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673617

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
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 universal credit claimants his Department has written to since March 2016 to inform them that they may be affected by changes to the work allowances of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	60096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>We have contacted around 59,000 Universal Credit claimants. The actual number of claimants affected is expected to be significantly lower.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/01/2017 15:00:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

673618

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
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	Work and Health Programme
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 has made of the effect on the number of employment coaches of the Work and Health Programme.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	60097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Significant Progress has been made in tackling unemployment, with dramatic falls in the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits, and in long-term unemployment.</p><p>Contracted provision will continue to play a crucial role in offering support at the right time to those who have difficulty accessing the labour market. The Spending Review in October 2015 announced funding rising to at least £130 million a year by 2019/20 for the new Work and Health programme, including funding to be devolved to Scotland. Support will focus on people with a disability, early access for priority groups and the long term unemployed. We expect the majority of people who start the programme to have a disability.</p><p> </p><p>The number of employment coaches and other support required to deliver contracted employment support is a matter for providers. The process to select providers to deliver the Work and Health Programme is at an early stage and we expect potential providers to consider this as part of their service bids</p><p> </p><p>The Work and Health Programme will have no impact on the number of work coaches in</p><p>DWP.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/01/2017 14:42:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

673619

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
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: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to announce what changes are required to comply with the terms of the Supreme Court ruling of November 2016 on the under-occupancy penalty.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	60098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department is taking action to make changes to the regulations in order to comply with the terms of the judgment. The Social Security Advisory Committee and Local Authority Associations are being consulted about the changes in the usual way. The Department will also be issuing guidance to Local Authorities ready for when the changes are in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/01/2017 16:07:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

522746

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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 progress his Department has made on halving the disability employment gap.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	39237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>In the last two years, the number of disabled people in work has increased by 365,000. But we recognise that the gap between the employment rates of disabled people and non-disabled people remains too large. That is why we are committed to halving it.</p><p> </p><p>Progress against the disability employment gap is a key factor in progress towards full employment. This is consistent with the Government’s manifesto commitment which said ‘as part of our objective to achieve full employment, we will aim to halve the disability employment gap’. The annual report on progress towards full employment will include an update on the Government’s progress towards halving the disability employment gap.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to produce a Green Paper later this year that starts to reframe the discussion with disabled people and their representative organisations and points towards long-term reform.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2016 11:00:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

522747

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the receipts to the public purse were from (a) the £20 fee charged for applications to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), (b) the 20 per cent collection fee for paying parents using the CMS collect and pay service, (c) the four per cent collection fee for receiving parents using the CMS collect and pay service and (d) enforcement fees levied on paying parents in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	39238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Receipts to the public purse during 2015-16 were as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Item</p></td><td><p>Amount received in 2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Application fee</p></td><td><p>£1.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Collection charge from paying parents</p></td><td><p>£5.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Collection charge from receiving parents</p></td><td><p>£1.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enforcement charges</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are draft and subject to audit.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2016 14:38:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

522748

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the outcomes were of the universal credit in-work conditionality pilots.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	39239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The In-work Progression Randomised Control Trial is rolling out nationally but not yet complete. We plan to have recruited the necessary 15,000 participants by Autumn 2016. We will then continue to support claimants for a further year in the trial, with findings in early 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/06/2016 14:11:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515996

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 192 of the Office of Budget Responsibility's report, Economic and fiscal outlook, published in March 2016, how the estimated savings of £0.8 billion by 2020-21 from the minimum income floor of universal credit were calculated.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The savings were estimated using DWP's and HMRC's models of the tax and benefit system. Extracting the full details of the calculations carried out within the models would only be possible at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 10:11:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515997

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to universal credit, what his estimate is of Government spending on transitional protection where entitlement is lower in each year until 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Our estimates of Government spending on transitional protection over the Spending Review period are: £120 million in 2018/19. The national implementation of managed migration is not planned to start before June 2018, and so transitional protection will not start until then.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/05/2016 10:28:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515998

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his oral contribution of 21 March 2016, Official Report, column 1269, whether his Department plans to proceed with the removal of housing benefit for people aged between 18 and 21 years old.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government will be taking forward its plans to remove the automatic entitlement to housing support for new claims in Universal Credit for 18-21 year olds who are out of work from April 2017; as announced in the 2015 Summer Budget. The planned changes will ensure that vulnerable young people who are in need of support for their housing needs continue to receive it whilst maintaining a system that is fair to the taxpayer</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/05/2016 12:14:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515458

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Universal Credit
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 15 March 2016 to Question 30624 and with reference to the First-Tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber Information Rights decision of 11 March 2016, if his Department will publish the Risk Register prior to the universal credit re-set in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Following the first tier tribunal decision that the Universal Credit risk register for April 2012 should be released, the document was shared with the requestor.</p><p>The government’s view remains that is not in the public interest to publish risk registers because it will compromise the ability to conduct a full and frank assessment of risks and therefore increase the risk to successful delivery of major programmes<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 09:55:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith