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58578

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 21:09:27
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:14:22
	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
	hansard heading	Independent Living Fund: Autism
	house id	2
	identifier	HL103
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/06/2014 15:57:17
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people with autismspectrum disorder currently receive support under the Independent Living Fund.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL103
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL103
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is not possible to calculate this because the Independent Living Fund's systems categorise its users by their main condition only; it is not known therefore how many users may have an autism spectrum disorder in addition to the main disability or health condition recorded.</p><p> </p> question first answered 11/06/2014 15:57:17
	creator	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

77314

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/07/2014
	date	10/07/2014
	date tabled	10/07/2014
	ddp created	10/07/2014 21:30:04
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:38:24
	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
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Carer's Allowance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1048
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	21/07/2014 15:10:25
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the current prison population were in receipt of Carer's Allowance on entering prison.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1048
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1048
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 21/07/2014 15:10:25
	creator	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

77778

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/07/2014
	date	14/07/2014
	date tabled	14/07/2014
	ddp created	14/07/2014 21:34:08
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:39:13
	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
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1075
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/07/2014 14:30:57
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Freud on 9 July (HL Deb, col 223), how many people have made use of the "system of advances", and how many have been helped by "local support frameworks" through local authorities, in the last two years for which figures are available; and whether they consider that those methods have reduced numbers resorting to food banks and loan sharks.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1075
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1075
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on how many people have made use of the &quot;system of advances&quot; is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how many people have been helped by &quot;local support frameworks&quot; is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Our Local Authority partners are supporting claimants through our local delivery partnerships, and feedback from claimant surveys suggests there is no significant difference between the proportion of UC and JSA claimants accessing funding from third party lenders.</p><p> </p><p>Information on whether these methods have reduced numbers resorting to food banks and loan sharks is not collected by the Department.</p> question first answered 24/07/2014 14:30:57
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

77792

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/07/2014
	date	14/07/2014
	date tabled	14/07/2014
	ddp created	14/07/2014 21:34:11
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:39:32
	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
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1089
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/07/2014 14:38:01
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what projections they have made of the impact of the childcare element of universal credit on maternal employment rates, and the level of income tax paid by working mothers.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1089
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1089
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is well known that childcare costs can be a significant barrier to maternal employment, which is why the Government is investing in childcare in Universal Credit. Universal Credit will cover childcare costs for families where the lone parent or both parents in a couple work any hours, whereas Tax Credits childcare support is only payable past 16 hours worked per week. At Budget '14 the Government announced an increase in the rate of childcare support in Universal Credit from 70% (as per the current system) to 85% of eligible childcare costs, up to defined limits, from April 2016. These measures combined mean that around 500,000 working families will get more out of the money they earn, including 100,000 families who will get childcare support for the first time under Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect the changes in childcare support under Universal Credit to have a positive impact on work incentives for mothers, affecting maternal employment rates and tax receipts from mothers paying Income Tax and National Insurance.</p> question first answered 28/07/2014 14:38:01
	creator	2173 label Biography information for Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2173 label Biography information for Lord Sutherland of Houndwood

58587

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 21:10:28
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:14:36
	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
	hansard heading	Credit Unions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL112
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/06/2014 13:43:31
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the progress of the Credit Union Expansion Project.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL112
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL112
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The DWP Credit Union Expansion Project contract began in May 2013. Around 80 credit unions are currently participating in the project. ABCUL has started delivering the Automated Loan and decision tool to participating credit unions and feedback is that the tool is ensuring loan decisions are faster, consistent and more efficient to deliver. Procurement of an IT banking platform is also being progressed but much remains to be done particularly on achieving sufficient growth for Credit Unions, and DWP continue to support and monitor the project closely</p> question first answered 10/06/2014 13:43:31
	creator	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

78230

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/07/2014
	date	15/07/2014
	date tabled	15/07/2014
	ddp created	15/07/2014 22:45:23
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:40:35
	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
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Voluntary Work
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1125
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/07/2014 15:59:46
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent Joseph Rowntree Foundation study of neighbourhood approaches to loneliness, whether they will set out, and if necessary reconsider, the rules governing volunteering while on benefits.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1125
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1125
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We recognise that volunteering in the local community can be invaluable in helping benefit claimants, including inactive people, gain new skills and experience that will help them back into work.</p><p> </p><p>In Jobseekers Allowance, claimants are able to volunteer so long as they meet the conditions of claiming, namely looking for and being available for work.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants can do unlimited, voluntary work, it will not affect ESA.</p><p> </p><p>For Universal Credit claimants, advisers will be able to reduce a claimant’s expected hours of worksearch and work preparation activities by up to 50 per cent in order to accommodate voluntary work. However the claimant can continue to do as much voluntary work as they feel they are able to, as long as they continue to meet their other work-related requirements.</p> question first answered 28/07/2014 15:59:46
	creator	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

78262

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/07/2014
	date	15/07/2014
	date tabled	15/07/2014
	ddp created	15/07/2014 22:45:29
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:41:25
	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
	hansard heading	Work Programme: Travellers
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1157
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/07/2014 14:39:02
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in their draft Child Poverty Strategy 2014–17, what they envisage by "specialist" support for Gypsy and Traveller parents via the Work Programme.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1157
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1157
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government’s strategy for increasing ethnic minority employment and participation in the labour market is based around mainstreaming opportunity through locally delivered flexible provision.</p><p>The Work Programme is designed to give providers the flexibility to support each individual jobseeker, rather than treat people according to ethnic groups. Local autonomy and flexibility has replaced the one size fits all approach that has dogged previous employment schemes.</p> question first answered 28/07/2014 14:39:02
	creator	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

78265

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/07/2014
	date	15/07/2014
	date tabled	15/07/2014
	ddp created	15/07/2014 22:45:29
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:41:29
	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
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1160
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/07/2014 11:55:57
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of housing tenants in arrears since changes to the rules regarding access to Housing Benefit.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1160
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1160
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The latest figures from the Homes and Community Agency (HCA) show that housing association rent arrears in England up to the end of March this year had fallen for the second quarter in a row and that average rent collections remain at 99%.</p> question first answered 28/07/2014 11:55:57
	creator	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

79154

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/08/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 23:12:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:46:27
	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
	hansard heading	Pensions: Telephone Services
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1315
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/07/2014 13:14:34
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average call waiting time in each of the last five years of the pensions helpline.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1315
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1315
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Changes Bereavement</p></td><td><p>00:00:45</p></td><td><p>00:00:52</p></td><td><p>00:00:50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Changes (PC / SP)</p></td><td><p>00:00:55</p></td><td><p>00:01:01</p></td><td><p>00:01:00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Claims (PC / SP)</p></td><td><p>00:00:51</p></td><td><p>00:00:54</p></td><td><p>00:01:01</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Wait times are recorded from the point of entering a queue to successful connection to an agent.</p><p>All figures quoted relate to calls handled within DWP only, excluding calls routed to outsourcing partners.</p><p>Figures are presented by business year, spanning 1<sup>st</sup> April – 31<sup>st</sup> March. Figures for 2014/15 are complete to 30<sup>th</sup> June only.</p><p>No data is available prior to April 2012 as this metric was not included within data reported during previous periods and is no longer available in source data systems.</p><p>Data source: OPMIS</p> question first answered 28/07/2014 13:14:34
	creator	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

79175

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/08/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 23:12:46
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:47:09
	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
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1336
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/07/2014 15:18:09
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the number and percentage of people who are members of occupation pension schemes by region in (1) England, (2) Scotland, and (3) Wales.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hutton of Furness
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1336
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1336
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on the proportions of employees with workplace pensions is collected in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings and published on the ONS website. <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ashe/annual-survey-of-hours-and-earnings-pension-tables/2013-provisional-results/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ashe/annual-survey-of-hours-and-earnings-pension-tables/2013-provisional-results/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Figure 1 shows that overall for the UK, 49.8 per cent of employees were members of workplace pension schemes in 2013. This is an increase from 46.5 per cent in 2012 and is the biggest rise in workplace pension coverage since figures began in 1997.</p><p> </p><p>Figure 9 shows a breakdown of the proportion of employees with workplace pensions by sector and region. This shows a weak relationship between the region where the employer is located and the proportion of employees with a workplace pension. Overall membership was highest in Scotland (55.3 per cent) and lowest in East Midlands (46.7 per cent). In Wales it was 53.2 per cent.</p> question first answered 24/07/2014 15:18:09
	creator	494 label Biography information for Lord Hutton of Furness
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	494 label Biography information for Lord Hutton of Furness