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78611

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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: Lancashire
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 West Lancashire constituency have waited more than nine months to receive a work capability assessment interview in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	206120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>This information is not reported to us by Atos.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/07/2014 15:38:25 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

78615

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Housing Benefit: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total expenditure on housing benefit in London was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	206255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total Housing Benefit expenditure in Greater London</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ million, nominal</p></td><td><p>5,539</p></td><td><p>5,890</p></td><td><p>6,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ million, 2014/15 prices</p></td><td><p>5,961</p></td><td><p>6,198</p></td><td><p>6,327</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Local Authority subsidy returns</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only.</p><p>2. The last period for which a full year of expenditure is available is 2012/13. Figures for 2013/14 will be published later in the year.</p><p>3. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Budget, and published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299805/GDP_Deflators_Qtrly_National_Accounts_March_2014_update.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299805/GDP_Deflators_Qtrly_National_Accounts_March_2014_update.xls</a></p><p>4. Expenditure data shown here for 2012/13 may differ slightly from published expenditure information due to more up to date local authority data received after the data had been published.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 21/07/2014 13:24:03 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78616

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Housing Benefit: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in housing benefit has been paid to private sector landlords in London in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	206254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Housing Benefit expenditure in the private rented sector in Greater London</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ million, nominal</p></td><td><p>2,496</p></td><td><p>2,686</p></td><td><p>2,631</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ million, 2014/15 prices</p></td><td><p>2,686</p></td><td><p>2,826</p></td><td><p>2,738</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Local Authority statistical data and subsidy returns</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only.</p><p>2. The last period for which a full year of expenditure is available is 2012/13. Figures for 2013/14 will be published later in the year.</p><p>3. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Budget, and published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299805/GDP_Deflators_Qtrly_National_Accounts_March_2014_update.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299805/GDP_Deflators_Qtrly_National_Accounts_March_2014_update.xls</a></p><p>4. Expenditure data shown here for 2012/13 may differ slightly from published expenditure information due to more up to date local authority data received after the data had been published.</p><p>5. Prior to April 2011, a tenant in the private sector claiming Housing Benefit subject to Local Housing Allowance (LHA) restrictions could receive up to £15 excess if their rent was below the applicable LHA rate for the given area and property size entitlement. This entitlement was removed from April 2011 for new claims to Housing Benefit. Existing HB claimants in receipt of the excess had this entitlement removed on the anniversary of their claim after April 2011. The expenditure figures shown above include payments relating to the £15 excess which would have been paid to claimants rather than landlords. We are unable to reliably isolate these amounts in the data.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 21/07/2014 12:02:42 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78617

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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 Schemes: Young People
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 for whom Youth Contract wage incentives have been paid since April 2012 have been (a) male, (b) female, (c) disabled and (d) Black and minority ethnic.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 15:54:23 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

78618

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Jobcentres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus workclub schemes are in operation; and how many such clubs were established in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 15:49:33 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

78619

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Unemployment: Older People
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 trends in long-term unemployment among people over 50.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people aged 50-64 in work has risen by over 300,000 in the last year. This is likely to reflect the recovery in the economy together with the effect of welfare reform and the equalisation of state pension age. There are nearly 150,000 fewer people aged 50-64 without a job than a year ago. Some of this has been reflected in lower economic inactivity, as more people enter or remain in the labour force, but unemployment and long-term unemployment have also fallen on the year.</p><p> </p><p>On 13 June 2014, the DWP published Fuller Working Lives - A Framework for Action</p><p>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-framework-for-action" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-framework-for-action</a>) which explains how working longer can benefit individuals, businesses, society and the economy. It sets out a number of new actions to help people have fuller working lives. A Business Champion for older workers has also been appointed, tasked with making the case for older workers within the business community and challenging outdated perceptions.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 14:37:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

78621

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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 Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Youth Contract wage incentive payments made since April 2012 have related to work activity of (a) over 30 hours' duration and (b) between 16 to 29 hours' duration per week.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 15:51:55 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

78622

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers were supported through the Flexible Support Fund in 2013; and what proportion of such were (a) men, (b) under 25 years old and (c) over 50 years old.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and there would be a disproportionate cost to collate this information.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 16:01:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

78625

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 278W, on personal independence payments, what his Department's definition is of a mature system; and how he proposes that the maturity of the system will be measured.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	206342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The publication of any new statistics series needs to ensure that it is based on robust data and the measures reflect the system that is being delivered and latest performance. The Department’s statisticians are currently looking at developing measures around clearance times and will pre-announce future publication in line with the UK Statistics Authority protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/07/2014 11:12:35 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 11785 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

78112

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Unemployed People: Mental Illness
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 people out of work suffer from (a) mental health disorder and (b) depression; and what proportion of them have been treated with (i) anti depressants, (ii) talking therapies and (iii) mindfulness.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	205845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold information on the proportion of people out of work with a mental health disorder or depression, nor the proportion treated with anti depressants, talking therapies and/or mindfulness.</p><p> </p><p>However, 11% of out-of-work adults report having “Depression, bad nerves or anxiety” or “Mental illness, phobia, panics and other nervous disorders”. This is against a reported 3% of those in-work (Annual Population Survey, April 2013 – March 2014, GB residents aged 16+).</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/07/2014 15:28:03 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane