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223086

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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: Day Care
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 provide guidance to families with variable incomes on how best to choose between universal credit and the tax-free childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	224915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Whilst parents can only receive support from either Universal Credit or Tax-Free Childcare at any time, where families are eligible for both they will have the freedom to choose the scheme which best meets their needs, and will be able to move freely between schemes when they experience a relevant change in circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Draft guidance for parents on Tax-Free Childcare has already been published online for consultation by HMRC. There will also be an easy-to-use online calculator for parents choosing between Universal Credit and Tax-Free Childcare. Parents will be able to enter details about their personal circumstances to quickly see what support they may be entitled to and how much they may get.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP continues to work closely with HMRC to ensure the two schemes complement each other effectively, and that parents will have the guidance they need in order to make an informed decision on which scheme will provide the best support for them.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/02/2015 11:04:31 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

222663

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Funerals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department provides on (a) the average cost of a funeral and (b) potential sources of financial support for a funeral to families of the recently deceased who are in receipt of state benefits.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	224548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>My department does not hold information on the average cost of a funeral. However the average funeral expenses payment for 2013/14 was £1,347.</p><p> </p><p>My department provides financial support towards a funeral to those on certain state benefits via Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments and Budgeting Loans.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/02/2015 10:53:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

222670

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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, if he will place in the Library copies of the letter he wrote to the Rt hon. Member for East Ham on Universal Credit in January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	224724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions wrote to the Rt Hon Member for East Ham on 22 January. In line with the conventions of the House, correspondence between Ministers and MPs are confidential as far as the Department is concerned, and it is a matter for the MP to decide whether to make it more widely available. The Department has no issue if the Rt Hon Member for East Ham chooses to place a copy of the letter in the library.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/02/2015 10:45:35 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

222678

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements his Department has put in place for situations where application forms requesting an increase in local housing allowance (LHA) to cover an increase in rent applied to an eligible LHA claimant are lost by his Department and the applicant consequently faces eviction.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	224845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions provides funding for Housing Benefit to Local Authorities in Great Britain. Responsibility for the day to day administration of Housing Benefit lies with Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/02/2015 10:59:53 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

179692

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Cold Weather 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 individual cold weather payments were made to recipients in the UK in winter 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	224386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Only one trigger was recorded in the 2013/14 Cold Weather season and an estimated 1,100 payments paid. Further details can be found in the ‘Social Fund Cold Weather Payments for Great Britain from 1st November 2013 to 31st March 2014’ update on Gov.uk which may be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299461/sf-cwp-31-03-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299461/sf-cwp-31-03-2014.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/02/2015 13:33:56 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

179701

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of UK state pension reside in the French overseas department of (a) Guiana, (b) Martinique, (c) Guadeloupe and (d) Reunion.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	224357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of recipients of UK state pension residing in France, and of those how many are in the French Overseas Departments, is available at: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/cccountry/cnage/a_carate_r_cccountry_c_cnage_may14.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/cccountry/cnage/a_carate_r_cccountry_c_cnage_may14.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 224358 question first answered 23/02/2015 13:39:02 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

179702

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of UK state pension reside in metropolitan France.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	224358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of recipients of UK state pension residing in France, and of those how many are in the French Overseas Departments, is available at: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/cccountry/cnage/a_carate_r_cccountry_c_cnage_may14.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/cccountry/cnage/a_carate_r_cccountry_c_cnage_may14.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 224357 question first answered 23/02/2015 13:39:02 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

179704

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 2 January 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regards to Mr Marwan Saleh.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	224384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Despite an extensive search, I am afraid the Department has no trace of the letter.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/02/2015 11:52:53 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

179064

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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	Pensions Regulator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints the Pensions Regulator has received in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	224000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Pensions Regulator publishes all its complaints statistics in its Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The figures for each year from 2010 are contained in the table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stage 1</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stage 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. A Stage 1 complaint is a first tier complaint which receives a response from the Corporate Secretary.</p><p>2. Stage 2 is where the complainant is not satisfied with the first response and requests a review of the complaint by the Chairman.</p><p>3. Further information about the Pensions Regulator’s complaints process can be found at <a href="http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/about-us/how-to-make-a-complaint.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/about-us/how-to-make-a-complaint.aspx</a></p><p>4. The Pensions Regulator’s Accounts are published at</p><p><a href="http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/about-us/annual-reports.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/about-us/annual-reports.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/02/2015 11:18:25 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

179073

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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	Pensions Regulator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has for reform of the Pensions Regulator.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	223972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>A report on the Triennial Review of pensions bodies was published by the Department on 9 January 2014. It concluded that the Pensions Regulator should continue in its current role and retain its status as a Non-Departmental Public Body. Accordingly there are no plans for reform of the Pensions Regulator.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/02/2015 10:39:12 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans