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349701

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
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	Disability Living Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on requiring parents with multiple children diagnosed with the same medical condition to fill in a disability living allowance application for each child; and if he will bring forward proposals to require such parents to fill in only one application for all their children.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	1956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Our central records do not show that any representations have been made that parents should only have to fill in one application form for their children, Claims to benefits are individual, need may be different for different children at different stages of their illness. We have no plans to change current arrangements.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 14:00:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

349735

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
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	Disability Living Allowance: Batten Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that people diagnosed with Batten disease receive the fast track service when applying for disability living allowance.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	1856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We aim to clear all claims as quickly as possible. We do not specify which disabilities/diseases should receive a fast-track service. If someone is considered to be terminally ill, that is if their death can reasonably be expected within the next six months, they do not have to satisfy the usual three month qualifying period.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 13:55:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

348946

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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	Older People: Poverty
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 is taking to tackle poverty among older people in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	1452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government wants all pensioners to have a decent and secure income in retirement. We are committed to the ‘triple lock’, the guarantee that the basic State Pension will increase by the highest of the growth in average earnings, price increases or 2.5%; and for the poorest pensioners, Pension Credit tops up income to a guaranteed minimum level of £151.20 for a single person and £230.85 for couples. We are protecting key benefits for older people including free eye tests, free NHS prescriptions, free bus passes, free television licences for those aged 75 and over, and Winter Fuel Payments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 15:20:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

173489

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that people on benefits who undertake temporary work placements can have their benefits reinstated immediately and do not wait six weeks.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	220571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>We aim to ensure all claimants receive their first benefit payment as quickly as possible and have no plans to change our policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under Universal Credit (UC), claimants have a six month re-award period making it easier for them to take on temporary work placements and restart their UC award by simply reporting their change of circumstances and attending an interview. We are in the process of extending UC to more and more claimants with national roll-out beginning next month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 16:42:14 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

171851

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
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	Unemployed People: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce a loan repayment scheme to assist jobseekers to enrol on training courses.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	219594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP offer jobseekers a range of free training options tailored to their requirements through the Work Programme or through local provision in Jobcentre Plus Districts</p><p> </p><p>In England, for those wishing to enrol in other courses, Advanced Learning Loans may be available.</p><p> </p><p>Skills is a devolved issue, and funding the responsibility of the Devolved Administrations.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/01/2015 15:46:02 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

171854

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure the quicker payment of benefits to those on temporary work placements.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	219624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>Where someone takes-up work of 16 hours or more each week, either on a temporary or permanent basis, they are treated as being in remunerative work and their JSA claim is terminated and any outstanding payment issued to the claimant.</p><p> </p><p>If a person’s temporary work ends and they wish to re-claim JSA within 26 weeks of the last day of a previous award and providing there has been no change to their circumstances, Jobcentre Plus has a streamlined process known as Rapid Reclaim/Reclaim Gather to ensure claims are dealt with quickly. Additionally, all claimants can be considered for a Short Term Benefit Advance at the start of any new claim.</p><p> </p><p>Jobseekers engaged on work experience arranged through their Jobcentre still continue to receive their benefit uninterrupted, provided they continue to satisfy the conditions of entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit helps to ensure people are better off in work than on benefits and abolishes the limit to the number of hours someone can work each week. A claimant’s UC payment adjusts automatically according to the number of ours worked. As claimants increase their hours their UC payment will gradually reduce, ensuring they are always better of in work.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure that we minimise the administrative burden on claimants so that those who move off Universal Credit on a temporary basis can return to it quickly and easily as possible. The Universal Credit re-claims and re-award processes allow this to happen for certain claimants when they become re-entitled to Universal Credit within 6 months of a previous Universal Credit claim ending by re-using information already held on the claimant as part of their previous Universal Credit claim.</p><p> </p><p>The re-claim and re-award processes also ensure that these claimants have a shorter wait until they are paid Universal Credit by re-instating the previous assessment period from the claimant’s previous Universal Credit award.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/01/2015 14:01:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

91214

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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 Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to release work programme provider performance data according to the age of participant.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	208688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Each Work Programme statistical release gives a breakdown of provider performance against published minimum performance levels by payment group. These groups are assigned by the age of the claimant and the benefit they are in receipt of at the time of referral to the programme.</p><p>Information on the Work Programme split by age and contract can be found on the tabulation tool which (as well as the statistical release information) can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/work-programme-statistics--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/work-programme-statistics--2</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 13:35:28 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

91216

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Older People: Recruitment
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 is taking to support older jobseekers in going through online recruitment processes.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	208698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text Jobcentre Plus operate a number of different approaches to support Older Claimants in getting back to work and this includes measures aimed at improving digital knowledge and awareness to support people in modern recruitment processes. Local schemes in place include intensive IT courses to cover IT fundamentals such as the use of MS Word, emailing and the internet. Work Programme providers have the freedom to develop their support for claimants, including older jobseekers; this can include support with online recruitment processes. answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 12:03:47 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

91217

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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 Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow early entry to the work programme for unemployed older people.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	208691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>Prior to referral to the Work Programme, Jobcentre work coaches offer a comprehensive range of support to individuals, including older jobseekers.</p><p>There are no plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow early entry to the work programme for unemployed older people nor do we have plans to introduce a new Work Programme payment group for older jobseekers.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 208694 question first answered 12/09/2014 13:53:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

91219

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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 Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals for a new Work Programme payment group for older jobseekers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	208694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>Prior to referral to the Work Programme, Jobcentre work coaches offer a comprehensive range of support to individuals, including older jobseekers.</p><p>There are no plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow early entry to the work programme for unemployed older people nor do we have plans to introduce a new Work Programme payment group for older jobseekers.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 208691 question first answered 12/09/2014 13:53:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland