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93459

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/10/2014
	date	15/10/2014
	date tabled	15/10/2014
	ddp created	15/10/2014 21:20:52
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 01:53:16
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	identifier	210625
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	20/10/2014 11:45:21
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been enrolled under automatic enrolment into workplace pensions scheme since the inception of that scheme.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210625
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210625
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The latest information published by the Pensions Regulator on 9 October 2014 showed that more than 33,660 employers have completed the automatic enrolment process and 4.75 million eligible workers have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension.</p> question first answered 20/10/2014 11:45:21
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

93245

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/10/2014
	date	14/10/2014
	date tabled	14/10/2014
	ddp created	14/10/2014 21:02:06
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 01:34:54
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	210349
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	21/10/2014 11:04:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances a deaf person can be provided with an interpreter under the Access to Work Scheme.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210349
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210349
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>All Access to Work applications are looked at on an individual basis and support is awarded based on a person’s disability, their job role and tasks alongside the barriers they face at work. An Access to Work adviser would work closely with the applicant and their employer to identify the type, extent and appropriate level of communication support required.<strong> </strong></p> question first answered 21/10/2014 11:04:20
	creator	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

93366

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/10/2014
	date	14/10/2014
	date tabled	14/10/2014
	ddp created	14/10/2014 21:02:53
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 01:48:11
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Income Support: Telephones
	house id	1
	identifier	210290
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	21/10/2014 14:29:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission survey research to make an estimate of the proportion of income support claimants who are aware of social tariffs available to help them access landlines.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210290
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210290
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>Income Support provides extra money to help people on a low income. There are no plans to commission a survey to estimate the proportion of claimants who are aware of social tariffs available to help them access landlines.</p> question first answered 21/10/2014 14:29:17
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

93368

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/10/2014
	date	14/10/2014
	date tabled	14/10/2014
	ddp created	14/10/2014 21:02:55
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 01:48:23
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	1
	identifier	210314
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	20/10/2014 16:08:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2014 to Question 205883, what the full cost, including apportioned indirect costs, is of processing a new claim for jobseeker's allowance; and what the full cost is of a jobseeker's allowance interview.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210314
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210314
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong>Please see table below:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Unit Cost - Total Costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA Claims (Incl LMDM)</p></td><td><p>£ 27.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(WS) JSA NJI Advice</p></td><td><p>£ 46.48</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost of processing a New Claim for Jobseekers’ Allowance is provided in JSA Claims. We have provided the unit costs for 13/14. The Unit Cost is the average cost of one JSA Claim through the process.</p><p> </p><p>For the costs of a jobseekers' allowance interview, we have provided the New Jobseekers’ interview Unit cost for 13/14 under JSA NJI advice. The Unit Cost is the average cost of one New Jobseekers’ interview.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 20/10/2014 16:08:07
	creator	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

93374

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/10/2014
	date	14/10/2014
	date tabled	14/10/2014
	ddp created	14/10/2014 21:02:56
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 01:48:58
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	210518
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	21/10/2014 13:38:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are entitled to the mobility element of personal independence payments.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210518
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210518
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The latest available data for personal independence payment claims, including details on the number of people receiving the mobility component, have been published and are available from the GOV.UK website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 21/10/2014 13:38:04
	creator	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

93377

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/10/2014
	date	14/10/2014
	date tabled	14/10/2014
	ddp created	14/10/2014 21:02:57
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 01:49:20
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	identifier	210521
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	20/10/2014 15:18:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 209233 for what reason the information is not available.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210521
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210521
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions publishes monitoring returns from local authorities that give a breakdown of Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) awards by broad category, including to recipients of Housing Benefit subject to Local Housing Allowance calculations. Further detail, for example awards to those subject to the Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR), is not available. Returns are voluntary and information is not provided by all local authorities. The returns give the number of awards, which may not equate to the number of people receiving them; some people may receive more than one award over the period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the following weblink:</p><p> </p><p> </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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s housing benefit administrative database, compiled from electronic data supplied by local authorities, identifies by gender and age those Housing Benefit claimants that are assessed by the SAR in the given area. These data are taken from scans of local authority systems. They also hold some information on whether a DHP is being made to the claimant at that time. The recording of this information on the electronic data is incomplete and not reliable.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> question first answered 20/10/2014 15:18:33
	creator	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

93379

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/10/2014
	date	14/10/2014
	date tabled	14/10/2014
	ddp created	14/10/2014 21:02:58
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 01:49:33
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Torbay
	house id	1
	identifier	210486
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	20/10/2014 14:01:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many visits were made by Ministers of his Department to Torbay constituency in the 12 months to 14 October 2014; whom the invitation for each such visit was issued by; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such visit.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210486
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210486
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the ministers of his Department have made no visits in the 12 months to October 2014 to the Torbay constituency in a ministerial capacity. <strong> </strong></p> question first answered 20/10/2014 14:01:59
	creator	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

93380

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/10/2014
	date	14/10/2014
	date tabled	14/10/2014
	ddp created	14/10/2014 21:02:58
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 01:49:39
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	house id	1
	identifier	210487
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	21/10/2014 14:48:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made to the benefits sanctions regime since 2010.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210487
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210487
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>For most recent changes please see the following link for the Government response to Matthew Oakley’s Review of Sanctions:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions-independent-review-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions-independent-review-government-response</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 21/10/2014 14:48:52
	creator	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

93382

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/10/2014
	date	14/10/2014
	date tabled	14/10/2014
	ddp created	14/10/2014 21:02:59
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 01:49:50
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance: Scotland
	house id	1
	identifier	210490
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	21/10/2014 15:15:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 18 to 21 claimed jobseekers allowance in Scotland; what total amount was claimed in each of the last three years; and what the average amount claimed per person was in each of the last three years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210490
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210490
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The information is in the table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Jobseekers Allowance for 18-21 year-olds in Scotland</p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimants (thousands)</p></td><td><p>25,900</p></td><td><p>23,400</p></td><td><p>18,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expenditure (nominal, £m)</p></td><td><p>£74</p></td><td><p>£69</p></td><td><p>£52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average payment per week</p></td><td><p>£54.43</p></td><td><p>£57.23</p></td><td><p>£57.39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p> </p><p>1. Estimates are based on the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, Quarterly Statistical Enquiry and expenditure data for Jobseeker’s Allowance.</p><p>2. Caseload and average amounts paid are averaged over each financial year.</p> question first answered 21/10/2014 15:15:15
	creator	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

93383

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/10/2014
	date	14/10/2014
	date tabled	14/10/2014
	ddp created	14/10/2014 21:02:59
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 01:49:56
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	210489
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	21/10/2014 16:58:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the gainful self-employment test under universal credit takes into account (a) the freelance status of performers and (b) the irregular work patterns of performers when applied to those applicants.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210489
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210489
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>In Universal Credit a claimant is gainfully self-employed where:</p><p>· They are carrying on a trade, profession or vocation as their main form of employment;</p><p>· Their earnings from the trade, profession or vocation are self-employed earnings;</p><p>· The trade, profession or vocation is organised, developed, regular and carried on in expectation of profit.</p><p> </p><p>The freelance status of performers would not affect their eligibility for Universal Credit, or whether they meet the definition of gainful self-employment .</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the self-employment must be regular, neither the work patterns nor the claimant’s earnings need to be so. The Department recognises that self-employment work patterns often vary and a range of factors can influence the amount and duration of self-employed work.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is assessed and paid monthly, which enables it to adjust quickly to take account of changes in earnings, ensuring claimants receive the right level of support at the right time.</p><p> </p> question first answered 21/10/2014 16:58:57
	creator	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman