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64305

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to benefits from the pupil premium to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	202675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Universal credit will be fully rolled out in the next Parliament from 2017/18, and no pupil premium spending decisions for that period have yet been taken. For example, the per-pupil funding rates have not been decided beyond 2014/15. This means that it is not possible to estimate the potential cost of extending entitlement on the pupil premium budget.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/07/2014 14:48:36 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64445

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	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	Universal Credit
	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 estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to a jobcentre plus discount travel card to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	202677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card is a discretionary travel discount scheme operated in conjunction with the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC).</p><p> </p><p>There is no evidence to suggest that ATOC have plans to change their approach of targeting support at specific benefit recipients based on specific eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>However, If ATOC were to allow access to all Universal Credit Claimants the cost to DWP would be in the region of £100,000, but the impact on ATOC members would be around £20 million (roughly estimated)</p><p> </p><p>Currently the following UC claimants are entitled to the JCP Travel Discount Card:</p><p>· Universal Credit claimants in the All Work Related Requirements group from 13 weeks to point of Work Programme referral</p><p>· Universal Credit claimants not in the All Work Related Requirements group who are actively engaged with a Work Services Coach in returning to employment</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/07/2014 15:34:15 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

76947

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	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 receipt of housing benefit have moved to smaller properties since the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty in (a) 2014 to date and (b) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	204813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested as to how many people have moved to smaller properties is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However this week the Department will be publishing a statistical analysis of changes in numbers subject to a reduction in Housing Benefit award as a result of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/07/2014 15:48:36 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

78113

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Public Expenditure
	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 spent on (a) mobile telephones, (b) tablet computers and (c) office furniture in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	206029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is a geographically-dispersed organisation employing around 90,000 staff across some 870 sites, delivering services directly to around 22 million customers.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on mobile phones was £111,074 in 2010/11; £85,353 in 2011/12; and £196,427 in 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on tablet computers in 2010/11 and 2011/12 was nil. For 2012/13 I refer to the reply to PQ 151349 given to the Rt Hon. Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) on 16 April 2013, official report Col.288W.</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130416/text/130416w0001.htm#1304171000035" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130416/text/130416w0001.htm#1304171000035</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department occupies the majority of its estate under a Private Finance Initiative known as the PRIME Contract. Under this contract, the Department leases back fully-serviced accommodation from its private sector partner Telereal Trillium. The Department pays an inclusive unitary price for the space occupied, which includes the provision of office furniture. For those buildings and furniture requirements outside the scope of the PFI contract, the Department’s spend in 2010-11 was £603,686; 2011-12 was £537,468 and 2012-13 was £548,227. The Department’s Estates rationalisation programme has saved some £60 million in 2011/12 and 2012/13.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/07/2014 16:08:46 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb previous answer version 11779 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

78115

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Public Expenditure
	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 spent on (a) accommodation, (b) taxis or private cars and (c) alcoholic beverages in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	206030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is a geographically-dispersed organisation employing around 90,000 staff across some 870 sites, delivering services directly to around 22 million customers. The table below shows the expenditure on accommodation and taxis for the years in question. The average spend per head on accommodation for 2012-13 was in the region of £70.</p><p> </p><p>The expenditure on taxis includes reimbursement of the cost of actual fares to support our disabled staff travelling to and from their place of work.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>(a) Accommodation</p></td><td><p>(b) Taxi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£6,932,231</p></td><td><p>£1,539,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£5,281,218</p></td><td><p>£1,201,506</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£6,571,462</p></td><td><p>£1,288,034</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In the years 2008/09 and 2009/10 the Department’s spend on hotels under the previous administration was £11,264,324 and £11,694,697 respectively. This has almost halved under this administration. Spend on taxis for the year 2009/2010 was £1,526,863.</p><p> </p><p>As the purchase of alcohol is exceptional, there is no separate finance code to identify this spend.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/07/2014 16:11:37 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb previous answer version 11784 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

78613

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	Legal Costs
	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 spent on legal fees in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	206240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The figures below detail the Department’s spend on external legal costs incurred for the financial years 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-2014. These figures include all invoices for fees authorised by the Department’s internal Legal Services, including but not limited to the case management services provided by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department, external legal representation and external training and professional development of the Department’s Legal Service. The figures represent actual cost to the Department and therefore only include VAT to the extent such VAT is irrecoverable. The difference in the figures between 2011/2012 and later years is largely as a result of DWP prosecutions work being transferred to the Crown Prosecution Service in April 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - £13.59m</p><p>2011/12 - £14.45m</p><p>2012/13 - £9.38m</p><p>2013/14 - £7.718m</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/07/2014 16:20:36 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb previous answer version 11781 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

79123

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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	Civil Servants: Allowances
	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 14 July 2014, Official Report, columns 587-8W, on public expenditure, how many times and for what occasions senior civil servants had given express prior written permission for expenses to be claimed in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	206709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Personal expense claims are authorised in business areas across all the DWP operational and corporate units. This information could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost to the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 206711 question first answered 01/09/2014 15:54:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

79125

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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	Civil Servants: Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances senior civil servants are required to give express prior written permission for expenses; and what such expenses are.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	206711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Personal expense claims are authorised in business areas across all the DWP operational and corporate units. This information could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost to the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 206709 question first answered 01/09/2014 15:54:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

79124

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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	Alcoholic Drinks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many senior civil servants in his Department can authorise the purchase of alcohol for official purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	206710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>There are currently 6 senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions who can authorise the purchase of alcohol for official purposes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/09/2014 15:58:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

79051

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Wines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what value of wine from the Government's wine cellar was consumed by each government department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) the first quarter of 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	206705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to the written statement made by my Hon Friend the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Simmonds), on 17 July 2014, Official Report, columns 86-87WS, the Annual Statement on the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar, covering consumption, stock purchases and costs. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not record the values of wines consumed on a Department by Department basis for official Government events, as to do so would incur disproportionate costs. The overall value of wines consumed since 2011 was as follows: 2011-12 - £55 679 2012-13 - £65 623 2013-14 - £55 805</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 01/09/2014 15:55:52 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant