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	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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	BAE Systems: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed in his Department's Rapid Response Team set up to assist BAE Systems employees affected by recent job losses; in which regions those staff are based; and how many BAE Systems staff potentially affected by job losses have been contacted by a member of that Rapid Response team.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	107786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Jobcentre staff are in contact with BAE Systems and stand ready to offer support once the consultation period ends and a decision on redundancies has been made.</p><p>Each of our Jobcentre Districts deploy resources to assist with Redundancy Support which varies according to the situation and the requirements of the workforce.</p><p>The Rapid Response Service is delivered in partnership with a range of national and local partners, including National Careers Service and local service providers. Working closely with BAE Systems we will agree and provide a tailored package which could include:</p><ul><li>matching to known local job vacancies;</li><li>helping to construct or improve their CV and enhance their job-search skills;</li><li>providing general information about benefits and how to make a claim;</li><li>identifying transferable skills and training needs;</li><li>providing job-focussed training to develop vocational skills in demand in the local labour market;</li><li>help to meet discretionary costs e.g.: travel to training course expenses</li><li>where there is scope to do so, support might be delivered on a group basis, for example by bringing redundant workers and employers together at a jobs fair.</li><li>Working with Talent Retention Solution (TRS) to bring together specialists whose jobs may be at risk with companies that are looking to recruit skilled staff</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/10/2017 15:12:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

777652

	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	Local Housing Allowance
	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 households in (a) Hull and (b) England who will be (i) made statutory homeless and (ii) in rent arrears as a result of the freeze of the Local Housing Allowance in (A) 2016-17, (B) 2017-18 and (C) 2018-19 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	109513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, there is currently no clear evidence to suggest that the LHA freeze is contributing to increased arrears or homelessness. The latest statistics show that the number of homelessness acceptances in England has decreased slightly over the past year and the figures are very similar to the homelessness acceptances when the freeze commenced.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/11/2017 13:01:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

810719

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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	Support for Mortgage Interest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people receiving Support for Mortgage Interest will not qualify for the loans which will replace them from April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	121064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>All claimants currently receiving support for mortgage interest will be eligible to receive a loan from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/01/2018 11:13:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

810720

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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	Support for Mortgage Interest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Hull, (b) Yorkshire and Humber and (c) the UK receive Support for Mortgage Interest, and how many of those people receive (i) Employment Support Allowance, (ii) Personal Independence Payment and (iii) Jobseekers’ Allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	121065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The table below gives the Department’s estimates of the caseload of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) split by benefit and selected geographies.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All SMI</p></td><td><p>SMI and Employment and Support Allowance</p></td><td><p>SMI and Job Seeker’s Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>49,000</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> Table 1: SMI caseload by benefit across selected geographies</em></p><p> </p><p>Data is not available on:</p><ul><li>the number of SMI claimants in receipt of Personal Independence Payment;</li><li>the number of claimants of SMI in Hull and geographies smaller than Government Office Region.</li></ul><p>The Department does not hold data on SMI in respect of Northern Ireland.</p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000 cases.</p><p>‘-’ denotes under 500 cases.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/01/2018 11:31:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

810721

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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	Support for Mortgage Interest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average Annual Percentage Rate will be for the loans which will replace Support for Mortgage Interest from April 2018, and whether that rate will vary as a result on the actuarial risk of applicants.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	121066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Interest will be charged on SMI loans based upon the cost of gilts as published by the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR). This rate reflects the cost of Government borrowing. The Gilt Rate Forecast for 2018-19 is 1.5%, as specified in the latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook published on the 22<sup>nd</sup> November 2017 by the OBR. There will be no variation in the interest rate charged as a result of actuarial risk.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/01/2018 11:25:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

810722

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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	Support for Mortgage Interest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people whose only source of income is (i) Employment Support Allowance (ESA), (ii) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (iii) ESA and PIP in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI), will not be eligible for the loans which replace SMI in April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	121067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>All claimants currently receiving support for mortgage interest will be eligible to receive a loan from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/01/2018 12:05:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

850936

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	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	Support for Mortgage Interest
	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 Answers of 8 January 2018 to Questions 121064, 121066 and 121067, what information his Department has provided to people claiming welfare support to confirm that they are eligible for a loan.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	130146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>All existing SMI claimants will be offered a loan. Claimants are given information about how the SMI loan will work, about alternatives to the loan and organisations that may offer further information and support. This is followed up by telephone calls to explain the information and answer any questions. A leaflet containing Frequently Asked Questions is issued to support this informed discussion. Where a claimant expresses an interest in taking up the offer of an SMI loan they will be sent a loan agreement and charge form to complete and return. They also receive detailed guidance on how to complete these documents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/03/2018 17:52:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

872685

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	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	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 much her Department spent on facilitating mandatory reconsiderations relating to (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independence payment claims in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	134499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Direct costs can be provided only for the years included in the following table-</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Mandatory Reconsiderations <strong>£000's</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>ESA Direct Cost</p></td><td><p>PIP Direct Costs</p></td><td><p>PIP Reassessments Direct Costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£ 3,127</p></td><td><p>£ 279</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£ 14,552</p></td><td><p>£ 2,810</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£ 9,692</p></td><td><p>£ 5,352</p></td><td><p>£ 2,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£ 10,712</p></td><td><p>£ 8,895</p></td><td><p>£ 5,005</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The above table represents Operating costs only. These are defined as direct costs relating to staff undertaking the activities (staff and local non-staff costs only). They do not include wider DWP overheads.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>PIP Reassessments Direct Costs are shown separately and are costs attributed to transfer of the DLA caseload.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>In terms of years asked for, please note the Departments DABM system began recording these benefits as follows:</li></ol><p>ESA began in 2013/14 &amp; PIP began late 2013/14</p><ol start="4"><li>This data is derived from the Departments Activity Based Model (ABM) and/or Departmental Activity Based Model (DABM) and is unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only. It has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards. The data is frequently revised and changes to the definitions/benefits effect comparisons over time. <strong>It should therefore be treated with caution and as an indication and not as a definitive cost. </strong></li></ol> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/04/2018 13:55:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

872687

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	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	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, with reference to the HM Courts and Tribunals Service data published by her Department on 8 March 2018 on appeals to the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal, if she will publish the data on (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independence payment appeals as a proportion of the total number of such claims submitted in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	134501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of Personal Independent Payment's (PIP) cleared, by decision type, can be via Stat X-Plore:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required from Stat-Xplore can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html." target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html.</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of Employment Support Allowance (ESA) clearances, by decision type, can be found in the official published statistics: “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2018”. The relevant data can be found in Table 1a.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on volumes of appeals lodged for both Personal Independence Payment and Employment Support Analysis can be found in quarterly published statistics from the Ministry of Justice: “Tribunals and gender recognition certificate statistics quarterly: October to December 2017”. The relevant data can be found in table SSCS.1 in the Main Tables document:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/04/2018 15:34:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

426643

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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	Survivor Benefits in Occupational Pension Schemes Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will respond to the Review of Survivor Benefits in Occupational Pension Schemes, published in June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	15070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text The Government is actively considering the findings of the review into survivor benefits in occupational pension schemes. The Review provided important information on the benefits, costs and other effects of eliminating or reducing differences in survivor benefit provision. It is important that the findings of the Review are considered thoroughly so that we arrive at the right conclusion. We will respond to the Review in due course. answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/11/2015 14:20:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson