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846863

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what level of training is offered to decision-makers in his Department on better understanding the mental health situation of claimants.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	129037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The DWP provides role specific training which allows decision makers to reach decisions using a wide range of evidence, and in accordance with the relevant law. They work closely with Health Care Professionals, who undertake medical assessments and supply medical information and evidence to enable a decision to be reached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/03/2018 16:01:27 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

846864

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the Industry Injury Advice Council's guidance that Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease can only be diagnosed for miners who have worked for more than 20 years in an underground environment.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	129038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) which is a non-departmental public body made up of independent experts, representatives of employers and employees on matters relating to the Industrial Injuries Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Council’s primary role is to make recommendations about which diseases should be included in the list of diseases covered by the Industrial Injuries Scheme and the prescription criteria for those diseases.</p><p> </p><p>The legal framework underpinning the Industrial Injuries Scheme makes it clear that compensation should not be paid for a disease unless a link between a particular occupation and the disease can be established or presumed with reasonable certainty. A link is presumed where there is evidence that, on the balance of probabilities, work in the prescribed job or occupational exposure doubles the risk of developing the disease.</p><p> </p><p>The Council’s recommendations around Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease are that to establish a presumed link between occupation and disease, a miner would have to work for a minimum of 20 years underground to have sufficient exposure to coal dust. This recommendation was accepted when the disease was added to the scheme and was reflected in the prescription criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/02/2018 16:41:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

846879

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Recruitment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers are offering guaranteed interviews through the disability confident scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	129053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>There are currently over 5,550 businesses signed up to the Disability Confident scheme and the numbers are growing each week. In signing up to the scheme they have agreed to a number of commitments, including a commitment that they will encourage applications from disabled people by offering an interview to disabled people who declare they have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of this commitment is to encourage <strong>positive action</strong>, encouraging disabled people to apply for jobs and provide an opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities at the interview stage</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>In these circumstances the employer, could select the candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/02/2018 16:39:28 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

846895

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Email
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department does not have an automated system for the acknowledgement of receipt of e-mails.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	129069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Email is not recognised as a secure communication channel and the Department does not currently ask people to send personal details by email. As email is not an official communication channel, the Department does not acknowledge the receipt of contact through this medium.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to improving our communication with customers, whilst ensuring customer’s data is protected and is actively investigating how digital channels, including email, could be safely used for two-way communication with customers.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/02/2018 10:30:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

846935

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Poverty
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 people in receipt (a) job seeker's allowance, (b) tax credits, (c) child benefit, (d) disability living allowance or PIP and (e) housing benefit were living in relative poverty in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on the proportion of working age adults in relative low income, by state support received by their family, are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates (for a, b, d, and e) are publicly available in the links provided for the last 10 years:</p><p> </p><p><strong>2006/07:</strong> (see table 5.9db, page 113)</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130404002205/http:/statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/hbai/hbai2007/pdf_files/full_hbai08.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130404002205/http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/hbai/hbai2007/pdf_files/full_hbai08.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2007/08:</strong> (see table 5.9db, page 113)</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130404002441/http:/statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/hbai/hbai2008/pdf_files/full_hbai09.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130404002441/http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/hbai/hbai2008/pdf_files/full_hbai09.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2008/09:</strong> (see table 5.9db, page 125)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211979/full_hbai10.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211979/full_hbai10.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2009/10:</strong> (see table 5.9db, page 145)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211950/full_hbai11.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211950/full_hbai11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2010/11:</strong> (see file “chapter_5_risk_hbai12.xls”, tab 5.9db)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/200756/chapter_5_risk_hbai12.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/200756/chapter_5_risk_hbai12.xls</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2011/12:</strong> (see file “chapter_5_risk_hbai13.xls”, tab 5.9db)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/206818/chapter_5_risk_hbai13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/206818/chapter_5_risk_hbai13.xls</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2012/13: </strong>(see file “chapter_5_risk_hbai14.xls”, tab 5.9db)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/325422/hbai-2012-2013-supporting-excel-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/325422/hbai-2012-2013-supporting-excel-files.zip</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2013/14: </strong>(see file “5_workingage_risk.xls”, tab 5.9db)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/437253/hbai-2013-2014-supporting-excel-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/437253/hbai-2013-2014-supporting-excel-files.zip</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2014/15:</strong> (see file “5_workingage_risk.ods”, tab 5.9db)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/532118/hbai-2014-2015-supporting-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/532118/hbai-2014-2015-supporting-ods-files.zip</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2015/16:</strong> (see file “5_workingage_risk.ods”, tab 5.9db)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip</a></p><p> </p><p>For (c), the proportion of working age adults in receipt of child benefit in relative low income have been estimated from the Households Below Average Income dataset for each of the past 10 years. The figures are shown in the below table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>The proportion of working age adults in receipt of child benefit in relative low income, before housing costs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/02/2018 10:27:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

846936

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the ratio of registered job seekers per job vacancy in (a) Vale of Clwyd, (b) Wales, and (c) the UK excluding Wales in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The latest official data available from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that there are currently 823,000 vacancies in the UK, a record number. However, the ONS does not publish vacancies data at a regional or sub-regional level. This means it is not possible to calculate the ratio of registered job seekers per vacancy in the geographic areas requested.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/02/2018 15:44:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847012

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Rents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of universal credit on the number of people in rent arrears in (a) the UK, (b) the North East and (c) North West Durham.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	129186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>We are currently carrying out further analysis of this issue with a number of housing providers, to investigate and understand the true level of rent arrears for their tenants, what is causing them and any impacts Universal Credit may be having. It will be published when completed.</p><p> </p><p>We also know that arrears are usually temporary and the majority of claimants do succeed in paying their rent, managing their monthly payments and clearing their arrears over time. In our published research available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481865/universal-credit-extended-gateway-evaluation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481865/universal-credit-extended-gateway-evaluation.pdf</a>, the proportion of Universal Credit claimants who were in arrears at the start of their claim fell by a third after four months. To note, the relevant section is Page 33, Table 3.5. This report is from 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Lastly, research carried out by the National Federation of ALMOs shows over three quarters of their tenants come onto Universal Credit with pre-existing rent arrears. This research can be accessed at <a href="http://www.almos.org.uk/include/getDoc.php?did=7944&amp;fid=9326" target="_blank">http://www.almos.org.uk/include/getDoc.php?did=7944&amp;fid=9326</a>. To note, the relevant section is page 10, section 3.</p><p> </p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/02/2018 16:59:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

847035

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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, with reference to her Department’s response to Freedom of Information request 378/2016, for what reasons transitional arrangements No. 22 and 23 of Table A have not been costed.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	129209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Table A shows all of the options considered by the Government during the passage of the Pensions Act 2011. At the time the options were prioritised for costing, and those which were less specific in scope were not costed.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/03/2018 15:44:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

847069

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Fairtrade Initiative
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 her Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on what proportion of the Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years is not held on the Department’s e-procurement system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2018 15:26:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847107

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which organisations her Department has outsourced functions since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department is unable to answer the question as our e-procurement system only holds contractual information where the Department has entered into a contractual relationship with a supplier. This does not identify if a function is outsourced.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2018 15:30:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane