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459336

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Private Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help people with disabilities with the cost of housing in the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Cheadle
tabling member printed	Mary Robinson
uin	30723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>There are a number of ways the Department helps people with disabilities who are entitled to Housing Benefit and are renting in the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The enhanced package of Discretionary Housing Payments funding (£870 million over 5 years) will enable LAs to protect vulnerable claimants and support households affected by the Housing Benefit reforms.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, single disabled people under 35 years of age who are in receipt of the severe disability premium are exempt from the shared accommodation rate under the Local Housing Allowance scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled people with overnight care needs may be eligible for an additional bedroom for a non-resident carer under the size criteria rules.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 13:34:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4406 label Biography information for Mary Robinson

459393

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Industrial Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what public awareness campaigns his Department has planned to improve awareness of work-related respiratory illness.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	30719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), as the national regulator for health and safety at work, takes a lead role in raising awareness of work related respiratory diseases. HSE has run campaigns targeted at specific at-risk workers and/or their employers, a recent example being the ‘Beware Asbestos’ campaign which ran from October 2014 to March 2015 and focussed on tradespeople such as carpenters, electricians and plumbers. HSE has also supported other organisations such as the British Occupational Hygiene Society to develop its 'Breathe Freely' campaign targeted at work in the construction industry.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has recently published a new strategy for the GB health and safety system called ‘Helping Great Britain work well’. One of the six themes of the strategy is ‘Tackling ill health’ which will include long-term and coordinated action across all sectors, bringing in additional partners such as the NHS and others to support the substantial behaviour change and awareness programmes that will be required.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 14:51:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

459459

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much security guards in his Department are paid.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>DWP do not directly employ any security guards, they are supplied via our PFI contractor Telereal Trillium who subcontract the supply of all security to G4S.</p><p> </p><p>G4S pay rates (as of 1 January 2016) vary on geographical location and the average pay rate for each Government Office Region (GOR) is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION</p></td><td><p>HOURLY PAY RATE (Average)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 1 Scotland</p></td><td><p>£7.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 2 North East</p></td><td><p>£7.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 3 North West</p></td><td><p>£7.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 4 Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>£7.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 5 East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£7.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 6 West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£7.83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 7 East of England</p></td><td><p>£8.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 8 Wales</p></td><td><p>£7.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 9 Southern</p></td><td><p>£8.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 10 London</p></td><td><p>£9.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 11 South West</p></td><td><p>£7.88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All G4S security guards/officers (irrespective of age) are already paid above the National Living Wage of £7.20/hour which will be introduced from 01-Apr-16.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 13:38:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459460

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	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 his Department is taking to ensure that absent parents financially support their children.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	30635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>Child Maintenance Options provide free and impartial information and support to help separated parents make decisions about their child maintenance arrangements. For parents who are unable to make a family-based arrangement the government has introduced a new statutory Child Maintenance Service, which will bring speedier processing of applications, simpler calculations and faster enforcement action, where necessary.</p><p>Where parents fail to fulfil their financial responsibilities towards their children we have a range of strong enforcement powers at our disposal. These powers include deducting maintenance directly from earnings, instructing bailiffs to collect arrears or seize goods, forcing the sale of property, disqualification from driving and commitment to prison.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/03/2016 13:29:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

459461

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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: Risk Assessment
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 publish the risk register for the universal credit programme.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	30624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>In accordance with government policy in this area, the Department does not publish risk registers for major programmes.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/03/2016 15:32:29 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

459463

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment: Secure Psychiatric Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many patients in (a) Ashworth, (b) Broadmoor and (c) Rampton high security psychiatric hospitals received personal independence payment between 2012 and 2015; and what the average weekly payment of that benefit was to such recipients.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	30654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 30655 30656 30657 30805 question first answered 18/03/2016 14:47:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

459464

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Income Support: Secure Psychiatric Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many patients in (a) Ashworth, (b) Broadmoor and (c) Rampton high security psychiatric hospitals received income support between 2012 and 2015; and what the average weekly payment of that benefit was to such recipients.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	30655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 30654 30656 30657 30805 question first answered 18/03/2016 14:47:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

459465

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Secure Psychiatric Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many patients in (a) Ashworth, (b) Broadmoor and (c) Rampton high security psychiatric hospitals received employment and support allowance between 2012 and 2015; and what the average weekly payment of that benefit was to such recipients.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	30656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 30654 30655 30657 30805 question first answered 18/03/2016 14:47:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

459466

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Pension Credit: Secure Psychiatric Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many patients in (a) Ashworth, (b) Broadmoor and (c) Rampton high security psychiatric hospitals received pension credit between 2012 and 2015; and what the average weekly payment of that credit was to such recipients.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	30657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 30654 30655 30656 30805 question first answered 18/03/2016 14:47:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

459467

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	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, how many people have been migrated from disability living allowance to personal independence payments in (a) the UK (b) London and (c) Hornsey and Wood Green constituency since the introduction of those payments.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is currently available in Great Britain and will be introduced in Northern Ireland later this year. The latest available data on PIP claims in payment for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance) are published on Gov.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a>.</p><p>In particular, breakdowns of reassessed claims in payment, by a range of geographical breakdowns, can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 14:50:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West