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419584

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2015 to Question 228133, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 748 and pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2015 to Question 9414, why information on the number of hardship applications and the amount claimed in hardship payments will now no longer be available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	10657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of hardship applications and awards is available and will be published. Information on how much has been claimed in hardship payments is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/10/2015 15:52:36 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

419586

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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 Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reasonable adjustments will be made to support any disabled young person required to attend boot camp to prepare for employment under the Earn or Learn policy.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	10670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>From April 2017, we will be introducing the new Youth Obligation for Universal Credit (UC) claimants aged 18-21 who will be expected and supported to look for work. This new programme of support will help young people develop skills and experience to get and keep work.</p><p>The first three weeks of this will be a Work Coach led Intensive Activity Period (IAP), where young people on the Youth Obligation will complete a set curriculum of activity designed to help establish them as effective full time job-seekers straight away and support them into work as soon as possible.</p><p>Any requirements placed on claimants through the Youth Obligation will be reasonable and tailored to their individual needs and capabilities, taking into consideration any health condition they may have.</p><p>We will set out our policy design for disabled young people under the Youth Obligation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/10/2015 15:31:29 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

419589

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Universal Credit
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 16 September 2015 to Question 10000, whether the milestone set in autumn 2014 of reaching 100,000 universal credit claims by May 2015 was achieved; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	10591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Universal Credit programme has hit, or is on target to achieve, all of the milestones the Secretary of State set out in Autumn 2014.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/10/2015 15:55:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

419590

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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 Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to disabled young people who are required to take traineeships or unpaid work experience under the Earn or Learn policy.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	10672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Jobcentre Plus will help meet the costs of any reasonable adjustments where appropriate to enable the young person to participate in a work experience placement. Certain expenses, such as child care costs and travel can also be reimbursed.</p><p>Young people participating in a traineeship can qualify for existing financial support, including the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, Free Meals, and Learning and Learner Support funding for 19 to 24 year olds. Access to Work is also available for the work experience placement of their traineeship if they have a disability or health condition that affects their ability to do a job, or means they have to pay extra work-related costs.</p><p>Any policy changes under the Youth Obligation will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/10/2015 15:48:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

419174

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
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	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average proportion of income spent by parents on childcare in (a) the UK and (b) London in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	10521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the average proportion of income spent by parents on childcare in the UK and London in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/10/2015 14:35:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

418846

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	International Labour Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the UK's membership of the International Labour Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	10328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We continue to support the ILO’s work and actively engage with the ILO to ensure that it can offer effective policy solutions that address the employment issues and challenges of an increasingly globalised economy.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/09/2015 11:39:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

418982

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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: Brighton
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 received an assessment for both employment and support allowance and personal independence payment in (a) 2014 and (b) the first six months of 2015 in Brighton and Hove local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	10287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/10/2015 14:13:42 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

418986

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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: Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments in connection with claims for employment and support allowance have been carried out in (a) Inverclyde, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	10296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A total of 5,100 work capability assessments were carried out in Inverclyde; 221,900 in Scotland, and; 1,914,000 in Britain between April 2013 and March 2015. All figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. The assessments include Employment and Support Allowance initial assessments, repeat assessments and Incapacity Benefit reassessments.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/09/2015 11:06:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

418987

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Universal Credit: Inverclyde
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when universal credit will be rolled out in Inverclyde constituency.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	10297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>Inverclyde is part of our Tranche 3 roll out schedule which runs from September 2015 to November 2015 and goes live on 12 October 2015.</p><p> </p><p>More information can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/09/2015 11:01:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

418988

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Habitual Residence Test
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK citizens have been unsuccessful in claiming jobseeker's allowance since January 2014 because they did not meet the criteria for the habitual residence test.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	10298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Statistical information regarding the habitual residence test is intended for publication at a future date.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/09/2015 11:35:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield