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93870

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/10/2014
	date	16/10/2014
	date tabled	16/10/2014
	ddp created	16/10/2014 19:00:55
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 02:30:37
	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
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	210907
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/10/2014 16:37:45
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received compensation payments from his Department for delays to assessment and decisions for personal independence payments; and how much his Department expects to pay out in such compensation in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210907
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210907
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The reasons for making special payments are not routinely recorded and to provide the requested information would incur disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 23/10/2014 16:37:45
	creator	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

99750

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/10/2014
	date	17/10/2014
	date tabled	17/10/2014
	ddp created	17/10/2014 16:40:32
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 02:35:31
	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
	hansard heading	Mesothelioma: Compensation
	house id	1
	identifier	210970
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 13:56:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid out under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment scheme to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210970
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210970
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>As of 30 September 2014, the cumulative total of all payments made since the scheme began is £11,013,694.48. This figure is derived from £8,633,440.75 total paid to applicants and £2,380,253.73 total paid to the DWP Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU). DMPS payments are subject to recovery following benefit legislation which provides for CRU to recover social security benefits and lump sums that were paid for the same condition.</p> question first answered 28/10/2014 13:56:44
	creator	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

99947

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/10/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	20/10/2014 23:11:51
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 02:55:44
	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
	hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
	house id	1
	identifier	211082
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 17:55:45
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any savings an individual has accrued as a result of saving and investing lump-sum payments they have received from the Macfarlane and Eileen Trust, Macfarlane Trust, Eileen Trust or Skipton Fund are taken into account when deciding their eligibility for employment and support allowance and other welfare benefits; and whether the transfer of such savings to a dependant or partner, affects that dependant or partner's entitlement to benefits.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211082
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211082
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>Payments received from Government funded Trusts and Funds may be disregarded for benefit purposes. This includes payments from the following Trusts/Funds: Macfarlane, Eileen Trust and Skipton Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Any capital resource which derives from a payment from these Trusts/Funds, such as interest, is also disregarded indefinitely.</p><p> </p><p>Money which derives from the Trusts/Funds which is transferred to a partner is disregarded indefinitely in any benefit claim made by the couple. It is also disregarded indefinitely in any claim made by the partner after the sufferer’s death providing that the couple were not estranged or divorced at the time of the death. However, money derived from the Trusts/Funds which is transferred to a dependent child or young person is not disregarded in any subsequent claim made in later life by that person.</p> question first answered 27/10/2014 17:55:45
	creator	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

99953

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/10/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	20/10/2014 23:11:55
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 02:56:30
	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
	hansard heading	Affordable Homes Bill
	house id	1
	identifier	211139
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 11:36:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Minister of State for Disabled People of 5 September 2014, Official Report, column 554, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the Affordable Homes Bill would cost about £1 billion of public expenditure.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	John Hemming
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211139
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211139
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The calculation of the £1 billion cost of the Affordable Homes Bill was made on Thursday 4<sup>th</sup> September by Departmental Officials following an assessment of the potential effects of the provisions set out in the draft Bill at Second Reading.</p><p> </p><p>The potential cost was estimated using administrative data (Single Housing Benefit Extract) and the department’s policy simulation model.</p> question first answered 27/10/2014 11:36:09
	creator	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

99954

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/10/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	20/10/2014 23:11:55
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 02:56:37
	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
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Disqualification
	house id	1
	identifier	211164
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 11:32:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review sanctions for employment and support allowance.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	John Hemming
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211164
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211164
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>As with all our policies, we will continue to keep the operation of the sanctions system under review to ensure that it continues to operate effectively and as fairly as possible. We also continue to make improvements as committed to in the Oakley Review.</p> question first answered 27/10/2014 11:32:18
	creator	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

100271

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:01:47
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:17:38
	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
	hansard heading	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	identifier	211228
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 17:15:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants of industrial injuries disablement benefit as a result of having contracted an asbestos-related disease were in receipt of (a) state pension credit and (b) other means tested benefits in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211228
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211228
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of IIDB recipients also in receipt of State Pension and other means tested benefits is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 28/10/2014 17:15:42
	creator	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

100272

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:01:48
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:17:44
	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
	hansard heading	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	identifier	211229
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 14:12:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost of industrial injuries disablement benefit payments in respect of claimants suffering from as asbestos-related disease was in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211229
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211229
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>Information on the cost of industrial injuries disablement benefit payments in respect of claimants suffering from particular diseases is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 28/10/2014 14:12:54
	creator	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

100273

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:01:48
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:17:50
	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
	hansard heading	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	identifier	211230
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 17:17:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of industrial injuries disablement benefit claimed the benefit as a result of having contracted an asbestos-related disease in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211230
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211230
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The number of people in receipt of industrial injuries disablement benefit who claimed the benefit as a result of having contracted an asbestos-related disease, in each of the last five years can be found in table 1.12A at:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics-december-2013</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The proportions can be calculated by combining with the information in Table 1.1.</p><p> </p> question first answered 28/10/2014 17:17:11
	creator	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

100274

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:01:49
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:17:55
	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
	hansard heading	Mesothelioma: Compensation
	house id	1
	identifier	211231
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 13:37:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) applied for, (b) are in receipt of and (c) have been declined a payment under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments scheme; what the (i) highest, (ii) lowest and (iii) average payout is under the scheme to date; and what information he expects to publish on the future performance of the scheme.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211231
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211231
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>As of 30 September 2014, there have been:</p><p> </p><p>a) 173 applications to the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme</p><p>b) 88 payments made</p><p>c) 28 unsuccessful applications</p><p> </p><p>The average payment as of 30 September 2014 is £125,000 (rounded to the nearest £1,000). Due to the low numbers of the Scheme applications at this stage, it is not possible to disclose the actual highest and lowest payments, as they could lead to individuals being identified.</p><p> </p><p>DWP will carry out an annual review of the scheme as set out within the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014. The first report under this regulation will be published on or before 30 November 2015. The report will set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the scheme, include the level of take up, and assess the extent to which those objectives have been achieved over the reporting period.</p> question first answered 28/10/2014 13:37:04
	creator	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

100275

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:01:49
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:18:00
	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
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Payment Methods
	house id	1
	identifier	211235
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 14:05:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost is to the Government for each transaction for (a) pension payments and (b) benefit payments paid into a (i) Post Office card account, (ii) bank account and (iii) simple payment scheme.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211235
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211235
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The cost to Government for making payments into a Post Office Card Account are £0.50, into a bank account £0.04497 and by Simple Payment £3.60. These costs are applicable to both pension and benefit payments.</p> question first answered 27/10/2014 14:05:05
	creator	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell