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1002727

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Bereavement Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on the payment of bereavement benefits for unmarried partners with children.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	188820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Bereavement benefits are paid to a surviving spouse or civil partner; they can only be paid to those in legal unions. Therefore, they cannot be paid in respect of cohabitees, either with or without children. We are currently considering how to proceed following the recent Supreme Court judgement which ruled it incompatible with ECHR principles to provide that cohabitees with children are not entitled to Widowed Parent’s Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>Cohabitees do have access to income-related benefits. They may also qualify for help with funeral costs from the Social Fund and may of course choose to provide security for their families by way of private pension or life insurance arrangements.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/11/2018 11:44:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1002127

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Members: Correspondence
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 reply to the letter of 4 October 2018 from the hon. Member for Delyn on statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	188032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department takes the issue seriously and we are in the process of responding.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/11/2018 16:23:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1002186

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Discretionary Housing Payments: North Lincolnshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 5 November to Question 907432, how much discretionary housing payment was (a) awarded to and (b) spent by North Lincolnshire Council in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	188225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the amount awarded to and spent by North Lincolnshire Council in Discretionary Housing Payments in the last 3 financial years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Awarded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spent</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£240,930</p></td><td><p>£39,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£294,816</p></td><td><p>£50,735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£395,413</p></td><td><p>£84,105</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Figures on the amount of Discretionary Housing Payments awarded to and spent by Local Authorities are available:</p><p><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/11/2018 14:41:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

999601

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Poverty: Children
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 effect of the full roll out of universal credit on the number of children living in poverty in (a) the UK, (b) the north east, (c) Northumberland and (d) Wansbeck constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	187025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment of the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>However, Universal Credit is designed to help people out of poverty. In line with this strategy, Universal Credit is designed to strengthen incentives for parents to move into and progress in work, and it is working. Universal Credit claimants move into work faster and spend more time looking for work.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Universal Credit provides improved support for childcare for parents, enabling them to reclaim up to 85% of their eligible childcare costs, which is expected to help 500,000 additional families at a cost of around £350m per year.</p><p> </p><p>Further improvements to UC were also announced in the Budget. For example, work allowance rates will be increased by £1000 from April 2019, directing additional support to some of the most vulnerable low paid working families. A two-week run-on of legacy benefits was also announced, enabling claimants to continue to receive Jobseekers’ Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, or Income Support for the first fortnight of a Universal Credit claim, with no need to pay back the overlap.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2018 15:52:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

999619

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of welfare and benefits fraud committed by serious and organised criminals in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	187088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/11/2018 10:20:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

999667

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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: Contracts
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 31 October 2018 to Question 184391 on Department for Work and Pensions: Contracts, how many contracts her Department has issued with any such clauses in each of the past three years; what proportion of those contracts have been breached; and what sanctions her Department has in place in the event that the clause is breached.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	186963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>In the last three years the Department has awarded 366 contracts. Management information on this type of provision is not readily available however the appropriate form of this type of standard provision is widely used in contracts across both the public and private sector.</p><p> </p><p>In the event of any contractual breach the Department would pursue a range of remedies depending on the severity. Remedies range from formal remediation plans, through financial redress to termination of the contract.</p><p> </p><p>To date the Department does not have any instances where a breach of the referenced terms has been pursued.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2018 15:45:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

999148

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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, what assessment he has made of the effect of universal credit on the funding available to providers of accommodation through the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Neither DWP nor MHCLG collect data on how Local Authorities fund Severe Weather Emergency Protocol so are unable to comment on any impact Universal Credit may have on funding.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/11/2018 10:29:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999193

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
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 30 October 2018 to Question 182229 on Children: Maintenance, if she will publish those same figures for Inverclyde constituency.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	186382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of paying parents with any unpaid maintenance, and the corresponding amount of money outstanding of such unpaid maintenance as of June 2018 for the constituency of Inverclyde are outlined in the table below. This includes all paying parents with unpaid maintenance regardless of whether there is an ongoing maintenance liability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Number of paying parents with unpaid maintenance</p></td><td><p>Amount of unpaid maintenance (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>230,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Paying parents are rounded to the nearest 10; unpaid maintenance is rounded to the nearest £10,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/11/2018 10:26:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

999292

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for each available year, under the Child Maintenance Service, how many claims from a non-resident parent for a recalculation of maintenance as a result of a change in the income of that parent were (a) received; and (b) successful in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	186376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of claims to the Child Maintenance service made by non-resident parents with regards to recalculation of maintenance as a result of a change in their income in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 are outlined in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The table also includes the proportion of claims that were successful in each year.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of successful claims in each year does not directly relate to the number of claims made in that year, as claims completed in one year could include claims made in the previous year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Number of claims with regards to recalculation of maintenance as a result of a paying parent’s change in income</p></td><td><p>Percentage of successful claims with regards to recalculation of maintenance as a result of a paying parent’s change in income</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>73500</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>88500</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 (YTD)</p></td><td><p>82400</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Note</p><p>YTD: The 2018 figures are year to date figures.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/11/2018 13:05:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

999310

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees relating to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	186205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Since July 2016 the Department has not incurred any costs as a result of consultancy fees relating to the UK leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/11/2018 12:27:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett