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819824

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Jobcentres: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will carry out an assessment of the potential effect of the closure of Maryhill and Possilpark Jobcentre on levels of poverty in the area served by those jobcentres.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	121896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to assess poverty levels in connection with closures of individual sites such as Maryhill Jobcentre.</p><p> </p><p>I would stress that the office mergers are not about reducing services but about taking the opportunity to stop spending money on empty space so we can spend more on supporting those in need. The face-to-face support our work coaches offer at jobcentres will continue to be a core part of the service we deliver.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>National statistics on the number of individuals in relative low income are set out in DWP’s annual ‘Households Below Average Income’ publication. Latest 3-year estimates for Scotland in 2013/14 - 2015/16 show the rate of individuals in low income households at 15%, before housing costs. The number and proportion of individuals in relative low income is not available at a local authority or constituency level because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography. Estimates to 2016/17 have been pre-announced to be published in March 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/01/2018 17:21:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

819887

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 her Department has made by (a) recipient of each such payment, (b) purpose of each such payment, (c) value of each such payment and (d) reason that payment was classified as fruitless in the 2017-18 financial year to date.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	121959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>For 2017/18 that information is not yet available but will be disclosed when the Department publishes its 2017/18 Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/01/2018 13:52:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

819998

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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: Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on housing benefit for people living in refuge accommodation in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	122070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/01/2018 13:53:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

818994

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Jobcentres: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of reports of abuse and harassment of staff at jobcentres by location over the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	121671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>DWP takes any form of abuse and harassment of its staff by customers and claimants very seriously and has robust controls in place to mitigate the risk of Unacceptable Customer Behaviour (UCB), nonetheless there will be occasions when it does unfortunately occur. We encourage our people to report each and every instance of unacceptable behaviour and we do take action against the perpetrator, with measures proportionate to the seriousness of the incident.</p><p> </p><p>Information collected includes:</p><ul><li>Details of Customer/Claimant details</li><li>Events leading to Incident and location of incident</li><li>Incident Category (Actual, Attempted, Verbal Assault, Threat, Written and Other)</li><li>Incident Type (depending on category) but can include Face to Face, Telephone, Object Thrown. If Verbal Abuse / Threat then Abuse type (Ageist, Cultural, Disability, Emotional, Gender, Personal, Racist, Sexual) may also be recorded</li><li>A narrative of the incident</li></ul> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/01/2018 17:09:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

819044

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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 Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on low-income families in different local authorities of the devolution of control over the Social Fund; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 have allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help.</p><p> </p><p>Our 2014 review found that local authorities delivered support more effectively than the previous provision under the Social Fund, and that local authorities are best placed to ensure help is targeted at those who need it most, alongside their other local services.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/01/2018 15:35:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

818754

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pension, how many and what proportion of his Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) collected or (b) collated centrally.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	121518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has answered 19 written parliamentary questions explaining that the requested information was not available on the grounds of it not being collected or held centrally, out of a total of 1986 parliamentary questions that have been answered. This figure includes some that were partially answered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/01/2018 11:27:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

818786

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Jobcentre Plus: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to provide training to JobCentre staff to support refugees.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Jobcentre Plus staff are trained to consider a person's circumstances and to tailor support according to their individual needs. Staff complete claimant awareness training that covers a wide range of claimant circumstances including refugees. Staff also have access to information on services and support available in their local area for vulnerable claimants including refugees.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/01/2018 15:27:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818788

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on ensuring that newly recognised refugees receive the first payment of universal credit within 28 days of their application.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>DWP and the Home Office have recently introduced a supported handover process to assist newly recognised refugees needing assistance to claim benefits. This enables those participating in the process to access benefits by the end of the 28 day move on period, either through their claim to legacy benefits being processed by day 28, or through the offer of an advance payment of benefit that is made at their work-focused interview if they are being considered for Universal Credit. New claimants can already receive an advance of up to 50% of their estimated entitlement and this will increase to 100% later this month. Their repayment period may also move from six months to 12 months accordingly.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/01/2018 15:30:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

816811

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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: Equal Pay
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 transparency document entitled Department for Work and Pensions: Gender Pay Gap Report 2017, if he will set out the pay gap data for median, mean and bonus pay by (a) each specific grade and (b) profession.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p><strong>In response to a) each specific grade</strong></p><p> </p><p>DWP published its Gender Pay Gap report showing an overall mean pay gap of 5.3%. As set out within the narrative of the report DWP is working hard towards reducing this pay gap further.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Across our more junior grades we are transforming our pay structures, moving towards a single rate of pay within each grade, which currently results in a mean gender pay gap of 0.4% across grades AA-HEO. This will reduce even further as we start to reach these spot rates by 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The gender pay gap by grade is set out below. A ‘negative’ percentage represents a pay gap in favour of women.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Gender Pay Gap</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median Gender Pay Gap</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>-0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>-1.5%</p></td><td><p>-3.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>-0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DWP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.0%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Payment of non-consolidated awards (bonuses) are paid in accordance with HMT and Civil Service pay guidance criteria.</p><p> </p><p>For delegated grades, end of year non-consolidated awards are paid dependent on an individual’s grade and performance:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Achieved Award</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceeded Award</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>£450</p></td><td><p>£550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>£500</p></td><td><p>£625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>£500</p></td><td><p>£750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>£500</p></td><td><p>£800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>£600</p></td><td><p>£850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>£600</p></td><td><p>£1,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>£600</p></td><td><p>£1,450</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For SCS colleagues end of year non-consolidated awards are paid dependent on Band and performance with awards going to the top 25% performers:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Award amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS 1</p></td><td><p>£10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS 2</p></td><td><p>£12,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS 3</p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS 4</p></td><td><p>£17,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>In response to b) professions</strong></p><p>The Department is not able to break down this level of information by profession which is not directly held within our Resource system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/01/2018 15:35:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816915

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department decided against the introduction of a transitional protection period for people claiming support for mortgage interest after April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	121342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Support for mortgage interest provides protection for home owners from the threat of repossession. The new loan scheme will provide exactly the same level of support and, thus, exactly the same level of protection against repossession. Claimants and mortgage lenders will not see any difference in the payments they receive and so there is no need to make any general transitional provisions.</p><p> </p><p>Some specific transitional provisions have been put in place which will allow for existing benefit payments to remain in place for a temporary period. These will apply if there are administrative delays in migrating some claimants to the new scheme or where there are difficulties in appointing someone to act on the claimant’s behalf.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/01/2018 12:33:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel