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349160

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	National Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason a person's National Insurance number is printed on a bank statement as a prefix to a monthly pension entry; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	1545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The provision of the national insurance number to a bank or building society is an essential part of paying benefits and pensions direct. All benefits and pensions administered by the Department for Work and Pensions use the customer's national insurance number as a payment reference. The national insurance number provides a unique audit trail of individual transactions so that, for example, returned or other queried payments can be quickly traced and customer enquiries dealt with effectively. Customers are made aware on claim forms that their National Insurance number (NINO) may be shown on bank/building society account statements.</p><p> </p><p>We actually provide the banks with a payment reference up to 18 characters (which incorporates the national insurance number). The Department is aware that banks use the information in the exact format provided to them by DWP, but ultimately how much of it appears on the customer’s statement is the responsibility of the bank. DWP does not request or instruct banks to show the national insurance numbers on their customer’s bank statements.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 16:22:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

349280

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	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, for what reasons his Department did not consult people in receipt of Access to Work awards and their employers before deciding to introduce a limit on those awards.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	1720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Consideration was given to the requirements upon public bodies to act lawfully and fairly, to the evidence available, and to the nature and significance of the decision for affected individuals, including any mitigating factors.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 13:01:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349749

	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	Carer's Allowance: Scotland
	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 carer's allowance in (a) Glasgow Central constituency, (b) Glasgow City and (c) Scotland in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	1874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Statistics on people in receipt of Carer’s Allowance is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 13:46:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

349286

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	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, how the proposed limit on Access to Work awards supports the Government's Fulfilling Potential disability strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	1726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Based on current figures, when the cap is fully implemented in April 2018, the 200 current users affected will still collectively receive over £8 million pounds per year to support them in employment, provided their circumstances do not change.</p><p>The introduction of the limit of Access to Work awards will enable around £3m per year to be re-allocated to new users and other under-represented groups. For example this sum could be used to support around 1,000 new customers at average award levels or 3,000 extra places on the Mental Health Support Service.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 13:21:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349285

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	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, if he will estimate the return on investment from Access to Work awards.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	1725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimating Value for Money for Access to Work is difficult – 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>Access to Work covers a wide range of different types of support. Each individual case is different and it is not possible or accurate to estimate the return to the Exchequer for each case.</p><p> </p><p>My officials are considering how best to estimate the return on investment delivered by Access to Work.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 14:04:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349242

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 Answers of 8 June 2015 to Questions 767 and 768, how many recipients of disability living allowance have been re-assessed for personal independence payment in each of the last six months; and what the average time taken was to process a claim from application to decision in each of those months.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	1542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested can be found in the data tables accompanying the ad hoc statistical release on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims published on 12 May 2015:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426341/pip-ad-hoc-statistics-to-Mar-2015-tables.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426341/pip-ad-hoc-statistics-to-Mar-2015-tables.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 2A shows PIP monthly clearances between April 2013 and March 2015;</p><p>Table 4A shows monthly average (median) clearance times for PIP claims made under the normal rules ; and</p><p>Table 4B shows monthly average (median) clearance times for PIP claims made under the special rules for people who are terminally ill.</p><p> </p><p>Data to end of April 15 will be released on 17th June, as part of the quarterly official statistics release, and has been pre-announced on the PIP statistics home page: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 12:40:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349241

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 Answers of 8 June 2015 to Questions 767 and 768, on personal independence payment, what arrangements are in place to deal with the anticipated number of reassessments after October 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	1541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>At the Work and Pensions Committee on 29th January 2015 the former Minister of State for Disabled Persons confirmed DWP would implement Full PIP Rollout in a way that is commensurate with capacity. Claimants will be randomly selected for Full PIP Rollout on a post code basis where we are confident that capacity exists. We are working closely with Assessment Provider organisations to progress detailed planning and assurance activity needed to ensure capacity to deal with increased volumes is in place</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 13:57:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349240

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Motability
	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 Answers of 8 June 2015 to Questions 767 and 768, what support will be given to those who lose eligibility for disability living allowance and are not awarded personal independence payments following a reassessment.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	1540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will continue to be paid while the claim to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is being processed. Once the PIP decision has been made we will continue to pay DLA for four weeks to provide additional, limited support to those seeing a decrease in financial support.</p><p>In September 2013, the Motability charity announced that they would provide a one-off package of support and advice to help those people who have a Motability car but are found not to be entitled to the enhanced rate mobility component of PIP and, as a consequence, are no longer eligible to use the Motability Scheme. These people can keep their vehicle for up to three weeks after the DLA payment ends. This means that claimants will retain their car for up to seven weeks following the PIP decision. Additionally, Motability is providing a one-off lump sum to help customers make other arrangements, for example to go towards a used car. They will pay £2000 if the customer joined the Scheme before January 2013 or £1000 if the customer joined after January 2013 and up to December 2013. Motability is working with their suppliers to provide general information on motoring, insurance and other services outside the Scheme, including information about buying new or used cars and arranging insurance and other services. The Scheme also offers customers an opportunity to purchase their vehicle following the end of the lease.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 12:54:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349409

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Homelessness
	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 lowering the overall benefit cap of £23,000 on levels of homelessness among families with children in (a) London and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	1673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Details of the policy will be announced in due course. <strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1671 1672 question first answered 15/06/2015 16:24:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

349407

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Homelessness
	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 lowering the overall benefit cap to £23,000 on expenditure on temporary accommodation in (a) London and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	1671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Details of the policy will be announced in due course. <strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1672 1673 question first answered 15/06/2015 16:24:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms