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1167614

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	31/10/2019
	date tabled	31/10/2019
	ddp created	31/10/2019 17:40:48
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	31/10/2019 17:45:20 05/11/2019 16:54:02
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	identifier	8252
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 16:23:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents have had their passports revoked following a failure to make Child Maintenance Service payments since the new provisions came into effect.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 8252
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8252
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of passports revoked by Child maintenance Service is 4. This is clerically derived data, and therefore as with all clerically derived data, is subject to caveat.</p>
	creator	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1167375

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 19:57:30
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:06:22 04/11/2019 17:46:04
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	identifier	7639
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/11/2019 17:14:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Birkenhead on the disability living allowance award of his constituent Ella May Allinson.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7639
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7639
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>A response was sent to the Rt Hon. Member on Friday 1 November 2019.</p>
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1167386

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 19:58:00
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:06:56 04/11/2019 14:14:02
	hansard heading	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	7629
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/11/2019 13:42:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 March 2019, Health and Disability Announcement, HCWS1376, what progress her Department has made on undertaking a review of the commitment to get more disabled people into work.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7629
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7629
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We set out our continued commitment to improving employment rates for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability. The goal is to see an increase in the number of disabled people in work from 3.5 million in Q1 2017 to 4.5 million in Q1 2027. In the first two years of the goal (Q1 2017 to Q1 2019), the number of disabled people in employment increased by 404,000. We welcome the continuing positive trends, and remain committed to unlocking the potential of all disabled people searching for work. We still have a significant way to go before achieving the goal.</p><p> </p><p>No single measure can capture everything that we want to achieve and we will continue to monitor improvements in the employment rate gap and other measures alongside the goal.</p>
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1167412

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 19:59:06
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:07:54 05/11/2019 14:23:02
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	identifier	7707
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 13:51:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 198, what steps she is taking to improve telephone waiting times for the employment and support allowance telephone helpline.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7707
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7707
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As a Department we regularly review the resource required to meet the demand on our telephony channels. Our aim is to provide our customers with the prompt service they deserve but at times high call volumes can have an impact on the service we provide - which may result in some of our customers experiencing extended wait times.</p><p> </p><p>Following a recent review, plans are in place for additional staffing to be deployed to handle Employment and Support Allowance calls and following this, we anticipate wait times to reduce.</p>
	creator	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1167436

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 20:00:08
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:08:50 05/11/2019 14:25:05
	hansard heading	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	7768
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 13:53:21
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of disabled people in work.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7768
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7768
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability is our strategy for helping people with disabilities or health conditions enter and remain in employment. It includes details of a wide range of programmes and initiatives that will help support disabled people, in making a successful transition to employment. For example:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Work and Health Programme will provide innovative support for around 275,000 people over five years. The majority of people of starting on the programme (around 220,000) will be disabled people, who can volunteer for the programme at any time.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Personal Support Package for people with health conditions and disabilities, with a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Access to Work is a demand-led, discretionary grant scheme which offers advice and in-work support to disabled people, above the level of statutory reasonable adjustments. An Access to Work customer may receive an award of up to £59,200 p.a. to pay for support to help them to enter or retain employment. This can include help with getting to work.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Through the Disability Confident scheme, DWP is engaging with employers, offering online guidance and helping to promote the skills, talents and abilities of disabled people.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The new Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme, which will roll out by the end of 2019, will provide highly personalised packages of employment support for disabled people, who are at least a year away from moving into work.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Over the last 5 years the number of disabled people in employment has increased by around 1.06 million since Q2 2013, and currently stands at 7.7 million.</p>
	creator	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1167460

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 20:01:08
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:09:49 05/11/2019 17:17:03
	hansard heading	Average Earnings
	house id	1
	identifier	7644
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 16:45:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of year-on-year trends in the level of average weekly earnings in each year since 2010.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7644
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7644
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Statistics on average weekly earnings growth are published by the independent Office for National Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2010, real (total) pay fell by 0.5%. In August 2019 the real (total) pay growth was 1.9% - an increase in the rate of real wage growth of 2.4 percentage points.</p><p> </p><p>The highest real (total) pay growth, between Aug 10 – Aug 19, was in Aug 15 (2.6%).</p><p> </p><p>Under the Triple Lock the basic State Pension and the full rate of the new State Pension will be raised the highest of: the rise in prices, the rise in earnings or 2.5%. The relevant measure for earnings is the year-on-year change in Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) from May to July published by the ONS in October, standing at 3.9%</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Growth in nominal average weekly total pay</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2010</p></td><td><p>1.8 %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2011</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2012</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2019</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p />
	creator	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1167461

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 20:01:10
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:09:51 04/11/2019 18:39:02
	hansard heading	Part-Time Employment
	house id	1
	identifier	7645
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/11/2019 18:07:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people working less than 16 hours who wanted to work more in each of the last 10 years.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7645
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7645
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to PQ 4936 in which I give details, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), of the number of people whose usual weekly hours are less than six hours, and between 6 and 15 hours. Details are not available for the number of people working less than 16 hours who wanted to work more in each of the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>ONS does publish some related data: 1) the number of people in employment who want to work more hours, are available for work and are currently working below the hours threshold (40 hours a week for those under 18, 48 hours a week for those aged 18 or over), and 2) people working part-time who gave the reason as “could not find full-time job” as reason for working part-time. The tables below give extracts from the ONS published data, however, both these data series will include both those working less than, and more than, 16 hours a week.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of people in employment who want to work more hours, are available for work and are currently working below the hours threshold</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Level</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2010</p></td><td><p>2,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2011</p></td><td><p>2,841</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2012</p></td><td><p>3,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2013</p></td><td><p>3,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2014</p></td><td><p>2,977</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2015</p></td><td><p>2,786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2016</p></td><td><p>2,601</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2017</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2018</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2019</p></td><td><p>2,479</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Table EMP16, ONS, Labour Force Survey</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Part-time workers who gave the reason as “could not find full-time job” as reason for working part-time</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Level</p></td><td><p>% of all Part Time Employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2010</p></td><td><p>1,084</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2011</p></td><td><p>1,275</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2012</p></td><td><p>1,438</p></td><td><p>17.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2013</p></td><td><p>1,467</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2014</p></td><td><p>1,347</p></td><td><p>16.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2015</p></td><td><p>1,285</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2016</p></td><td><p>1,149</p></td><td><p>13.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2017</p></td><td><p>1,019</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2018</p></td><td><p>968</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2019</p></td><td><p>907</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Table EMP01NSA, ONS, Labour Force Survey</p><p> </p><p>At UK level people in full-time work have made up over three quarters of the overall increase in employment since 2010.</p>
	creator	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1167462

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 20:01:12
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	31/10/2019 16:15:14 05/11/2019 12:12:02
	hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
	house id	1
	identifier	7721
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 11:40:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an (a) estimate of the cost to the public purse of restoring local housing allowance to cover the cheapest third of local rents over three years, (b) assessment of the potential effect of that policy on the number of (i) individuals and (ii) families including children (A) able to remain in existing accommodation and (B) no longer classed as being in poverty and (C) assessment of the potential effect on the public purse of changes resulting from that policy in the level of demand for temporary accommodation and other homelessness services.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7721
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7721
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We estimate the cost of restoring Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local rents would be about £800 million in 2020/21, £1,000 million in 2021/22 and £1,200 million in 2022/23. This excludes any changes in behaviour by tenants and landlords.</p><p> </p><p>We have not made an estimate of the effect on staying in the same accommodation, or on savings that might arise in temporary accommodation and other homelessness services.</p><p> </p><p>Poverty projections are inherently speculative as they require projecting how income will change for every individual in society, and this is affected by a huge range of factors.</p>
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1167475

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 20:01:47
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:10:25 05/11/2019 16:52:02
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits: Cohabitation
	house id	1
	identifier	7636
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 16:20:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the amount of money bereaved partners potentially missed by not being eligible to receive bereavement benefits reserved for married couples in the last 12 months.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7636
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7636
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are still refining our methodology in our assessment of cohabitees that have not received bereavement benefits, and therefore cannot provide a final estimate of expenditure.</p><p> </p>
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1167508

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 20:03:26
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	31/10/2019 15:45:09 04/11/2019 16:56:02
	hansard heading	Personal Care Services: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	identifier	7651
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/11/2019 16:25:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with representatives from the Local Government Association on the adequacy of health and safety registration procedures in relation to hair salons.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7651
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7651
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have not had any discussions with representatives from the Local Government Association on the adequacy of health and safety registration procedures in relation to hair salons.</p>
	creator	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden