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229408

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preston constituency applied for hardship payments in 2014; and how many of those applications were successful.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	228871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) intends to publish figures on the number of hardship applications and awards in May 2015. The date of publication will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/03/2015 09:07:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

229409

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
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 12 March 2015 to Question 226839, whether quarterly or monthly data is now available on the number of adverse employment and support allowance sanction decisions broken down by the Summary International Classification of Diseases since January 2014; and what the reason was for each such sanction.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Burstow
uin	228870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of adverse employment and support allowance sanction decisions broken down by the Summary International Classification of Diseases since January 2014 will shortly be published as part of a response to a Freedom of Information request here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistical-foi-releases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistical-foi-releases</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that the Department does hold monthly data detailing the reasons for sanctions in such cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 228869 question first answered 26/03/2015 15:46:24 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	204 label Biography information for Paul Burstow

229410

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
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 12 March 2015 to Question 226858 and with reference to his Department's response to the freedom of information requests 2014-79 and 2014-2282, whether his Department holds any quarterly or monthly data on the reasons for sanctions in such cases.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Burstow
uin	228869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of adverse employment and support allowance sanction decisions broken down by the Summary International Classification of Diseases since January 2014 will shortly be published as part of a response to a Freedom of Information request here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistical-foi-releases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistical-foi-releases</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that the Department does hold monthly data detailing the reasons for sanctions in such cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 228870 question first answered 26/03/2015 15:46:24 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	204 label Biography information for Paul Burstow

229411

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who received the higher rate of the mobility component of disability living allowance have been assessed for personal independence payment (PIP) and not been awarded the enhanced mobility rate of PIP.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	228889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment, registrations, clearances and awards for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)) are published on Gov.UK: <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>. In particular, breakdowns of reassessed claims in payment by type and rate of awards can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to provide more detailed breakdowns of DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes in due course. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 26/03/2015 09:28:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

229412

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 19 February 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regards to Nurv Saadi.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	228938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith), replied on the 25 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:23:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

229413

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what conditions married women can claim universal credit in their own right.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	228936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Under Universal Credit couples in the same household must make a joint claim. Payment is normally once a month into a bank account nominated by the couple, which could be a joint or an individual account. Where there is financial abuse that is affecting the rest of the family, or other more fundamental problems such as domestic violence, we have the ability to split the payment between partners, allowing each claimant to receive a separate payment.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 26/03/2015 15:32:53 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

229414

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times he and Ministers in his Department visited Scotland in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	228921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on the 03 July 2014 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-06-26/202811/" target="_blank">202811</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since the last Question given on the 03 July 2014 Minister for Pensions Rt. Hon. Steve Webb MP attended the Gleneagles Conference in September 2014 and Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper MP attended the Commonwealth Games in July 2014.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:19:51 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

229415

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conditions are placed on jobseeker's allowance claimants who are in receipt of new enterprise grants.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	228918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A person in receipt of a New Enterprise Allowance weekly allowance is no longer registered as unemployed. However, as a condition of receiving the allowance the recipient is required at the 6, 12 and 19 week stage to provide evidence of trading. If they are unable to do this the allowance may be withdrawn.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/03/2015 08:58:43 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

229417

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is provided to people on jobseeker's allowance who are setting up their own businesses.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	228915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) is the main support provided by DWP to those who are setting up their own business. The scheme has successfully helped set up over 65,000 new businesses.</p><p> </p><p>A participant accepted onto the scheme will receive support from a business mentor to help develop their ideas and through the early stages of trading. If their business plan is approved they may receive a weekly allowance over 26 weeks worth up to £1,274.</p><p> </p><p>Participants may also apply for an unsecured loan through the Start-up loan scheme if they need start-up capital.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/03/2015 08:53:44 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

229221

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
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 improving the mandatory reconsideration process was not included within the scope of his Department's employment and support allowance repeat claims project.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	228847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Mandatory reconsideration is an entirely separate process to the new arrangements for dealing with Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) repeat claims. No change to the mandatory reconsideration process is required as a result. We keep the mandatory reconsideration process under review with the aim to improving the process as necessary.</p><p> </p><p>No estimate has been undertaken of the number of individuals previously entitled to claim ESA who will claim Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) following the changes proposed by the ESA repeat claims project.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no specific estimate of the number of individuals previously entitled to ESA who would be entitled to JSA but choose not to claim it following the changes to the benefit rules.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does all that it can to encourage people found fit for work to claim JSA. ESA decision-makers make decision assurance calls which invite claimants to claim JSA where appropriate. Claimants are routed to the contact centre to discuss their claim with an agent. Where such calls are unsuccessful claimants are provided with a written notification of how to call the JSA contact centre to make a claim.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 228848 228849 228850 question first answered 26/03/2015 08:46:17 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery