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524056

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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
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 involve providers in the review of supported housing.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	40069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The DWP and DCLG jointly commissioned evidence review has included extensive consultation with local authorities, supported accommodation commissioners, and all categories of supported housing providers, including charities, housing associations, voluntary organisations and others from the commercial sector.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2016 10:56:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

524093

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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, what guidance he has issued to supported housing providers about funding following the absorption of housing benefit into universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	40064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department provides guidance for any changes made to Housing Benefit.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2016 10:59:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

523658

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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	Access to Work Programme: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Access to Work programme for young deaf people; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	39610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Access to Work continues to support deaf people and people with hearing loss. Access to Work has specialist teams including a dedicated team for deaf people and those with hearing loss to help customers and their employers with advice on adjustments, technological support and personal budgets which are currently being trialled.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people in general helped by Access to Work has grown in each of the three years to 2014/15 and are published quarterly here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/514468/access-to-work-statistics-to-dec-2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/514468/access-to-work-statistics-to-dec-2015.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2016 15:29:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

523659

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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	Health and Safety Executive: Finance
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 potential effect of reductions in funding for the Health and Safety Executive in the period to 2019-20 on occupational health and safety; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	39615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 May 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-05-19/37593" target="_blank">37593</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2016 10:50:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

522271

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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: Databases
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 loss of local authorities' access to housing benefit claim data on their ability to target services and support tenants effectively; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	38631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities are the data owners of Housing Benefit data. DWP shares customer data with local authorities in order for them to assess claims more effectively and quickly and to help them to keep claims right. We have contingency arrangements in place, should those interfaces fail.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/06/2016 14:59:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

517873

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
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 Rented 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 social housing tenants with spare bedrooms have had their housing benefit reduced due to the removal of the under-occupancy penalty in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	36698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/05/2016 15:04:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

517574

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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 Rented 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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2016, to Question 35962, what estimate he has made of the number of tenants with spare rooms who have moved to smaller accommodation following removal of the subsidy.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	36585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/05/2016 15:34:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

516366

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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 Rented 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, what the average reduction in benefits was for claimants subject to the under-occupancy penalty in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	35961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The average weekly reduction for claimants subject to the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy for each of the last three financial years was as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£14.42 in 2013/14;</li><li>£14.92 in 2014/15; and</li><li>£15.25 in 2015/16.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 16:09:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

516368

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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 Rented 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, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department arising from application of the under-occupancy penalty in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	35962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The estimated savings from the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy policy in each of the last three financial years is as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£490 million in 2013/14;</li><li>£525 million in 2014/15; and</li><li>£560 million in 2015/16.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 09:39:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

513113

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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, whether a bedroom which is currently unusable pending repairs by a social landlord is included by his Department in its assessment of whether a household under-occupying accommodation.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	34140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter between the claimant and the landlord and we would always advise claimants in this situation to contact their landlord in the first instance.</p><p> </p><p>Some landlords may choose to reduce the rent whilst the bedroom is uninhabitable others may not. The reduction that applies for under-occupation depends on whether the rent has been reduced to reflect that the property temporarily has one less bedroom.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/04/2016 16:06:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms