events to ONR during February 2014 related to fire alarm and detection system failures, one concerning a facility at the Aldermaston site and the other a facility at the Burghfield site. Investigations of these events by AWE uncovered a configuration issue with a system in a third facility.</p><br /><p>ONR’s investigation identified concerns regarding the competency of the maintainers, the delivery and recording of the maintenance and the configuration of the fire alarm and detection systems with regard to their required safety function.</p><br /><p>ONR subsequently wrote to AWE requesting an improvement programme to address these matters, and has since been monitoring AWE’s progress against a comprehensive improvement programme agreed between ONR and AWE. AWE advised ONR in October 2015 that the improvement programme had been completed. This was confirmed by ONR following an intervention in December 2015.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/01/2016 14:44:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

1121962

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if it remains the Government’s ambition to provide access to work support to over 60,000 people per year by 2020 as set out in the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper published in November 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	245556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The ‘60,000 people per year’ ambition was proposed in the ‘Work, health and disability green paper: improving lives’ consultation document, which was published in October 2016, but it was not repeated in the Government’s response ‘Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability’, published 30 November 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The figure of ‘60,000 people per year’ was developed using data from the old Access to Work statistics series. These were withdrawn and replaced by the new experimental Access to Work Statistics, first published on 10 October 2017 and available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>We explained the reasons for the changes to our methodology for calculating Access to Work statistics in the Statistical Notice that we published on 12 September 2017: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643401/statistical-notice-access-to-work-statistics.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643401/statistical-notice-access-to-work-statistics.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to improving Access to Work’s reach, as well as the support it offers. In 2017/18 expenditure rose to £110.8 million, a 4% increase in real terms on 2016/17, and support was provided to nearly 34,000 disabled people, an increase of 13% on 16/17. Record numbers of people with learning disabilities (up 22%) and mental health conditions (up 34%) were supported by the scheme. We have also expanded the eligibility criteria for the scheme to include a broader range of customers, such as people who have a drug and alcohol addiction and are in a treatment programme.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/04/2019 12:44:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1088520

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what deadline is to implement the new online system to submit Access to Work signed claim forms with invoices.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	231984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Access to Work is in the process of transforming its digital processes, from application through to payment. We do not yet have a timetable for completion of this work. We are currently evaluating a range of digital options for Access to Work claim form and receipt/invoice submissions and we will be able to develop delivery timetables for that aspect of the transformation once this analysis has been completed.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/03/2019 11:44:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

1087149

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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	Access to Work Programme
	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 is taking to improve information for (a) job seekers and (b) employees on the support available through Access to Work.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	231374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Access to Work continues to undertake targeted marketing and awareness raising activities. For example, the scheme is promoted to benefit claimants through Jobcentre Plus and to a range of business leaders through the Disability Confident scheme. We have also worked with a variety of stakeholder organisations to market Access to Work to their clients, including sharing information about how individuals can apply for support.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently testing a number of communication activities to raise awareness of Access to Work among Jobcentre Plus staff in Greater Manchester, in order to equip work coaches with the knowledge to have conversations with customers who may require in work support. We will evaluate the most successful methods before a national roll-out.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work is also reviewing the content and formats of its existing information channels, including considering how to achieve more effective use of alternative formats such as British Sign Language videos.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/03/2019 14:38:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

525068

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2016
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's full-time equivalent officials have been working on Access to Work policy and administration in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	40633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of full-time equivalent officials that have been working on Access to Work policy and administration in each year since 2010 is in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of Full Time Equivalent Officials Working on Access to Work Adviser and Other Related Operational Activities</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of Full Time Equivalent Officials Working on Access to Work Management and Support Activities</p></td><td><p>Number of Full Time Equivalent Officials Working on Access to Work Activities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>The table shows the numbers of full-time equivalents engaged on Access to Work activities. There are no Access to Work policy specific work activities reported within the Departmental Activity Based Management Models.</li><li>Management and Support Activities include staff engaged on activities that both support the direct delivery of the business such as operational management and cashiers; and activities that support the business such as HR, Finance and IT.</li><li>Source of management information: The information on the number of officials engaged in Access to Work activities is derived from the Departmental Activity Based Management Models and is a snapshot of how many people are actually badged as undertaking that particular activity at that time.</li><li>The numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number.</li><li>The management information contained within this document does not form part of any official statistics and is intended for DWP internal use only.</li></ol> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/06/2016 12:19:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

522734

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	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	Access to 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 the Government has changed the Access to Work policy affecting disabled people who derive some of their income as part-time or full-time professional foster carers.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	39143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>There has been no change to Access to Work guidance specifically relating to foster carers. Access to Work grants are awarded on the basis of meeting the minimum disability related workplace needs of the customer. Like all access to work claims, assessment is made on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2016 11:04:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle