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168086

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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	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, how many performance measurement review officers his Department has employed.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Russell Brown
uin	217177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department’s Performance Measurement team totals 230 staff in post. There are 91 visiting staff in post undertaking face to face reviews.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/12/2014 16:51:43 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	588 label Biography information for Mr Russell Brown

168087

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has spent on legal fees on court proceedings relating to disabled people and the (a) under-occupancy penalty and (b) Independent Living Fund in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	217171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government has robustly defended its policies in relation to the closure of the Independent Living Fund and the removal of the Spare Room Subsidy.</p><p> </p><p>The total legal costs invoiced to date, inclusive of VAT, in respect of both policies, where disability formed part of the grounds of the claim, are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Policy</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013 (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014 to date (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Living Fund</p></td><td><p>16,643</p></td><td><p>219,728</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Removal of Spare Room Subsidy</p></td><td><p>66,821</p></td><td><p>111,804</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/12/2014 16:48:54 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

168088

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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	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, how many people with MS have been awarded (a) personal independence payment and (b) the enhanced mobility award of personal independence payment to date.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Russell Brown
uin	217175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of claimants in receipt of personal independence payment, by a range of detailed breakdowns, has been published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Breakdowns by main disabling condition are currently available against 21 high level descriptors. From 17 December more detailed breakdowns of main disabling condition, including multiple sclerosis, will be available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 217178 question first answered 09/12/2014 12:23:50 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	588 label Biography information for Mr Russell Brown

168089

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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	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 steps his Department has taken to protect sensitive information from being shared by performance measurement review officers when visiting a claimant who lives in shared accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Russell Brown
uin	217174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong>Performance Measurement staff, like all DWP staff, follow the processes and policies the Department has in place to safeguard claimant’s information. This includes undertaking the Responsible for Information Security learning. They understand the Handling Official Information and follow the guidance on this and Remote Working Securely. Their line managers also carry out validation checks to ensure that they are compliant with the necessary processes. In all cases when visiting a claimant to undertake a review they request evidence verification to ensure they are speaking to the right person before proceeding with the review interview.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/12/2014 16:59:21 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	588 label Biography information for Mr Russell Brown

168090

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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	Vacancies: Internet
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 his Department has received about the universal jobmatch service since November 2012.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The detailed complaints information you request is not collated to this level and to do so would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/12/2014 17:50:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

168092

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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	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, when he plans to publish the number of jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance claimants who have been subject to mandatory reconsideration.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department works to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will pre announce a publication date for mandatory reconsideration statistics once Departmental statisticians are content that the data meet the quality standards set out by the Statistics codes of practice.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/12/2014 15:54:36 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

168096

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will provide additional financial support to carers.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	217261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>We have legislated to give carers new rights, which mean that for the first time, they will have a legal right to receive support of their eligible needs. To meet the cost of these new rights, we are providing over £100 million in 2015-16 to local authorities, with consequent increases rising to around £300 million in 2019-20 and subsequent years.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £400 million between 2011 and 2015, to improve National Health Service support for carers and to enable them to take a break from their caring responsibilities. The carers’ breaks funding of £130 million for 2015-16 will be in the Better Care Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Carers Social Action Support Fund, Government has recently invested £700,000 in seven projects which will offer peer support and breaks that can make a difference to carers’ lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health, together with the Government Equalities Office and the Department for Work and Pensions, is investing £1.4 million in a number of local pilots to explore ways in which to help people balance work with caring responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have set out our commitments to carers from 2014 – 2016 in the recently updated <em>National Carers Strategy: Second Action Plan </em>which also outlines the main achievements in recognising and supporting carers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that carers play a vital role in looking after friends or family members who need support. That is why we have continued to uprate the level of Carer’s Allowance by the Consumer Price Index. Carer’s Allowance will increase from £61.35 to £62.10 in April 2015 as part of the annual uprating of benefits. The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in his 2014 Autumn Statement that the earnings limit in Carer’s Allowance will increase from £102 to £110 per week from April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>People who are entitled to Carer's Allowance may have a carer premium, currently £34.20 a week, included in the assessment of income-related benefits such as Income Support and Housing Benefit. An equivalent additional amount for carers is included in the assessment of Pension Credit. A carer element will also be included in Universal Credit at the rate of £148.61 per monthly assessment period. This means that carers can receive these benefits at a higher rate than other recipients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 09/12/2014 15:44:04 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

168099

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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	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 personal assistants are employed under the Independent Living Fund.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	217199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Independent Living Fund does not collect or record data on how many personal assistants are employed by its users, either directly or through an agency.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/12/2014 17:03:13 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin