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765467

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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, what his policy is on charges by the Child Maintenance Service when claimants are required to transfer their cases from the Child Support Agency.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	106369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Reforms are designed to support parents to make collaborative child maintenance arrangements where possible. This is why cases within the Child Support Agency are being closed rather than automatically moved to the Child Maintenance Service; at this point parents have the ability to choose the statutory service or make a family based arrangement. Applications to the Child Maintenance Service are subject to an application fee (except where domestic violence is reported) and on-going charges for collect and pay. The Child Maintenance Options service supports parents to make the right choice about child maintenance for their individual circumstances; this may be outside the statutory scheme through a family based arrangement. Our review of charging and its impact was published in August 2017.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2017 15:31:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

765602

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Supported Housing: Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who moved into supported housing in 2016-17 are eligible for housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	106203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not currently collect administrative data on the number of people who are eligible for housing benefit and who moved into supported housing in 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>Developing a workable and sustainable funding model for supported housing is a priority for the Government. We will set out further details on the Government’s plans later in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2017 15:59:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

765612

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on administration of discretionary housing benefit; and what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effectiveness of delivery of that benefit to those most in need.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	106250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Discretionary Housing Payment fund is not a benefit, but is available to people in receipt of either Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit if they need further financial help with housing costs. This includes helping with such things as rent deposits and removal costs as well as mitigating the impact of welfare reform.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These payments are discretionary and are made by local authorities who have a duty to act fairly and reasonably when considering applications. The Department does however provide on line guidance to Local Authorities in England and Wales. Local authorities also provide voluntary monitoring returns to the Department twice yearly on how these payments have been allocated. Details of the 2016/17 End of Year statistical monitoring returns can be found below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576787/discretionary-housing-payments-guide.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576787/discretionary-housing-payments-guide.pdf</strong></a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2017 15:27:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

766147

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Veterans: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 9663, if he will set out the measures that his Department has implemented to improve access to benefits and employment for former members of the armed services.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	105983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) officials play an active part in the Armed Forces Covenant Reference Group, which brings together officials from across Government with a number of Armed Forces Service organisations. DWP also has a nominated Armed Forces Advocate who is responsible for ensuring that the needs of service personnel, their families and veterans are supported and treated fairly. In Great Britain, DWP has put in place a number of measures to improve access to benefits and employment and to take account of the particular challenges some former members of the Armed Forces might face. These include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Every Jobcentre Plus District has an “Armed Forces Champion”, who works with the Career Transition Partnership, and also links with providers and charities giving specialist support, such as the Royal British Legion.</li><li>DWP has ensured that War Disablement Pensions and guaranteed income payments made under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme will be fully disregarded in calculating an award of Universal Credit.</li><li>Receipt of Armed Forces Compensation Scheme Guaranteed Income Payments, and War Pension Scheme payments, exempt a recipient and household from the benefit cap.</li><li>Working with the Ministry of Defence we introduced the Armed Forces Independence Payment to provide financial support to service personnel and veterans seriously injured as a result of service to cover the extra costs they may have as a result of their injury.</li><li>DWP uses Service Medical Board evidence where it can so a severely disabled person doesn’t have to undergo additional examinations for Employment and Support Allowance purposes.</li><li>Early entry to the new Health and Work Programme where appropriate.</li></ul> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2017 15:24:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

760620

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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: Hemsworth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data the UK Statistics Authority holds on the level of (a) poverty and (b) in-work poverty in Hemsworth constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>National Statistics on the number of individuals in relative and absolute low income are available in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication. The numbers of individuals in low income, or in work and in low income, are not available at constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this level of geography.</p><p> </p><p>Latest estimates from the Households below average income survey can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Chapter 3 holds regional information on individuals.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2017 15:55:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760757

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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: Cybersecurity
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 12 September 2017 to Question 8045, on Department for Work and Pensions: cybercrime, how many and what proportion of firms have a Cyber Essentials qualification; and whether that qualification is a requirement for delivering work procured by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The number (and proportion) of suppliers holding the Cyber Essentials qualification is not recorded as a specific qualification criterion by DWP.</p><p> </p><p>The Department assures each contract on a case by case basis and applies relevant security controls pertinent to the type of services being delivered and the information assets involved. In many cases the security requirements are significantly more robust than those requested within the Cyber essentials scheme.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/10/2017 17:28:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760758

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Local Housing Allowance
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 on the effect of universal credit on the applicable rate of local housing allowance for claimants.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	105214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>No representations have been received on the effect of universal credit on the current local housing allowance scheme.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/10/2017 12:33:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

760760

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7282, on Department for Work and Pensions: correspondence, how many contracts are with private sector suppliers; who those suppliers are; what the value is of each of those contracts; and what part of his Department's correspondence process those contracts relate to.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>DWP have contracts with 2 private sector suppliers,</p><p>Xerox (UK) Limited and Engie UK &amp; Ireland.</p><p>Xerox (UK) Limited annual contract valuation is £5 million, Engie is £13.5million.</p><p>These contacts relate to incoming &amp; onward mail processing and handling for the Authority</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/10/2017 17:32:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760762

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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: Self-employed
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 change the housing benefit criteria for small business owners so that only the owner's income is taken into account in the first year of the business making a profit.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	105145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>As Housing Benefit is an income-related benefit, regard is normally had to all forms of income, including from self-employment, when assessing entitlement. The net profit figure used in the calculation of Housing Benefit is obtained by deducting any expenses wholly and exclusively incurred for the purpose of the employment, from the gross receipts of the business. This includes capital and interest repayments on loans used to replace existing equipment and machinery. The value of the assets of a business is disregarded when calculating a person’s capital while the business is continuing. No income is taken into account where there are no net profits.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that the current rules are working in accordance with the policy intention and there are no plans to amend them.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/10/2017 12:35:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

760763

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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 Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on his Department's policies of the findings of the Social Mobility Commission report, Time for change: an assessment of Government policies on social mobility 1997-2017, published on 28 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	105119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to creating a country where everyone has the chance to go as far as their talents and hard work will take them. This includes taking action that will make a meaningful difference to the lives of the most disadvantaged children and families. This requires an approach that goes beyond the safety net provided by the welfare system to tackle the root causes of child poverty and disadvantage, so that everyone has the chance to realise their potential. <br></p><p>We know that children living in workless families are significantly more disadvantaged, and achieve poorer long-term outcomes than other children, including those living in lower-income working families. And despite record levels of employment, around 1 in 8 children across the UK live in workless families. <br></p><p>We are therefore taking action to ensure that workless families who face additional, complex barriers have the support they need to help them move on with their lives. <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, published on 4 April, provided a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/10/2017 17:35:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah