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	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
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	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to prevent married couples from fraudulently claiming council and housing tax-related benefit available only for single people.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	191456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2014 answer text <p>There are no social security benefits relating to housing costs or council tax that are available only to single people. There is a reduction of 25% in the council tax payable available to those who live alone, but the administration of this is a matter for local authorities. </p><p> </p><p>Generally, suspicions that claimants may be living together as if they were married or in a civil partnership without informing the relevant benefit payer come from various sources, including members of the public and members of staff. The Department currently does not investigate cases that only involve housing benefit as these are a matter for local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Council tax benefit ceased to exist on 1 April 2013 and has been replaced by the local council tax reduction (LCTR) scheme, the administration of which is a matter for local authorities. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

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	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	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	Translation Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much language translation services within his Department have cost in each year since January 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	209738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The amount spent by the Department for Work and Pensions on language translation services since January 2011 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£436,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£580,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£542,972</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 14/10/2014 10:24:33 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell