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418012

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
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 Answer of 9 September 2015 to Question 8714, for what reason the contract to provide PIP assessments stipulates that Capita is not permitted to provide recording equipment for use during assessments; and which Minister in his Department signed off this decision.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	9725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Capita’s contract does not contain any stipulation that Capita is not permitted to provide recording equipment for use during assessments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 16:24:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

418034

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Disability Living Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working age disability living allowance recipients notified his Department of a change of circumstance and sought a reassessment under special rules for people with terminal illness in each year from 2005 to 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	9720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not collated and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 12:47:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

418035

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Disability Living Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working age people applied for and received disability living allowance, claiming under special rules for people with terminal illness, in each year from 2005 to 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	9721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The data requested is available through the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) data tabulation tool, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 12:43:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

418046

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Young People
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 exempt 18 to 21 year olds in supported accommodation who meet the specified accommodation definition under the Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Supported Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 from the withdrawal of housing support for this age group.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is determined to end youth unemployment, and support all young people into work. In order to prevent young people slipping straight into a life on benefits, from April 2017 we will remove automatic entitlement to housing support for new claims in Universal Credit from 18-21 year olds who are out of work. This measure ensures young people in the benefits system face the same choices as young people who work and who may not be able to afford to leave home.</p><p> </p><p>However, we will ensure that vulnerable young people who are in need of support for their housing needs continue to receive it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>People living in specified accommodation claiming Universal Credit do not receive the housing element, and instead receive support for their housing costs though Housing Benefit. The Government has no plans to change 18-21 year olds entitlement to Housing Benefit, so claimants in specified accommodation will continue to be supported with their housing costs and will be unaffected by this policy.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 16:30:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

417806

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	Working Mothers: Industrial Health and Safety
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 effectiveness of present Government guidance available to employers on managing the health and safety of new and expectant mothers at work.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	9595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reviewed and revised its website and other published guidance on managing new and expectant mothers’ health and safety in 2012. A further minor review was carried out in 2014. HSE also contributed to advice produced by Acas in 2013 on breastfeeding at work.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is currently working with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to assess the findings of a major survey on pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work and any implications for the effectiveness of the Executive’s current guidance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 11:27:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

417809

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the shortfall in pension accrual experienced by employees who are employed through an umbrella payroll company or similar overarching employment contract and do not receive automatic enrolment pension contributions from their employer.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	9648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 11:21:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

417810

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of workers employed through an umbrella payroll company who will opt-out of automatic-enrolment into a workplace pension.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	9649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 11:09:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

417812

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of automatic-enrolment pension arrangements on workers employed through employment agencies.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	9646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The law requires employers to enrol all eligible workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme and make at least a minimum contribution to their pension. This includes workers employed through employment agencies. The Department has made no separate assessment of the impact of automatic enrolment on these workers.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 11:18:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

417813

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on addressing the backlog in applications for personal independence payments; and for what median end-to-end time applicants are currently waiting.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	9645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have implemented a wide range of initiatives across the whole Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim journey to speed up processes and are continuing to identify further opportunities for improvement. Figures released on 17 June reflect the significant progress made over the past year and show claims for PIP are now being cleared at four times the rate they were in January 2014. These figures can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics show that as at April 2015 a new claimant was waiting on average (median) 11 weeks from the point of registration to a decision being made on their claim (end to end), compared to 41 weeks in July 2014. DLA reassessment claims were taking on average (median) 10 weeks in April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Updated statistics on PIP registrations, clearances, clearance times and outstanding times (up to July 2015 data) are due to be published and can be found from 16th September at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 13:53:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

417814

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from the UN Special Rapporteur on disabled rights on an investigation into welfare reforms since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	9461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No representations have been received from the UN Special Rapporteur.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 13:45:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh