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388728

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date	08/07/2015
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	Incapacity Benefit
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 2955 and the oral Answer by the Prime Minister of 24 June 2015, Official Report, column 885, on what date and for what reasons Government policy on the release of statistics on incapacity benefit claimants who died during or after their work capability assessment changed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	6119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 3 July 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-25/4401/" target="_blank">UIN4401</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/07/2015 15:53:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

388729

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which 20 Jobcentre Plus offices applied the largest number of sanctions in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	6122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p>The available information on the number of sanction decisions, in respect of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance, by Jobcentre Plus is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>:</p><p> </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><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/07/2015 13:32:24 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

388749

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the prevalence of child poverty; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	6272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to working to eliminate child poverty and improving life chances for children.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently outlined a new approach to tackle the root causes of poverty and make a real difference to children’s lives. The Welfare Reform and Work Bill, introduced to Parliament on 9 July, includes a new statutory duty for Government to report on measures of worklessness and educational attainment. This will drive action that makes the biggest difference to the lives of poor children, both now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>We will set our further plans in a Life Chances Strategy in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/07/2015 13:55:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

388750

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Living Wage
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 8 July 2015 to Question 5553, how many of the outsourced staff working for his Department's contractors and their service partners outside London who are paid at or below the Living Wage are paid (a) the Living Wage and (b) less than the Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	6284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>By working with contractors, we have ensured all staff in London are paid the Living Wage. We are currently I discussions aimed at ensuring the same is true in all sites across the country.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/07/2015 13:51:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

388363

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average income was of a working household (a) with and (b) without children in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	6008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimates for median equivalised household disposable income before housing costs for working households in the UK with and without children for 2011/12, 2012/13, and 2013/14 are presented in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working Households with Children</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working Households without Children</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£453</p></td><td><p>£581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£452</p></td><td><p>£578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£449</p></td><td><p>£579</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HBAI 2013/14</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Estimates are in terms of pound (£) per week and are presented in 2013/14 prices, based on adjustments in line with RPI. All figures have been rounded to the nearest pound (£).</p><p> </p><p>2. Working households are those in which at least one adult is in work.</p><p> </p><p>3. All estimates are based on survey data and are therefore subject to a degree of uncertainty. Small differences should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling error and variability in non-response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/07/2015 16:00:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

388373

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Scotland
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 2 March 2015 to Question 225002, when his Department plans to publish statistics on the number of hardship applications and awards in Scotland; and for what reason those statistics were not published in May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	5868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department intends to publish figures on the number of hardship applications and awards over the summer and I have asked my officials to set a publication date. This will allow more recent figures to be included than those that could be included in May. The publication will include figures covering the whole of Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/07/2015 14:01:41 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

387629

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Epilepsy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how epilepsy is taken into account in (a) work capability assessments, (b) entitlement to benefits and (c) assessments for availability for work for people with that condition.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	5528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) was introduced by the last Labour government in October 2008 and was developed in consultation with medical and other experts, including representative groups to ensure it is appropriate for all conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Entitlement to benefit does not depend on the condition itself, the underlying cause or how it is classified, but on the disabling effects of the condition(s) present.</p><p> </p><p>When assessing a claimant, Healthcare Professionals are expected to be mindful of the fact that many illnesses produce symptoms that vary in intensity over time, and are instructed not to base their opinion solely on the situation as observed at the assessment.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/07/2015 14:20:20 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies