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386981

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the benefit cap on levels of homelessness in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In December 2014 DWP published a suite of evaluation reports available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation</a>. These found very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small number of capped households who have been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons (beyond the cap) for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 13:44:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387128

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates
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 contribution by the Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 10 June 2015, Official Report, column 136WH, on organophosphate sheep dip, in what ways the Health and Safety Executive made the report referred to in that contribution and its content publicly available.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	5192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs made reference to the 1991 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report that presented the findings of a 1990 survey of sheep dipping. The report was published by HSE as an internal document in May 1991.</p><p> </p><p>The report was discussed at a meeting of the then Health and Safety Commission’s Agricultural Industry Advisory Committee (AIAC) working group, Chemicals In Agriculture (ChemAg), on 10 July 1991. The ChemAg working group membership included HSE, the Confederation of British Industry, the Trades Union Congress and other industry organisations.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to say with certainty what wider dissemination of the report there was, however, the September 1991 version of HSE’s published advisory leaflet “Sheep Dipping, Protect your health” (see attached) gives advice about the measures necessary to use dips safely and reflects the findings of the 1990 survey.</p><p>The 1990 survey also proposed additional work to further quantify the problems identified. This work was referred to in a press release (attached), issued in July 1993 that sets out the poor practice identified on farms using sheep dips and gives a summary of the sheep dip study findings.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson attachment 1 file name Sheep Dipping - Protect Your Health - AS29 - 1991.pdf title Sheep Dipping, Protect your health 2 file name Press release issued in 1993 on HSE survey and summary of results (also ChemAg) agenda item.pdf title Press release question first answered 06/07/2015 14:07:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

387132

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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 proportion of families affected by the benefit cap placed in (a) temporary accommodation by a local authority and (b) other accommodation have moved into work.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of families affected by the benefit cap placed in (a) temporary accommodation by a local authority who have moved into work is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data on capped households in (b) other accommodation by family type, housing type and reason for moving off the benefit cap can be found on Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed at: <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 08/07/2015 09:22:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387133

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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: Lone Parents
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 lone parents with children affected by the benefit cap have a child under (a) one year old, (b) two years old, (c) three years old and (d) four years old.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>From April 2013 (when the benefit cap was introduced) to February 2015 (the latest available data) 32,680 lone parents with dependent children have been capped.</p><p> </p><p>Of these (a) 4,210 households (13%) have a child under one year old, (b) 9,520 households (29%) have a child under two years old, (c) 14,200 households (44%) have a child under three years old and (d) 18,270 households (56%) have a child aged under four years old, as at February 2015.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2015 10:40:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387134

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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, how many of the households affected by the household benefit cap are in (a) social housing, (b) temporary and emergency accommodation and (c) private tenancies (i) in the UK and (ii) in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Data on the number of households affected by the benefit cap that are in (a) social housing and (c) private tenancies in (i) the UK and (ii) in each region in the UK can be found on Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Data on the number of households affected by the benefit cap in (b) temporary and emergency accommodation is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 08:58:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387135

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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, how many and what proportion of families with children affected by the benefit cap have a child under (a) one year old, (b) two years old, (c) three years old and (d) four years old.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</del><ins class="ministerial">DWP statisticians are currently assessing the viability of publishing further age breakdowns for children in households subject to the benefit cap alongside suitable context and commentary. If the analyses prove to be sufficiently robust the results will be published at the earliest opportunity according to the Code of Practice for statistics.</ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 16:57:41 question first ministerially corrected 10/07/2015 11:42:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 11479 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387137

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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: Young People
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 15 June 2015 to Question 1696, what his timetable is for changing automatic entitlement to housing benefit for people aged 18 to 21.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	5083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>As set out in the 8<sup>th</sup> July’s budget, this policy will be introduced for certain new Universal Credit claims from April 2017. All claimants that are receiving Housing Benefit will not be affected by this policy.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/07/2015 10:07:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

387138

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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 targets for call answering times he has set for his Department's telephone line for use by disability living allowance claimants switching to personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>DWP Operations and the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Programme have developed detailed profiles for the anticipated increase in call volumes as full PIP Rollout progresses. Resource plans have been developed to manage the increase.</p><p>Our current performance management processes will support the ongoing review of profiles throughout rollout and allow us to adapt our plans as and when necessary.</p><p>Current departmental internal performance measures will continue to be applied to these calls and monitored in the same way as they are currently.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 5082 question first answered 08/07/2015 08:41:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

387139

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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 preparations his Department has made for changes in the number of telephone calls to the Department when disability living allowance claimants are transferred to personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>DWP Operations and the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Programme have developed detailed profiles for the anticipated increase in call volumes as full PIP Rollout progresses. Resource plans have been developed to manage the increase.</p><p>Our current performance management processes will support the ongoing review of profiles throughout rollout and allow us to adapt our plans as and when necessary.</p><p>Current departmental internal performance measures will continue to be applied to these calls and monitored in the same way as they are currently.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 5081 question first answered 08/07/2015 08:41:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff