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61839

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the extension of the shared accommodation rate to people under the age of 35 years.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	200363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The final research outputs from DWP's independent evaluation of the changes to the Local Housing Allowance are due to be published this summer. The research will cover the impact of extending the age threshold for the Shared Accommodation Rate.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/06/2014 12:01:56 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

61844

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he proposes that his planned charge cap on workplace pensions from April 2015 will apply to new collective defined contribution schemes.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
uin	200361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government's Defined Ambition Bill will bring new forms of collective pension arrangements to the UK, and it is vital that member protection, good governance and fair charges remain at the heart of this system.</p><p> </p><p>Details of how any charge cap may be applied to Collective Defined Contribution schemes will be in place before this legislation is commenced.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/06/2014 11:53:23 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

61426

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
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: Day Care
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 the revised plans for the roll-out of universal credit announced on 5 December 2013, what estimate he has made of the number of families which will be eligible for support for childcare through universal credit in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18 and (d) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	200190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the written answer given by my Rt. Hon. Friend the member for Wirral West (Esther McVey) to the hon. Member for Leeds West, Rachel Reeves, Official Report, 11 June 2014, column 174W.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 14:14:01 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

61023

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned unused discretionary housing payment to his Department in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is due to be published shortly as part of wider analysis on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2013/14.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 15:32:26 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61024

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is due to be published shortly as part of wider analysis on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2013/14.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 15:38:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61026

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in Wales applied for additional financial assistance to cover discretionary housing payments in 2013-14; and what assistance such local authorities received.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The three local authorities in Wales that applied for additional Discretionary Housing Payments from the additional £20 million reserve fund provided by the Government are detailed on the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>£63,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conwy</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information was published on 24 March 2014 in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) subsidy circular S3/2014. Please find attached a link where the information can be found.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/06/2014 14:39:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61027

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to expand the PAYE reporting in real time to Child Support Agency claims.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since 25 November 2013, all new applications for child maintenance are made to the 2012 Scheme, which is run by the Child Maintenance Service. The Child Support Agency (CSA), which administers the 1993 and 2003 Schemes, is now closed to new applications and there are plans in place to gradually end liabilities on these schemes over a three year period starting this summer.</p><p> </p><p>Unlike 1993 and 2003 Scheme cases, 2012 Scheme maintenance calculations are based on historic data supplied by interfaces with HMRC and Jobcentre Plus IT systems. In the vast majority of applications these interfaces return information to allow a calculation to be made. This is reviewed on an annual basis or where there are in-year changes of at least a 25 per cent change in the level of income. This simplified approach provides parents with greater certainty over the level of maintenance payable. In instances where HMRC information is not available our process involves gathering current income information from the paying parent or employer. It is for these 2012 Scheme cases that we are currently exploring opportunities to access and use real time earnings information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 10:33:26 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

60741

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Maternity Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the Exchequer was of statutory maternity pay in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	199689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The amount of Statutory Maternity Pay in the last year for which figures are available was £2,303 million for 2012/13 (nominal terms). Figures are subject to change due to more information becoming available through employers' returns to HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>The figure is for Great Britain only. Northern Ireland figures are the responsibility of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p>Original source is expenditure data from employer returns to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and is the amount recovered by employers rather than the amount received by claimants. This information is shown in DWP's expenditure tables found on the Gov.uk website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/06/2014 16:11:03 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

60743

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Maternity Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women received statutory maternity pay for how long in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	199688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The total number of women that started receiving Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) in 2011/12 was 355,000 and the average number receiving SMP at any point in time during the year was 273,000. These figures are estimated based on a 1% sample of National Insurance records.</p><p> </p><p>This figure is for Great Britain only. Northern Ireland figures are the responsibility of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The duration of SMP claims cannot be estimated from National Insurance records, as these only contain information on the amount of SMP paid across the year and not when SMP claims begin and end. However the Department publishes the Maternity and Paternity Rights and Women Returners Survey, which provides an indication of SMP claim durations, with the latest publication being in 2009/10. In 2008, about half of women eligible for SMP took maternity pay for the statutory number of weeks (39 weeks). Findings can be accessed at the link below (Section 3.3 and Table 3.5 contain information on SMP durations):</p><p>&lt;<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maternity-and-paternity-rights-and-women-returners-survey-200910-rr777" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maternity-and-paternity-rights-and-women-returners-survey-200910-rr777</a>&gt;</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The number of SMP receipts is shown in DWP's expenditure tables found on the gov.uk website at &lt;<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a>&gt;</li></ul><ul><li>Estimates of the number of women receiving SMP are based on the Lifetime Labour Market Database (L2) which is a 1 per cent sample of National Insurance Records.</li><li>Estimates are subject to change due to further information becoming available through the National Insurance Recording System.</li></ul> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/06/2014 14:06:10 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

60809

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make the Child Maintenance Options Service 0800 telephone number free to all callers, including mobile telephone users.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	199665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Calls to the Child Maintenance Options 0800 telephone number are free from BT land lines but customers may have to pay if they use another telephone company or a mobile, or if they are calling from abroad. We are currently finalising arrangements with the six major mobile network providers to make the numbers free to call from their networks.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, callers contacting the Child Maintenance Options service from a mobile telephone are informed by their network provider that they will be charged. Callers using mobile telephones can request the Options service to call them back, or alternatively use the online ‘live chat' facility or email service, available via the Child Maintenance Options website at www.cmoptions.org.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/06/2014 14:24:02 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce