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65606

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	New Enterprise Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets there are on increasing the number of women receiving the new enterprise allowance; and what progress has been made on these targets in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	203807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text There are no formal targets in place for increasing the number of women who participate in the New Enterprise Allowance scheme. Latest statistics show that since the launch of NEA in 2011 to the end of March 2014, there were 46,000 allowance claims, of which 15,720 were from women. The weekly allowance is payable when the participant closes their claim to benefits and commences trading. The rate of take up of NEA by women is approximately one third of the total. This is consistent with the proportion of women claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (the benefit claimed by the majority of NEA participants), demonstrating the success of the scheme in attracting all groups to access this support. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/07/2014 15:14:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

60834

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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	Preston
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Ministers in his Department have visited Preston since June 2010; on what date each such visit took place; what the purpose was of each such visit; and who those Ministers met on each such visit.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	199735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text The Department does not maintain a central record of all Ministerial visits and to gather this information would be to do so at disproportionate costs. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/06/2014 11:33:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

64859

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from charitable and youth organisations on the effect of the new flat-rate housing cost contribution on unemployed young people.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Anas Sarwar
	uin	203117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text None. answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/07/2014 12:11:51 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3981 label Biography information for Anas Sarwar

48892

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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
	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 single people who will be claiming universal credit in the first year of the roll-out of universal credit in the six boroughs of the Merseyside Jobcentre Plus district.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	196916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>[Holding answer 1 May 2014]</p><p> </p><p>The Department announced on 5th December 2013 that Universal Credit would roll out in the North West in Summer 2014. The Department confirmed on 30 April that it is now in discussion with relevant Local Authorities in the North West on the detailed planning to make that happen.</p><p> </p><p>As with Jobseeker's Allowance, the Department does not hold forecasts of UC claimant numbers split by both borough, and then by marital status within that borough. Claimant numbers at this degree of detail will be influenced by a range of factors; these include likely local demographics and likely economic conditions within each borough. It is not possible to combine these in any meaningful way, and any such estimates might prove to be unreliable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 8277 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

63440

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether hours of care during overnight stays and holidays are included in calculations of payments to recipients of child support.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	201837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Where the Child Support Agency or Child Maintenance Service work out how much maintenance should be paid, a reduction can apply where parents share the care of a child.</p><p> </p><p>For a reduction in the amount of child maintenance to be considered, a paying parent must provide overnight care for the child in the case for at least 52 nights per year. Overnight care can take place on a weekly basis, or in blocks of nights/weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/06/2014 14:17:50 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

62395

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: West Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional resources his Department is making available to reduce the time taken to process requests for mandatory reconsideration of employment and support allowance decisions in West Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
	uin	201010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>We have targeted the resource we use nationally so that requests are processed as quickly as possible to minimise any undue delays, without compromising good quality decision-making.</p><p> </p><p>In addition we are currently reviewing the customer journey to understand where the pinch points are in the decision making process in order to reduce the end to end journey time.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/06/2014 16:51:17 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

61910

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2014
	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	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, what steps he is taking to ensure claimants experiencing delays in their personal independence payments assessments are kept better informed of the status of their applications.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	200707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>We have taken immediate action to ensure that claimants receive all the information they need.</p><p>This includes a number of actions:</p><p>- SMS updates acknowledging receipt of the ''How your disability affects you'' form.</p><p>- Updated Gov.uk to include clear information.</p><p>- Detailed information on estimated journey times.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/06/2014 16:35:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

43919

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	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 advantages to deaf people of funding a team of interpreters through the Access to Work scheme rather than being assigned a single interpreter by their employer.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	192543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>We have not made any assessment of the advantages to deaf people of funding a team of interpreters through the Access to Work scheme. We appreciate that each situation is unique and may require a bespoke solution. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

46155

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding the European Social Fund will contribute to community work placement contracts in England for 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	194507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>We have been allocated up to £60M in 2007-2013 ESF programme funding to help support people back into employment through community work placements.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46646

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which categories of people defined as vulnerable in relation to facilitating housing benefit payments direct to landlords under universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	194891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>We do not want to label categories of claimants as financially incapable. The guidance for alternative payment arrangements, published last year, lists a number of elements which should be considered. These factors are assessed on a case-by-case basis to inform a decision as to whether an alternative payment arrangement is needed and if so for what period.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown