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386004

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Access to Work budget was underspent in 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	4407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>Access to Work is a demand led scheme and we intend to continue to meet that demand. The amount of money spent on it will always reflect the number and nature of successful applications.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013/14 35,560 disabled people were supported to take-up or remain in employment, an increase of 4000 from the year before, and we want to see this figure rise even further.</p><p> </p><p>When a data release is made in July then finalised customers’ numbers and the associated spend for the year 14/15 will be available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/07/2015 14:32:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

386007

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many people were eligible to receive and (b) how many and what proportion of people were in receipt of carer's allowance in each local authority area on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	4448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>Proportions can then be calculated using the published figures for all entitled against those in receipt of Carer’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/07/2015 13:39:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

385905

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	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 benchmark analysis of average household earnings his Department used to determine that £23,000 should be the new level at which the household benefit cap is set.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	4255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/07/2015 13:06:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

385910

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department plans to publish as a result of the consultation on its draft complaints procedure; and (a) when and (b) where his Department plans to publish that information.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	4260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken consultation about its complaints procedures and has no plans to revise these procedures: details of which can be seen on Gov.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/complaints-procedure" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/complaints-procedure</a>). However, it has taken on board comments from an external stakeholder group about making the complaints information on Gov.UK more accessible and user-friendly and will be updating the complaints pages shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4262 question first answered 01/07/2015 14:01:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

385911

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to implement the new complaints procedure in response to its consultation on the draft complaints procedure.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	4262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken consultation about its complaints procedures and has no plans to revise these procedures: details of which can be seen on Gov.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/complaints-procedure" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/complaints-procedure</a>). However, it has taken on board comments from an external stakeholder group about making the complaints information on Gov.UK more accessible and user-friendly and will be updating the complaints pages shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4260 question first answered 01/07/2015 14:01:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

385919

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	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, if he will make an assessment of the effect of changing the household benefit cap on the ability of victims of domestic violence to find affordable accommodation after leaving a refuge; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course. <strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/07/2015 13:12:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

385476

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Employment and Support 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 employment and support allowance claimants had Social Fund Loan repayments wrongly deducted from their benefits in each year since 2010; and how many of those deductions were due to (a) prior full loan repayment and (b) non-existence of the loan.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	4173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not collect this information.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 16:31:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

385515

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households, (b) adults and (c) children have been affected by the benefit cap in each local authority area since the nationwide roll-out in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	4060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of households affected by local authority, family type, and number of children can be found on Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 16:14:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

385516

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	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, when he plans to publish an impact assessment on the reduction of the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	4061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 16:23:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

385542

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the claimant would be if income under (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payments was subject to taxation.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	4014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 15:20:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh