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174820

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
	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 to Question 220107, if he will make it his policy to exclude French Overseas Departments in the calculation of average temperature for France for the purposes of determining eligibility for winter fuel payments to UK citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	221473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>It is the French Government that defines itself as the mainland and its outermost regions, and as such are included in the EU social security co-ordination regulations, used and applied by all member states.</p><p> </p><p>It is because of this that the French Overseas Departments<em> (départments d’outre mer</em> or DOMs) are treated in the same way as mainland France with regard to Winter Fuel Payments, which are currently made to those entitled who live there. Therefore, the hotter French Overseas Departments have to be included in the calculation of the average temperature of France. We are being consistent with our policy approach.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/01/2015 11:29:58 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

174817

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that UK pensioners living in France receive winter fuel payments when the temperature where they live is below freezing.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	221343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Winter Fuel Payments are intended to give older people in the UK reassurance that they can keep warm during cold weather. Winter Fuel Payments are payable to UK pensioners in France, however this will end from September 2015. Winter Fuel Payments are not triggered by temperature either in the UK or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/01/2015 11:24:30 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

175558

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	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	Shared Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that the shared accommodation rate is representative of the real cost of renting shared accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	907191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On behalf of DWP, the Rent Officer Services, collect evidence of a wide range of achieved rents for each area and use these to set Local Housing Allowance rates, in line with the current policy for Local Housing Allowance uprating.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, increases to Local Housing Allowance rates are limited to one per cent. However, in areas where there have been the greatest divergences between rates and rents, we are increasing rates by up to 4 per cent through Targeted Affordability Funding.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014/15, this meant that 56 out of the 192 Shared Accommodation Rates were increased by 4 per cent. In 2015/16, there will be £95 million available for the Targeted Affordability funding and we will be increasing 63 out of the 192 Shared Accommodation Rates by 4 per cent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/01/2015 17:29:41 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

174818

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	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	Separated People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an external evaluator has been appointed to provide an independent assessment of the 17 Innovation Fund projects set up under the Help for Separated Families initiative to establish what works in assisting separated parents to co-operate in the interests of their children; when it is planned that that evaluation process will take place; and when it is planned that that evaluation report will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	221342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>One of two evaluation partners has been appointed and we are in the process of appointing the second.</p><p> </p><p>Evaluation data continues to be collected by all of the live projects and this data will be analysed and interpreted by our independent evaluator throughout the duration of their contract into 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Results will be published after all projects have ended delivery and the external evaluator has completed their follow up work and analysis.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/01/2015 11:13:40 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

174828

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of (a) pension credit, (b) winter fuel allowance and (c) Christmas Bonus there were in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	221474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>Latest available statistics for Pension Credit recipients in Great Britain are published on the Department’s website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/pc/tabtool_pc.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/pc/tabtool_pc.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>Latest available statistics for Winter Fuel Payments in Great Britain are published on the Department’s website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/winter-fuel-payments-caseload-and-household-figures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/winter-fuel-payments-caseload-and-household-figures</a></p><p> </p><p>Available statistics for Christmas bonus payments are in the table</p><p> </p><p><strong>Recipients of Christmas Bonus(*) by Geographical Area (Thousands)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>All (GB and Overseas)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Airdrie and Shotts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>North Lanarkshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>15,468</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>12,777</p></td><td><p>1,351</p></td><td><p>858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15,586</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>12,873</p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>15,547</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>12,841</p></td><td><p>1,374</p></td><td><p>876</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>15,466</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>12,773</p></td><td><p>1,373</p></td><td><p>878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>15,370</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>12,693</p></td><td><p>1,374</p></td><td><p>878</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(*) To get a Christmas Bonus a person must be present or ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, any European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland during the qualifying week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for these benefits in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive Minister for Social Development.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 221475 question first answered 23/01/2015 11:46:50 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

174829

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	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: North Lanarkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of (a) pension credit, (b) winter fuel allowance and (c) Christmas bonus there were in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available in (i) Airdrie and Shotts constituency and (ii) North Lanarkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	221475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>Latest available statistics for Pension Credit recipients in Great Britain are published on the Department’s website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/pc/tabtool_pc.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/pc/tabtool_pc.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>Latest available statistics for Winter Fuel Payments in Great Britain are published on the Department’s website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/winter-fuel-payments-caseload-and-household-figures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/winter-fuel-payments-caseload-and-household-figures</a></p><p> </p><p>Available statistics for Christmas bonus payments are in the table</p><p> </p><p><strong>Recipients of Christmas Bonus(*) by Geographical Area (Thousands)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>All (GB and Overseas)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Airdrie and Shotts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>North Lanarkshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>15,468</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>12,777</p></td><td><p>1,351</p></td><td><p>858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15,586</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>12,873</p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>15,547</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>12,841</p></td><td><p>1,374</p></td><td><p>876</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>15,466</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>12,773</p></td><td><p>1,373</p></td><td><p>878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>15,370</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>12,693</p></td><td><p>1,374</p></td><td><p>878</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(*) To get a Christmas Bonus a person must be present or ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, any European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland during the qualifying week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for these benefits in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive Minister for Social Development.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 221474 question first answered 23/01/2015 11:46:50 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash