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166611

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	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	Public Health Funerals
	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 pauper's funerals in each of the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to support families on low incomes with the costs of funerals.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	216270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>My department does not collect data on the number of Local Authority funerals.</p><p> </p><p>The Social Fund Funeral Payment scheme continues to provide help towards a simple, respectful, low-cost funeral and in 2013/14, over 33,000 awards were made worth £44.7 million, with an average award of £1,347.</p><p> </p><p>Social Fund Budgeting Loans are also available to those on income related benefits to cover costs relating to funeral expenses.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/12/2014 11:44:12 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

164420

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which written questions tabled by the hon. Member for Shipley in 2014, and answered with a promise to write a letter, a letter has (a) been and (b) not been sent.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	215747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice takes its parliamentary correspondence very seriously, and every attempt is made to answer Parliamentary Questions on time. If this is not possible, Ministers commit to respond by letter once the necessary information has been obtained.</p><p> </p><p>The way this data is collected changed from 4 June 2014. To provide information before that date would incur disproportionate costs. Since 4 June, Ministers committed to respond by letter to questions from the hon. Member for Shipley 28 times.</p><p> </p><p>a) Letters have been sent to answer the following questions: 199722, 199724, 199725, 199726, 202556, 202782, 203440, 204455, 204505, 204641, 204642, 204652, 204653, 204660 and 205007.</p><p> </p><p>b) Letters in response are being prepared for: 204500, 204646, 204681, 211070, 213919, 213927, 213928 (linked to 213927), 213935, 214192, 214193 (linked to 214192), 215016, 215018, and 215019 (linked to 215018). Of these, 9 were committed to since 20 November 2014.</p><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 01/12/2014 16:59:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

166452

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	Work Programme
	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 26 November 2014 to Question 215554 when the sourcing activity is likely to be concluded; and whether the information about costs will be available at that time.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	216175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The commercial activity is expected to be concluded by the end of December. It is not the Department's intention to disclose commercially sensitive information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/12/2014 15:51:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

166071

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	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	Remploy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of Remploy in Wrexham made redundant in the last four years are currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	215827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>11 disabled Remploy Wrexham Factory employees applied and were accepted under Remploy’s voluntary redundancy scheme in 2011/12. No information is held by the Department on these former employees.</p><p> </p><p>41 Remploy Wrexham Factory employees, including 40 disabled people, were made redundant in 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p>Our latest figures show that 34 disabled former Remploy Wrexham employees are choosing to work with our Personal Case Workers to find another job. Of these 14 are in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance and 16 are currently in work. Our records of former Remploy disabled employees currently in work only show individuals who are in employment of 16 hours or more and does not indicate the type of employment, or whether it is permanent, fixed term, temporary or voluntary.</p><p> </p><p>For all disabled former Remploy workers made redundant as a result of factory closures, the Government put in place the £8 million guaranteed People Help and Support Package (PHSP). The support package provides help to each affected disabled former employee for up to 18 months from the date they left Remploy.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this support package the Department also asked all disabled former employees made redundant from Remploy to give permission to be tracked, and can only monitor the progress and outcomes of those individuals that have given permission.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 215828 215829 215830 question first answered 28/11/2014 14:43:49 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

166433

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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, which families claiming universal credit will be able to claim free school meals when universal credit is fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	216015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Currently receipt of Universal Credit provides automatic access to a range of passported benefits, including free school meals, for all those who meet the relevant qualifying criteria. We have been working closely with other Departments to consider how they might continue to deliver these benefits to those getting Universal Credit as it is rolled out. To ensure the benefits continue to be targeted at those who need them most, we have agreed to the introduction of a system of earnings thresholds to enable the continued delivery of passported benefits under Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We are now working with Departments to determine the right earnings thresholds which will be introduced as claimant numbers expand from 2015/16. Decisions on the provision of those benefits, including the eligibility and verification arrangements to confirm entitlement, will remain the responsibility of the Departments that own them. In the case of free school meals this will remain with the Department for Education.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 01/12/2014 17:45:53 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

166404

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in (a) the North West and (b) Warrington entered sex discrimination claims at an employment tribunal in the (i) 12 months before and (ii) following the increase in fees in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	216133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Data is held in the Employment Tribunal management information system according to the office where the claim is dealt with. Manchester covers the whole of the North West. Data is not available just for claimants from Warrington.</p><p> </p><p>The caseload and performance of tribunals are published by the Ministry of Justice in Tribunal Statistics Quarterly:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Table C4 of the publication shows the number of claims made each month since January 2012 in each HMCTS Region, including North West, under each of the main jurisdictions, including sex discrimination.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/352918/tribunal-statistics-annex-C.XLS" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/352918/tribunal-statistics-annex-C.XLS</a></p><p> </p><p>Fees were introduced to the Employment Tribunal on 29 July 2013. Data is currently only published up to June 2014. Data to September 2014 will be published on 11 December.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/12/2014 17:39:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

166046

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of whether the level of tribunal fees acts as a disincentive to women bringing a sex discrimination claim.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	906308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Fees were introduced in Employment Tribunals on 29 July 2013 to reduce the burden on the taxpayer and to encourage parties to use alternative methods for resolving disputes. It is not the Government’s intention to deter anyone from bringing a valid claim to the tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to carry out a comprehensive review of the introduction of Employment Tribunal fees. An announcement on the scope and timing of the review will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 27/11/2014 09:57:36 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

164444

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	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	Remploy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former workers of the Remploy factory in Aberdare are (a) looking for work, (b) currently in work, (c) retired, (d) in receipt of employment and support allowance and (e) in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
	uin	215748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>For all disabled former Remploy workers made redundant as a result of factory closures, the Government put in place the £8 million guaranteed People Help and Support Package (PHSP). The support package provides help to each affected disabled former employee for up to 18 months from the date they left Remploy.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this support package the Department also asked all disabled former employees made redundant from Remploy to give permission to be tracked, and can only monitor the progress and outcomes of those individuals that have given permission.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures show that (a) 17 disabled former Remploy Aberdare workers are choosing to work with our Personal Case Workers to find another job and (b) 13 are currently in work, (c) 8 confirmed their intention to retire at the time they left Remploy, (d) 1 is in receipt of Employment Support Allowance, (e) and 3 are in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 01/12/2014 11:51:27 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

166434

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	Construction: Industrial Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Association for Project Safety on revisions to the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
	uin	216012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I have had no such discussions with the Association for Project Safety (APS). The Health and Safety Executive, however, has had extensive discussions with APS about proposals to revise the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 before, during and following its public consultation on these proposals earlier this year.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 01/12/2014 17:43:43 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

166400

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date he has asked officials carrying out the Youth Offending Team Stock Take announced on 17 November 2014 to report.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	216136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) to a previous answer of 25 November 2014 to questions 215430, 215431, 215432 and 215433:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=215430" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=215430</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 216228 question first answered 01/12/2014 16:24:50 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis