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1342976

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on her Department's rates of recycling of plastic, paper, metal and other products; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	25939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>As mandated by Cabinet Office, the Department support the Greening Government Commitments and report publicly on waste management targets. Significant efforts have been afforded to reducing and recycling waste across the Department Estate, to reduce the overall amount of waste generated.</p><p>One initiative is the phased installation of new recycling bins to the largest waste producing sites and associated signage/awareness campaigns. The bins provide an opportunity to separate out Dry Mixed Recyclables, which includes paper and plastic waste.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/07/2021 14:26:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1343067

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many items of written correspondence from hon. Members sent to Ministers in her Department have been (a) received and (b) replied to since 1 April 2020; and how many of those responses were responded to by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	25740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is currently compiling data on the timeliness of responses to Hon. and Rt Hon. members from Government Departments and Agencies. This data will be released, and made available to Members, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/07/2021 12:22:33 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1342311

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Child Maintenance Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide a definition of the term temporary as used by the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	25157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service uses the term temporary as a definition of a measure which lasts for a limited time. This is opposed to something which is permanent.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/07/2021 12:22:42 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1342353

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what declarations of interests have been made by her Department’s non-executive directors; and where that information is published.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	25038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>Non-executive directors comply with the provisions of the Cabinet Office’s Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies.</p><p> </p><p>Board members are required to submit any declarable interests annually; this information forms part of the independent National Audit Office review ahead of the publication of Departmental annual report and accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Information on any relevant interests will be published in the Department annual report and accounts, which will be available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/07/2021 15:26:47 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1342513

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Funeral Payments
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 merits of amending the rules governing eligibility for the Funeral Expenses Payment to provide discretion for another close family member to be granted the payment in circumstances where the partner of the deceased is unable or unwilling to take responsibility for a funeral.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	24950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to amend the eligibility criteria for Funeral Expenses Payment.</p><p>To receive support through the Funeral Expenses Payment scheme, a person must be in receipt of a qualifying income-related benefit and be the person responsible for making the funeral arrangements. In cases where the deceased has a surviving partner, they are considered to be the responsible person. Where there is no surviving partner or the surviving partner was estranged from the deceased at the time of death, an immediate family member (parent or child), a close relative or a close friend may be considered for help through the scheme.</p><p>Where the surviving partner of the deceased was not estranged but is unable to act on their own behalf, a person, or a body of people, may apply to act on their behalf as an appointee. If a surviving partner is able to act on their own behalf and but is not estranged or willing to take responsibility for the funeral arrangements, a Funeral Expenses Payment cannot be awarded to another family member. They could, however, apply for a Budgeting Loan or a Universal Credit Budgeting Advance to help pay towards the cost of a funeral, if they meet the eligibility criteria.</p><p>In certain circumstances, Public Health funerals are provided by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/07/2021 10:28:37 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1342534

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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: Freedom of Information
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 24 June 2021 to Question 21940 on Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information, if she will publish the number of freedom of information requests her Department has referred to the central Cabinet Office Clearing House for advice on handling in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	25043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to publish this information. We do not capture data on the number of requests which are referred to the Cabinet Office Clearing House.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on Freedom of Information requests are published by the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis, available on gov.uk here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/07/2021 15:34:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1342540

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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: Energy
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 cost to the public purse of her Department's energy usage in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	25142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>The Information requested is available for financial years (April-March) only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>2019/20 – </strong>£23,473,955 (£27,822,378 incl. VAT)</p><p><strong>2020/21 – </strong>£22,821,828 (£27,332,777 incl. VAT)</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/07/2021 14:09:46 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1341720

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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, what private companies are contracted to provide security services at her Department’s buildings that contain ministerial private offices; and whether there are closed circuit television cameras in any ministerial private office within the departmental estate.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	24239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive Administrations, it is not government policy to comment on security procedures in government buildings.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/07/2021 13:51:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1341225

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
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: Email
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any departmental business has been conducted on private email addresses; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that full records are kept of that business.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	23181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the Cabinet Office guidance to departments <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-departments-on-private-email-use" target="_blank">on use of private emails</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/07/2021 15:40:41 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1341226

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
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: CCTV
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a risk assessment has been carried out on the secure holding of CCTV footage within her Department.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	23182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive Administrations, it is not government policy to comment on security procedures in government buildings.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/07/2021 15:38:18 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds