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386342

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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 much his Department has budgeted for IT consultancy support related to universal credit in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not disclose commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 14:58:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386345

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Food Banks
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 22 June 2015 to Question 900461, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's evidence on the reasons behind food bank referrals.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	4630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>As I have previously detailed to the House, the reasons for food bank use are complex and overlapping. There is no robust evidence that directly links sanctions and food bank use.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:03:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

386371

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse in each of the next five years arising from the implementation of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days)(Amendment) Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The principle behind the waiting days is that benefits are not designed to provide cover for brief spells of unemployment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect savings of around £150m per annum which will be used to fund measures to get people off benefit and into work and will particularly help those who are likely to be long­ term benefit recipients.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 14:54:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386372

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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
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 (a) sanctions and (b) appeals are related to claimants not performing online requirements such as job search.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	4707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The available information in respect of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance, sanction decisions and Appeals by reason, is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 12:59:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

385909

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people who will be claiming universal credit when it is fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Once fully rolled out, we estimate that there will be around 7 million households in receipt of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:16:36 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

385918

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Work Programme
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 potential benefits of devolving the Work Programme to Metro Mayors and Combined Authorities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>We have committed to explore joint commissioning for next round of Work Programme contracts with Greater Manchester, London, Sheffield and Leeds. We are working with these areas to assess the feasibility for this approach.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:55:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

385465

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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 Tax Credits: EU Law
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 whether the introduction of a mandatory four-year contributory period applied to both UK and EU nationals prior to eligibility for the tax credit element of universal credit would be permissible under EU law.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	4119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>As the Government has made clear, it is important that we address the concerns of the British people about the EU. Part of that means reforming welfare to reduce the incentives that have encouraged migration from Europe.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:45:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

385471

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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: EU Nationals
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 EU nationals is eligible for universal credit in those areas in which that benefit is being trialled.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	4120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are quality assuring data for Universal Credit and formulating a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:53:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

385472

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Minimum Wage: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what forms of local and central government support are available to an EU national working on the minimum wage other than tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	4122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>EU national workers have access to the same range of support as UK nationals.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:59:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

385475

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Employment and Support 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 employment and support allowance claimants there were in each year since 2010; and how many such claimants had Social Fund Loan payments deducted in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	4172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information available on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>However, information on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants who have had Social Fund deductions is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:45:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth