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688070

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	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	Food Poverty: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to tackle food insecurity in rural areas; and if he will make an assessment of the reason for recent trends in the levels of such food insecurity.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	63784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>We are reforming the welfare system to enable people to achieve financial independence and meet their everyday needs, by making sure that work pays and that those who cannot work are protected. We know the most effective route out of poverty is work and this Government has delivered a new record high employment rate of 74.6% and average pay up 2.7% over the year.</p><p> </p><p>As a safeguard for people needing more support, we have a well-established system of hardship payments, benefit advances and budgeting loans.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/02/2017 17:13:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

756071

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits appeals are received by his Department on the basis of correspondence not having been received.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	7283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/09/2017 12:52:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

777937

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Closures
	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 the number of jobs that will be affected by the closure of jobcentres; and what the roles and functions of those jobs will be.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	109688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>We currently have approximately 440 people nationally at risk of redundancy, less than our original estimate, as a result of the changes to our estate. These people work in a wide variety of job roles and functions, which includes those working or based in jobcentres, processing centres and in Corporate Centre roles.</p><p> </p><p>However we expect this number to reduce as we redeploy as many people as we can across DWP and other government departments. We are continuing redeployment activity and therefore the number at risk may still reduce further. To place these fissures in context the overall DWP workforce is approximately 80,000.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/10/2017 16:03:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

780638

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	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: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether tickets for the journeys undertaken by the Minister of State for Employment set out in the transparency release, entitled DWP's ministerial travel, April to June 2017, were (a) first, (b) business, (c) economy and (d) any other class.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	110170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The journeys I have undertaken for the period, April to June 2017 in the latest transparency release were all economy class.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 01/11/2017 15:54:19 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

77248

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for personal independence payments submitted by individuals in Hemsworth in 2013 are still yet to be determined; and what steps his Department has taken to reduce delays in processing personal independence payment claims.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	205105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There are several reasons why a registered claim may not yet be determined. For example the claimant has not yet returned their additional information form or is awaiting their assessment date, DWP have not yet made a decision on their claim or the claimant has advised that they wish to withdraw their claim. At the end of December 2013 around 500 people in Hemsworth had registered a New Claim for PIP and around 100 decisions had been made.</p><p> </p><p>I also refer the hon. Member to the written answer the previous Minister for Disabled People, the Rt. Hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead, Mike Penning, gave the Hon. Member for Halton (Derek Twigg), on 7 July 2014, <em>Official Report,</em> column 110W.</p><p> </p><p>Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department took to reduce delays to personal independence payment (PIP) special rules claims; how long it took to resolve those delays; what steps he plans to take to reduce delays to PIP claims in the normal rules; and what estimate he has made of the time that will be taken to reduce those delays. [203699]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As soon as I became aware of the length of time it was taking for some Special Rules cases to be processed I took action to reduce timescales and introduced:</p><p> </p><p>- a dedicated phone service.</p><p> </p><p>- an electronic transfer of information between a claimant's health professional, DWP and assessment providers.</p><p> </p><p>- a trial of a new process to enable decisions to be made in-house with support from health care professionals.</p><p> </p><p>I am pleased to say that we are now seeing improvements to clearance times for claims from terminally ill people.</p><p> </p><p>We have acknowledged that claims under our normal rules are currently taking too long. We are absolutely committed to improving performance-ours and that of the assessment providers. We are already seeing improvements to our processes and will continue to work further to reduce delays and backlogs.</p><p> </p><p>By the autumn, we expect no one to be waiting for an assessment for longer than 26 weeks and by the end of the year, we expect no one will be waiting longer than 16 weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/07/2014 16:34:19 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

77490

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (i) have let and (ii) plan to let that are worth (A) between £1 million and £3 million and (B) over £3 million since 2010; how much his Department has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	205377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Between 01/01/2010 and 14/07/2014, the Department for Work and Pensions awarded 71 contracts with a value of between one and three million pounds and 191 contracts with a value of over three million pounds.</p><p> </p><p>At 14/07/2014, our current commercial planning data indicates we intend to let 47 contracts with a value of between one and three million pounds and 30 contracts with a value over three million pounds.</p><p> </p><p>The award timelines on future contracts stretches to 2017 and beyond. As conditions change, some of these contracts may not yet proceed to the procurement stage. Also, award values are not yet firm for those at the earliest of planning stages.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does not record the numbers of staff and their length of assignment in monitoring individual contracts, therefore the answer to this part of the question could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Between 01/01/2010 and 14/07/2014, the Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) awarded the following contracts within the requested values:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NDPB</p></td><td><p>Number of contracts with Contract Value £1m -3m</p></td><td><p>Number of Contracts with Contract Value over £3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pensions Ombudsman</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>NIL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Pensions Advisory Service</p></td><td><p>NIL</p></td><td><p>NIL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Pensions Regulator (TPR)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Safety Executive (HSE)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC)</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC)</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Living Fund (ILF)</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Pensions Ombudsman estimate the cost of monitoring its contract at £7,000 per annum with a dedicated resource of 0.1 FTE.</p><p> </p><p>TPR have a planned contract to start in 2014/15 value £1-3m.</p><p> </p><p>TPR do not hold information regarding the total amount spent on monitoring the contracts and it would be disproportionate for it to calculate this. However, it has 2 FTE staff dedicated to monitoring the contract valued over £3m</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NEST - The Scheme Administration Services contract has a Contract Manager (commencing August 2014) and is supported by a Procurement &amp; Contract Specialist.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is in the process of letting one contract with a value of between one and three million pounds.</p><p> </p><p>HSE does not record the numbers of staff and their length of assignment in monitoring individual contracts, therefore the answer to this part of the question could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/07/2014 16:09:42 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92704

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average waiting time is for personal independence payments from application to the date of award.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	209886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance times and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of PIP system performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 209887 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:53:02 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92705

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average waiting time is for applicants for personal independence payments for a face-to-face assessment if required.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	209887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance times and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of PIP system performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 209886 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:53:03 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92706

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 the number of cases in which disability living allowance payments have ceased before personal independence payment is received; and what steps he is taking to ensure that people are not left without either benefit.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	209866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants who comply with the processes when claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) continue to receive their DLA up to, and for 28 days beyond the decision on their PIP claim.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 13:59:29 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92708

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what pilot or feasibility studies were carried out by his Department on managing the change over from disability living allowance to personal independence payment.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	209868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Details regarding the introduction of Personal Independence Payment can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/simplifying-the-welfare-system-and-making-sure-work-pays/supporting-pages/introducing-personal-independence-payment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/simplifying-the-welfare-system-and-making-sure-work-pays/supporting-pages/introducing-personal-independence-payment</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/10/2014 12:48:52 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett