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92853

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the number of people in (a) economic poverty and (b) fuel poverty in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	210049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>For the purposes of responding to this parliamentary question we have interpreted ‘economic poverty’ as the population considered to be in relative and absolute low income both before and after housing costs have been deducted from income.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are published in the annual Households Below Average Income report. A copy of the latest report can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201213</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data for fuel poverty in England is published online at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/10/2014 16:07:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92886

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the current time being taken to award personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	210177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We keep the time taken to process claims under constant review and are absolutely committed to improving performance. We are already seeing improvements to our processes and will continue to work to further reduce processing times and levels of work outstanding.</p><p>By the autumn we expect no one to be waiting longer than 26 weeks for an assessment and by the end of the year no longer than 16 weeks, from the point that the Department receives a completed ‘’How Your Disability Affects You’’ form.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 20/10/2014 16:38:29 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92890

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will be claiming universal credit in April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	210195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 16/10/2014 15:48:06 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

92895

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Post Office Card Account
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Post Office card account holders there are in the UK (a) in total and (b) by age profile, broken down by (i) constituent part of the UK and (ii) by parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	210281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The latest figures are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>a) There are 2,856386 Post office card account customers in total.</p><p> </p><p>b) The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/10/2014 14:43:21 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

92896

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Post Office Card Account
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Post Office card account holders there are who also hold another bank account in the UK, broken down by (a) age profile, (b) constituent part of the UK and (c) parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	210280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Customers using the Post Office card account as a method of payment to receive their benefit or pensions are not obliged to inform the Department that they hold another bank account. For this reason, the information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/10/2014 15:06:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

92897

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Post Office Card Account
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the sum of withdrawals from Post Office card accounts has been in each of the last five years from (a) ATMs and (b) Post Office counters.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	210282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The sum of withdrawals from Post Office card accounts using either counter services or ATM in each of the last five years is detailed below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><strong>ATM Withdrawals</strong></td><td><strong>Counter Withdrawals</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>No ATM service</td><td>84,591,882</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>No ATM service</td><td>157,136,419</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>4,871,428</td><td>144,266,088</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>16,643,172</td><td>133,030,619</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>17,654,482</td><td>121,115,527</td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td>932,543</td><td>56,190,911</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/10/2014 15:20:25 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

92898

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Post Office Card Account
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many balance checks for Post Office card accounts were undertaken in each of the last five years at (a) ATMs and (b) Post Office counters.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	210269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>Balance enquiry figures for Post Office card accounts in the last five years are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>ATM Balance Enquiry's</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Counter Balance Enquiry's</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>No ATM service</p></td><td><p>1,130,724</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>No ATM service</p></td><td><p>12,721,201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>4,467,817</p></td><td><p>11,471,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15,427,714</p></td><td><p>11,095,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>15,994,130</p></td><td><p>9,897,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>8,253,153</p></td><td><p>4,569,642</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/10/2014 14:33:28 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

92899

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Post Office Card Account
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has undertaken in the last 10 years to examine the needs of Post Office card account holders; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	210286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>DWP has not commissioned any research within the last 10 years. However, DWP has worked closely with Post Office Limited implementing service improvements to address changing customer needs. In addition to this, we are currently undertaking small-scale qualitative customer insight sessions to further understand the needs of Universal Credit customers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/10/2014 14:55:27 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

92900

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Post Office Card Account
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Post Office card accounts have been (a) opened and (b) closed in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	210216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Details of the number of Post Office card accounts opened and closed in each of the last 10 years are below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Opened</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Closed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 04 -Mar 05</p></td><td><p>1,154,012</p></td><td><p>38,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 05- Mar 06</p></td><td><p>176,180</p></td><td><p>348,291</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 06- Mar 07</p></td><td><p>148,422</p></td><td><p>320,478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 07 - Mar 08</p></td><td><p>132,322</p></td><td><p>320,922</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 08 -Mar 09</p></td><td><p>153,431</p></td><td><p>341,879</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 09 - Sept 09</p></td><td><p>77,677</p></td><td><p>168,861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 09 - Mar 10</p></td><td><p>78,692</p></td><td><p>256,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 10 - Mar 11</p></td><td><p>109,573</p></td><td><p>465,574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 11 -Mar 12</p></td><td><p>102,683</p></td><td><p>315,729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 12- Mar13</p></td><td><p>104,145</p></td><td><p>302,692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 13 -Mar 14</p></td><td><p>50,764</p></td><td><p>298,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 14- Sept 14</p></td><td><p>17,995</p></td><td><p>148,520</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 12:00:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

92904

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Natural Gas: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has held with the Association of Gas Safety Managers about access to properties to undertake statutory gas safety checks.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	210162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>Neither myself nor the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions have held any discussions with the Association of Gas Safety Managers about access to properties to undertake statutory gas safety checks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive provides guidance to landlords on what to do if a tenant prevents access for a gas safety check: <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/faqlandlord.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/faqlandlord.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 16/10/2014 15:44:35 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones