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884958

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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, whether staff at her Department have instructed local authorities to cease paying housing enefit to all residents in receipt of personal independence payments pending a review into all claims for such payments.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm that no such instructions have been issued.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/04/2018 14:42:32 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882221

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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 many people are in receipt of housing benefit in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Figures on the number of claimants receiving Housing Benefit (HB) in Great Britain are publically available through the DWP Stat-Xplore website:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml</a></p><p><strong> </strong>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Communities. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:<br><a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/04/2018 10:31:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882277

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, how many and what proportion of households affected by the replacement of Support for Mortgage Interest with a new loan were still to be informed of that change by Serco as of 31 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>By 31st March everyone receiving Support for Mortgage Interest had been sent a letter informing them of the change to the new loan system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:28:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882313

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of families whose benefit entitlement exceeds the benefit cap as a result of looking after children under child arrangements orders.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	135414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold any data that identifies families with a child under child arrangements order.</p><p> </p><p>The lower cap is still the equivalent of gross family earnings of £25k, and £29k in London. Where claimants need further financial support, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments. The funding for DHPs is specifically aimed at a number of groups who are likely to be particularly affected by the benefit cap. These include people with family and friend care responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:31:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

882316

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of exempting children under child arrangement orders from the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	135382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <ul><li>The Government acknowledges the immense value of care given by family and friend carers, who look after children whose parents are unable to provide the necessary care themselves. This was discussed during the passage of the Work and Welfare Reform Act 2016.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Family and friend carers are able to receive support for the children in their care through the benefit system as they have access to child benefit and child tax credit on <strong>the same</strong> basis as parents.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>A cap at £23,000 in Greater London is equivalent to gross family earnings of around £29,000. A cap at £20,000 in the rest of GB is equivalent to gross family earnings of around £25,000</li><li>If we are to treat family and friend carers in the same way as parents for the other facets of the benefits system then it is right that the benefit cap principles should apply in the same way for family and friend carers as they do for parents.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Where claimants need further financial support, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs). The funding for DHPs is specifically aimed at a number of groups who are likely to be particularly affected by the benefit cap. These include people with family and friend care responsibilities.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:34:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

882351

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any people in Scotland have been refused a Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loan since the conversion of SMI from a benefit to a loan.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	135340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The eligibility criteria for Support for Mortgage Interest have not be altered as a result of the move to the new system of loans. All existing claimants will be offered a SMI loan paid at the same rate that is currently available as part of their benefit entitlement.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:26:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

882352

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress the Government has made on reducing the extent of employer discrimination against people with (a) criminal records and (b) mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	135373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government has taken action to reduce the extent of employer discrimination against people with (a) criminal records and (b) mental health problems in the following ways:</p><p>My department leads the cross-Government campaign ‘Disability Confident’ which supports businesses to employ disabled people and the ‘See Potential’ campaign which actively encourages employers to recruit individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, including ex-offenders.</p><p> </p><p>See Potential champions employers which recognise individuals’ talents from different backgrounds and offers advice on adopting more inclusive recruitment practices. More than 150 organisations support the campaign. The Disability Confident scheme has over 6,000 employers signed up and works collaboratively with prominent business leaders to spread and share best practise.</p><p> </p><p>Government also continues to support ‘Ban the Box’, an initiative run by Business in the Community (BITC). This initiative gives people with criminal convictions the opportunity to demonstrate relevant skills ahead of formally disclosing any conviction(s). So far 87 employers (including the Civil Service), covering more than 720,000 roles, have committed to adopting the Ban the Box scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore <em>Thriving at Work: the Stevenson/Farmer Review of Mental Health and Employers</em>, published in October 2017, set out the business case for employers to support their staff’s mental health. The Government supports the review’s recommendations and encourages all employers to implement the core mental health standards set out in the Review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:38:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

882515

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment
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 job roles advertised within her Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The application form template used by the Government Recruitment Services (GRS), who manage all recruitment activities on DWPs behalf, does not ask about criminal convictions.</p><p>This particular question is only raised as part of the pre-employment checking for candidates who have been deemed successful at the last stage of the recruitment process.</p><p> </p><p>DWP are fully compliant with the ban the box initiative. Therefore, no advertised jobs were excluded in 2016 or 2017.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 135598 question first answered 19/04/2018 10:40:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882536

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The application form template used by the Government Recruitment Services (GRS), who manage all recruitment activities on DWPs behalf, does not ask about criminal convictions.</p><p>This particular question is only raised as part of the pre-employment checking for candidates who have been deemed successful at the last stage of the recruitment process.</p><p> </p><p>DWP are fully compliant with the ban the box initiative. Therefore, no advertised jobs were excluded in 2016 or 2017.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 135577 question first answered 19/04/2018 10:40:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882569

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Members' Constituency Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of constituency enquiries by hon Members to the Complaints Resolution Team were not resolved within 15 working days.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department has a 15 working day target for enquiries and complaints received from Members of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The achievement for 17/18 operational year for the Department is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>MP complaints &amp; enquiries received</p></td><td><p>Cleared outside of 15 working days</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20416</p></td><td><p>1503</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:23:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead