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431824

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2015
	date	23/11/2015
	date tabled	23/11/2015
	ddp created	24/11/2015 00:57:23
	ddp modified	17/12/2015 12:00:43
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	identifier	17307
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	26/11/2015 09:58:00
	question first ministerially corrected	14/12/2015 15:08:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the forms of his Department's website are available in Welsh.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 17307
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17307
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The DWP has 40 published forms on gov.uk. <del class="ministerial">O</del><ins class="ministerial">o</ins>f<del class="ministerial"> those </del><ins class="ministerial">which 27 are </ins><ins class="ministerial"></ins>covered by the Welsh Language Act<del class="ministerial">,</del><ins class="ministerial">.</ins> <ins class="ministerial">Of these 9</ins> <del class="ministerial">22</del> are <ins class="ministerial">currently</ins> available in Welsh and the rest will be by January 2016.</p><br />
	creator	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

652776

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/12/2016
	date	06/12/2016
	date tabled	06/12/2016
	ddp created	06/12/2016 21:23:56
	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
	ddp modified	06/12/2016 21:31:51 12/12/2016 16:43:05
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	56404
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	12/12/2016 15:32:39
	question first ministerially corrected	12/12/2016 16:11:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2016 to Question 55887, how many full-time equivalent members of staff his Department has employed to work on the design and implementation of universal credit in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 56404
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	56404
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Data on reports of pension scams is collected via Action Fraud. However, the government, working with the City of London Police and other partners as part of Project Bloom, is aware that many scams in the UK, and the true extent of associated losses, go un-reported. The true extent of losses may also only become apparent some time after the initial report and increases in fraud reports could be due to a number of factors, for example increased industry reporting or rising awareness amongst the public due to high profile information campaigns.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government takes the issue of pension scams very seriously, which is why, on 5 December 2016 we launched a public consultation on a package of measures aimed at tackling pension scams. This included a proposed definition of pension fraud to allow better monitoring and data collection on pension scams.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government will continue to work closely with the City of London Police and other Project Bloom partners to help local forces and other agencies raise awareness on pension scams and encourage more people to report scamming activity and losses.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The table below breaks down the location of the victim of reported pension scams collated by Action Fraud over the last two financial years.</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Location of victims of reported pension scams</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Financial year 2014/15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Financial year 2015/16 to date </strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Scotland</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">27</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Rest of the UK</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">921</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">446</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</ins></p>
	creator	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

225299

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/03/2015
	date	04/03/2015
	date tabled	04/03/2015
	ddp created	04/03/2015 22:36:23
	ddp modified	25/03/2015 16:26:45
	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	Bank Services: Greater London
	house id	1
	identifier	226279
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/03/2015 16:34:23
	question first ministerially corrected	25/03/2015 10:50:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in London, and in each London borough, who do not have a bank account.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 226279
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	226279
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Benefit and Pension recipients who do not have a bank account are paid by Simple Payment.</p><p>As of 15<sup>th</sup> January 2015, there were <del class="ministerial">45,911 </del> <ins class="ministerial">44,528</ins> benefit recipients and pensioners in Great Britain being paid by Simple Payment.</p>
	creator	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

631257

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/11/2016
	date	07/11/2016
	date tabled	07/11/2016
	ddp created	07/11/2016 23:44:19
	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
	ddp modified	07/11/2016 23:51:38 16/11/2016 16:14:06
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Children
	house id	1
	identifier	52007
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	15/11/2016 15:05:14
	question first ministerially corrected	16/11/2016 15:41:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of foreign children adopted by UK parents who are not eligible for disability living allowance because of the past presence rule.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 52007
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	52007
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I am replying to this question as assessments of the effect of the benefit cap are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Evaluation evidence in relation to the existing cap showed very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small numbers of capped households who have been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Where claimants need further financial support with their housing costs in order to adjust to the benefit cap, for example while they find work or move to more suitable accommodation, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To help Local Authorities protect the most vulnerable and to support households adjusting to the reforms, the Government will provide £870 million funding for the Discretionary Housing Payments scheme over the next 5 years.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><ins class="ministerial"><p>The information is not held.</p></ins><p> </p></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

387135

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/07/2015
	date	01/07/2015
	date tabled	01/07/2015
	ddp created	01/07/2015 22:26:01
	ddp modified	13/07/2015 11:32:00
	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
	house id	1
	identifier	5178
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	06/07/2015 16:57:41
	question first ministerially corrected	10/07/2015 11:42:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of families with children affected by the benefit cap have a child under (a) one year old, (b) two years old, (c) three years old and (d) four years old.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 5178
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5178
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</del><ins class="ministerial">DWP statisticians are currently assessing the viability of publishing further age breakdowns for children in households subject to the benefit cap alongside suitable context and commentary. If the analyses prove to be sufficiently robust the results will be published at the earliest opportunity according to the Code of Practice for statistics.</ins></p>
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

420943

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/10/2015
	date	13/10/2015
	date tabled	13/10/2015
	ddp created	13/10/2015 22:40:49
	ddp modified	27/10/2015 13:34:08
	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	Credit Unions
	house id	1
	identifier	11604
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	19/10/2015 13:14:22
	question first ministerially corrected	21/10/2015 16:31:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Government's credit union expansion programme; and what assessment he has made of the feasibility of extending that programme.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Worcester
	tabling member printed	Mr Robin Walker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 11604
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	11604
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>DWP’s contract with the Association of British Credit Unions Ltd to deliver the Credit Union Expansion Project began in May 2013. It <del class="ministerial">was</del><ins class="ministerial">is</ins> due to end in April 201<del class="ministerial">5</del><strong><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></strong> but we are currently considering a request for a<ins class="ministerial">n</ins> <del class="ministerial">further</del> extension. The Department has plans to review effectiveness at the end of the Project.</p><br />
	creator	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker

431411

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/11/2015
	date	20/11/2015
	date tabled	20/11/2015
	ddp created	20/11/2015 17:51:44
	ddp modified	02/12/2015 16:16:33
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	17106
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	26/11/2015 15:29:01
	question first ministerially corrected	26/11/2015 16:59:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of the Government as an employer and commissioner to increasing rates of employment among disabled people.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 17106
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17106
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>All Government Departments have clear objectives to increase workforce diversity, including disabled people.<del class="ministerial"> I</del> <ins class="ministerial">We </ins>have been working with officials across Whitehall to assess the proportion of disabled people employed by Government, and to identify ways to improve those numbers.</p><br /><p>As at 31 March 2015, 8.9% of Civil Service employees declared their disability status, up from 7.6% in 2010 and 8.8% in 2014.</p><br /><p>With reference to commissioning, successful bidders for contracts in excess of 12 months are required to submit annual Diversity &amp; Equality Delivery Plans, workforce monitoring data and Contractor and any Sub-contractor’s policy/policies and procedures for preventing unlawful discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity in respect of a range of groups, including people with a disability. <del class="ministerial">We will continue to seek opportunities to encourage, and offer support to, employers to employ more disabled people.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This Government is committed to being an exemplar employer and will continue to support employers and disabled people to create opportinities and increase disability emplyment.</ins></p>
	creator	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

444781

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/01/2016
	date	13/01/2016
	date tabled	13/01/2016
	ddp created	13/01/2016 23:57:43
	ddp modified	27/01/2016 13:35:34
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Atos Healthcare
	house id	1
	identifier	22348
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	19/01/2016 12:10:53
	question first ministerially corrected	26/01/2016 17:27:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of the personal independence payment assessment contract with ATOS; what the main key performance indicators (KPIs) are under that contract; and what the (a) financial and (b) other penalties are for failure to meet KPIs.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 22348
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22348
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department has two Personal Independence Payment (PIP) contracts with Atos, each covering a geographical area. North of England &amp; Scotland (Lot 1) has a value of £206,703,507. London &amp; South of England (Lot 3) has a value of £183,894,556.</p><br /><p>There are a number of Service Levels (Key Performance Indicators are not used in PIP contracts) which Atos are required to deliver to meet the Department’s service requirements. These are detailed in the attached Annex 1. In addition, a number of interim Service Levels have been introduced to address specific performance targets.</p><br /><p>In the event Atos fail to achieve a key service level, contracts provide for Service Credits to be applied. Service Credits are a contractual remedy applied to Atos to recognise the loss of service received and to ensure any performance issues are rectified quickly.</p> attachment 1 file name 22348 Annex 1.docx
	creator	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

447815

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/01/2016
	date	26/01/2016
	date tabled	26/01/2016
	ddp created	26/01/2016 23:17:36
	ddp modified	29/01/2016 13:18:02
	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	Occupational Money Purchase Schemes
	house id	1
	identifier	24178
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	29/01/2016 12:46:31
	question first ministerially corrected	11/02/2016 10:09:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the distribution of contributions to defined-contribution pension schemes for each (a) income level and (b) age.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 24178
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24178
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are no breakdowns available by income level either for DC personal pensions or for DC workplace pensions.</p><p>There is also no breakdown available by age for DC personal pensions, but data on the distribution of employee contribution rates to workplace DC schemes, by age, can be found within Reference Table 5.1 of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2014 publication available here: <del class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-400776" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-400776</a></del> <ins class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm:77-387081" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-387081</a></ins></p><p> </p>
	creator	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

455452

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/02/2016
	date	25/02/2016
	date tabled	25/02/2016
	ddp created	25/02/2016 21:49:30
	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
	ddp modified	25/02/2016 21:59:56 18/03/2016 11:46:02
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Overtime
	house id	1
	identifier	28696
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	04/03/2016 12:27:44
	question first ministerially corrected	18/03/2016 11:14:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 28696
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	28696
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">This information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>As part of this Government’s transparency agenda, all Departments are required to publish monthly workforce statistics that includes overtime costs. This information is available from the gov.uk website at:</strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-staff-numbers-and-associated-costs" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-staff-numbers-and-associated-costs</strong></a></ins></p>
	creator	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth