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62397

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	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	Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's key performance indicators are for decisions that require mandatory reconsideration.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
	uin	201012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There is no statutory time limit. We deliberately do not have one because each case will be considered on its merits.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/06/2014 16:53:29 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

225717

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	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	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, what his Department's policy is on sanctioning claimants who miss appointments because of probationary commitments.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
	uin	907927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Claimants are only asked to meet reasonable requirements in order to move off benefits and into work. Where claimants have good reason to miss an appointment, such as probationary commitments, then a sanction will not apply.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/03/2015 16:51:15 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

388082

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with businesses to encourage the paying of the living wage.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	5864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>From April 2016, the Government will introduce a new National Living Wage for all workers aged 25 and over.</p><p> </p><p>This will mean that 6 million people will see their pay rise over this Parliament with a cash increase for a full-time worker of around £5,000.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to support and encourage employers to pay more if they can afford it.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/07/2015 14:33:02 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

390482

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Bradford East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many families in Bradford East constituency will be affected by the lowering of the benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	7281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. The impact assessment has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:54:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

223842

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Bradford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from Bradford were the first to go to university from their family in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
	uin	225608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).</p><p>The Table shows the proportion of students from Bradford Local Authority area and the UK overall who started a full-time first degree course at a UK Higher Education Institution in the academic years 2008/09 to 2013/14 and who declared that their parents did not hold a higher education qualification. Comparable information is not available for the earlier years.</p><p>Information for the 2014/15 academic year will become available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Full-time first degree entrants domiciled in Bradford Local Authority and the UK whose parents do not hold a higher education qualification</strong></p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><p>Academic Years 2008/09 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Bradford</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>UK Overall</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Percentage of entrants whose parents do NOT have any higher education qualification</p></td><td><p>Count of respondents</p></td><td><p>Count of students where information is unknown</p></td><td><p>Percentage of entrants whose parents do NOT have any higher education qualification</p></td><td><p>Count of respondents</p></td><td><p>Count of students where information is unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>2,040</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>270,345</p></td><td><p>91,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>2,280</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>281,410</p></td><td><p>95,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>2,225</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>280,600</p></td><td><p>90,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>2,445</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>303,690</p></td><td><p>90,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>2,270</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>275,430</p></td><td><p>81,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>2,745</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>323,850</p></td><td><p>63,110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record.</p><p> </p><p>(1) Domicile refers to a student’s permanent or home address prior to entering their course.</p><p>(2) More information on how Parental HE is measured is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=14051&amp;href=a%5e_%5ePARED.html" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=14051&amp;href=a^_^PARED.html</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 20/03/2015 10:40:29 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

62396

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Bradford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in Bradford are (a) pending and (b) being processed through his Department's mandatory reconsideration mechanism.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
	uin	201011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available. <br></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/06/2014 16:48:31 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

62394

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Bradford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in Bradford are awaiting mandatory reconsideration of employment and support allowance decisions.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
	uin	201009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/06/2014 16:48:30 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

389326

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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	Employment: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of progress on increasing equality of access to employment opportunities for people from Black and minority ethnic communities.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	6785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities in employment increased by approximately 20% during the last Parliament. The Prime Minister has made a commitment to repeat that achievement in the next Parliament – a further increase of 20% in BME employment – as part of his “2020 vision” for BME communities.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 10:55:41 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

390481

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: Bradford East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many people aged between 18 and 21 in Bradford East constituency will be affected by plans to remove housing benefit for that age group.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	7280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>To prevent young people slipping straight into a life on benefits, from April 2017 the Government will remove the automatic entitlement to housing support for new claims in Universal Credit from 18-21 year olds who are out of work. This will ensure young people in the benefits system face the same choices as young people who work and who may not be able to afford to leave home.</p><p> </p><p>We will ensure that vulnerable young people who are in need of support for their housing needs continue to receive it. Government will consider the impact in line with our legal obligations as part of that process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/07/2015 14:18:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

390483

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department plans to provide to people aged between 18 and 21 who have their entitlement to housing benefit removed.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	7282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>To prevent young people slipping straight into a life on benefits, from April 2017 the Government will remove the automatic entitlement to housing support for new claims in Universal Credit from 18-21 year olds who are out of work. This will ensure young people in the benefits system face the same choices as young people who work and who may not be able to afford to leave home.</p><p> </p><p>We will ensure that vulnerable young people who are in need of support for their housing needs continue to receive it. Government will consider the impact in line with our legal obligations as part of that process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/07/2015 14:50:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain