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1003688

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of contracts issued by his Department and contractors include provisions to impose, as between parties to the subcontract, that any payment due from the contractor to a subcontractor under the contract is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed, as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	189570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) standard and short form contractual Terms and Conditions ensure the department meets the requirements of the Public Contact Regulations 2015 by including clauses that a contractor shall pay the sub-contractor no later than thirty (30) days from the date on which the Authority has determined that the invoice is valid and undisputed. Since the introduction of the requirement in March 2015 the vast majority of DWP contracts include these provisions.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/11/2018 17:39:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

420353

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	Disability: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people are given appropriate support to lead an active and independent lifestyle.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	10785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>This Government has an ambitious vision for disabled people, which is set out in our cross-government disability strategy: Fulfilling Potential which we published in 2013.</p><p>Fulfilling Potential aims to remove the barriers that disabled people face to enable them to fulfil their potential, live independently and have equal opportunities to play a full and active role in society.</p><p>We developed our approach with disabled people and it reflects what they have said is important to bring about the changes that will have a real and lasting impact on their day-to-day lives.</p><p>As part of our approach we are committed to continuing to provide support for those disabled people who need it, whilst enabling those who can work to do so. We continue to spend around £50 billion on services and benefits for disabled people. We are committed to halving the disability employment gap and over the last year, we have seen disability employment increase by over 226,000.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/10/2015 14:04:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

596099

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Government makes available to people awaiting a fully back-dated benefits entitlement payment.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	47453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>No guidance is required because the need to pay benefit without delay is in legislation.</p><p> </p><p>We inform claimants once a decision to backdate payment has been made and endeavour to make all payments as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/10/2016 16:15:50 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

663059

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	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: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department and any of its arms-length departmental bodies have spent on (a) staffing, (b) other revenue costs and (c) capital expenditure in the current fiscal year in Yorkshire and the Humber.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	58502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/01/2017 16:06:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

679796

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2017
	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: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of earnings is of the (a) highest and (b) lowest-paid employees of his Department, agencies and arms-length bodies; and what the median level of earnings is for such employees.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	61996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions currently employs circa 85,000 members of staff and pays all direct employees at least the statutory National Living Wage, regardless of age.</p><p>The Department and its agencies and arms length bodies publish salary information within their Annual Reports and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of highest, lowest and median pay has been provided below. Figures have been taken from the 2015/16 annual reports and accounts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department/Body</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dept. for Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>£215,000 - £220,000</p></td><td><p>£15,530</p></td><td><p>£22,928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td><td><p>£205,000</p></td><td><p>£18,250</p></td><td><p>£45,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Pensions Ombudsman</p></td><td><p>£130,000 - £135,000</p></td><td><p>£17,980</p></td><td><p>£36,392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Pensions Advisory Service</p></td><td><p>£100,000</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td><td><p>£30,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Employment Savings Trust Corporation</p></td><td><p>£249,000</p></td><td><p>£23,000</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive</p></td><td><p>£172,500</p></td><td><p>£18,544</p></td><td><p>£38,349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Nuclear Regulation</p></td><td><p>£154,300</p></td><td><p>£18,569</p></td><td><p>£67,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pension Protection Fund</p></td><td><p>£565,000 - £570,000</p></td><td><p>£18,000</p></td><td><p>£49,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>BPDTS Ltd</em></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>To note:</em></p><ul><li>Pay relates to annualised salary data (basic pay, recurring allowances, non-consolidated performance-related pay and benefits in kind). It does not include severance payments, employer pension contributions and the cash equivalent transfer value of pensions.</li><li><em>Dept for work and Pensions Lowest Salary was £15,530 from 1 July 2015 to 30 March 2016 and uplifted to £15,785 to meet the National Living Wage introduced in April 2016.</em></li><li><em>National Employment Savings Trust Corporation</em><em> did not provide a median in their 2015/16 annual accounts.</em></li><li><em>BPDTS Ltd was incorporated at Companies House on 28 August 2016. The first 27 employees transferred into the company on 30 November 2016, with another 400 due at the end of March 2017. The company’s results will be consolidated into DWP’s accounts from 2016-17.</em></li></ul> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/02/2017 17:07:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

683465

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) ethnicity, (b) gender, (c) disability status, (d) educational background and (e) socio-economic status is of the three most senior officials of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	62899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>DWP’s Executive Team is made up of eight members: six men and two women. We would not be able to report on their ethnicity, disability status or educational background as this is classed as sensitive personal data which has legal protection under the Data Protection Act 1998.</p><p>We are unable to report on their socio-economic background as there is currently no commonly agreed definition for socio-economic background across the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/02/2017 14:31:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

685603

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total pay bill was for (a) male and (b) female employees in his Department in 2015-16; and what the average per capita spend from that pay bill was for men and women in that year.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	63151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>As part of its Public Sector Equality Duty responsibilities, DWP publishes annual employee information on Gov.Uk. This includes information on mean salary categorised by gender. I have provided below a link to our 2016 report:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-equality-information-2016-employee-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-equality-information-2016-employee-data</a></p><p> </p><p>DWP publishes its Annual Report and Accounts which includes information on total spending on pay. A link to the latest report is provided below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/02/2017 15:24:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

685610

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many security passes into his Department are issued to people (a) not directly employed by and (b) who are not civil servants who work in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	63279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>All security passes are issued locally and controlled by each office, and centrally held records are not kept.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, the information you have requested is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/02/2017 13:20:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

688069

	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	Bereavement Payment: Food Poverty
	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 the potential effect of changes to bereavement payments on food poverty in (a) rural areas and (b) Hemsworth constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	63783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The new Bereavement Support Payment will provide targeted financial support at the time when it is needed most without affecting access to benefits that contribute towards everyday living costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/02/2017 15:49:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

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