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169047

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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	Funeral Payments: Motherwell and Wishaw
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for funeral payments were awarded by his Department in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency in each of the last three years; and what the average such award was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
uin	217930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP does not hold data on Funeral Payments at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/12/2014 12:20:38 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

168723

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	Furniture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	217707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There are 2125 desks in the Department’s main building.</p><p> </p><p>(a) The Department does not own any of these desks.</p><p> </p><p>(b) Since 1998 the Department for Work and Pensions occupies the majority of its accommodation under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) known as the PRIME Contract.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of this PFI, the Department leases back fully serviced accommodation from its private sector partner Telereal Trillium. We pay an all-inclusive unitary price, known as the Facility Price (FP), for all our furniture (including desks), fixtures, equipment and FM services.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to break FP down into individual items.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/12/2014 16:50:06 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

168724

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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 Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are taken to allow people to request and verify the information held on them by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	217732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>DWP has well published processes for customers to request access to the information that the Department holds about them; on its web pages, in its Privacy Statement that is available on-line and in hard copy, and in its published reports. Requests may be handled as business as usual or as a Subject Access Request in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Regardless of the manner of the request and response the customer will receive the full record of their personal information relating to their request.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DWP has a duty to ensure that its customer records are fully maintained, up to date and accurate, and will routinely amend records from information that it has received in the normal course of its customer engagement or following a specific request.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/12/2014 12:12:15 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

168725

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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 Records: Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data held by his Department is used for validation of registered voters on the electoral roll; and what steps are taken to allow people to (a) ask for and (b) verify such records.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	217733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The data used for validation of registered voters on the electoral role is; name, National Insurance number, address and date of birth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DWP has well published processes for customers to request access to the information that the Department holds about them; on its web pages, in its Privacy Statement that is available on-line and in hard copy, and in published reports. Requests may be handled as business as usual or as a Subject Access Request in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If the citizen is a DWP customer in receipt of a DWP maintained Social Security benefit they can update their personal details by contacting the relevant benefit area to inform them of their change of circumstances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If the citizen is employed and not in receipt of any DWP maintained Social Security benefit then they should make a request to HMRC to update their details via completion of an on-line form which can be found at <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/report-changes/individual/family.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/report-changes/individual/family.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/12/2014 12:15:46 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

168726

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Youth Contract wage incentives have been paid to businesses based in (a) London, (b) Manchester and (c) Birmingham to date.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Data collected on Wage Incentive payments does not lend itself to be broken down to the requested cities levels, with the exception of London.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the different Wage Incentive payments paid to employers in London between June 2012 and May 2014:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>8 week<br> interim claims</p></td><td><p>Balance payment between 14 &amp; 25 weeks</p></td><td><p>Balance of <br> 18 weeks</p></td><td><p>26 week <br> full payment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>430</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Notes:</strong> Values are rounded to the nearest 10</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>The data are split by 26 week full payments, 8 week interim payments (for smaller employers), 18 week balance payments (remaining balance following an 8 week interim payment), and payments between 14 and 25 weeks (if an employee leaves work after 13 weeks, but before completing the 26 weeks).</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Data on Wage Incentives is routinely published as part of the Youth Contract statistical series. The latest publication is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pre-work-programme-and-get-britain-working#youth-contract" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pre-work-programme-and-get-britain-working#youth-contract</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/12/2014 16:41:45 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

168727

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	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 an assessment of the effect of the inclusion of a threshold of a 25 per cent change in income before child maintenance payments are adjusted in the 2012 child maintenance scheme on people paying child maintenance who are (a) self-employed and (b) in insecure work.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	217727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>At this point in time there are no plans to include this in the overall impact assessment of the reforms.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/12/2014 11:55:08 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

168728

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost has been of administering successful appeals against employment and support allowance sanctions in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	217738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We are unable to answer this request as we do not differentiate between successful &amp; unsuccessful appeals to ESA when calculating activity costs.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/12/2014 11:50:55 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

168729

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	Housing Benefit: Warrington
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 in each ward in Warrington are subject to the under-occupancy penalty.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	217740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available by ward.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/12/2014 16:41:18 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

168734

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance (JSA) claimants have had their JSA sanctioned whilst going through the employment and support allowance appeals process.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	217734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. It should be noted that Employment Support Allowance (ESA) is payable whilst a person is appealing against a decision finding them fit for work. However, claimants may choose to claim JSA if they wish.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/12/2014 15:44:35 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

168735

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	Jobcentre Plus
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 effect on claimants of the removal of telephones from Jobcentre Plus offices.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We have replaced our Customer Access Phones with a new assisted service for claimants who attend the Jobcentre and are unable to access DWP services without our help.</p><p> </p><p>The level of support we provide to those claimants identified as having complex needs and/or requiring additional support to access our services has not changed.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/12/2014 15:21:58 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms