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855700

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date	05/03/2018
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: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the staff employed by her Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	131006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP’s headcount at the end of January 2018 is 83,147 of which 2,563 are currently undertaking an apprenticeship. This equates to 3.1% of DWP employees as of 31 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/03/2018 11:15:48 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

855728

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people that will sell their home because of the introduction of the replacement loan for support for mortgage interest payments.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>There is no reason for anyone to sell their home because of the introduction of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/03/2018 15:22:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

855734

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will issue guidance on accessing free and impartial financial advice on the support for mortgage interest payments loan.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>All existing SMI claimants are sent information about how the SMI loan will work, about possible alternatives to the loan and organisations that may offer further information and support. This is followed up by telephone calls from Serco to explain the information and answer any questions. A leaflet containing Frequently Asked Questions is issued to support this informed discussion. The information provision explicitly does not provide advice but does signpost to other impartial organisations that can help customers who may need assistance on reaching a financial decision such as Money Advice Service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 11:27:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

855736

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the replacement loan for support for mortgage interest payments is based on the Gilt interest rate.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>SMI loans are interest bearing at the Gilt Forecast Rate, as set out in the most recent forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). This rate was chosen as this reflects the cost of the Government borrowing to fund SMI loans.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/03/2018 15:22:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

855739

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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: Internet
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 27 February 2018 to Question 128375, on Universal Credit: Internet, if he will publish a timetable for those features mentioned which have a higher priority than the establishment of an online password reset function for universal credit claimants.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	131045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Improvements to features including those for making payments to claimants, further enhancements to the security of the system and features to improve the experience of people with specific needs are being addressed before the online password reset. It would not be useful to produce a schedule of changes as they are constantly reviewed and adapted as we work in an agile environment.</p><p> </p><p>We are continually delivering the functionality that gives the most value at any time, whilst ensuring the service is safe, secure and performing. This method ensures we will deliver this functionality at the most appropriate point.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 131046 question first answered 08/03/2018 13:00:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

855740

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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: Internet
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 27 February 2018 to Question 128375, on Universal Credit: Internet, if she will she set an estimated year of delivery for the development of an online password reset function for universal credit claimants.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	131046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Improvements to features including those for making payments to claimants, further enhancements to the security of the system and features to improve the experience of people with specific needs are being addressed before the online password reset. It would not be useful to produce a schedule of changes as they are constantly reviewed and adapted as we work in an agile environment.</p><p> </p><p>We are continually delivering the functionality that gives the most value at any time, whilst ensuring the service is safe, secure and performing. This method ensures we will deliver this functionality at the most appropriate point.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 131045 question first answered 08/03/2018 13:00:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

855741

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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: Internet
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 27 February 2018 to Question 128375, on Universal Credit: Internet, what funding the Government has made available for the development of IT systems for universal credit; and which private contractors her Department has commissioned to develop such systems.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	131047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Expenditure on the development of IT systems for Universal Credit to February 2018 is approximately £500 million.</p><p> </p><p>The key IT providers who have supported the development include:</p><p>· Accenture</p><p>· IBM</p><p>· DXC</p><p>· CapGemini</p><p>· Capita</p><p>· Thoughtworks</p><p>· Mongo</p><p>· Oracle</p><p>· Experian</p><p>· Booking Bug</p><p>· SCC</p><p>· Computacenter</p><p>· BT</p><p>· RedHat</p><p>· Amazon Web Services</p><p> </p><p>Development of the Universal Credit Full Service is being led by an in-house team.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/03/2018 11:15:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

855742

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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: Females
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 22 February 2018 to Question 128116, what the average time taken is between (a) a complaint being received on the equalisation of the state pension age and (b) the completion of checks on that complaint to establish it can be accepted for examination by her Department's independent case examiner.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	131048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The average time taken from receipt of a complaint about the equalisation of the state pension age, to the point at which the Independent Case Examiner’s Office makes a decision on whether it can be accepted for examination is currently 4 weeks.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/03/2018 11:15:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

855747

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to minimise the extent of liabilities imposed on small business owners by the operation of section 75 of the Pensions Act 1995.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	131053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Following a Call for Evidence on Section 75 Employer Debt in Non-Associated Multi-Employer Defined Benefit Pension Schemes we are introducing a deferred debt arrangement in April that will help small employers in managing an employer debt. On 26 February we published a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/683655/government-response-to-the-occupational-pension-schemes-employer-debt-2018-consultation.pdf" target="_blank">response</a> to the consultation on the draft Occupational Pension Schemes Regulations 2017 together with a final version of the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/03/2018 11:50:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann