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100533

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many premises inspectors of the Health and Safety Executive visited as part of inspections of the licensed removal of asbestos in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	211627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information asked for is not held.</p><p> </p><p>Below is a table of the number of Asbestos visits by Health and Safety Executive Inspectors. These numbers may include more than one visit to the same premises.</p><p> </p><p>The number of inspections has reduced over the past five years due to a reduction in the number of licence holders from 559 in 2010 to 458 in 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (April – March)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Asbestos visits</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 – 2011</p></td><td><p>1,872</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 – 2012</p></td><td><p>1,755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 – 2013</p></td><td><p>1,522</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 – 2014</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2014 17:58:04 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 24587 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90802

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
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, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education about ending the Youth Contract Wage Incentive scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Holding reply issued on 9th September 2014.</p><p>The Minister for Employment discussed ending the Youth Contract Wage Incentive Scheme and identified opportunities to help the most disadvantaged young people with the Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/09/2014 11:55:12 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb previous answer version 19211 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90567

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	New Enterprise Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses have been created with help from the New Enterprise Allowance; and how many of those businesses have sustained operations for more than 52 weeks.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Latest statistics show that since the launch of New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) in 2011 to the end of March 2014, there were 46,000 NEA weekly allowance claims. The weekly allowance is payable when the participant closes their claim to benefits and commences trading which is a proxy measure for business starts created by the scheme.</p><p>We do not have data on the numbers of NEA businesses trading for 52 weeks. However, an analysis of the benefit status of NEA participants, published in 2013, highlighted that of 3,000 people who took part in the scheme in the first year, 78% had remained off benefit continuously for 52 weeks after claiming the NEA weekly allowance.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/09/2014 11:55:11 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 18988 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90570

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on the Flexible Support Fund in each region of the UK in each year since it was introduced.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Expenditure on Flexible Support Fund (FSF) since it was introduced in each year is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>2011/2012</td><td>£70.2m</td></tr><tr><td>2012/2013</td><td>£125.0m</td></tr><tr><td>2013/2014</td><td>£106.2m</td></tr></tbody></table><p>2014/2015: This information is not currently for release as the data is subject to audit and change.</p><p>The FSF expenditure is only captured at a National level, not across UK Regions, this information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/09/2014 12:07:26 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 18989 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90364

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money fraudulently claimed by Ms Janet Curtis has been recovered.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	207901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Recovering overpaid benefit is a high priority for DWP and we take all reasonable and lawful steps to achieve this. We are unable to supply the information requested because of our duties under data protection legislation.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/10/2014 09:14:53 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 18502 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

78610

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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, what assessment he has made of the main reasons for the time taken to process personal independence payment claims.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	206123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Claimants to employment and support allowance (ESA) are not being asked to claim personal independence payment (PIP). PIP was introduced in April 2013 to replace disability living allowance (DLA) for working age people (between 16 and 64 years old) and operates an entirely separate assessment from the work capability assessment used for ESA claims. From October 2013 we have begun inviting some existing claimants of DLA to claim PIP. The current arrangements for this can be found on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners</a> .</p><p>We are continuously looking at ways to increase the number of decisions made on PIP claims and to improve the claims process.</p><p>Internal DWP processes and the assessment part of the process are taking longer than expected and some claimants are taking longer than anticipated to return their claim forms but we are working closely with both PIP assessment providers as part of our plans to speed up the end to end claimant journey. We have introduced improvements in communications to claimants about the type of evidence they can supply to speed up their claim and we are taking action to support the assessment providers in clearing backlogs of work.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 206121 206132 question first answered 22/07/2014 11:18:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 11771 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

78612

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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, what assessment his Department made of the staffing levels required to efficiently process the transfer of employment and support allowance claimants to the personal independence payments claims.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	206121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Claimants to employment and support allowance (ESA) are not being asked to claim personal independence payment (PIP). PIP was introduced in April 2013 to replace disability living allowance (DLA) for working age people (between 16 and 64 years old) and operates an entirely separate assessment from the work capability assessment used for ESA claims. From October 2013 we have begun inviting some existing claimants of DLA to claim PIP. The current arrangements for this can be found on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners</a> .</p><p>We are continuously looking at ways to increase the number of decisions made on PIP claims and to improve the claims process.</p><p>Internal DWP processes and the assessment part of the process are taking longer than expected and some claimants are taking longer than anticipated to return their claim forms but we are working closely with both PIP assessment providers as part of our plans to speed up the end to end claimant journey. We have introduced improvements in communications to claimants about the type of evidence they can supply to speed up their claim and we are taking action to support the assessment providers in clearing backlogs of work.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 206123 206132 question first answered 22/07/2014 11:18:27 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 11789 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

78620

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 110W, on personal independence payment, if he will estimate the number of people who do not currently claim disability living allowance who go into debt while their claims for personal independence payment are pending.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	206201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We have no plans to carry out such an estimate. As referenced in the earlier answer from the former Minister of State for Disabled People, the Rt. Hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning), most people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will already be receiving some element of financial support to meet day-to-day living expenses. If entitlement to PIP is established, payment will be backdated.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/07/2014 11:21:58 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 11775 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

78623

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials are currently working on the universal credit programme.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	206235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Current resource data shows a full time equivalent of 465 staff currently working on the Universal Credit Programme.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/07/2014 11:24:39 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 11777 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

78625

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 278W, on personal independence payments, what his Department's definition is of a mature system; and how he proposes that the maturity of the system will be measured.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	206342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The publication of any new statistics series needs to ensure that it is based on robust data and the measures reflect the system that is being delivered and latest performance. The Department’s statisticians are currently looking at developing measures around clearance times and will pre-announce future publication in line with the UK Statistics Authority protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/07/2014 11:12:35 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 11785 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham