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101221

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	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	Employment: Males
	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 1 September 2014 to Question 206874, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Men's Sheds movement on (a) increasing confidence and volunteering, (b) reducing isolation and mental ill health and (c) improving job readiness for the unemployed.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	212116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The “Men’s Sheds movement”, which began in Australia, aims to improve the health and wellbeing of men through providing inclusive environments where members can share tools, resources, skills and engage in personal and community projects. The Department has no plans to carry out any formal assessment of the effectiveness of the Men’s Sheds movement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 16:48:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101241

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
	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) maximum and (b) average length of time was for processing a new claim for disability living allowance for children in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/11/2014 17:46:23 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

142370

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	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 with disabilities have moved home since becoming subject to the under-occupancy penalty; and what proportion such people are of all those who have moved house since becoming subject to that penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	213812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Information requested is not readily available and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support vulnerable people who require extra help we have provided increased Discretionary Housing Payment funding of £345 million since April 2013 to the end of the spending review period.</p><p> </p><p>This includes £25 million per annum intended to help support disabled people to continue to live in homes that have been significantly adapted, and which are larger than they need but where it makes no sense for them to move to alternative accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/11/2014 14:11:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

156589

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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: Coastal Areas
	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 effect of local housing allowance and shared accommodation rate on the density of young people living in houses of multiple occupation in seaside towns.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	215164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>This specific information is not available. The Department did, however, commission an independent evaluation of the changes to Local Housing Allowance, including the extension of the shared accommodation rate. The final reports were published in July 2014 and are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-monitoring-the-impact-of-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-monitoring-the-impact-of-changes</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/11/2014 12:46:55 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

157052

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	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 were recorded as being unemployed under the jobseeker's allowance criteria in each year for which information is available; and how many people were taken off jobseeker's allowance as a result of their partner's income in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	215444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Statistics on the claimant count, which shows the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants can be found at <a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.nomisweb.co.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on people leaving JSA as a result of their partner’s income is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/11/2014 17:15:13 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167862

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2014 to Question 195875, when he expects a comparable administration cost for personal independent payments to be available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	217100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DLA and PIP are very different benefits as PIP has more assessments done face to face.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 10/12/2014 17:15:24 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

169042

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	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	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 average number of complaints are made annually about delays in processing benefits claims in each Jobcentre Plus area.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	217805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We do not collate information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/12/2014 17:29:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

169043

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	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	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 average time was taken to process all benefits claims made in each Jobcentre Plus area in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	217806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available to the level required.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/12/2014 12:04:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

43465

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	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
	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 9 January 2014, Official Report, column 280W, on the work capability assessment, how many and what proportion of those who have undertaken a work capability test in each nation and region of the UK have been declared fit for work.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	192323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) initial claims and Incapacity Benefit (IB) reassessment claims, by outcomes of work capability assessments by regions in Great Britain are published. The numbers and the proportion of fit for work decisions can be found in table 1a and table 11 at: </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/274091/esa_wca_140122.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/274091/esa_wca_140122.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. There is a reporting lag of approximately 8-months at the issuing date of this statistical output owing to the time needed to process data and time allowed to enable each cohort's assessment phase to elapse.</p><p>2. Caseload figures rounded to nearest hundred. Totals may not sum due to the rounding method use. Proportions are rounded to the nearest whole number.</p><p>3. Figures include those cases where the functional assessment has not been completed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

43579

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	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
	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 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 638W, on the work capability assessment, if he will make it his policy to collect such information in future.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	192085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p>To provide the requested information would incur disproportionate cost</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane