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172839

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who the (a) Chair and (b) other members are of the Universal Credit Programme board.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	220184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Chair of the Universal Credit Programme Board is Sir Robert Walmsley. The members of the Board are:</p><p>Universal Credit Director General and Senior Responsible Owner – Neil Couling</p><p>DWP Operations Director General – Noel Shanahan</p><p>UC Programme Director – Ian Wright</p><p>DWP IT Director General, Chief Information Officer – Steve Riley</p><p>DWP Director General, Digital Transformation – Kevin Cunnington</p><p>DWP Finance Director General – Mike Driver</p><p>DWP Strategy Director General – Pete Searle</p><p>HMRC Director General (Tax Credits and RTI) – Nick Lodge</p><p>LGA Director – Paul Raynes</p><p>DWP Human Resources Director General – Deborah Alder</p><p>DWP Portfolio Management Unit Director – Jacinda Humphry</p><p>HMT Director – Beth Russell</p><p>Cabinet Office, Director of Commercial Advice – Tony Whitehead</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/01/2015 15:31:37 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172447

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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
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 work for the Universal Credit Digital Service; whether the number of those workers is below the planned number; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	219986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of people working on the Universal Credit digital service is tracking very close to recruitment plans. We currently have 160 people working on service and system development and plan to have a final number of 210 in place by April 2015.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/01/2015 17:07:37 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172448

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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, with reference to Labour Market Statistics, December 2014, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the rise in the number of claimants of employment and support allowance and other incapacity benefits.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	219987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) caseload increased by 1,618,580 between May 2010 and May 2014: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/esa/ccdate/esa_phase/a_carate_r_ccdate_c_esa_phase.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/esa/ccdate/esa_phase/a_carate_r_ccdate_c_esa_phase.html</a>.</p><p>During this period we have been reassessing Incapacity Benefit claimants for ESA.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/01/2015 12:07:08 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172616

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	Driving: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Logistics Strategy Forum of the Health and Safety Executive has discussed driver fatigue.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	220106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No. However, the Logistics Strategy Forum’s predecessor, the Road Distribution Action Group, which represented trade associations, trades unions and other stakeholders, expressed concerns about fatigue and sleep disorders among drivers. Their work was taken up by the Department for Transport, which leads on driver health-related issues such as driver hours, medical fitness to drive and rest facilities at the roadside.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/01/2015 16:51:36 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

172618

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	Independent Living Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability organisations stated in their responses to the consultation on the future of the Independent Living Fund in 2012 that they were (a) supportive of and (b) opposed to the closure of the fund.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	220112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Due to the nature of both the consultation and the responses, DWP undertook a qualitative rather than quantitative assessment of the responses received; statistical information as requested is therefore not available.</p><p> </p><p>A summary of the consultation responses is available in the Government’s response to the consultation published on GOV.UK <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/184115/future-of-ilf-response.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/184115/future-of-ilf-response.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/01/2015 12:14:48 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

172621

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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: Kilmarnock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for personal independence payments by residents of Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency have not been resolved within a six month period.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	220004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on personal independence payment cases registered and cleared below national level has been published and is available in the data tables which accompany the most recent release of statistics on 17 December 2014: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to release PIP clearance times and waiting/outstanding times statistics for the first time in March 2015, with the release pre-announced in line with UK Statistics Authority release protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/01/2015 12:28:07 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

172626

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	Independent Living Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability organisations which responded to his Department's consultation on the closure of the Independent Living Fund (a) supported and (b) opposed non-ring-fenced funding.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	220029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The consultation on the Future of the Independent Living Fund did not ask any specific questions in relation to the ring-fencing of future funding.</p><p> </p><p>A summary of the consultation responses is available in the Government’s response to the consultation published on GOV.UK <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/184115/future-of-ilf-response.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/184115/future-of-ilf-response.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/01/2015 11:53:29 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

172288

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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: Social Rented Housing
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 have (a) begun and (b) stopped paying the under-occupancy penalty in 2014-15 to date.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	219829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We published an analysis of the changes to the number of people subject to a reduction in their Housing Benefit award from May to December 2013. This was published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/removal-of-the-spare-room-subsidy-analysis-july-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/removal-of-the-spare-room-subsidy-analysis-july-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>It is not possible at this time to update this information within the disproportionate cost limit. I will however consider if an update can be published in the future.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/01/2015 14:09:35 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

172293

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 217981, if he will revise the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme fund so that people who were diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma before 25 July 2012, or eligible dependents of such people where that eligible person has died, also receive the support provided to eligible people who were diagnosed after that date.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	219877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The eligibility date was set as 25th July 2012 as this was the date that the Government announced it would legislate for a payment scheme, thereby creating a reasonable expectation that eligible people diagnosed with mesothelioma on or after that date would receive a payment.</p><p> </p><p>If there was no start date, and the scheme paid people diagnosed in the past, the costs of the scheme would be prohibitively expensive.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/01/2015 15:52:29 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

172015

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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 the Answer of 14 July 2014 to Question 204224, whether the introduction of personal independence payment is on time and on budget.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	219703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Personal independence payment (PIP) was introduced for new claimants from April 2013 in line with published plans. We are still on course to have completed the process of having invited all eligible disability living allowance claimants to claim PIP by late 2017 in line with expectations. PIP delivery to date has been achieved within the available budgets set for it by DWP.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/01/2015 17:33:17 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green