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1122051

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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, for what reason universal credit classifies maternity allowance as income and statutory maternity allowance as earnings.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	245596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a means tested system of support. Where claimants have income available to meet their everyday living costs, such as maternity allowance, it is right that their entitlement to UC is adjusted accordingly (as currently is the case with other DWP legacy means tested working age benefits).</p><p>Statutory maternity pay is paid by an employer and is therefore a form of earnings subject to the work allowance and tapering within Universal Credit, as are other earnings.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/04/2019 12:54:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1111230

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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: Private Rented Housing
	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 9 April 2019 to Question 240482 on Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing, what meaningful changes have taken place.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	243334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has begun the process of engaging with the sector to tackle the problems faced by people renting in the private rented sector. We have seen positive changes from property sites who have committed to removing adverts with ‘No DSS’ wording and from lenders who have committed to removing mortgage restrictions that would prevent landlords from renting to tenants in receipt of housing support. This work is ongoing and we will continue to bring the sector together to tackle such practices.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, as stated by the Secretary of State on 11 January 2019, the Department has also committed to increasing the support available to private landlords. An on-line system for private landlords will be introduced so they can request, where necessary, that their tenants’ rent is paid directly to them.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/04/2019 14:39:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1109464

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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: Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to individuals on universal credit who are able to afford accommodation in private sector but are unable to find landlords who will rent to them.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	240482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>We know that there are people who have experienced difficulties when trying to rent a property whilst claiming benefit.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the Government recently announced its intention to work with the sector to ensure those in receipt of housing support are able to access properties. This work has already begun and we have seen meaningful change from key market players to ensure tenants in receipt of housing support can find the properties they need.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has awarded nearly £20m to local authorities through the Private Rented Sector Access Fund to help vulnerable people access and sustain tenancies in the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/04/2019 10:50:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1109465

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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: Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an assessment has been made of the standard of accommodation that universal credit claimants are able to rent in the private sector; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	240483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made in respect of the standard of accommodation for specific types of tenant.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/04/2019 16:42:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

175334

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	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, what the eligibility criteria are for a UK pensioner living in France to receive winter fuel payments.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	221740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>This year, all EU residents, with a genuine and sufficient link to the UK, qualify for a Winter Fuel Payment if they are born on or before 5 July 1952 and satisfy the conditions of the qualifying week, 15 to 21 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full details of eligibility and how to make a claim for a Winter Fuel Payment is available at GOV.UK</p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/eligibility" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/eligibility</a></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>From the 21 September 2015, Winter Fuel Payments will no longer be payable to individuals in Portugal, Spain, Greece, France, Gibraltar, Malta and Cyprus, where the average winter temperature is warmer than the warmest region of the UK.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 27/01/2015 12:29:24 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

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

57887

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Access to Work Programme
	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 amend the access to work scheme to enable deaf people to employ a full-time salaried support worker.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	198733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Access to Work programme currently allows for support to be organised in this way if it offers the most cost effective and practical solution and there is clear customer need for that level of support. We are taking a close look at the Access to Work programme over the next three months, focussing on how we can assist the largest number of disabled paople in work. We will incude in that process a consideration of how best to address the needs of customers requiring support for a large number of hours each week on an on-going basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 16:50:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57888

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the evidential basis was for the decision to change the Access to Work scheme in regards to deaf people having to employ a full-time salaried support worker.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	198737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Access to Work programme has not been changed in this way. No customers are required to employ a full-time support worker, their employers and support providers and we are not prescriptive on this.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 16:58:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

49228

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those classified disabled were seeking work in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	197250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is within the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The number of working age disabled people seeking work in each of the last four years in Great Britain[1]<sup>,[2]</sup>:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total seeking work</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unemployed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Inactive - Seeking work but currently unavailable</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><strong>435,000</strong></p></td><td><p>381,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><strong>442,000</strong></p></td><td><p>389,000</p></td><td><p>52,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><strong>473,000</strong></p></td><td><p>415,000</p></td><td><p>58,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Estimates for 2013 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier years, due to a change in definitions[3]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><strong>379,000</strong></p></td><td><p>333,000</p></td><td><p>46,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>[1] Source: Labour Force Survey (four-quarterly averages for each calendar year).</p><p>[2] Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</p><p>[3] Changes in 2013 to the wording of the disability questions within the survey questionnaire and a move to only reporting those who are disabled within the core definition of the Equality Act, have led to a step change in the levels of reported disability and their composition (e.g. numbers in employment). Therefore, estimates of disability from the Labour Force Survey for 2013 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier years.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe