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934953

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2018
	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: Serco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many current contracts her Department has with Serco; and what the (a) value, (b) start date and (c) end date of each of those contracts is.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	161075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested, comprising of 6 contracts, current at the 6<sup>th</sup> of July 2018, is illustrated in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Title</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Start Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>End Date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work Programme - CPA17</p></td><td><p>£47,049,379</p></td><td><p>29/06/2011</p></td><td><p>29/09/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work Programme - CPA15</p></td><td><p>£77,037,531</p></td><td><p>29/06/2011</p></td><td><p>29/09/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support for Mortgage Interest Information Provider</p></td><td><p>£5,188,978</p></td><td><p>19/07/2017</p></td><td><p>19/01/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP - Contact Centre Service</p></td><td><p>£11,807,000</p></td><td><p>17/10/2016</p></td><td><p>29/02/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Universal Credit Interview Booking Contact Centre Service</p></td><td><p>£8,887,102</p></td><td><p>12/10/2016</p></td><td><p>29/07/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warm Home Discount Scheme (WHDS)</p></td><td><p>£2,633,000</p></td><td><p>17/08/2015</p></td><td><p>03/08/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North &amp; East London Troubled Families - ESF (England 2014-20)</p></td><td><p>£5,588,147</p></td><td><p>01/12/2016</p></td><td><p>16/04/2021</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/07/2018 11:15:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

934424

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	Funerals: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made to her Department for a grant towards the costs of a funeral between June 2017 and May 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	160092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Funeral Expenses Payment is a recoverable loan, rather than a non-recoverable grant.</p><p> </p><p>In the period June 2017- May 2018, there were approximately 40,200 applications received for Funeral Expenses Payments in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>This figure is drawn from the Social Fund Policy, Budget, and Management Information System.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>The figure is rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>The figure relates to applications received by DWP, not applications processed. Some applications may have been withdrawn before a decision was made.</li><li>The figure does not include applications that were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</li><li>The number of applications made in each year is not equal to the number of people who made applications in that year. An individual may make multiple applications in a given time period.</li></ul> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/07/2018 10:19:37 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

933872

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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	Marriage Guidance: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether new voluntary sector organisations are eligible to access the £39 million of funding provided by her Department for relationship support services in local communities.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	159575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>The Reducing Parental Conflict Programme is funded by up to £39m, and will encourage councils across England to integrate evidence-based services and approaches to addressing parental conflict that work for their local families.</p><p>Just over a quarter of the programme budget will be used to build the evidence base for which interventions work to reduce parental conflict, and provide access to face-to-face support to reduce parental conflict in 30 local authorities across England. The procurement process for the delivery of the face-to-face interventions will be open to any interested party as an open competition.</p><p>To help potential suppliers to prepare for these opportunities, we recently published a Prior Information Notice which outlined the timescales for the procurement. This notice advised suppliers that we will be launching an opportunity in July for expert organisations to bid to deliver the face-to-face interventions which DWP will be funding, with these contracts in place by January 2019. Full details of this process will be available when the Invitation to Tender is published. Organisations interested in bidding for the face-to-face contracts will be able to access the procurement opportunities on Contracts Finder, and can register their interest on Bravo.</p><p>In addition to the procurement of face-to-face services, we have also announced £6m of joint funding with the Department of Health and Social Care, aimed at improving the outcomes of children of alcohol-dependent parents, and we expect that there will be opportunities for voluntary sector organisations to participate in this work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2018 14:44:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

933965

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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: Housing
	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 claimants of universal credit claimants with a rent liability receive their first payment of housing costs within two months of their date of claim.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	159621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>For claims to UC that are entitled to support for housing costs and due a first payment in March 2018, which is the most recent month for which internal figures are available, more than 90% of claims (30,000 claims) receive their support for housing within 2 months of the date of claim.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2018 15:03:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

932719

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2018
	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	Offenders: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many female offenders did not receive an appointment at their local job centre on the day of their release in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	159016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/07/2018 10:35:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

932756

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2018
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance claims are currently in dispute.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	158993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted dispute to refer to any situation where there is a disagreement between parents about the details of a child maintenance case which have an impact on the amount of child maintenance to be paid. As such, a dispute could refer to mandatory reconsiderations and/or appeals. Statistics on mandatory reconsiderations and appeals are published in tables 15 and 16 of the Child Maintenance Service: Aug 2013 to Mar 2018 (experimental) available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p><p>Information on current mandatory reconsiderations and appeals will be available in future publications, information up to the end of June 2018 is due to be published in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The volume and percentage of mandatory reconsiderations cleared within 20 working days is also published in table 15 of the Child Maintenance Service Statistics.</p><p>On average in 2017/18, appeals were with the Child Maintenance Service for 42 days. Where the parent was not satisfied with the outcome from appeal to the Child Maintenance Service, the parent can submit an appeal to HM Courts &amp; Tribunal Service, who took on average 168 days to review an appeal.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 158995 question first answered 06/07/2018 11:15:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

932757

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2018
	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	Child Maintenance Service: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to staff of the Child Maintenance Service on legislation applicable to their area of responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	158994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>Child Maintenance Group employees are provided with a comprehensive induction and a tailored technical training programme including legislation appropriate to their area of work. There is no one single training product covering all aspects of this programme.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/07/2018 11:24:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

932758

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2018
	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	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 the average time taken is to resolve a disputed case with the Child Maintenance Service in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	158995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted dispute to refer to any situation where there is a disagreement between parents about the details of a child maintenance case which have an impact on the amount of child maintenance to be paid. As such, a dispute could refer to mandatory reconsiderations and/or appeals. Statistics on mandatory reconsiderations and appeals are published in tables 15 and 16 of the Child Maintenance Service: Aug 2013 to Mar 2018 (experimental) available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p><p>Information on current mandatory reconsiderations and appeals will be available in future publications, information up to the end of June 2018 is due to be published in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The volume and percentage of mandatory reconsiderations cleared within 20 working days is also published in table 15 of the Child Maintenance Service Statistics.</p><p>On average in 2017/18, appeals were with the Child Maintenance Service for 42 days. Where the parent was not satisfied with the outcome from appeal to the Child Maintenance Service, the parent can submit an appeal to HM Courts &amp; Tribunal Service, who took on average 168 days to review an appeal.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 158993 question first answered 06/07/2018 11:15:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

932778

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2018
	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: Inverclyde
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsideration cases in relation to (a) social security and (b) child support claims have taken place in Inverclyde constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	159026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>DWP provides volumes of Mandatory Reconsiderations at a national level in the following statistical publications.</p><p> </p><p>“Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to April 2018” – Tables 7a and 7b, available on line at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>“ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: June 2018” – Tables 12 to 15, available on line at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-june-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>“Benefit sanctions statistics to January 2018” – Tables 1.8, 2.6, and 3.6, available on line at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-january-2018</a>. Further breakdowns of these statistics for Parliamentary Constituencies can be found via Stat-Xplore:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>“Child Maintenance Service: Aug 2013 to Mar 2018 (experimental)” – Table 15, available on line at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/07/2018 10:42:53 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

931803

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	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	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Funeral Expenses Payment claims there have been in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	158357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Data on the amount claimed for Funeral Expenses Payments (FEPs) is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The number of FEP applications received by the DWP and awards as a proportion of FEP applications processed, in each calendar year since 2005, are given below in table 1. They are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. Figures are not given for 2018 as the calendar year is incomplete.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the timing of application processing, figures on awards may relate to applications processed in the previous year.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: FEP applications received and proportion of FEP applications resulting in an award, Great Britain 2005 - 2017</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Applications received (000s)</p></td><td><p>Awards as a proportion of applications processed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>68.5</p></td><td><p>62.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>67.7</p></td><td><p>61.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>63.8</p></td><td><p>61.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>67.5</p></td><td><p>59.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>68.9</p></td><td><p>58.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>66.8</p></td><td><p>56.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>54.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>66.4</p></td><td><p>54.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>62.2</p></td><td><p>56.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>52.5</p></td><td><p>59.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>46.6</p></td><td><p>62.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>44.3</p></td><td><p>60.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>41.8</p></td><td><p>61.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Social Fund Policy, Budget, and Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>These figures do not include applications that were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</li><li>Figures on applications received differ from the number of applications processed by the DWP. Some applications may have been withdrawn before a decision was made.</li><li>The number of applications made in each year is not equal to the number of people who made applications in that year. An individual may make multiple applications in a given time period.</li><li>The proportion of FEP claims resulting in an award is calculated by dividing the number of awards in a given year by the number of applications processed by the DWP in a given year. The number of awards used in this calculation includes awards made after review, reconsideration or appeal following an initial refusal.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 158358 158359 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:44:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen