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773871

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Departments use the GOV.UK Verify service.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	108785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Gov.uk Verify is currently used by 6 government departments and agencies to provide secure digital access to 14 services. These are provided by the DVSA, DVLA, HMRC, DWP, BEIS and DEFRA. The full list of services accessible through GOV.UK Verify is published on the GOV.UK website and is regularly updated.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/10/2017 13:04:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

774117

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the visits to GOV.UK Verify are for the purpose of accessing his Department's services.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	108784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p><strong>Between Monday 2 January and Sunday 15 October, there were 3,384,342 visits to GOV.UK Verify. Out of these 338,438 (10%) visits were for Check Your State Pension and 387,046 for Universal Credit (11.4%). There were a total of 725,484 visits (21.4%) for DWP and Pensions services.</strong></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/11/2017 14:33:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

774122

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of site visits, from a verified account, which start on GOV.UK verify which are successful in accessing a service.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	108844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>‘Success’ in this context is measured as the percentage of people with a verified identity who are then ‘matched’ with the departmental service they are attempting to access. Matching ensures that the user is shown the correct record within the service. Between January and August 2017, the matching success rate was 88%.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/10/2017 12:52:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

715802

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to his Department was of R v SSWP UK SC 0029/2016.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	70010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The appeal of R (on the application of Rutherford and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was heard with six other appeals in the Supreme Court, therefore separate figures for individual appeals are not available. The legal costs incurred by the Department in respect of the Supreme Court proceedings for Rutherford and the other joined appeals are approximately £219,500.</p><p> </p><p>This figure includes VAT where payable (for example on Counsel’s fees) and disbursements but does not include costs attributable to time spent by Government advisory lawyers, as time spent by such advisory lawyers is not recorded in a manner that allows it to be attributable to individual appeals.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also paid £50,000 to the Rutherfords in respect of their legal costs in the proceedings up to and including the Supreme Court and a further payment will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/04/2017 15:20:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

715178

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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: 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, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department arising from the application of the under-occupancy penalty in each of the last four financial years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	69693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Estimated savings for Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy were published at Budget 2013 as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 - £465 million</p><p>2014/15 - £465 million</p><p>2015/16 - £465 million</p><p>2016/17 - £470 million</p><p>2017/18 - £470 million</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 69695 question first answered 18/04/2017 14:06:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

715179

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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: 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, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department arising from the application of the under-occupancy penalty in the current financial year and each of the next three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	69695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Estimated savings for Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy were published at Budget 2013 as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 - £465 million</p><p>2014/15 - £465 million</p><p>2015/16 - £465 million</p><p>2016/17 - £470 million</p><p>2017/18 - £470 million</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 69693 question first answered 18/04/2017 14:06:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

710917

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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, how many (a) prosecutions for misrepresentation and (b) referrals to HM Revenue and Customs for tax and fraud have occurred in connection with Child Maintenance Support cases since the specialist Financial Investigation Unit was introduced into the 2012 child maintenance scheme.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	67807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>As at March 2017 we have not yet completed prosecution action on any Child Maintenance Service (CMS) cases for misrepresentation, however there are 678 cases where we have taken formal investigative action to confirm representations of income. Of these we have conducted 10 interviews under caution with a further 25 scheduled, some of which may result in prosecution. Since the Financial Investigation Unit was introduced to the CMS there have been 38 referrals to HM Revenue and Customs where we believe there to be evidence of fraud.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/03/2017 14:42:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

711109

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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, when he plans for the referral process by which Child Maintenance Service (CMS) caseworkers can refer new CMS cases and complaints cases to the Financial Investigation Unit to be extended to cover all child maintenance cases.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	67802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The full rollout of this process to all Child Maintenance Service teams is on track to complete by June 2017 and at that stage will cover all stages of the Child Maintenance lifecycle, from Applications through to Enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/03/2017 14:38:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

711112

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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, whether his Department's evaluation of the work of the Financial Investigation Unit in dealing with child maintenance cases within the New Case and Complaints areas of the Child Maintenance Service has been completed.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	67801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The pilot is on course to complete in the Spring. We are currently reviewing the empirical evidence to determine how this can best be shared publicly however we have already decided to rollout the process to all teams within the Child Maintenance Service.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/03/2017 14:17:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

686243

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
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	Bereavement Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to publish an updated impact assessment for plans to replace bereavement benefits with bereavement support payments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	63529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department published an impact assessment in 2014 that contained a very detailed analysis of the Bereavement Support Payment which was introduced by the Pensions Act 2014.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/02/2017 16:49:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams