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857711

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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 5 March 2018 to Question 130479, on state retirement: pensions, how many complaints the Independent Case Examiners Office has received in total by constituency.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	131612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 15:00:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

857715

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Ethnic Minority Engagement Stakeholder Group
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 list the meetings he has attended with former members of the Department’s Ethnic Minority Engagement Stakeholder Group since its closure.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	131616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes on a quarterly basis, meetings with Ministers and external stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>The most up to date information can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> via the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 15:06:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

857723

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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: Telephone Services
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 is taking to stop intermediaries using freephone numbers offered by her Department to generate income from claimants.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	131624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has engaged with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to agree how to maximise the powers that Ofcom and the Phone-paid Services Authority discharge in relation to regulating paid for telephony services.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/03/2018 14:14:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

857731

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Welfare Tax Credits: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of (a) child tax credit, (b) working tax credit and (c) both child and working tax credit by income decile in (i) Coventry and (ii) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	131632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Decile</p></td><td><p>Child Tax Credit</p></td><td><p>Working Tax Credit</p></td><td><p>Both Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of individuals in receipt of tax credits is based on Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data sourced from the Family Resources Survey (FRS). A three year average (2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14) is used to support the small sample size at a regional level. The number in receipt of tax credits are not available at local authority or constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p> </p><p>In the FRS tax credit receipt is based on self-assessment and therefore may be subject to misreporting, and the FRS is known to undercount receipt of certain benefits. Therefore the numbers in the table have been produced by applying the proportion in each decile from HBAI to the overall number of families in receipt of child tax credit, working tax credit and both child tax credit and working tax credit, from administrative data. The tax credit administrative data is available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>The calculation of income deciles uses disposable household income, adjusted using modified OECD equivalisation factors for household size and composition. All estimates are based on survey data and are therefore subject to a degree of uncertainty. Small differences should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling error and variability in non-response. Numbers of individuals have been rounded to the nearest thousand individuals. Numbers that round to less than one hundred thousand have been suppressed (“-“).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 11:19:37 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

857788

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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, how many people who are in receipt of support for mortgage interest have applied for the replacement loan.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	131689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>At week commencing 5th March 2018, 10,179 claimants have stated their intention to take up the offer of an SMI loan.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 14:58:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

857796

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on legal costs seeking to prevent the publication of the Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews conducted between March 2012 and October 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	131697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The costs of defending the public interest in this specific case were £10,750 internal legal costs, and counsel has a cost of £8,330 + £1,660 of recoverable VAT.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/03/2018 11:22:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

857797

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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 assessment her Department has made of the ability of Support for Mortgage Interest claimants to afford financial advice on whether to take out a loan to replace the benefit that they are currently receiving.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	131698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department anticipates that many Support for Mortgage Interest claimants may not be able to afford commercial financial advice. All existing recipients of Support for Mortgage Interest will be contacted and given information about the changes. The information leaflet and Frequently Asked Questions booklet point claimants to organisations who can offer impartial, free support such as Money Advice Service. We believe that this will provide claimants with the information that they need to assess their options and make an informed decision on an SMI loan.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 17:13:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

857804

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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, which organisations Serco signposts Support for Mortgage Interest claimants to for advice on deciding whether to take out a loan from her Department to replace the benefit they are currently receiving; and whether such organisations are able to offer financial advice on taking out a loan.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	131705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>All existing recipients of Support for Mortgage Interest will be contacted and given information about the changes. The information leaflet and Frequently Asked Questions booklet point claimants to organisations who can offer impartial, free support. These include Money Advice Service, Shelter and Citizens Advice Bureau. These organisations do not offer regulated financial advice, however they can support claimants to understand the options available to them.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 17:10:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

857806

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127702, if her Department will put transitional protections in place for the continued payment of support for mortgage interest for claimants of that benefit who have not been contacted by Serco by the end of February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	131707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>A managed information provision process began in July 2017 to inform all existing recipients of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) benefit of the new scheme. The regulations contain provision for all claimants to be given at least 6 weeks from the loan offer to make a decision whether to accept or decline an SMI loan before their SMI benefit payments cease.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 17:08:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

857807

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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, how many face-to-face interviews have been conducted with Support for Mortgage Interest claimants to explain the replacement of that benefit with the new loan.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	131708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out any face to face interviews for Support for Mortgage Interest loans.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 17:04:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood