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date	25/10/2016
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	Child Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials of the Department for Work and Pensions on plans to exempt women who have a third or subsequent child as a result of rape from the Government's plan to limit tax credits to two children per family.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	50087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The government is aware that the exceptions to the policy to limit the child element in Universal Credit and the individual element in Child Tax Credit to a maximum of two children are sensitive. We contacted a number of organisations in August 2015 and met with several of those organisations in early 2016 to discuss the exceptions. Officials have also discussed this issue between government departments and at wider DWP and HMRC stakeholder meetings.</p><p>The government launched a consultation on 21 October 2016 to seek evidence and invite views from stakeholders to inform the design of the exceptions and their implementation. All Ministers with an interest are consulted as part of the clearance process for any Government consultation. The consultation document is published online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-exceptions-to-the-2-child-limit</p><p>The consultation closes on 27 November 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 50010 question first answered 01/11/2016 12:02:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

621047

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is by the Benefit Director in his Department to reply to hon. Members' correspondence.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	50104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The average time taken by Benefit Directors to respond to hon. Members’ correspondence so far this calendar year is 12 working days.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/10/2016 13:05:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

621048

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedure is in place for the Benefits Director in his Department to send written replies to letters from hon. Members writing on behalf of constituents.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	50105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>Letters from MPs, raising concerns on behalf of their constituents, are allocated to the DWP Complaints and Correspondence Team to investigate and draft a response on behalf of DWP. DWP has procedures in place for handling correspondence from Ministers and MPs.</p><p>DWP has answered 4264 pieces of correspondence in relation to Benefits from MPs so far this calendar year, so the Benefits Director has authority to delegate cases to other DWP Directors to reply to hon. Members.</p><p>However, the Benefits Director will be aware of all types of enquiries coming into DWP.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/10/2016 13:04:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick