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1171421

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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: Torfaen
	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 time taken was for people to be migrated onto universal credit in Torfaen constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	4418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online and can be found at:</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 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 4415 4416 4417 question first answered 21/01/2020 18:24:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1171644

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2020
	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: Torfaen
	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 Torfaen constituency were refused personal independence payment in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	4763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The latest available data (to October 2019) on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims which have been disallowed (refused) at initial decision can be found in the PIP clearances table at <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 use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/01/2020 11:07:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1403268

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2022
	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: Torfaen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Torfaen constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	105639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Rt hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19<sup>th</sup> January to question number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-14/104377" target="_blank">104377</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 105359 105413 105500 105532 105563 question first answered 20/01/2022 11:59:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1604638

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for Budget Responsibility publication entitled Economic and fiscal outlook, published in March 2023, what the cash value is associated with the 6.6 per cent fall in exports in 2023 referenced in that document.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	166286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>Export figures are publicly available information which can be obtained from the OBR’s supplementary economy tables (Found at this link <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/</a>).</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 22/03/2023 16:25:30 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1691402

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	15455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department has incurred some costs in relation to software updates to legacy computer systems; however, this information is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 29/02/2024 13:39:23 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1691665

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of digital roles within his Department were vacant as of 26 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	15701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>As part of the 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, all departments made a commitment to reduce their digital and data vacancies to under 10% of total Government Digital and Data headcount by 2025</p><p>This is to drive modernisation and digitisation in Government, improving public services for the British people and saving taxpayer money</p><p>Overall good progress has been made, with total vacancies now at 15%</p><p>The Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, defining the scope of the digital and data profession, outlines capability standards for roles and skills in the profession. It enables professionals, line managers and hiring managers to have a common understanding of roles and provides a strong foundation for recruitment</p><p>In our latest assessment in October 2023, we had 11 vacancies which is 13% of Digital roles in HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 04/03/2024 12:18:35 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1691995

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals his Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	15961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>HMT’s expenditure on these areas is published as part of the departments on-going support of the transparency reporting programme. These can be viewed using the links below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 05/03/2024 10:14:44 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1692375

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Magazine Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding their Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	16191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>HMT’s expenditure on these areas is published as part of the departments on-going support of the transparency reporting programme. These can be viewed using the links below .</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 06/03/2024 15:08:31 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1692806

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	16376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury publishes data on spend over £25,000 as part of the transparency agenda, which can be found on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 07/03/2024 14:06:53 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693002

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Publishing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	16485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Reports and guidance that the Treasury has published can be found on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 16:51:38 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds