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416934

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Government Departments: Marketing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times this year the Department for Work and Pensions has published invented quotes and stock images purporting to be from and of real benefits claimants; and to what extent other government departments engage in similar practices.
tabling member printed	Lord Strasburger
uin	HL1854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/09/2015 13:45:01 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4204 label Biography information for Lord Strasburger

417007

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many households in receipt of Carer’s Allowance have a total benefit income above (1) £20,000,and (2) £23,000.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL1927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 11/09/2015 13:55:38 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

417008

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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: Carers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of carers who will be affected by the reduction of the benefit cap to (1) £20,000 per year outside London, and (2) £23,000 per year in London.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL1928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. A copy of the impact assessment is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL1929 question first answered 14/09/2015 13:27:33 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud attachment 1 file name Benefit CAp Impact Assessmet.pdf title Benefit Cap Impact Assessment
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

417009

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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: Carers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the cost of exempting all those in receipt of Carer’s Allowance from the benefit cap when it is reduced.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL1929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. A copy of the impact assessment is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL1928 question first answered 14/09/2015 13:27:33 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud attachment 1 file name Benefit CAp Impact Assessmet.pdf title Benefit Cap Impact Assessment
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

417014

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Universal Credit: Disqualification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the sanctions regime for Universal Credit complies with the recommendations of the UK Statistics Authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
uin	HL1934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP statisticians are considering all of the points raised by UK Statistics Authority about the publication of sanctions statistics and what additional information and commentary is appropriate to explain this complex area, including the future release of Universal Credit sanctions statistics.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/09/2015 14:10:52 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

417034

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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: Disqualification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children there were in families subject to benefit sanctions during the most recent period for which figures are available; and whether that number is rising, falling, or static.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information as requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/09/2015 14:11:23 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

417036

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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: Disqualification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have responded to the report <i>Time to Rethink Benefit Sanctions</i> published in March by five British churches; if so, what is their assessment of that report; and if not, whether they intend to respond, and when.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has not responded to this report. However we are currently considering the contents of the Work and Pensions Select Committee report and will be providing a government response shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/09/2015 14:13:08 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

417059

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	British Nationals Abroad: Germany
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimates they have made, if any, either from United Kingdom sources or from access to German statistics, of the number of United Kingdom citizens (1) resident in Germany, (2) working in Germany, and (3) claiming social benefits in Germany.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Saltaire
uin	HL1979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>According to the German National Statistics Agency there were 103,756 UK nationals resident in Germany as of 31 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p>According to the German Federal Employment Agency, in 2014, there were 33,536 UK nationals in regular employment in Germany and paying national insurance contributions.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of UK nationals claiming social benefits in Germany are not held.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/09/2015 14:12:21 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire

417092

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department for Work and Pensions has target times by which members of the public can reasonably expect to get through on the telephone and speak to an official; by what percentage extent there has been a change over the past three years in the number of telephone calls from the public seeking information or assistance from the Department for Work and Pensions; and what training in communication skills is provided for the officials in that Department.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL2012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The current targets across DWP for answering telephone calls from the public are:</p><p> </p><p>· Working Age Benefits - 2 minutes (with the exception of Universal Credit which is 1 minute 30 seconds).</p><p>· State Pension, State Pension Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Carers Allowance - 1 minute 30 seconds.</p><p>· Child Maintenance Group - 1 minute.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide information relating to the request for a percentage change over the past three years in the number of telephone calls from the public, as prior to April 2013, reporting was produced through the telephony platform itself. As the platform has a 14 rolling month data retention policy, and no robust archive of data was maintained at this time, robust data is not available for this period.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>All staff working in the Department for Work and Pensions who are new to delivering phone services receive job specific training which includes communication skills. New members of staff also have the opportunity to observe experienced staff allowing them to pick up a range of communication skills from experienced Agents.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/09/2015 14:10:11 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

391951

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Welfare Reform and Work Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to publish a memorandum, setting out their detailed analysis of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill's implications for children's rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, in accordance with the commitment given by the Coalition Government in December 2010; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL1714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Ministers had regard to all relevant international obligations when formulating the policies and consider that these obligations have been complied with.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 03/08/2015 16:18:25 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett