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registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	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 steps he is taking to collect child maintenance arrears, by category of collectability.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	2606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department publishes an annual estimate of child maintenance arrears in the Client Funds Account that sets out the three categories of collectability.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1. Likely to be collected:</strong> Debt which meets criteria indicating that the Department has a good chance of collecting it. The criteria are:</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">At least one payment made against the outstanding arrears in the six months prior to the reporting date.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">At least one payment made in excess of the scheduled amount</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2. Potentially collectable:</strong> Debt which meets criteria indicating that the Department has a reasonable chance of collecting it. The criteria are:</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">The existence of a payment schedule at any point during the six months prior to the reporting date, even though no payments were received in the period.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">For recent arrears, i.e. aged three months or less, the receipt of at least one payment against those arrears after the reporting date.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Debt on cases where enforcement action such as deduction directly from the non-resident parent’s bank account, or forcing the sale of their property is likely to be successful.</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>3. Uncollectable:</strong> All remaining debt which does not meet the criteria for either of the other categories.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The Department aims to ensure parents fulfil their obligation to make financial provision for their children and that maintenance is paid accurately and on time. Our priority, as outlined in our published Arrears and Compliance Strategy is to collect on-going maintenance and arrears in cases where there is still a child who stands to benefit.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Child maintenance arrears are categorised in the Client Fund Account according to the likelihood of them being collected. We consider action on all cases that fall into the collectable and potentially collectable categories of debt. Where we are unable to take enforcement action, for example where we cannot trace the non-resident parent, cases will fall into the uncollectable category and will be reviewed as resources allow.</ins></p></ins></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/07/2017 09:26:53 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2017 10:03:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 2227 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

746123

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	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, what recent estimate he has made of the number of women in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry local authority area, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England who will be affected by changes to the state pension age for women born in the 1950s.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	1557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were affected by State Pension age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, and included transitional arrangements limiting State Pension age delays, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953. It also brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers affected by constituent country, parliamentary constituency or local authority is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions. However, the most recent population breakdowns for England and its parliamentary constituencies by age can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates</a></p><p> </p><p>Population breakdowns by local authority, region and country can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland</a></p><p> </p><p>The House of Commons library have produced a paper estimating the number of women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 (those born between 6 April 1953 and 5 <del class="ministerial">December 1953</del><ins class="ministerial"> April 1960</ins>) by constituency, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx" target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/07/2017 14:01:01 question first ministerially corrected 05/07/2017 08:38:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 1264 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

717841

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	Workplace Pensions: Pension Funds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce legislation (1) prohibiting companies withdrawing moneys from their pension funds for any reason, or (2) requiring them to keep their funds topped up to the level recommended by actuaries.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL6650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Current legislation already requires schemes to have sufficient and appropriate assets to cover the cost of paying future pensions when they fall due, or to put in place a recovery plan to ensure that the scheme returns to full funding within a reasonable period. It also prohibits the transfer of funds from the scheme to the employer apart from some limited circumstances and where there is a surplus.</ins></p><p>The Government’s Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Pension Schemes Green Paper explores a number of aspects of defined benefit pensions, including scheme funding arrangements and invites views. This paper was laid before Parliament on 20 February 2017.</p><p>The closing date for comments is 14 May 2017; responses can be submitted to the following postal address:</p><p>DB Consultation Private Pensions</p><p>First Floor</p><p>Caxton House</p><p>6-12 Tothill Street</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 9NA</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/04/2017 09:35:00 question first ministerially corrected 20/04/2017 13:45:24 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley previous answer version 44619 answering member printed Lord Henley answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

685608

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches his Department has employed in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK in each of the last three years; and how many work coaches his Department plans to employ in each such region and part of the UK in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	63215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of work coaches employed by the department in each of the last three years, shown by each nation within Great Britain and also by Jobcentre Plus district can be seen in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of March 2018 we plan to have around 2,500 more Work Coaches in Jobcentres across the nations and regions of Great Britain. However, the final allocation of work coaches will be based on funding, claimant activity and determined by need.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>12,613</p></td><td><p>11,341</p></td><td><p>11,596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>10,855</p></td><td><p>9,723</p></td><td><p>9,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,136</p></td><td><p>997</p></td><td><p>1,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>622</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>750</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> <strong>Jobcentre Plus Region</strong></strong></ins></p></td><td><p><strong>Jobcentre Plus District</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Central England </ins></p></td><td><p>Birmingham &amp; Solihull</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Black Country</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">349</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">326</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>East Anglia</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">272</del><ins class="ministerial">349</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">296</del><ins class="ministerial">326</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Leicestershire &amp; Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">321</del><ins class="ministerial">272</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">327</del><ins class="ministerial">296</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire &amp; Rutland</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">216</del><ins class="ministerial">321</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">242</del><ins class="ministerial">327</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p>Mercia</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">406</del><ins class="ministerial">216</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">409</del><ins class="ministerial">242</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*Midland Shires</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">406</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">409</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">Central England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Staffordshire &amp; Shropshire</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">238</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">228</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>Bedfordshire &amp; Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">445</del><ins class="ministerial">238</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">374</del><ins class="ministerial">228</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>East London</p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">288</del><ins class="ministerial">445</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">238</del><ins class="ministerial">374</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">249</del><ins class="ministerial">288</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">246</del><ins class="ministerial">238</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">390</del><ins class="ministerial">249</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">336</del><ins class="ministerial">246</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>North London</p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">555</del><ins class="ministerial">390</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">464</del><ins class="ministerial">336</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>South London</p></td><td><p>624</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">369</del><ins class="ministerial">555</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">361</del><ins class="ministerial">464</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> London and the Home Counties</ins></p></td><td><p>West London</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">332</del><ins class="ministerial">369</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">362</del><ins class="ministerial">361</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>Durham &amp; Tees Valley</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">353</del><ins class="ministerial">332</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">336</del><ins class="ministerial">362</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>North East Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">352</del><ins class="ministerial">353</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">377</del><ins class="ministerial">336</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>Northumberland Tyne &amp; Wear</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">344</del><ins class="ministerial">352</ins></p></td><td><p>377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">573</del><ins class="ministerial">344</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">523</del><ins class="ministerial">377</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North East England</ins></p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,392</del><ins class="ministerial">573</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">343</del><ins class="ministerial">523</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Cumbria &amp; Lancashire</p></td><td><p>347</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">370</del><ins class="ministerial">343</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester Central &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">371</del><ins class="ministerial">370</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester East &amp; West</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">427</del><ins class="ministerial">371</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> North West England</ins></p></td><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">315</del><ins class="ministerial">427</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>East &amp; South East Scotland</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">395</del><ins class="ministerial">315</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>Glasgow Lanarkshire &amp; East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">205</del><ins class="ministerial">395</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>North of Scotland</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">271</del><ins class="ministerial">205</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Scotland</ins></p></td><td><p>West of Scotland</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">392</del><ins class="ministerial">271</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p>Devon Cornwall &amp; Somerset</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">363</del><ins class="ministerial">330</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*Avon Severn and Thames</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">302</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">363</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Gloucestershire &amp; West of England</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">330</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p>Greater Wessex</p></td><td><p>445</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Surrey &amp; Sussex</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">750</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Southern England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">*</ins>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">172</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Wales</ins></p></td><td><p>North &amp; Mid Wales</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">303</del><ins class="ministerial">172</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Wales</ins></p></td><td><p>South East Wales</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">275</del><ins class="ministerial">303</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Wales</ins></p></td><td><p>South West Wales</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">449</del><ins class="ministerial">275</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><ol><li>The number of Work Coaches is expressed as a Full Time Equivalent.</li><li>Numbers rounded to the nearest whole number.</li><li>Numbers may not sum due to rounding</li><li><ins class="ministerial">* Highlights change to District structure</ins></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/02/2017 16:56:41 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2017 16:21:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 35189 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

652776

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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 6 December 2016 to Question 55887, how many full-time equivalent members of staff his Department has employed to work on the design and implementation of universal credit in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	56404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Data on reports of pension scams is collected via Action Fraud. However, the government, working with the City of London Police and other partners as part of Project Bloom, is aware that many scams in the UK, and the true extent of associated losses, go un-reported. The true extent of losses may also only become apparent some time after the initial report and increases in fraud reports could be due to a number of factors, for example increased industry reporting or rising awareness amongst the public due to high profile information campaigns.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government takes the issue of pension scams very seriously, which is why, on 5 December 2016 we launched a public consultation on a package of measures aimed at tackling pension scams. This included a proposed definition of pension fraud to allow better monitoring and data collection on pension scams.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government will continue to work closely with the City of London Police and other Project Bloom partners to help local forces and other agencies raise awareness on pension scams and encourage more people to report scamming activity and losses.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The table below breaks down the location of the victim of reported pension scams collated by Action Fraud over the last two financial years.</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Location of victims of reported pension scams</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Financial year 2014/15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Financial year 2015/16 to date </strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Scotland</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">27</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Rest of the UK</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">921</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">446</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</ins></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/12/2016 15:32:39 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2016 16:11:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 25819 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

631257

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of foreign children adopted by UK parents who are not eligible for disability living allowance because of the past presence rule.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	52007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I am replying to this question as assessments of the effect of the benefit cap are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Evaluation evidence in relation to the existing cap showed very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small numbers of capped households who have been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Where claimants need further financial support with their housing costs in order to adjust to the benefit cap, for example while they find work or move to more suitable accommodation, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To help Local Authorities protect the most vulnerable and to support households adjusting to the reforms, the Government will provide £870 million funding for the Discretionary Housing Payments scheme over the next 5 years.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><ins class="ministerial"><p>The information is not held.</p></ins><p> </p></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/11/2016 15:05:14 question first ministerially corrected 16/11/2016 15:41:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 20545 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

604191

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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	Migrant Workers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he made an estimate of the number of foreign companies employing migrant workers in the UK who have sued their employees for overpayment of wages upon their return to their country of origin.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	48990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">DWP has received no representations on migrant employees in the UK being forced to repay funds paid to them as a result of shortfalls in wages to their employers upon return to their country of origin.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">DWP has not made an estimate of the number of foreign companies employing migrant workers in the UK who have sued their employees for overpayment of wages upon their return to their country of origin.</ins></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/10/2016 15:39:20 question first ministerially corrected 21/10/2016 11:31:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 15529 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

535892

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the cumulative impact of housing benefit cuts, benefit caps and council tax on the health of benefit claimants, both those in work and unemployed, since 2008, taking into account the impact of debt on mental health and the need for women to receive a healthy diet before they conceive and while they are pregnant if they are to give birth to healthy babies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
uin	HL1171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Impact assessments published for welfare changes, for example those relating to the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016, are available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Published impact assessments not available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> may be available at <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.nationalarchives.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We already have cumulative distributional analysis published by HMT that is the most comprehensive available covering not only the effects of direct cash transfers between households and government but also the effects of frontline public service provision.</p><p> </p><p>Our welfare reforms since 2010 are intended to incentivise work and make work pay. There is a strong evidence base showing that work is generally good for physical and mental health and wellbeing. We recognise that not everyone can work and therefore we provide financial assistance.</p><p> </p><p>The employment rate <del class="ministerial">remains</del><ins class="ministerial"> is</ins> at 74.4 per cent which is the highest since comparable records began. In addition the number and rate of workless households are both at a record low.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/07/2016 13:54:07 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2016 08:29:25 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud previous answer version 7861 answering member printed Lord Freud answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

535908

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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	Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made an estimate of the cost of their monetary policy on the solvency of pension schemes, and whether they plan to use the profit made from quantitative easing to strengthen the financial position of the Pension Protection Fund.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL1186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s monetary policy framework gives operational responsibility for monetary policy to the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at the Bank of England. Decisions on setting monetary policy are for the judgement of the Monetary Policy Committee.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is sensitive to the fact that there will be those who gain and those who lose from any particular monetary policy decision. Such distributional effects typically balance out over the course of a policy cycle.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last six years low interest rates have helped households and businesses through challenging economic times. Furthermore, as the Bank of England has explained in its article entitled &quot;The distributional effects of asset purchases&quot; published in its 2012 Q3 Quarterly Bulletin: &quot;Without the Bank's asset purchases, most people in the United Kingdom would have been worse off. Economic growth would have been lower. Unemployment would have been higher. Many more companies would have gone out of business. This would have had a significant detrimental impact on savers and pensioners along with every other group in our society.&quot;</p><p> </p><p>The Pension Protection Fund is financially sustainable and there are no plans to further strengthen it. The PPF 2015/16 annual report said that the Fund has over <del class="ministerial">£22</del> <ins class="ministerial">£23 </ins>billion assets under management and is <del class="ministerial">115</del> <ins class="ministerial">116.3</ins> per cent funded.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 25/07/2016 14:26:51 question first ministerially corrected 04/08/2016 13:42:34 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud previous answer version 8217 answering member printed Lord Freud answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

455452

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Overtime
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 paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">This information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>As part of this Government’s transparency agenda, all Departments are required to publish monthly workforce statistics that includes overtime costs. This information is available from the gov.uk website at:</strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-staff-numbers-and-associated-costs" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-staff-numbers-and-associated-costs</strong></a></ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/03/2016 12:27:44 question first ministerially corrected 18/03/2016 11:14:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 49110 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth