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626716

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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: Disability
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 make sure that British Sign Language users are made aware that the two-ticks scheme is being transferred to Disability Confident.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	51335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>Disability Confident is a pan-disability scheme that has been designed and developed by disabled people, disability organisations and employers. The scheme provides employers with the tools they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled employees. Embedded within the scheme are links to useful videos, information and a range of guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme went live in a test and learn phase in July and was formally launched on 2nd November 2016 at the Recruitment Employment Confederation in London, with press releases and promotion through mainstream media, social media, Jobcentre Plus, disability organisations, and Disabled People's User Led Organisations. Further promotion of the scheme is being planned, including material in BSL.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the scheme is to reach the widest possible number of employers, covering all sizes and sectors. This includes employers from the construction industry, a number of whom have already signed up. Officials from my Department have worked with representatives from the Construction Industry Council (CIC) to help the construction industry become Disability Confident.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident scheme contains embedded links to information for employers about supporting staff with hearing loss, including references to Access to Work. The Access to Work scheme can assist where disabled people need support above and beyond employer-provided reasonable adjustments. Access to Work features specialist teams who provide a dedicated service to particular groups of customers, including deaf customers. The Government has committed to supporting an additional 25,000 people through Access to Work by 2021.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51336 51382 question first answered 09/11/2016 15:59:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

626717

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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: Disability
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 ensure that employers based within the construction industry are engaged with the Disability Confident scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	51336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>Disability Confident is a pan-disability scheme that has been designed and developed by disabled people, disability organisations and employers. The scheme provides employers with the tools they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled employees. Embedded within the scheme are links to useful videos, information and a range of guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme went live in a test and learn phase in July and was formally launched on 2nd November 2016 at the Recruitment Employment Confederation in London, with press releases and promotion through mainstream media, social media, Jobcentre Plus, disability organisations, and Disabled People's User Led Organisations. Further promotion of the scheme is being planned, including material in BSL.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the scheme is to reach the widest possible number of employers, covering all sizes and sectors. This includes employers from the construction industry, a number of whom have already signed up. Officials from my Department have worked with representatives from the Construction Industry Council (CIC) to help the construction industry become Disability Confident.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident scheme contains embedded links to information for employers about supporting staff with hearing loss, including references to Access to Work. The Access to Work scheme can assist where disabled people need support above and beyond employer-provided reasonable adjustments. Access to Work features specialist teams who provide a dedicated service to particular groups of customers, including deaf customers. The Government has committed to supporting an additional 25,000 people through Access to Work by 2021.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51335 51382 question first answered 09/11/2016 15:59:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

626723

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of a real terms increase of (a) 1.5 and (b) 2.5 per cent in the basic state pension in each year to 2025.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	51307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The following table shows forecasts of Basic State Pension expenditure with</p><p>(1) Triple lock uprating using Budget 2016 uprating assumptions</p><p>(2) Real terms increase of 1.5% (CPI + 1.5%) using Budget 2016 CPI assumptions</p><p>(3) Real terms increase of 2.5% (CPI + 2.5%) using Budget 2016 CPI assumptions</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Basic State Pension Expenditure, Budget 2016, under various uprating schemes from 2017/18 to 2020/21, £ billion</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(1) BSP expenditure, Budget 2016</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>68.5</p></td><td><p>68.5</p></td><td><p>68.6</p></td><td><p>68.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(2) BSP expenditure uprated by CPI + 1.5%</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>68.2</p></td><td><p>67.9</p></td><td><p>68.1</p></td><td><p>67.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(3) BSP expenditure uprated by CPI + 2.5%</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>68.9</p></td><td><p>69.2</p></td><td><p>70.1</p></td><td><p>70.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Forecasts to 2025 are not available as the most recent long-term projections were published in summer 2015 and use different uprating assumptions and different underlying population projections to these Budget 2016 based forecasts.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/11/2016 15:42:17 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

626724

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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	Pensioners: 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 the estimated projected cost is of (a) the basic state pension and (b) additional pensioner benefits by benefit for (i) the lifetime of the current Parliament and (ii) 2020 to 2025.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	51308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the estimated projected costs of pensioner benefits:</p><p> </p><p><strong>DWP Benefit Expenditure directed at pensioners, Budget 2016 forecast, £ million</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Attendance Allowance</p></td><td><p>5,534</p></td><td><p>5,615</p></td><td><p>5,780</p></td><td><p>6,039</p></td><td><p>6,363</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Bereavement Benefits</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Carer's Allowance</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Christmas Bonus - contributory</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Cold Weather Payments</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Disability Living Allowance</p></td><td><p>4,446</p></td><td><p>3,896</p></td><td><p>3,325</p></td><td><p>3,061</p></td><td><p>2,896</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Financial Assistance Scheme</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Funeral Expenses Payments</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Housing Benefit</p></td><td><p>6,243</p></td><td><p>5,866</p></td><td><p>5,573</p></td><td><p>5,348</p></td><td><p>5,352</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Industrial injuries benefits</p></td><td><p>515</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>504</p></td><td><p>509</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Mesothelioma 2008</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Over-75 TV Licence</p></td><td><p>631</p></td><td><p>653</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Pension Credit</p></td><td><p>5,751</p></td><td><p>5,516</p></td><td><p>5,317</p></td><td><p>5,292</p></td><td><p>5,281</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Personal Independence Payment</p></td><td><p>661</p></td><td><p>1,319</p></td><td><p>1,729</p></td><td><p>1,957</p></td><td><p>2,179</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Pneumoconiosis 1979</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Severe Disablement Allowance</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>State Pension</p></td><td><p>91,677</p></td><td><p>94,054</p></td><td><p>97,222</p></td><td><p>100,297</p></td><td><p>103,339</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which basic element</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>69,023</p></td><td><p>68,468</p></td><td><p>68,516</p></td><td><p>68,610</p></td><td><p>68,189</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which earnings-related element (&quot;Additional Pension&quot;, &quot;SERPS&quot; or &quot;S2P&quot;)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18,139</p></td><td><p>17,841</p></td><td><p>17,738</p></td><td><p>17,784</p></td><td><p>17,676</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which Graduated Retirement Benefit</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,170</p></td><td><p>2,110</p></td><td><p>2,068</p></td><td><p>2,041</p></td><td><p>1,999</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which lump sums (covering all contributory elements)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>655</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which new State Pension (excluding protected payments)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>4,550</p></td><td><p>7,726</p></td><td><p>10,664</p></td><td><p>14,242</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which new State Pension Protected Payments (including inherited elements)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which non-contributory (&quot;Category D&quot;)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>State Pension Transfers</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Winter Fuel Payments</p></td><td><p>2,059</p></td><td><p>2,022</p></td><td><p>1,988</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td><td><p>1,959</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total Expenditure directed at pensioners</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>118,174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>120,100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>122,570</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 125,393</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 128,529</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Projections of benefit expenditure to 2025, based on Budget 2015 assumptions and earlier population projections are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432575/ltp-publication-2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432575/ltp-publication-2015.pdf</a></p><p>with more detail at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432576/long-term-projections-pensioner-benefits-tables-2015.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432576/long-term-projections-pensioner-benefits-tables-2015.ods</a>. These are not directly comparable to the numbers provided in this answer due to differing uprating assumptions and underlying population projections.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/11/2016 17:00:55 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

626725

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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: Disability
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 ensure that employers who engage with the Disability Confident scheme are provided with the information they need to be able to employ people with hearing loss.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	51382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>Disability Confident is a pan-disability scheme that has been designed and developed by disabled people, disability organisations and employers. The scheme provides employers with the tools they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled employees. Embedded within the scheme are links to useful videos, information and a range of guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme went live in a test and learn phase in July and was formally launched on 2nd November 2016 at the Recruitment Employment Confederation in London, with press releases and promotion through mainstream media, social media, Jobcentre Plus, disability organisations, and Disabled People's User Led Organisations. Further promotion of the scheme is being planned, including material in BSL.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the scheme is to reach the widest possible number of employers, covering all sizes and sectors. This includes employers from the construction industry, a number of whom have already signed up. Officials from my Department have worked with representatives from the Construction Industry Council (CIC) to help the construction industry become Disability Confident.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident scheme contains embedded links to information for employers about supporting staff with hearing loss, including references to Access to Work. The Access to Work scheme can assist where disabled people need support above and beyond employer-provided reasonable adjustments. Access to Work features specialist teams who provide a dedicated service to particular groups of customers, including deaf customers. The Government has committed to supporting an additional 25,000 people through Access to Work by 2021.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51335 51336 question first answered 09/11/2016 15:59:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

626732

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's digital and IT projects are (a) under review and (b) at risk of cancellation.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	51424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>(a) Performing regular reviews of projects within a portfolio is an industry standard best practice activity. We currently have an active portfolio of circa 250 initiatives across DWP Digital. We are reviewing all of these regularly.</p><p> </p><p>(b) We regularly pause and accelerate projects based on business need and the need to sequence interdependencies across a complex systems estate. Given the agile delivery methods adopted by DWP, no projects are currently at risk of cancellation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/11/2016 16:25:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

626733

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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: Tottenham
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 Tottenham constituency (a) are entitled to claim child benefit and (b) have experienced payment arrears due to non-resident parents not paying full or any child maintenance within the last 12 months; and what the total value of these unpaid arrears is.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	51451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>a) The number of people entitled to claim Child Benefit in Tottenham constituency is not available. However, the number of families who received Child Benefit in the constituency can be found in Table 6 from Child Benefit statistics geographical analysis: August 2015: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-geographical-analysis-august-2015" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-geographical-analysis-august-2015</strong></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) In the 12 months to June 2016, 450 cases with the Child Support Agency in the Tottenham constituency have experienced new payment arrears due to a non-resident parent either not paying any child maintenance or not paying in full.</p><p> </p><p>The total value of arrears on cases in the Tottenham constituency stood at £5,461,264. This is for all cases, and not just those with arrears that have built up in the 12 months to June 2016, and includes arrears from the whole life of the case.</p><p> </p><p>Information on geographical breakdowns on the Child Maintenance Scheme is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><br>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2) Monetary values are rounded to the nearest pound.</p><p>3) Cases have been allocated to a parliamentary constituency by matching the residential postcode of the parent with care or non-resident parent for all cases administered on the CS2 and CSCS computer systems and cases managed off system to the Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/11/2016 17:11:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

626734

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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	British Steel: Pensions
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 his Department's response to the British Steel Pension Scheme Consultation.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	51468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The consultation paper set out various options for potentially helping the British Steel Pension Scheme as a part of a wider package of Government support to do what we can for UK Steel, steel workers and affected localities. The consultation closed on 23 June, and we will respond in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/11/2016 16:43:26 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

626735

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2016 to Question 47959, whether his Department plans to regulate the way public money is spent by private companies who are contracted by the Government with respect to members of staff being paid financial bonuses in addition to a salary.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	51419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>There are currently no plans for the Department to prescribe providers with criteria on how they should pay salary or bonuses to their staff. That is purely a commercial decision for the assessment providers. All health assessment contracts with DWP are awarded on an overall value for money basis.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/11/2016 17:27:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell