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100116

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:49
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:00:57
	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	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	identifier	211293
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/10/2014 13:48:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made to the Government Funeral Payment scheme since May 2010; and how many such applications have been rejected.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211293
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211293
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>From the latest data available, 280,780 applications have been made for Funeral Payments in Great Britain between May 2010 and September 2014. In the same period there have been 139,560 refusals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><p>1. These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p> </p><p>2. The figures given are the number of applications and initial refusals in the given time period and not the number of people who made applications or received awards. An individual may make more than one application in a year. Information on the number of people who made applications and received awards is not available.</p><p> </p><p>3. The refusal figures given are based on the initial decisions made on each case and may include cases where an award was later made on review.</p><p> </p><p>4. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p>
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100267

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:01:46
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:17:15
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	identifier	211300
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/10/2014 13:53:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made on commissioning the Health and Disability Assessment Service; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211300
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211300
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The commercial competition to secure a supplier to deliver the Health and Disability Assessment Service is nearing its conclusion. I intend to inform Parliament of the outcome of the competition in the next few weeks.</p>
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

100528

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/10/2014
	date	22/10/2014
	date tabled	22/10/2014
	ddp created	22/10/2014 22:52:00
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:43:57
	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	211588
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	30/10/2014 14:10:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the approved July 2011 business case for universal credit referred to on page 32 of his Department's publication, Universal Credit at Work, published in October 2014, was approved by (a) the Major Projects Authority and (b) HM Treasury; and whether that business case was a strategic outline business case or a full business case.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211588
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211588
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>HM Treasury approved the Universal Credit Strategic Outline Business Case in July 2011 and an updated business case in September 2014, as referred to on page 32 of the publication ‘Universal Credit at Work’. HM Treasury are the sole approval authority for Departmental business cases.</p>
	creator	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

100534

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/10/2014
	date	22/10/2014
	date tabled	22/10/2014
	ddp created	22/10/2014 22:52:02
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:44:38
	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	211595
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 15:00:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been allowed backdated universal credit claims to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211595
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211595
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p>
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

100536

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/10/2014
	date	22/10/2014
	date tabled	22/10/2014
	ddp created	22/10/2014 22:52:02
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:44:53
	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	211597
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/10/2014 17:50:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming universal credit have accessed short term benefit advances to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211597
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211597
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Short Term Benefit Advances (STBA) are only available against legacy benefits. Universal Credit has its own system of benefit advances. The equivalent support to STBA is provided by either the Universal Credit (new claim) advance or the Universal Credit (change of circumstance) advance.</p><p> </p><p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p>As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

100762

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/10/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 20:01:39
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:57:02
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	211729
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 14:04:45
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average length of time his Department took to process a personal independence payment from (a) a motor neurone disease sufferer and (b) another disabled person since the introduction.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211729
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211729
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance times and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of personal independence payment performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.</p>
	creator	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100766

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 20:01:40
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:57:28
	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	Armed Forces: Asbestos
	house id	1
	identifier	211719
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 17:09:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the exposure of armed forces to the risks of asbestos.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211719
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211719
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>There have been no discussions between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Secretary of State for Defence on the exposure of HM armed forces to the risk of asbestos. HSE is not aware of any MOD asbestos-related issues that would have required this.</p>
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

100767

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/10/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 20:01:40
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:57:35
	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	Disability Living Allowance
	house id	1
	identifier	211705
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/10/2014 15:10:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is required before a disability living allowance decision-maker can take up the role.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211705
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211705
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p>All staff undertake a 14 week training period in preparation for their role as DLA decision makers. This comprises a blend of classroom-based learning and on-the-job supervision and coaching.</p><p> </p><p>Following this 14 week training period continuing support is provided to decision makers through coaching, mentoring and monitoring, training workshops and workplace learning.</p>
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

100773

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 20:01:43
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:58:13
	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: Ayrshire
	house id	1
	identifier	211769
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 11:56:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in East Ayrshire had had housing benefit capped since the introduction of the benefit cap at the latest date for which figures are available.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211769
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211769
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The latest official benefit cap statistics, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a>, show that in East Ayrshire between April 2013 and May 2014, a total of 36 households have been capped.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

100828

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 20:10:26
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 04:00:56
	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: Ashfield
	house id	1
	identifier	211835
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 12:04:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments to universal credit claimants have been made directly to a landlord in Ashfield local authority area.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211835
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211835
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p>
	creator	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero