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60848

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Separated People: Finance
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 participated in each of the seven Help and Support for Separated Families Innovation Fund projects to date.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	199627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Round one projects all aim to reach different numbers of parents depending on their need, the project's location, resources available and the type of service being offered. One of these round one projects initially works with non-resident parents only, whereas the other projects engage a lead parent which could be either the parent with care or the non-resident parent. Most projects then aim to work with both parents during the intervention but this isn't always possible.</p><p> </p><p>As far as it is possible, the actual number of parents participating, and whether they are a parent with care or a non-resident parent, is data that is currently being collected by our round one projects. This forms part of the data that will be collated, analysed and assessed by our independent evaluator. It is our intention that this will be published alongside final evaluation results when completed.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 199646 question first answered 12/06/2014 13:53:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

60849

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Separated People: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when each of the new projects chosen in the second round of competition for funding from the Help and Support for Separated Families Innovation Fund will commence.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	199625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>All projects successful during the second round of the Innovation Fund procurement exercise became operational during or before April 2014.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/06/2014 14:12:51 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

60850

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Separated People: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been awarded to each of the 10 projects that received funding from Help and Support for Separated Families Innovation Fund in the second round of bidding in December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	199647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The below list provides the original agreed contract value for each of the contracts awarded in the second procurement round of the Innovation Fund. The contract value is the possible highest amount payable as this is partly dependent on performance.</p><p> </p><p>Children 1<sup>st</sup> - £451,964</p><p>Family Lives - £306,234</p><p>National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) - £382,081</p><p>Pinnacle People - £242,240</p><p>Mediation Now - £86,448</p><p>Sills &amp; Betteridge - £720,742</p><p>Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships (TCCR) - £398,762</p><p>Headland Future (now Changing Futures) - £322,795</p><p>Family Matters Mediate - £165,856</p><p>National Family - £480,354</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/06/2014 13:32:46 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

60851

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Separated People: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the parents who have so far participated in the first round of Help and Support for Separated Families Innovation Fund projects have been (a) parents with main care of a child or children and (b) non-resident parents.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	199646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Round one projects all aim to reach different numbers of parents depending on their need, the project's location, resources available and the type of service being offered. One of these round one projects initially works with non-resident parents only, whereas the other projects engage a lead parent which could be either the parent with care or the non-resident parent. Most projects then aim to work with both parents during the intervention but this isn't always possible.</p><p> </p><p>As far as it is possible, the actual number of parents participating, and whether they are a parent with care or a non-resident parent, is data that is currently being collected by our round one projects. This forms part of the data that will be collated, analysed and assessed by our independent evaluator. It is our intention that this will be published alongside final evaluation results when completed.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 199627 question first answered 12/06/2014 13:53:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

58508

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Separated People: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many organisations hold the Help and Support for Separated Families Mark; and what the total cost to his Department has been of developing, awarding and promoting the mark.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	199451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>35 organisations currently hold the Help and Support for Separated Families Mark. The total cost for developing, awarding and promoting the Help and Support for Separated Families mark is £136,500.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/06/2014 14:51:21 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

58509

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Separated People: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Help and Support for Separated Families Co-ordinated Telephone Network started full operation; and which organisations are taking part.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	199450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Help and Support for Separated Families telephone network began full operation in March 2014 and the participating organisations are:</p><p>Family Lives;</p><p>Relate;</p><p>Wikivorce; and</p><p>The National Youth Advocacy Service.</p><p> </p><p>£344k of awards have been made for the co-ordinated telephony network. £344k is the maximum amount payable under the terms of the grant for the period to 31st May 2014. This covers both actual invoices paid to date and amounts not yet billed by suppliers. The evaluation of the telephony network will be carried out in-house.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 199452 question first answered 10/06/2014 14:41:42 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

58510

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Separated People: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to his Department has been of implementing and evaluating the Help and Support for Separated Families Co-ordinated Telephone Network to date; and what estimate he has made of the future costs of that initiative.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	199452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Help and Support for Separated Families telephone network began full operation in March 2014 and the participating organisations are:</p><p>Family Lives;</p><p>Relate;</p><p>Wikivorce; and</p><p>The National Youth Advocacy Service.</p><p> </p><p>£344k of awards have been made for the co-ordinated telephony network. £344k is the maximum amount payable under the terms of the grant for the period to 31st May 2014. This covers both actual invoices paid to date and amounts not yet billed by suppliers. The evaluation of the telephony network will be carried out in-house.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 199450 question first answered 10/06/2014 14:41:42 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

58511

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Separated People: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been paid from the Help and Support for Separated Families (HSSF) Innovation Fund to each of the HSSF projects which signed contracts for delivery in April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	199449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>All Innovation Fund projects deliver different services and have different timescales. Their agreed payment schedules are considered commercially sensitive and cannot be shared at this time.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/06/2014 14:59:51 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

57736

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	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, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West of 21 March 2012, Official Report, column 705W on Atos Healthcare, on how many occasions a Jobcentre Plus decision-maker did not follow the advice of an Atos-approved healthcare professional when making a decision on the eligibility for employment and support allowance in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	198542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The number of occasions where the JCP decision maker's final decision was different to the advice given by the Atos healthcare professional – May 2010 to June 2013</p><p> </p><p>Month JCP decision differs from Atos recommendation</p><p> </p><p>May-10 900</p><p>Jun-10 900</p><p>Jul-10 1,100</p><p>Aug-10 1,200</p><p>Sep-10 1,200</p><p>Oct-10 1,900</p><p>Nov-10 2,600</p><p>Dec-10 2,300</p><p>Jan-11 2,700</p><p>Feb-11 3,100</p><p>Mar-11 3,700</p><p>Apr-11 2,800</p><p>May-11 3,100</p><p>Jun-11 2,800</p><p>Jul-11 2,100</p><p>Aug-11 1,900</p><p>Sep-11 1,600</p><p>Oct-11 1,400</p><p>Nov-11 1,500</p><p>Dec-11 1,200</p><p>Jan-12 1,800</p><p>Feb-12 2,300</p><p>Mar-12 2,700</p><p>Apr-12 2,300</p><p>May-12 2,600</p><p>Jun-12 2,700</p><p>Jul-12 3,200</p><p>Aug-12 3,200</p><p>Sep-12 3,800</p><p>Oct-12 4,600</p><p>Nov-12 4,700</p><p>Dec-12 3,700</p><p>Jan-13 4,800</p><p>Feb-13 4,400</p><p>Mar-13 4,000</p><p>Apr-13 4,100</p><p>May-13 4,900</p><p>Jun-13 5,300</p><p> </p><p>Data sources:</p><p>DWP's benefit administration datasets covering new claims (starting from 27 October 2008); Atos Healthcare's face to face assessment, ESA85 data and limited capability for work questionnaire, ESA50 data; and HMCTS's appeals caseload data.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. These figures do not include work capability assessments completed on incapacity benefit (IB) reassessment claims.</p><p>2. The table includes initial assessments only and the figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 16:59:47 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

57737

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 successfully appealed refusals of employment and support allowance as part of (a) the periodic reassessment of existing employment and support allowance claimants and (b) the reassessment of those in receipt of incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and income support.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	198543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 17:01:08 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore