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222659

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people expected to claim universal credit who have never previously used the internet.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	224637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Over 90% of new claims are being made on line and all of our Jobcentres have computers available for claimants to access the internet and Wi-Fi.</p><p> </p><p>As noted in the Government’s statement on assisted digital services in December 2013 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-approach-to-assisted-digital" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-approach-to-assisted-digital</a>) people will continue to be supported in interacting with the government even if they are unable to access services online, and we offer claimants the option to claim Universal Credit via telephone or in person.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 25/02/2015 12:06:19 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

179703

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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, what representations he has received from local authorities engaged in the accelerated rollout of universal credit to their areas from February 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	224389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As part of the national roll out of Universal Credit (UC) which I announced on 12 October 2014, officials from my Department are in discussions with Local Authorities (LA) and their representative bodies across Great Britain including the Local Government Association, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Welsh Local Government Association in taking UC forward.</p><p> </p><p>Senior Representatives jointly consider matters in the Partnership Forum, and in the Universal Support Task Force and most recently the Implementation and Expansion Sub Group.</p><p> </p><p>These discussions include; agreeing go-live dates, managing communications, discussion on level of support LAs can provide to UC claimants and associated costs. All Representations from LAs are being managed at a local level during the course of these discussions.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister for Welfare Reform has engaged with the local government sector including holding regular meetings with Councillor David Sparks, chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/02/2015 16:59:04 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

179707

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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, on what criteria his Department compiled the list of people and organisations to whom his Department's consultation, Universal Credit data sharing between his Department and local support providers, published on 10 December 2014, was initially sent.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	224467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This was an open consultation hosted on GOV.UK, to which anyone, individual or organisation could respond. DWP also sent it to organisations with whom we have been working to develop proposals for local support.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/02/2015 17:08:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

179355

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Vaccination: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vaccine damage payments have been awarded in each year since 2003.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Russell Brown
uin	224334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>The number of Vaccine Damage Payments made each year since 2003:</p><p>2002/03 5</p><p>2003/04 5</p><p>2004/05 4</p><p>2005/06 5</p><p>2006/07 4</p><p>2007/08 2</p><p>2008/09 0</p><p>2009/10 3</p><p>2010/11 1</p><p>2011/12 0</p><p>2012/13 0</p><p>2013/14 0</p><p>2014/15 0</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 24/02/2015 13:06:03 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	588 label Biography information for Mr Russell Brown

179356

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	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, what steps he is taking to share information on personal independence payment claimants between his Department and social services departments in local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	224338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>A key part of the personal independence payment claims process is that claimants are able to tell the Department who is best placed to provide supporting evidence. Such evidence can come from a variety of sources, including social services, as well as GPs, community nurses, family members and carers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of continuous improvement, the Department will continue to work with other areas of the public sector, including local authorities, to improve this information sharing process to ensure the best possible outcomes for claimants. The Government is also considering the recommendation by Paul Gray in his independent review of the PIP assessment to explore the potential for wider sharing of information, and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/02/2015 17:06:15 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

179361

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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, what representations he has received from Jobcentre Plus staff, working on Universal Credit in jobcentres where it has been rolled out, about technical and communications problems associated with Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	224297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department routinely seeks and receives insight from Work Coaches and other front-line staff on all aspects of DWP operations.</p><p> </p><p>We use this feedback to ensure our services are operating at an optimal level.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/02/2015 17:44:48 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

178846

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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	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 living in council and housing association properties in each local authority in Lancashire have been subject to the underoccupancy penalty since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	224135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Housing Benefit recipients affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy in each Local Authority in Lancashire: as at November 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>578</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chorley</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>645</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fylde</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyndburn</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pendle</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,238</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ribble Valley</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rossendale</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Ribble</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>445</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>988</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>424</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE), via Stat-Xplore</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1. This data is point in time for those HB claimants as at the second Thursday in November 2014, which is the latest available. A cumulative figure is therefore not available.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>2. Cells in this table have had statistical disclosure control applied to avoid the release of confidential data.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-housing-benefit-claimants-and-average-weekly-spare-room-subsidy-amount-withdrawal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-housing-benefit-claimants-and-average-weekly-spare-room-subsidy-amount-withdrawal</a></p><p> </p><p>This information is also available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 25/02/2015 17:24:23 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

179061

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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, what processes his Department has agreed to enable housing associations to be informed when tenants migrate to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	223967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 came into force on 13 February 2015 and enable the Department to inform social landlords whenever one of their tenants makes a claim for, or receives an award of, Universal Credit (UC) with housing costs, for the purposes of enabling social landlords to assess which UC claimants may need advice, support or assistance in relation to managing their financial affairs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will write to social landlords when a tenant makes a claim for UC, or when a UC claimant becomes a tenant of theirs and the Department has confirmed the tenancy details. The letter will identify the tenant and confirm the date that UC has been claimed from. The information sharing with social landlords through these regulations is aimed at maximising relevant support for vulnerable UC claimants, including enabling social landlords to request Alternative Payment Arrangements (APA) for vulnerable claimants if needed. The Department’s proposals for sharing information with social landlords were published for public consultation last year. Apart from the public consultation, we have also been working closely with local authorities and representatives from the housing organisations in developing our plans for delivering this data sharing.</p><p> </p><p>This data sharing is being implemented on a test and learn basis, and initially being introduced from 16 February 2015 in areas where UC has been rolled out nationally for single people.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 25/02/2015 12:20:02 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

179065

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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, what the average time taken from an application for reconsideration of an employment and support allowance decision to a decision being made on that case was in each month since October 2013.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	223978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The latest information available is provided in Table 2.1 in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mandatory-reconsiderations-of-dwp-benefit-decisions-data-to-october-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mandatory-reconsiderations-of-dwp-benefit-decisions-data-to-october-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/02/2015 11:39:46 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

179070

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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, with reference to paragraph 13 of his Department's impact assessment of universal credit, published in December 2012, what his latest estimate is of the potential increase in social security payments arising from the introduction of universal credit due to changes in entitlement rules and increased take-up.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	223945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave her on 9 February 2015, <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons&amp;uin=223271" target="_blank">UIN223271- 223274. </a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/02/2015 17:35:18 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves