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802642

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Jobcentres: Coventry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to visit the Cofa Court Jobcentre in Coventry in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	118192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>There are currently no confirmed plans to visit Cofa Court Jobcentre in Coventry in 2018.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/12/2017 12:33:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

802720

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Universal Credit: Glasgow North East
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 taking to ensure that the roll-out of universal credit in Glasgow North East constituency will not result in an increase in child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	118269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Work is the best route out of poverty, and Universal Credit supports parents to move into and progress in work, and raises the income of families.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 the number of children growing up in households where no one works has fallen by half a million.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/12/2017 13:14:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

802135

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Jobcentres: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the effect on jobcentre staff of outsourcing jobcentre telephony work to Capita
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	117822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>No representations have been received. The delivery of the scripted New Claim service by Capita allows Jobcentre staff to focus on helping customers into work.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/12/2017 12:08:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

802325

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times Jobcentre Plus staff have applied the discretion defined in regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	118012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/12/2017 13:10:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

802326

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons Jobcentre Plus implementation of regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 defaults to a 14-day unfit period rather than the number of days specified in a fit note.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	118013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Regulation 99 requires work search and work availability requirements to be suspended for up to 14 days to account for a period of sickness. Outside of these set periods, work coaches have the discretion to tailor work search and availability requirements taking into consideration the details on the fit note. Until the claimant has their Work capability Assessment, whilst they are in receipt of a fit note, we will not ask them to take up work.</p><p> </p><p>Regulation 99 applies for the first 2 spells of sickness in a rolling 12 month period. On the third and subsequent spells of sickness the work coach will apply discretion from the outset, taking into consideration the details on the fit note.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/12/2017 18:11:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

801022

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Universal Credit: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether student loans are classed as complete income for the purposes of calculating universal credit eligibility.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	117581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>When Universal Credit calculates eligibility, it takes into account the elements of student loans or grants which provide for the student’s basic maintenance. Universal Credit disregards elements paid for specific additional costs the student has, such as tuition or books. Once the total annual loan is calculated, Universal Credit applies a flat rate monthly disregard of £110 whilst the claimant remains a student.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/12/2017 12:26:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

801048

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Universal Credit: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of care leavers who are receive housing support through universal credit are in rent arrears.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	117607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/12/2017 13:04:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

801057

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Food Banks
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 effect of the (a) two child limit element in child tax credits and(b) the equivalent element in universal credit on the use of food banks families over the next 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	117616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>This Department has made no projection of trends in food bank use.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/12/2017 13:08:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

801165

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Universal Credit
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 place in the Library a copy of the version of the Universal Credit transition rollout schedule published on his Department's website on 16 October 2017 which was subsequently removed.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	117724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>In general, most implementation dates for Jobcentres changed by approximately three months. Barnsley went live with the Universal Credit Full Service in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The full rollout schedule was published in July 2017 and its available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-10/3962/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-10/3962/</a></p><p> </p><p>We published an updated schedule following the announcements in the Oral Statement on 23 November, here:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-11-15/113178/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-11-15/113178/</a></p><p> </p><p>The transition schedule published to Gov.uk on 16 October is attached.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 117764 question first answered 11/12/2017 18:09:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 117724, 117764 UC Rollout Schedule.pdf title UC Rollout Schedule
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

801205

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Oral Statement of 23 November 2017, Official Report column 1201, on Universal Credit, if he will list the Job Centre Plus in which the date for full-service Universal Credit was delayed in the revised roll-out plan compared with the previous roll-out transition plan.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	117764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>In general, most implementation dates for Jobcentres changed by approximately three months. Barnsley went live with the Universal Credit Full Service in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The full rollout schedule was published in July 2017 and its available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-10/3962/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-10/3962/</a></p><p> </p><p>We published an updated schedule following the announcements in the Oral Statement on 23 November, here:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-11-15/113178/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-11-15/113178/</a></p><p> </p><p>The transition schedule published to Gov.uk on 16 October is attached.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 117724 question first answered 11/12/2017 18:09:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 117724, 117764 UC Rollout Schedule.pdf title UC Rollout Schedule
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock