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416149

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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	Unemployment: Young People
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 plans to take to reduce youth unemployment.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	901150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Youth unemployment has fallen 200,000 since 2010 and the youth claimant count has fallen for 44 consecutive months, to its lowest level since the 1970s.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at the Summer Budget, from 2017 we are introducing the Youth Obligation, a new package of support for most 18-21 year olds on Universal Credit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:07:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

416867

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 implications for his policies of the statistics on people who died after claiming employment and support allowance published by his Department on 27 August 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	901163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Whilst any death is extremely distressing for the family no causal link whatsoever can be made between the likelihood of dying and the fact that someone is claiming benefits.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 901169 question first answered 07/09/2015 16:17:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

416868

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to young people seeking work.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Mims Davies
uin	901166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave today to Oral Question UIN 901156.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:32:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies

416870

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 implications for his policies of the statistics on people who died after claiming employment and support allowance published by his Department on 27 August 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	901169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Whilst any death is extremely distressing for the family no causal link whatsoever can be made between the likelihood of dying and the fact that someone is claiming benefits.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 901163 question first answered 07/09/2015 16:17:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

416871

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to tackle youth unemployment.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	901167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Youth unemployment has fallen 200,000 since 2010 and the youth claimant count has fallen for 44 consecutive months, to its lowest level since the 1970s.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at the Summer Budget, from 2017 we are introducing the Youth Obligation, a new package of support for most 18-21 year olds on Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:35:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

391908

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Bethnal Green and Bow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers have been sanctioned in Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	8241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is published at</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>:</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:07:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

391912

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he consulted the Children's Commissioner for England on the redefinition of measures of child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	8314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On November 2012, the Coalition Government published <em>Measuring Child Poverty: A consultation on better measures of child poverty. </em>The public consultation launched on 15 November 2012 and closed on 15 February 2013. The Children’s Commissioner for England responded to the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Secretary of State met with the Children’s Commissioner for England in 2012/13 to discuss child poverty.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 15:56:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

391542

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Universal Credit: Scotland
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 number of people in Scotland who will be claiming universal credit in April (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	8002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is not setting targets for numbers in receipt of Universal Credit because numbers will vary according to factors such as economic circumstances and the behavioural change of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:20:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

391549

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Children: Poverty
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 Clause 4 of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, what steps he plans to take to ensure that incidence of children living in poverty in households where at least one adult in work is recorded and reported.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	8054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Clause 4 of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill intends to place a new duty on the Secretary of State to report annually on children in workless households and the educational attainment of children.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:11:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

391037

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to publish the next edition of the Low Income Dynamics analysis.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	7837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is currently analysing the first four waves of the new Understanding Society survey in order to produce an updated Low Income Dynamics publication. We will pre-announce the timing of the publication in line with National Statistics Codes of Practice at the appropriate stage in this analysis.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:35:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead