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429155

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date	18/11/2015
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 study entitled 'First, do no harm': are disability assessments associated with adverse trends in mental health? A longitudinal ecological study, published in November 2015 in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department will study the report. However, as the authors make clear, their report does not show a causal link between the Incapacity Benefit reassessment process and rates of suicide, mental ill-health or use of anti-depressants.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/11/2015 09:47:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

428406

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
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: Older 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 is planning to enable more people aged over 50 to gain employment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>DWP will continue to challenge people’s outdated perception about older workers, and build on the work started by Business Champion for Older Workers to actively promote the business case and benefits of employing older workers, seeking to engage and influence both strategically and in terms of practical advice.</p><br /><p>Jobcentre Plus continues to use a range of innovative approaches to help claimants back to work. Work Coaches have the flexibility to offer all claimants, including older people, a comprehensive menu of help which includes skills provision and job search support.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/11/2015 10:28:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

420802

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
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	Taxation: Married 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 16 July 2015 to Question 7643, what estimate he has made of the number of single earner married couples where the earner is a basic rate taxpayer in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/10/2015 12:00:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418990

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure that absentee fathers are financially responsible for their dependent children.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The new statutory child maintenance scheme (“the 2012 Scheme” - administered by the Child Maintenance Service) has a number of key features designed to ensure that non-resident parents meet their financial responsibilities to their children. <br></p><p>For example, the 2012 Scheme uses tax data taken directly from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, addressing challenges around ensuring that the child maintenance calculation is based on accurate earnings information. The scheme also enables swifter identification and follow-up of those non-resident parents who fail to pay their child maintenance. <br></p><p>Where non-resident parents fail to meet their liabilities, there are a range of enforcement powers; for example, child maintenance can be taken directly from bank accounts and wages; non-resident parents are subject to charges for any enforcement action taken against them; and the Government has also introduced a new power to disclose non-compliance to credit reference agencies.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for the Child Maintenance Service in Great Britain, in Northern Ireland Child Maintenance is administered by the Department for Social Development.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/09/2015 12:25:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon