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386198

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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: Disability
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 bring forward legislative proposals to enable people who have been infected by contaminated blood products to have automatic access to disability benefits.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	4570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have no plans to enable people who have been infected by contaminated blood products to gain automatic access to disability benefits. Disability benefits are primarily based on the daily living, care or, where applicable, mobility needs arising from a long-term physical or mental health condition or disability rather than a diagnosis, specific medical condition or disability. This means that those who have been infected by contaminated blood products have access to disability benefits on the same terms as other people with physical or mental health conditions or disabilities.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/07/2015 13:26:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

386342

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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 his Department has budgeted for IT consultancy support related to universal credit in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not disclose commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 14:58:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386345

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Food Banks
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 June 2015 to Question 900461, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's evidence on the reasons behind food bank referrals.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	4630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>As I have previously detailed to the House, the reasons for food bank use are complex and overlapping. There is no robust evidence that directly links sanctions and food bank use.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:03:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

386349

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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
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 potential effect of reductions in the welfare budget on children with sensory loss.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	4542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government’s commitment to reduce welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/07/2015 14:10:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

386350

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
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 increase the amount of discretionary housing payment funding to local authorities after the reduction of the household benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-15/2538/" target="_blank">UIN2538</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/07/2015 14:47:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386352

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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 financial penalty Capita received for missing its six-week target for carrying out personal independence payment assessments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	4543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Contractual remedies are in place if the Assessment Provider fails to deliver against the agreed service standards and service credits are being applied, where appropriate, in order to recover estimated financial loss to the Department.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/07/2015 13:44:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

386357

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Carer's 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 people in each local authority area were eligible to receive carer's allowance on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many and what proportion of such people were in receipt of carer's allowance in each local authority area on that date.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	4562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>Proportions can then be calculated using the published figures for all entitled against those in receipt of Carer’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/07/2015 13:16:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

386363

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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, whether the phone number which disability living allowance claimants must phone in order to make a claim for personal independence payments will be free to call from (a) mobiles and (b) landlines.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	4555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Yes, I can confirm that all calls to make a claim for Personal Independence Payment will be free from mobile phones, landlines and textphones.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/07/2015 13:12:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

386371

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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 estimate he has made of savings to the public purse in each of the next five years arising from the implementation of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days)(Amendment) Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The principle behind the waiting days is that benefits are not designed to provide cover for brief spells of unemployment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect savings of around £150m per annum which will be used to fund measures to get people off benefit and into work and will particularly help those who are likely to be long­ term benefit recipients.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 14:54:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386372

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) sanctions and (b) appeals are related to claimants not performing online requirements such as job search.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	4707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The available information in respect of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance, sanction decisions and Appeals by reason, is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 12:59:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah