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795671

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Pensioners: Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend Bereavement Support Payments to people above the state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
uin	116025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Many working age people are unprepared for the significant financial impact immediately following a bereavement. Thus Bereavement Support Payment is intended to provide short-term financial support for a bereaved spouse or civil partner following premature death during working life. This is a long-standing position in bereavement benefits which the Government has no plans to change.</p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/12/2017 16:58:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

795909

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Marriage Guidance
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 6 October 2017 to Question 105652 (a) how the £30 million made available for relationship support services between April 2017 and March 2020 has been allocated in 2017/18, (b) what the planned total investment in relationship support programmes was for 2018/19 and 2019/20 prior to the November 2017 Budget, (c) what additional funding the November 2017 Budget allocated to relationship support programmes, (d) what the planned total investment in relationship support programmes is for 2018/19 and 2019/20 following the November 2017 Budget and (e) whether government investing in relationship support programmes includes other projects to strengthen families an relationships in addition to the Reducing Parental Conflict Programme.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	116231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>We published Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families in April 2017 where we announced a spend of up to £30m to launch the new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme. Planned spend in 17/18 is £5.91m. Funding allocations to projects/business areas in future years are decided on an annual basis and are subject to internal prioritisation.</p><p>The funding that was announced as part of the 2017 Autumn Budget, safeguards £15m pa investment on relationship support/parental conflict in 18/19 and 19/20. DWP has no plans to fund other projects than those mentioned in the budget statement, however, strengthening families is a cross-government objective and other government departments will be able to confirm their own plans in this area.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 116233 question first answered 01/12/2017 17:04:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

795911

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Marriage Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned investment in relationship support programmes was for 2018-19 and 2019-20 prior to any changes announced in Autumn Budget 2017; what additional funding Autumn Budget 2017 allocated to relationship support programmes; what the planned total investment in relationship support programmes is for 2018-19 and 2019-20 as a result of Autumn Budget 2017; and whether that investment in relationship support programmes relates to (a) the Department for Work and Pensions' Reducing Parental Conflict Programme or (b) other programmes or projects intended to strengthen families and relationships.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	116233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>We published Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families in April 2017 where we announced a spend of up to £30m to launch the new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme. Planned spend in 17/18 is £5.91m. Funding allocations to projects/business areas in future years are decided on an annual basis and are subject to internal prioritisation.</p><p>The funding that was announced as part of the 2017 Autumn Budget, safeguards £15m pa investment on relationship support/parental conflict in 18/19 and 19/20. DWP has no plans to fund other projects than those mentioned in the budget statement, however, strengthening families is a cross-government objective and other government departments will be able to confirm their own plans in this area.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 116231 question first answered 01/12/2017 17:04:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

795377

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on Housing Benefit claims in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	115798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The information is already published and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/646032/hb-and-ctb-by-la-2016-17.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/646032/hb-and-ctb-by-la-2016-17.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/11/2017 12:26:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

795473

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Social Security Benefits: Databases
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 paragraph 6.18 of the Autumn Budget 2017, how much the Government plans to invest in better use of data to ensure that fraudulent and error-related payments are reduced; and over what period that investment will be made.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	115894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Autumn Budget 2017 announcement enables DWP to continue to make more effective use of HMRC’s Real Time Information data in respect of Housing Benefit and Carer’s Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to invest an additional £90m over a 5 year period beginning 2018/19 which will help identify earnings related fraud and error.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/11/2017 17:40:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

795475

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Social Security Benefits: Databases
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 paragraph 6.18 of the budget 2017, what the sources are of the data which the Government will invest in the better use of in order to ensure that fraudulent and error related payments are reduced.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	115896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>HMRC’s Real Time Information system collects PAYE information for wages and tax approved pension schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Budget 2017 provides funding so that Local Authorities (LAs) can continue to take part in the Tackling Earnings and Employment Fraud &amp; Error Scheme which has been running since 2015/16. The scheme supports LAs who use Real Time Information to identify fraud and error.</p><p> </p><p>Funding will increasingly allow LAs to action automated Real Time Information earnings alerts in real time.</p><p> </p><p>Automated Real Time Information alerts will in addition be rolled out to Carer’s Allowance in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/11/2017 17:36:51 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

795076

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
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 there is a backlog to implement a change of circumstance request made by a parent with care in respect of a non-resident parent for the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	115618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not regularly collate information relating specifically to changes raised by a Receiving Parent (formerly PWC) in respect of a Paying Parent (formerly NRP). The CMS is able to provide information on all change of circumstance requests (those requested by paying or receiving parents) and this is held in the table below.</p><p>The average clearance time has increased over time as CMS caseload has increased. The data reported excludes those cases belonging to the CSA Scheme, as these cases are characteristically quite different and do not reflect the performance of the CMS</p><p>Scheme. The data available begins in November 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Average Clearance Time (Calendar Days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-15</p></td><td><p>6.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-15</p></td><td><p>6.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-16</p></td><td><p>7.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-16</p></td><td><p>7.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-16</p></td><td><p>7.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>8.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>8.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>9.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>9.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>11.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>11.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>10.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>11.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>11.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>12.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>13.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>13.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>15.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>16.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>16.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-17</p></td><td><p>16.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-17</p></td><td><p>16.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>16.69</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>CMS change requests require varying times to complete depending upon the nature and complexity of the request. There will always be an element of work on hand awaiting action.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/11/2017 12:23:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

794253

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to discontinue discretionary housing payments.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	115226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Discretionary housing payment funding is allocated to Local Authorities to help housing benefits recipients with both housing costs needs and the impact of housing welfare reforms.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Details of the Government’s plans to continue Discretionary Housing Payment funding for Great Britain to the end of the Spending Review Period were stated in the Summer Budget 2015.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/11/2017 16:23:01 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

794409

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	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, at what rate interest will be set on support for mortgage interest when that benefit becomes a loan rather than a grant in April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	115382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Interest will be charged on SMI loans based upon the cost of gilts as published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). This rate reflects the cost of Government borrowing. The Gilt Rate Forecast for 2018-19 is 1.5%, as specified in the latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook published on the 22<sup>nd</sup> November 2017 by the OBR.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/11/2017 16:27:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

794417

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will assess the potential merits of providing interest-free credit to people receiving certain benefits in order to avoid the use of rent-to-own schemes for household essentials.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	115390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>DWP currently provides interest-free loans for customers in receipt of income related benefits who satisfy certain eligibility conditions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Social Fund Budgeting Loans are interest-free loans which are repayable from benefit awards. They are designed to help people who have been in receipt of a qualifying benefit for at least six months, with intermittent expenses that are considered difficult to budget for. The qualifying benefits are: Income Support, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, income-related Jobseeker’s Allowance, and Pension Credit. Universal Credit can be used as a qualifying benefit but only for claimants that migrate from Universal Credit to Pension Credit.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Budgeting Advances are available to Universal Credit claimants who have been in receipt of benefit for at least six months to help meet intermittent expenses, such as buying essential items like furniture or household equipment. These advances ensure that low income families, that have an emergency financial need and don’t have access to adequate savings or affordable loans, can access funding to meet the emergency.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/11/2017 11:55:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff