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760175

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	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: Scotland
	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 meet representatives of the Scottish third sector to discuss the roll-out of universal credit in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	10387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>Invitations to meet with third sector organisations are routinely considered by Ministers on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>At departmental level officials from the DWP have regular meetings with Scottish stakeholders, including representatives from third sector organisations, to discuss matters including the roll out of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the formal implementation planning for Universal Credit there are a range of external engagement activities for each Local Authority area tailored to the individual locality.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/10/2017 15:38:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

760178

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Devolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the dates were of the most recent meetings between Ministers of his Department and their counterparts in the devolved administrations; and what the dates are of the next planned meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	10407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below lists the most recent meetings between Ministers from his Department and their counterparts in the devolved administrations and the next planned meetings.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Minister</p></td><td><p>Devolved Administration</p></td><td><p>Date of most recent meeting</p></td><td><p>Next planned meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Secretary of State for Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>Scottish Government</p></td><td><p>14 September 2017</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minister for Employment</p></td><td><p>Welsh Government</p></td><td><p>13 July 2017</p></td><td><p>Provisional 27 November 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minister for Disabled People, Work and Health</p></td><td><p>Scottish Government</p></td><td><p>25 October 2016</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/10/2017 16:33:03 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

760179

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	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	Food Banks: Scotland
	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 11 September 2017 to Question 8068, on food banks: domestic visits, whether Ministers of his Department have visited a food bank in Scotland since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	10484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Ministerial visits have been routinely published as transparency data on Gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts#history</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/10/2017 17:18:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

760756

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with the Chief Scientific Adviser in his Department in the last three months.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	105213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>There have been no meetings with the Chief Scientific Adviser and Ministers of his Department in the last three months.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/10/2017 16:28:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

760958

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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 proportion of universal credit claims was processed and paid within six weeks in the last six-month period for which figures are available in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	105265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>There is no data broken down by area or region. However, data published on 15 September 2017 shows that, nationally, in June 2017 76% of new Universal Credit households received their first payment in full and on time. Across the whole of Universal Credit 92% of all households received full payment on time. The published data can be found here.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-timeliness-january-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-timeliness-january-to-june-2017</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/10/2017 15:47:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

760956

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Criminal Records
	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 claiming jobseeker's allowance in (a) Ceredigion, (b) Wales and (c) the UK have a criminal record.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	105372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/10/2017 16:38:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

760955

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job centres will close to the public before the lease on their premises expires in the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	105377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p><p>However the Word document attached lists the jobcentres that are due to move their services to other sites and to close by 31 March 2018. Exact dates for these sites are still being agreed but closures will be through a phased approach.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking a phased approach to the closure of these Jobcentres because there are a significant number of activities that need to take place to move people, our customers and caseloads to the importing Jobcentre. In phasing this work in this way, we can minimise the risk of any disruption to vital services. For the vast majority of DWP offices there will be no change in location. Where we are closing a site, we will take all possible precautions to minimise disruption for customers.</p><p> </p><p>This will mean that the DWP will be able to offer a more efficient service, while delivering good value for the taxpayer and saving over £140 million a year for the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/10/2017 15:42:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 105377 list of jobcentres 9.10.17.docx title Jobcentres List
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

760954

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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: Disqualification
	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 11 September 2017 to Question 8092, on social security benefits: disqualification, if he will (a) collect the information requested and (b) analyse any information collected to determine whether there is a correlation between sanctions and food bank use; and if he will publish his findings.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	105394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>My Department has no plans to collect or publish these data.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/10/2017 17:21:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

765383

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by when he plans to extend the universal credit landlord portal to all social sector landlords operating in Wirral.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We are planning to invite the largest social rented sector landlords to enrol onto the UC Full Service Landlord Portal between October to December 2017. These will be in new areas that are commencing roll-out of the Universal Credit Full Service. We will shortly be inviting 5 landlords covering the Wirral area to enrol on the portal.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 16:49:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765384

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Interviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobseekers' interviews with work coaches lasted (a) 10 minutes or less, (b) 20 minutes or less and (c) more than 20 minutes, in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Most recent 12 month period</p></td><td><p>Interventions lasting 10 minutes or less (volumes and proportion of total interventions) (a)</p></td><td><p>Interventions lasting 20 minutes or less (volumes and proportion of total interventions) (b)</p></td><td><p>Interventions lasting more than 20 minutes (volumes and proportion of total interventions) (c)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legacy Benefits</p></td><td><p>September 2016 to August 2017</p></td><td><p>1,208,087 (33%)</p></td><td><p>2,313,915 (64%)</p></td><td><p>1,298,445 (36%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Universal Credit</p></td><td><p>October 2016 to September 2017</p></td><td><p>2,262,870 (39%)</p></td><td><p>3,578,995 (62%)</p></td><td><p>2,183,959 (38%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Legacy Benefits include Employment and Support Allowance, Jobseekers Allowance and Income Support.</li><li>Source of information for Legacy Benefits: Department for Work and Pensions Labour Market System (LMS).</li><li>Source of information for UC Live Service: Department for Work and Pensions Work Services Platform (WSP).</li><li>Activity associated with claimant interventions in UC Live Service areas is captured by Work Coaches to the Work Services Platform (WSP). Management information relating to the duration of interventions is not routinely collected. However, a data download on 09 October for the 12 months from October 2016 to Sep 2017 has produced both volumes and proportions of interviews that were recorded as “completed” within the parameters stated in the question.</li><li>The calculations for the proportions of Jobseekers interventions to Work Coaches are as follows:</li></ol><p>5.1. Legacy Benefits</p><p>5.1.1. Interventions lasting 10 minutes or less (1,208,087) divided by total number of interventions (3,612,360) is 33%.</p><p>5.1.2. Interventions lasting 20 minutes or less (2,313,915) divided by total number of interventions (3,612,360) is 64%.</p><p>5.1.3. Interventions lasting more than 20 minutes (1,298,445) divided by total number of interventions (3,612,360) is 36%.</p><p>5.2. Universal Credit</p><p>5.2.1. Interventions lasting 10 minutes or less (2,262,870) divided by total number of interventions (5,762,954) is 39%.</p><p>5.2.2. Interventions lasting 20 minutes or less (3,578,995) divided by total number of interventions (5,762,954) is 62%.</p><p>5.2.3. Interventions lasting more than 20 minutes (2,183,959) divided by total number of interventions (5,762,954) is 38%.</p><ol start="6"><li>The volume and proportion of interventions lasting 20 minutes or less will include those interventions lasting 10 minutes or less that form the response to part (a) of the question.</li><li>Information on the actual duration of interventions is not currently collated centrally for UC Full Service and to extract this information would incur disproportionate costs.</li><li>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 16:59:37 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead