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753299

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the budget for the Health and Safety Executive for 2017–18; how many inspectors it expects to employ in 2017–18; and how many inspectors it employed in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
	uin	HL987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>HSE’s net budget for 2017-18 is £136 million (which includes planned expenditure of £232 million, offset by planned income of £96 million).</p><p> </p><p>During 2017-18 we are seeking to maintain inspector numbers at or around the level as at 31 March 2017 which is stated below, along with the four previous years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of HSE inspectors at 31 March</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1,115</p></td><td><p>1,051</p></td><td><p>1,038</p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>988</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 28/07/2017 11:12:54 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

753267

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Buscombe on 13 July (HL Deb, cols 1296–98), what emphasis they place on the prevention of poverty; and how they are working to ensure that the prevention of poverty is prioritised by every Department.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The most commonly used measure of poverty is relative low income.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics from the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data series show that there are: 2.7 million children, 5.7 million working-age adults, and 2.1 million pensioners in relative low income in the United Kingdom on a ‘before housing costs’ (BHC) basis.</p><p>Analysis of the HBAI data shows that there are 2.1 million families in relative low income BHC where at least one adult member works at least part-time.</p><p>This Government is committed to tackling the root causes of poverty, thereby preventing the intergenerational cycle of disadvantage.</p><p> </p><p>This is why we repealed the income-related targets set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010 and replaced them with statutory measures that drive action on parental worklessness and children’s educational attainment – the two areas that we know can make the biggest difference to disadvantaged children, now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions published Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families in April 2017. Here we set out further non-statutory indicators on a wider set of parental disadvantage and children’s outcomes, which will drive collective action on areas that matter in tackling disadvantage.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL954 question first answered 28/07/2017 10:40:12 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

753266

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of (1) children, (2) adults, and (3) working families, living in poverty across the United Kingdom; and what long-term plan they have to prevent such poverty.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The most commonly used measure of poverty is relative low income.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics from the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data series show that there are: 2.7 million children, 5.7 million working-age adults, and 2.1 million pensioners in relative low income in the United Kingdom on a ‘before housing costs’ (BHC) basis.</p><p>Analysis of the HBAI data shows that there are 2.1 million families in relative low income BHC where at least one adult member works at least part-time.</p><p>This Government is committed to tackling the root causes of poverty, thereby preventing the intergenerational cycle of disadvantage.</p><p> </p><p>This is why we repealed the income-related targets set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010 and replaced them with statutory measures that drive action on parental worklessness and children’s educational attainment – the two areas that we know can make the biggest difference to disadvantaged children, now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions published Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families in April 2017. Here we set out further non-statutory indicators on a wider set of parental disadvantage and children’s outcomes, which will drive collective action on areas that matter in tackling disadvantage.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL955 question first answered 28/07/2017 10:40:12 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

753265

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the lessons to be learned from the reports of the Scottish Government's Independent Advisor on Poverty and Inequality in the light of persistent poverty levels in the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The Independent Advisor on Poverty and Inequality was appointed in 2015 to offer advice to the Scottish Government on the action it could take to tackle poverty in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, the UK Government has taken note of the Advisor’s two publications: <em>Shifting the Curve</em> (and its most recent progress report) and <em>The Life Chances of Young People</em>.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government remains committed to tackling the root causes of child poverty and disadvantage, and has set out a framework for continued action in <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, published on 4 April.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/07/2017 10:30:43 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

753730

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of (a) benefit sanctions, (b) the benefits cap and (c) the benefits freeze on the mental health of benefit claimants; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	5995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>No assessment specifically has been made on the impact of benefit sanctions and the benefit freeze on claimants’ with mental health. We are committed to supporting those who cannot work, and those with additional needs. Decision Makers take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities, and any evidence of good cause into account before making a decision. Benefits for the additional costs of disability, and for carers, are exempt from the benefit freeze and will continue to be up-rated in the usual way</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation of the original benefit cap found that capped households were 41% more likely to go into work than similar uncapped households. Encouraging more households to move into work would also help increase the household’s income and improve their well-being. Research shows for people without work, re-employment leads to improvement in health and well-being whereas further unemployment leads to deterioration. We therefore expect the reduction of the benefit cap to have a positive impact on households moving into work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/07/2017 09:31:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

753693

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	Unemployed People: Mental Illness
	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 is taking to tackle the increase in mental health illness among unemployed people as highlighted in the findings of the recent report by the UK Council for Pyschotherapy.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	5994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>Earlier this year, the Prime Minister announced the first steps in our plan to transform the way we deal with mental health problems at every stage of a person’s life. A range of new measures were announced, including two new reviews. In addition, the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and NHS England’s Implementation Plan sets out a series of actions to prevent mental ill health, improve services and reduce stigma.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/07/2017 13:54:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

753728

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many items of correspondence his Department has received on pension changes to pensions of women born in the 1950s from (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	5970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) receive thousands of items of correspondence relating to State Pension age. However we are unable to break down the correspondence as requested relating to changes to State Pension age for women born in the 1950s from, (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public in each year since 2011.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/07/2017 09:34:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

753727

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the 10 costliest advertising campaigns undertaken by his Department were in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	5966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the 10 costliest advertising campaigns undertaken within the Department each year since 2010 is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/07/2017 13:17:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

753726

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on advertising campaigns to alert women born in the 1950s of the changes proposed by his Department in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	5965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Following the Pensions Act 2011, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrote to those directly affected by the legislation (people born 6 April 1953 to 5 April 1960) to inform them of the change to their State Pension age. This involved mailing more than 5 million letters. Advertising campaigns have been used more widely to encourage people to find out more about their State Pension and the earliest they can claim it, by using online tools such as ‘Check your State Pension’, the State Pension age calculator and information at gov.uk. These campaigns supported the nationwide launch of the new State Pension and were not solely targeted to women or a specific age group.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/07/2017 11:41:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

753729

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Jarrow
	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 constituents in Jarrow constituency have had their personal independence payments overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
	uin	5955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsideration decisions where the award was changed by year since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituencies of Torfaen, Delyn and Jarrow.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table 1 - Number of Mandatory Reconsiderations decisions where the award changed by financial year of decision.</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of Mandatory Reconsideration</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/ 15</p></td><td><p>2015/ 16</p></td><td><p>2016/ 17</p></td><td><p>2017/18 (April 17 only)</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jarrow</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Tables 2-4 below show the Number of appeals found in favour of appellant by financial year, data from Ministry of Justice.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Table 2 </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>Jarrow<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td><td><p>Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)<sub>2</sub></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>58%<em><sup>5</sup></em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Table 3</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Torfaen constituency<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td><td><p>Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)<sub>2</sub></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>Less than 5</em></p></td><td><p><em>Less than 5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>80</em></p></td><td><p><em>69%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>488</em></p></td><td><p><em>74%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>516</em></p></td><td><p><em>70%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Table 4 </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Delyn constituency<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td><td><p>Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td><td><p><em>0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>22</em></p></td><td><p><em>42%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>194</em></p></td><td><p><em>52%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>479</em></p></td><td><p><em>67%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Social Security and Child Support data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. For appellants living in Jarrow appeals are attributed to the South Shields venue. For appellants identified as living in Torfaen Constituency this would be Langstone Tribunal venue. For appellants identified as living in Delyn Constituency this would be this would be either Prestatyn or Wrexham Tribunal Venues.</p><p><sup>2. </sup>Percentage Found in favour of Appellant this is based on the number found in favour as a percentage of the appeals cleared at hearing. In line with the published stats, data are not available at a level more-detailed than hearing venue.</p><p><sup>3 </sup>By financial year - from April to March.</p><p><sup>4 </sup>PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. As such, appeal volumes in HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service in the Year 2013-2014 are low.</p><p><sup>5</sup> Indicates the population where the decision was in favour with 30 appeals or less</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5111 5346 question first answered 25/07/2017 13:34:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn