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114507

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/11/2014
	date	05/11/2014
	date tabled	05/11/2014
	ddp created	05/11/2014 23:08:25
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:26:33
	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	Carer's Allowance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2684
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/11/2014 14:44:33
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of people who were previously in receipt of Carer's Allowance and work 16 hours per week but lost that entitlement as a result of the increase in the National Minimum Wage from 1 October 2014.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2684
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2684
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The number of people who are entitled to receive Carer’s Allowance (CA), including those who receive no actual payment, for 2013/14 is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figure for 2013/14 is 1,071,220. Information for 2014/15 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p> </p><p>DWP 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (Caseload)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. The figure is rounded to the nearest 10 and is an average of the four quarters, May 2013 to February 2014 and this is the latest available information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested, for the number of Carer's Allowance recipients also receiving Working Tax Credit and also those who may have lost entitlement to Carer’s Allowance due to the increase in the National Minimum Wage, is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

155667

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/12/2014
	date	17/11/2014
	date tabled	17/11/2014
	ddp created	17/11/2014 23:43:52
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:30:59
	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 Capability Assessment
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2851
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/11/2014 14:38:05
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether people who are undergoing a work capability assessment because of mental health problems are guaranteed assessment by health professionals who have psychiatric expertise.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2851
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2851
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>All healthcare professionals who carry out work capability assessments on behalf of the DWP are fully trained in disability assessment and are registered with their respective Regulatory Body. Healthcare professionals receive comprehensive training in the functional effects of mental health conditions. In addition all health professionals are supported by mental function champions who have specialist knowledge of mental health conditions and provide support and best practice advice.</p>
	creator	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

155685

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/12/2014
	date	17/11/2014
	date tabled	17/11/2014
	ddp created	17/11/2014 23:43:58
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:31:26
	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
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2869
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/12/2014 15:25:45
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding they have provided for locally delivered Universal Support in the Universal Credit Pathfinder areas; what funding is planned for the roll-out in 2015; and how much of any such funding will be targeted at front-line delivery, as opposed to "enabling" activities (such as assessing needs and provision in an area, and co-ordinating existing services).
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2869
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2869
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>We have provided funding in the pathfinder sites and all current live Universal Credit sites through Delivery Partnership Agreements (DPAs) which were based on local agreement as to the likely level on need for support in each area.</p><p> </p><p>From February 2015, Universal Credit will rollout to new single claimants who would currently be eligible for Jobseekers Allowance across all remaining jobcentres and local authorities. This provides the opportunity to build a secure platform for the introduction of Universal Support by mobilising local partnerships nationwide, putting in place a robust infrastructure for more complex and vulnerable claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will put in place Delivery Partnership Agreements (DPAs) with local authorities. As in the current live sites these will provide a framework to make available funded support for those who need additional help.</p><p> </p><p>How much funding is targeted for specific purposes by the Department will be determined by the individual partnerships, based on local need.</p>
	creator	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

156482

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/12/2014
	date	18/11/2014
	date tabled	18/11/2014
	ddp created	18/11/2014 23:18:49
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:33:09
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2924
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/11/2014 14:37:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the position of the government of the Republic of Ireland in respect of disregarding monies paid under its scheme to compensate sufferers of abuse in the Magdalene laundries and other institutions for the purposes of calculating benefits, why such payments are not disregarded, as a consequence of being made in response to a personal injury, in relation to benefits otherwise payable to such sufferers resident in the United Kingdom.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2924
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2924
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The Government has sympathy for the women who suffered by their admission to and work in the Magdalen institutions. However, payments made under the Republic of Ireland’s <em>ex gratia</em> scheme do not meet GB legal criteria to be treated as personal injury payments. The payments are not being made ‘in consequence of any personal injury’, but are made in consequence of being admitted to a laundry, regardless of the effects. The amount each woman will receive is dependent on the length of time spent in the laundries and not on the specific effect that it has had on their health. They are also being made as part of a broader process of restorative justice by the Republic of Ireland Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to amend GB income-related benefit legislation to include specific disregards along the lines of the schemes mentioned. There is already provision in the benefit system to disregard payments made in respect of personal injury to avoid the need to disregard specific payments on an <em>ad hoc</em> basis. To amend legislation as new compensation schemes are introduced would add complexity to the benefit system and its administration.</p><p> </p><p>There is already provision in legislation to disregard some elements of the <em>ex gratia </em>payments. For example, Pension Credit – the income-related benefit most likely to be claimed - has no capital cut off limit. Where compensation in excess of the €50,000 lump sum maximum <em>ex gratia</em> award is payable as weekly payments, these will be disregarded under current Pension Credit and pension age Housing Benefit legislation.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that as of 6 August 2014 there had been a total number of approximately 760 applications to the scheme, around 160 of which were from UK residents. However, neither information regarding the number of UK applicants who are also in receipt of Pension Credit or other benefits, nor the amount of any <em>ex gratia</em> payments made is available. We are therefore unable to estimate the potential cost of a disregard.</p>
	creator	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

156483

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/12/2014
	date	18/11/2014
	date tabled	18/11/2014
	ddp created	18/11/2014 23:18:50
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:33:11
	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	HL2925
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/11/2014 14:37:33
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of potential applicants for United Kingdom benefits who have received compensation for abuse in the Magdalene laundries and other institutions under the scheme established by the government of the Republic of Ireland; and what is their estimate of the cost which would arise from a disregard being applied to such applications.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2925
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2925
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has sympathy for the women who suffered by their admission to and work in the Magdalen institutions. However, payments made under the Republic of Ireland’s <em>ex gratia</em> scheme do not meet GB legal criteria to be treated as personal injury payments. The payments are not being made ‘in consequence of any personal injury’, but are made in consequence of being admitted to a laundry, regardless of the effects. The amount each woman will receive is dependent on the length of time spent in the laundries and not on the specific effect that it has had on their health. They are also being made as part of a broader process of restorative justice by the Republic of Ireland Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to amend GB income-related benefit legislation to include specific disregards along the lines of the schemes mentioned. There is already provision in the benefit system to disregard payments made in respect of personal injury to avoid the need to disregard specific payments on an <em>ad hoc</em> basis. To amend legislation as new compensation schemes are introduced would add complexity to the benefit system and its administration.</p><p> </p><p>There is already provision in legislation to disregard some elements of the <em>ex gratia </em>payments. For example, Pension Credit – the income-related benefit most likely to be claimed - has no capital cut off limit. Where compensation in excess of the €50,000 lump sum maximum <em>ex gratia</em> award is payable as weekly payments, these will be disregarded under current Pension Credit and pension age Housing Benefit legislation.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that as of 6 August 2014 there had been a total number of approximately 760 applications to the scheme, around 160 of which were from UK residents. However, neither information regarding the number of UK applicants who are also in receipt of Pension Credit or other benefits, nor the amount of any <em>ex gratia</em> payments made is available. We are therefore unable to estimate the potential cost of a disregard.</p>
	creator	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

156484

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/12/2014
	date	18/11/2014
	date tabled	18/11/2014
	ddp created	18/11/2014 23:18:50
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:33:12
	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
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2926
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/11/2014 14:37:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to amend the relevant regulations to include specific disregards for payments to compensate sufferers of abuse in the Magdalene laundries and other institutions for the purposes of calculating benefits along the lines of those established for the McFarlane (Special Payments) Trusts, MFET Limited, the Skipton Fund and the Caxton Foundation; and if not, why not.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2926
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2926
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has sympathy for the women who suffered by their admission to and work in the Magdalen institutions. However, payments made under the Republic of Ireland’s <em>ex gratia</em> scheme do not meet GB legal criteria to be treated as personal injury payments. The payments are not being made ‘in consequence of any personal injury’, but are made in consequence of being admitted to a laundry, regardless of the effects. The amount each woman will receive is dependent on the length of time spent in the laundries and not on the specific effect that it has had on their health. They are also being made as part of a broader process of restorative justice by the Republic of Ireland Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to amend GB income-related benefit legislation to include specific disregards along the lines of the schemes mentioned. There is already provision in the benefit system to disregard payments made in respect of personal injury to avoid the need to disregard specific payments on an <em>ad hoc</em> basis. To amend legislation as new compensation schemes are introduced would add complexity to the benefit system and its administration.</p><p> </p><p>There is already provision in legislation to disregard some elements of the <em>ex gratia </em>payments. For example, Pension Credit – the income-related benefit most likely to be claimed - has no capital cut off limit. Where compensation in excess of the €50,000 lump sum maximum <em>ex gratia</em> award is payable as weekly payments, these will be disregarded under current Pension Credit and pension age Housing Benefit legislation.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that as of 6 August 2014 there had been a total number of approximately 760 applications to the scheme, around 160 of which were from UK residents. However, neither information regarding the number of UK applicants who are also in receipt of Pension Credit or other benefits, nor the amount of any <em>ex gratia</em> payments made is available. We are therefore unable to estimate the potential cost of a disregard.</p>
	creator	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

156575

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/12/2014
	date	19/11/2014
	date tabled	19/11/2014
	ddp created	19/11/2014 23:21:57
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:35:05
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2998
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/11/2014 12:30:03
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many claimants for Employment Support Allowance who have degenerative conditions for which there is no possibility of improvement have been placed in the Work-Related Activity Group; how many have found employment; how many have had their benefits reduced for failing to find employment; whether the position of those claimants will be reviewed; and, if so, when.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2998
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2998
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The information as requested is not available.</p>
	creator	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

157061

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/12/2014
	date	20/11/2014
	date tabled	20/11/2014
	ddp created	20/11/2014 20:49:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:35:18
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3006
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/12/2014 15:37:19
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people over the age of 30 have applied for Jobseeker's Allowance in (1) the United Kingdom, (2) the South West of England, and (3) Bristol.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL3006
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3006
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is publically available<strong>: </strong><a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on current Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants aged 30 or over and the number of new claims from this age group over the last 12 months, published by the Office for National Statistics, is shown in the table below. New claims do not cover all those who apply for JSA as a minority withdraw or have their claim disallowed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of JSA claimants aged 30 or over</p></td><td><p>Number of new JSA claims from people aged 30 or over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>Year to October 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>545,535</p></td><td><p>1,325,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>26,310</p></td><td><p>87,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td><p>10,585</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
	creator	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

157082

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/12/2014
	date	20/11/2014
	date tabled	20/11/2014
	ddp created	20/11/2014 20:49:17
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:35:49
	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	Employment Schemes: Young People
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3027
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/12/2014 11:59:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support projects aimed at making young people more employable.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL3027
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3027
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>In the last 12 months youth unemployment has fallen by a record-breaking 253,000. Work Coaches offer tailored support from day one of their claim and young people also receive support Youth Contract; Work Programme; Post Work Programme Support – Help to Work. I am pleased to report we are on target to deliver an extra 250,000 work experience or sector-based work academy places by March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with Local Authorities to trial a proactive labour market engagement approach with 16-17 year olds who are not in education, training or employment.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is also supporting Movement to Work, an employer led initiative offering work training opportunities to 18-24 year olds. The Civil Service has pledged 6000 opportunities. Over 3000 places have been delivered between April and September 2014, the vast majority in DWP.</p>
	creator	3733 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3733 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

164526

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/12/2014
	date	24/11/2014
	date tabled	24/11/2014
	ddp created	24/11/2014 22:42:00
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:38:15
	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	Immigration: Poland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3119
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/12/2014 12:26:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 20 November (HL2693), whether the Department for Work and Pensions has made an assessment of the contribution of Polish immigrants to the United Kingdom.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL3119
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3119
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>DWP has made no such assessment, nor would it be within the remit of the Department to do so.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten