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519777

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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	Jobcentres: Lytham St Annes
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 May 2016 to Question 36891, whether it is his Department's policy to retain a Jobcentre Plus in Fylde; and for what reasons officials in his Department did not inform the hon. Member for Fylde of his Department's plans to redevelop the Jobcentre Plus at Westmoreland House in Lytham St. Annes.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	37651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The department is in the process of reviewing all of its estates requirements as the current contract for most of the estate comes to an end on 31 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>As building contracts come to an end landlords may explore what options are available to them, including making planning applications. In many cases this will be a sensible commercial decision even if the landlord intends on continuing to let their property to DWP.</p><p> </p><p>In this case the landlord of Westmorland House has acted independently of DWP in applying for planning permission. No decision has been made on the future of this Jobcentre Plus.</p><p>Commercial negotiations are underway on the entirety of our estate at this time and it is not appropriate to comment further on individual sites while negotiations are in progress.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/05/2016 13:53:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

519782

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to review the system of benefits for the parents of children with cancer and leukaemia.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	37553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The benefits available to the parents of children with cancer and leukaemia will depend on the particular circumstances of their household. Extra support is available to those parents who have had to give up full-time work to care for a child with a health condition or disability through benefits such as Carer’s Allowance, Income Support and Universal Credit. Disability Living Allowance may also be payable for children with a long-term health condition or disability as a contribution towards the extra costs they may incur.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/05/2016 15:14:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

519784

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Health and Safety Executive's effectiveness strategy on reducing deaths from work-related respiratory illnesses.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	37583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>HSE regularly reviews the implementation of its strategies - including the new strategy for the health and safety system - and reports the findings in its annual report. HSE’s latest annual report is available at: <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/reports/ara-2014-15.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/reports/ara-2014-15.pdf</strong></a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 37582 question first answered 25/05/2016 12:48:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

519786

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
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 had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding the uprating of pensions that are frozen for people living overseas.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	37566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is in regular contact with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on pensions issues. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and are uprated overseas where we have a legal requirement to do so – for example in the European Economic Area or in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement in place which allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/05/2016 13:33:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

519787

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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	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, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of lost income on women who have had an increase in their pensionable age.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	37567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to assess the financial impact at an individual level as it is highly dependent on a variety of characteristics. The financial impact on a small number of hypothetical cases was modelled for the 2011 Pensions Act Impact Assessment:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181462/pensions-bill-2011-ia-annexa.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181462/pensions-bill-2011-ia-annexa.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The gender impact assessment in annex A shows that, while some aspects of the Pensions Act 2011 provisions will impact women more strongly than men, the impact is not disproportionate and is a consequence of closing the gender gap in State Pension age earlier than under the previous legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Our analysis also shows that the average woman reaching State Pension age last year (2015) gets a higher state pension income over her lifetime than an average woman who reached State Pension age at any point before her – despite the equalisation of State Pension age. Also, over a lifetime, the average woman who reached State Pension age last year will receive more than the average man. This is consistent with the trend going forward.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the impacts of the new State Pension can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-state-pension-impact-on-an-individuals-pension-entitlement-longer-term-effects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-state-pension-impact-on-an-individuals-pension-entitlement-longer-term-effects</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/05/2016 13:52:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

519335

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the taper arrangements will be for the proposed phasing in of EU migrants' entitlement to in-work benefits.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	37077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the February European Council Conclusions. The restrictions on in-work benefits will apply to each newly arriving EU worker for a period of four years from the commencement of employment, with the limitation tapered “from an initial complete exclusion but gradually increasing access to such benefits to take account of the growing connection of the work with the labour market of the host Member State”. Precise details are a matter for the implementation of the proposal, and further announcements will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 26/05/2016 15:56:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

519362

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the Canadian government on the uprating of pensions for UK citizens living in that country.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	37086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The positions of the Canadian and UK governments on this issue were most recently discussed in 2013.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/05/2016 13:44:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

519363

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Offenders: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ex-offenders have been helped into employment in each year since January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	37087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>My department is committed to supporting ex-offenders into employment as a key part of individual rehabilitation and the Government’s prison reform and rehabilitation programme.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the total number of ex-offenders helped into employment is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>Prison-leavers who claim Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) in advance or within 13 weeks of release are mandated onto the Government’s Work Programme. The latest available data shows that between March 2012 when mandation was introduced and the end of December 2015, 8,270 JSA prison-leavers on the Work Programme have achieved a job outcome. The latest data is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-programme-data-to-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-programme-data-to-december-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>Administrative data shared between the Ministry of Justice, Department for Work &amp; Pensions and Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/experimental-statistics-from-the-2013-moj-dwp-hmrc-data-share" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/experimental-statistics-from-the-2013-moj-dwp-hmrc-data-share</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics include information on the benefit and employment status of offenders prior to and after their conviction/caution or release from prison.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/05/2016 13:43:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

519364

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2016 to Question 35188, if he will estimate the cost of collecting information on the number of personal independence payment assessment appointments which are cancelled.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	37155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on cancelled appointments, and the reasons for them, is not held centrally within the Department. In order to obtain this information we would need to ask our providers to clerically collate, prepare and quality assure this information. We estimate this would take in excess of 5 days to complete and the cost would be disproportionately excessive.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/05/2016 13:39:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

519370

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Jobcentres: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that the quality of service is consistent at jobcentres around the country.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	37072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>There are comprehensive operational instructions available that all Jobcentres are expected to adhere to. This is monitored through internal checking to ensure processes and the quality of our interaction with claimants meets the required standard. Alongside the checking of results, other sources of data, such as DWP Customer Survey and complaints data, are exploited to ensure services meet the required standard. Continuous improvement is a key factor in our approach and examples include providing coaching/training, improving operations instructions and making better use of technology.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/05/2016 13:36:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh