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90882

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	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	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of named day written questions were answered by his Department within the prescribed period in the (a) 2012-13 session, (b) 2013-14 session and (c) 2014-15 session to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	208435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>In the 2014-15 session, as at the end of August 2014, the department had answered 89% of named day questions on the named day</p><p> </p><p>Departmental performance information, for ordinary and named day Parliamentary Questions, is collated by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and submitted to the Procedure Committee. This is published on a sessional basis by the committee, and includes evidence regarding departmental performance. The monitoring report relating to the 2012-13 session was published on 13 February 2014 as HC1046. The report covering statistics relating to performance during the 2013-14 session will be published very shortly by the Procedure Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/09/2014 12:19:46 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90886

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	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	Jobcentre Plus: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the median length of service of Jobcentre Plus staff was in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The median length of service of Jobcentre Plus staff in 2009/10 and 2010/11 is recorded in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Median Length of Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>11 years, 8 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>15 years, 1 month</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Jobcentre Plus was re-structured and absorbed into a revised Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Operations structure in October 2011. Since that point, it has no longer existed as a separate organisation. This means the information beyond September 2011 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>For completeness, I have included the median length of service of all Department for Work and Pensions staff for the past 5 years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Median Length of Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>12 years, 3 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>15 years, 5 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>18 years, 1 month</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>17 years, 3 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>18 years, 7 months</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Length of service is measured as length of service within the Civil Service rather than the Department. The Department’s personnel systems record when an employee joined the Civil Service rather than an individual department or agency.</p><p> </p><p>The increase in the median length of service between 2009/10 to 2011/12 is consistent with the ending of a significant number of temporary contracts in this period. The removal of their low duration of service caused an increase in the median length of service for the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The decrease in median length of service between 2011/12 to 2012/13 was caused by the incorporation of the Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission in August 2012 - who had a lower median length of service than the rest of the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/09/2014 13:21:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90576

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	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	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 the latest performance rating assigned to universal credit by the Major Projects Authority is.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	207970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In June 2014, the CEO of the Major Projects Authority (MPA) reported to Public Accounts Committee that the Universal Credit Programme was stable and on track.</p><p> </p><p>Going forward, the MPA Authority reports will give a delivery confidence assessment. The next assessment is due in November 2014,</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 10/09/2014 15:51:50 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

90578

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 278W, on personal independence payment, what progress he has made since that Answer on ensuring that no applicant for personal independence payment waits more than 16 weeks for an assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	207994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We have been working with the providers to agree PIP performance improvement plans with the aim of speeding up all parts of the process and eliminating backlogs. These improvements are having an effect and we are making good progress.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 10/09/2014 13:29:43 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

90364

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2014
	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	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money fraudulently claimed by Ms Janet Curtis has been recovered.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	207901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Recovering overpaid benefit is a high priority for DWP and we take all reasonable and lawful steps to achieve this. We are unable to supply the information requested because of our duties under data protection legislation.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/10/2014 09:14:53 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 18502 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

90806

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	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	Terminal Illnesses: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland have had DWP form DS1500 signed by their doctor to confirm they are terminally ill in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Dame Anne Begg
	uin	208206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is unable to provide the requested information as the DS1500 is completed by various Health Care Professionals from across the UK and the Department is not required to capture this level of Management Information.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/09/2014 16:17:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	572 label Biography information for Dame Anne Begg

90797

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	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	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (i) his Department and (ii) its public bodies was in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	208295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>All figures relate to base salary. 2014/15 figures are taken from year to date information.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the highest and lowest salaries for each of the requested years for the Department for Work and Pensions and each of its public bodies. The highest salaries relate to a small number of individuals across these organisations.</p><p> </p><p>In line with Cabinet Office guidance on publishing information highest salaries are shown in £5k bands:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Department for Work and Pensions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£240,000 - £245,000</p></td><td><p>£14,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£240,000 - £245,000</p></td><td><p>£14,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£14,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£14,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£15,150</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>includes Child Maintenance Group salaries</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>The Pensions Ombudsman</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£120,000 - £125,000</p></td><td><p>£17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£120,000 - £125,000</p></td><td><p>£17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£120,000 - £125,000</p></td><td><p>£17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£125,000 - £130,000</p></td><td><p>£17,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£125,000 - £130,000</p></td><td><p>£17,625</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong> The Pensions Regulator </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£16,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£16,278</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£16,578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£210,000 - £215,000</p></td><td><p>£16,778</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£210,000 - £215,000</p></td><td><p>£18,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Health and Safety Executive</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£170,000 - £175,000</p></td><td><p>£15,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£170,000 - £175,000</p></td><td><p>£16,603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£170,000 - £175,000</p></td><td><p>£16,853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£170,000 - £175,000</p></td><td><p>£17,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£135,000 - £140,000</p></td><td><p>£18,044</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>National Employment Savings Trust</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£20,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£20,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£26,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£26,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Remploy Limited</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£145,000 - £150,000</p></td><td><p>£11,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£145,000 - £150,000</p></td><td><p>£11,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£145,000 - £150,000</p></td><td><p>£13,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£120,000 - £125,000</p></td><td><p>£14,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£120,000 - £125,000</p></td><td><p>£14,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Independent Living Fund</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£100,000 - £105,000</p></td><td><p>£15,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£100,000 - £105,000</p></td><td><p>£14,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£90,000 - £95,000</p></td><td><p>£15,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£95,000 - £100,000</p></td><td><p>£14,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£105,000 - £110,000</p></td><td><p>£14,750</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Pension Protection Fund</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£16,086</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£16,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£16,473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£220,000 - £225,000</p></td><td><p>£18,218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£220,000 - £225,000</p></td><td><p>£18,218</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong> The Pensions Advisory Service Ltd</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£90,000 - £95,000</p></td><td><p>£21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£90,000 - £95,000</p></td><td><p>£21,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£90,000 - £95,000</p></td><td><p>£20,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£75,000 - £80,000</p></td><td><p>£20,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£95,000 - £100,000</p></td><td><p>£21,200</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>The Office for Nuclear Regulation </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£175,000 - £180,000</p></td><td><p>£18,044</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>ONR became a public corporation in April 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/09/2014 16:54:42 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

90572

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	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	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 his Department has taken to ensure that the personal independence payment application process is accessible to deafblind people who are unable to make a claim over the telephone or complete paper forms.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	207966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The claim process for Personal Independence Payment has been developed involving claimants and people who support disabled people:</p><ul><li>·We have met with organisations which represent individuals with sensory impairments on several occasions, including Sense and Deafblind Scotland.</li></ul><ul><li>The Implementation Stakeholder Forum was consulted during the development of the process.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The initial claim will be taken over the telephone. If required someone else can call on the claimant’s behalf to help them make the call. The claimant needs to be present when the call is made.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that for some individuals with sensory impairments, attending a consultation at an unfamiliar location could create an element of anxiety. We have made it very clear that when attending a face-to-face consultation individuals will be able to bring with them a relation, friend or possibly a professional who supports them, in order to support them or help them manage any anxiety they may feel. In some cases we will also carry out consultations in the individual’s home.</p><p> </p><p>Claim forms, the initial contact, paper guidance and general information is available in a range of formats including large print, braille, audio and British Sign Language. Additionally if a specialist interpreter is required we would seek to provide one.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 10/09/2014 13:37:19 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green