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349903

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure planned changes to entitlements to housing benefit and local housing allowance do not adversely affect (a) young adults, (b) formerly looked after children, (c) pregnant women, (d) couples with children, (e) veterans and (f) disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	2235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Any changes to Housing Benefit policy will be subject to a full policy equality assessment to ascertain the impacts on protected groups and ensure compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 11:50:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

381128

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the discretionary housing payments fund when the benefit cap is reduced to £23,000 per year; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	2538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of the policy will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:16:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

386350

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the amount of discretionary housing payment funding to local authorities after the reduction of the household benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	4585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-15/2538/" target="_blank">UIN2538</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/07/2015 14:47:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

349780

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	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	Winter Fuel Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of paying winter fuel allowance payments directly to energy providers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	1798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Last year the Department undertook an initial feasibility assessment of a voucher scheme to pay Winter Fuel Payments directly to energy providers. It showed that there would be significant additional administrative complexities and costs to the energy providers which were likely to directly increase the fuel bills for all customers and we expected that a significant number of the most vulnerable pensioners would lose out by not redeeming their voucher.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 15:18:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

416753

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Motability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Motability on eligibility for the Specialised Vehicles Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	9022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Motability administers the Specialised Vehicles Fund (SVF) on behalf of DWP. Motability provides periodic reports to DWP on their administration of the SVF, including on the issues it considers when prioritising applications for help from the SVF.</p><p> </p><p>All Departmental spending is being considered as part of the current Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 9023 question first answered 10/09/2015 15:12:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

350020

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Islington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for discretionary housing payments were approved in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	2193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No information is held on how many new claims for Discretionary Housing Payment were approved in the London Borough of Islington or the Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years. In financial year 2013/14, local authorities were asked to report on the total number of Discretionary Housing Payments awards made but it is unknown how many of these were new claims. The Government’s analysis of Discretionary Housing Payment returns for 2013/14 is available at –</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 13:30:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

350029

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Islington South and Finsbury
	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 were in receipt of a Discretionary Housing Payment in Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	2189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No information is held on how many people in Islington South and Finsbury constituency were in receipt of a Discretionary Housing Payment in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 13:07:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

350021

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Islington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of discretionary housing payment claimants in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency are in work.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	2194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No information is held on what proportion of Discretionary Housing Payment claimants in the London Borough of Islington or Islington and Finsbury South constituency are in work.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 13:04:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

416364

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Workplace Pensions: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of auto-enrolment on private sector pension saving.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	8900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Over 5.43 million workers have now been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension by their employer, many for the first time. This has reversed the downwards trend seen in workplace pension participation rates since 2003.</p><p> </p><p>So far opt out has been around 10 per cent, which is significantly lower than the original DWP estimate of around 30 per cent. This has seen the programme opt out assumption being adjusted to 15 per cent overall for the lifetime of the programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment will give around 10 million people the opportunity to save into a workplace pension - we expect to see 8 to 9 million people newly saving or saving more, generating £11 billion a year more in workplace pension saving by 2020.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 11:35:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

383962

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2015
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been awarded in discretionary housing payments by each local authority in London (a) in total, (b) to people affected by the household benefit cap, (c) to people affected by a reduction in local housing allowance rates and (d) to people affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	3259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department asks Local authorities to supply details of their use of Discretionary Housing Payments on a 6 monthly basis. Data for 2013/14 is provided at the link below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:08:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms