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391920

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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 work his Department is undertaking to estimate the likely return on investment in the Access to Work Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	8161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Access to Work is a flexible scheme providing different sized awards tailored to individual circumstances which will therefore deliver different levels of return on investment for different cases.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have undertaken research to explore the potential costs and benefits of Access to Work expenditure, including the impacts on social security expenditure and income tax returns. However, It is difficult to establish an overall value for money figure. The main reason is that there is no readily available comparison group against which to assess the difference the programme makes to someone’s likelihood of being in work.</p><p> </p><p>Despite this the Government recognise the value users, employers and stakeholders place on the scheme and so the Government is committed to continue to build the evidence base with stakeholders’ input to understand the value Access to Work adds.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 16:01:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

391534

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Question of the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish of 15 July 2015, Official Report, column 889, on state pensions for women, if he will take steps to provide financial support to those women affected by those changes.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	7924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As independent analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has shown, the rise in women’s State Pension age since 2010 has been accompanied by increases in employment rates for the women affected. Those who are unable to work because of health problems may be able to claim Employment and Support Allowance, whilst those who are unemployed may be able to receive Jobseeker's Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>All those affected by faster equalisation will reach State Pension age after the introduction of the new State Pension. The new State Pension will be more generous for many women who have historically done poorly under the current, two-tier system, largely as a result of lower average earnings and part-time working. Around 650,000 women reaching State Pension age in the first ten years will receive an average of £8 per week (in 2014/15 earnings terms) more due to the new State Pension valuation of their National Insurance record.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 15:10:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

391549

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Clause 4 of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, what steps he plans to take to ensure that incidence of children living in poverty in households where at least one adult in work is recorded and reported.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	8054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Clause 4 of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill intends to place a new duty on the Secretary of State to report annually on children in workless households and the educational attainment of children.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:11:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

391043

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	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: Tooting
	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 Tooting constituency have been affected by the benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	7893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Data on the number of households capped since April 2013 by geographical breakdown can be found in Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 7894 7895 question first answered 07/09/2015 15:45:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

391909

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Children's Commissioner for England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times he has met the Children's Commissioner for England in each year since his initial appointment as Secretary of State.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	8242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of meetings with external organisations held by DWP Ministers are published quarterly on Gov.UK.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387937/ministers-meetings-apr-jun-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387937/ministers-meetings-apr-jun-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has met once with the Children’s Commissioner in 2012/13.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 15:19:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

416868

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2015
	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	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to young people seeking work.
	tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
	tabling member printed	Mims Davies
	uin	901166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave today to Oral Question UIN 901156.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:32:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies

416869

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2015
	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	Industrial Health and Safety
	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 has carried out research into the potential risks associated with hydraulic fracturing.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	901170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>It is not necessary for HSE to commission new research in order to be confident that it can regulate the shale industry effectively, due to the broad range of shale research already available and HSE's existing knowledge of oil and gas extraction.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked HSE to keep the situation under review.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 16:39:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard

391912

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he consulted the Children's Commissioner for England on the redefinition of measures of child poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	8314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On November 2012, the Coalition Government published <em>Measuring Child Poverty: A consultation on better measures of child poverty. </em>The public consultation launched on 15 November 2012 and closed on 15 February 2013. The Children’s Commissioner for England responded to the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Secretary of State met with the Children’s Commissioner for England in 2012/13 to discuss child poverty.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 15:56:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

391037

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	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	Low Incomes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to publish the next edition of the Low Income Dynamics analysis.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	7837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is currently analysing the first four waves of the new Understanding Society survey in order to produce an updated Low Income Dynamics publication. We will pre-announce the timing of the publication in line with National Statistics Codes of Practice at the appropriate stage in this analysis.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:35:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

391542

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Scotland who will be claiming universal credit in April (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	8002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is not setting targets for numbers in receipt of Universal Credit because numbers will vary according to factors such as economic circumstances and the behavioural change of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:20:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray