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1111033

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/04/2019
	date	10/04/2019
	date tabled	10/04/2019
	ddp created	10/04/2019 19:15:44
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	10/04/2019 20:07:42 15/04/2019 15:21:08
	house id	1
	identifier	243316
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/04/2019 14:47:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the 192 shared accommodation rates of local housing allowance have been uprated as a result of the targeted affordability fund in each year since this was introduced.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 243316
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	243316
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong>The information requested is in the table below.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Shared Accommodation Rates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>45%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
	creator	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1092283

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:16:34
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/03/2019 16:36:08 25/03/2019 16:28:11
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme: Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	234861
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/03/2019 15:54:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to allocate more funding towards Access to Work.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234861
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234861
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>ATW is demand led, so funding reflects the numbers of applicants and their needs.</p><p> </p><p>In 17/18 Access to Work made payments to 33,860 people (up 13% on 16/17) and £110.8m was spent on grants, which is a 4% increase in real terms expenditure compared to 16/17. The highest ever number of people with disabilities and health conditions are receiving tailored and flexible support to do their job.</p>
	creator	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1104664

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/04/2019
	date	25/03/2019
	date tabled	25/03/2019
	ddp created	25/03/2019 22:34:57
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	25/03/2019 22:47:39 04/04/2019 16:51:07
	hansard heading	Arcadia Group: Pensions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14789
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/04/2019 16:46:09
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any representations to, or met, the Pensions Regulator in the last three months in connection with Arcadia Group.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14789
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14789
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Pensions Regulator carries out its functions independently. The Department has not made any representations to the Pensions Regulator in relation to the Arcadia Group in the last three months.</p>
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1108769

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/04/2019
	date	01/04/2019
	date tabled	01/04/2019
	ddp created	01/04/2019 19:32:23
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	01/04/2019 19:47:25 08/04/2019 14:57:27
	hansard heading	Asbestos: Compensation
	house id	1
	identifier	239309
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/04/2019 14:24:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to extend compensation schemes for asbestos-related health problems caused by an individual’s work place environment where the original employer or insurers cannot be traced.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 239309
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	239309
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are already compensation schemes for asbestos-related health problems caused by an individual’s work place environment.</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 (1979 Act Scheme) provides lump sum compensation payments to people who contract, through work, one of five dust-related diseases but who cannot claim civil damages from their employer through the courts. The dust-related diseases that are covered, of which most are directly related to asbestos exposure, are: diffuse mesothelioma; pneumoconiosis (including asbestosis, silicosis and kaolinosis); byssinosis; diffuse pleural thickening and lung cancer if accompanied by asbestosis or diffuse pleural thickening.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Whilst the Scheme ensures that sufferers receive compensation whilst they, themselves, can still benefit from it, the Scheme is also open to dependants where a sufferer has not been able to make a claim before they die. Dependants are paid a lower amount than that for someone who actually has the disease.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to extend eligibility to this Scheme.</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Mesothelioma Act 2014 established the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS). The DMPS makes lump sum payments to people who contract diffuse mesothelioma from negligent exposure to asbestos in the workplace, but are unable to pursue a civil claim because their former employer no longer exists and their former employer’s insurer cannot be traced. The DMPS is funded by a levy paid by insurers who are active in the Employer’s Liability insurance market.</li></ul><p><br>This Scheme makes payments to eligible sufferers of diffuse mesothelioma only. Diffuse mesothelioma is always fatal and always caused by asbestos, therefore, a simple and straightforward payment scheme can be put in place. Other asbestos-related diseases have more uncertainties regarding cause, severity and aggravation by other factors and this complexity is not compatible with a straightforward tariff-based scheme such as the DMPS.</p><p>There are no plans to extend eligibility to the DMPS.</p>
	creator	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1108819

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/04/2019
	date	01/04/2019
	date tabled	01/04/2019
	ddp created	01/04/2019 20:37:35
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	01/04/2019 20:47:42 04/04/2019 16:51:03
	hansard heading	Asbestos: Industrial Diseases
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14926
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/04/2019 16:17:38
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what response they are making to the announcement by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health that diseases as a result of exposure to asbestos are killing 5,000 people a year and that more than 130 companies or individuals have been ordered to stop work activities over the past year after being found to be non-compliant.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14926
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14926
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government welcomes the efforts by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) to raise awareness of the health risks arising from workplace exposure to asbestos. The announcement by IOSH highlights the need for employers and employees to remain vigilant when undertaking work which may disturb asbestos. The Health and Safety Executive and Local Authority inspectors will continue to take action in cases of non-compliance with the law, as indicated in the IOSH announcement.</p>
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1104868

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/03/2019
	date	25/03/2019
	date tabled	25/03/2019
	ddp created	26/03/2019 00:20:33
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	26/03/2019 01:14:32 02/04/2019 14:51:05
	hansard heading	Attendance Allowance: Terminal Illnesses
	house id	1
	identifier	236328
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 14:13:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many attendance allowance claimants who have had their application rejected under normal rules have subsequently reapplied for that social security benefit under the special rules for terminal illness process; and what medical conditions those claimants had.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 236328
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	236328
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not available<strong>. </strong>When a decision is made not to award Attendance Allowance, the claim is closed. Any further application would be treated as a new claim and will be considered on the merits of the information provided.</p>
	creator	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1092688

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/03/2019
	date	21/03/2019
	date tabled	21/03/2019
	ddp created	21/03/2019 18:20:44
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/03/2019 18:40:11 26/03/2019 11:04:02
	hansard heading	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	235322
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/03/2019 10:31:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) widows, (b) widowers and (c) bereaved civil partners have been refused the (a) lower rate of Bereavement Support Payment and (b) higher rate of Bereavement Support Payment as a result of a (i) spouse and (ii) civil partner not having made sufficient National Insurance contributions.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 235322
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	235322
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p>
	creator	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1108750

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/04/2019
	date	01/04/2019
	date tabled	01/04/2019
	ddp created	01/04/2019 19:28:18
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	01/04/2019 19:46:23 04/04/2019 11:58:06
	hansard heading	Child Maintenance Service: Complaints
	house id	1
	identifier	239268
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/04/2019 11:24:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) points of dissatisfaction and (b) complaints have been logged with the Child Maintenance Service in each year for which information is available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 239268
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	239268
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>In terms of volumes of dissatisfactions, the table below refers. This includes all Dissatisfaction actions that have been opened, regardless of the outcome.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Dissatisfactions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,988</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,038</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,574</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,255</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Caseload at year end</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>180,100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>291,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>391,800</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>463,300</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% of Caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.8%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.8%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.2%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on complaints received by the Child Maintenance Service are published in Table 17 of the Child Maintenance Service statistics, which highlights the number of complaints received by the Child Maintenance Service each quarter. It is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme</a>.”</p>
	creator	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1108751

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/04/2019
	date	01/04/2019
	date tabled	01/04/2019
	ddp created	01/04/2019 19:28:22
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	01/04/2019 19:46:26 04/04/2019 15:27:05
	hansard heading	Child Maintenance Service: Staff
	house id	1
	identifier	239269
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/04/2019 14:48:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of staff (a) were employed in each year for which information is available and (b) are employed by the Child Maintenance Service to deal with complaints; and whether that Service has plans to employ more such staff.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 239269
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	239269
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CMG Headcount/FTE (a)</p></td><td><p>Complaints Headcount/FTE (b)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>7056</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>6963</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>8066</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>8558.2</p></td><td><p>94.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>8442.8</p></td><td><p>111.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>8098.9</p></td><td><p>127.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td><p>6961.8</p></td><td><p>142.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>7528.8</p></td><td><p>175.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011</p></td><td><p>7635.1</p></td><td><p>203.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The numbers in column (a) reflects the total number of people or headcount in Child Maintenance Group.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers in column (b) are the resource supporting complaints for CMS and CSA. We are unable to provide a CMS only breakdown as the team deal with both CMS and CSA complaints. Resourcing in Complaints team is reviewed regularly, with the most recent review completed in April 2018. However, I can confirm that there are no plans in place at present to increase staffing in that area.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2017 this was counted as total resource required, however from 2017 this was recorded as headcount i.e. people. Hence from 2017 the number increases as it began counting number of individuals.</p>
	creator	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1104879

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/03/2019
	date	25/03/2019
	date tabled	25/03/2019
	ddp created	26/03/2019 00:21:13
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	26/03/2019 01:14:57 02/04/2019 13:30:03
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	identifier	236438
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 12:58:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that arrears are not discarded without the permission of the parent to whom the arrears are owed when cases are migrated from the Child Support Agency to the Child Maintenance Service.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 236438
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	236438
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Under the Compliance and Arrears strategy we are writing to clients with CSA debt above certain thresholds to ask if they want us to try to collect their arrears. These thresholds provide a reasonable cut off point to ensure that we do not pursue cases at disproportionate cost to the taxpayer. They are: over £500 and the case is less than 10 years old, and over £1,000 and the case 10 years old or over.</p><p> </p><p>If correspondence is returned as the client is not known at the address held, the Service will attempt to trace a current address in order to reissue the letter.</p><p> </p><p>If a client confirms they want the Service to attempt collection, the case is checked to ensure the debt balance is accurate before arrears are transferred from the CSA IT system to the CMS one.</p>
	creator	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis