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806696

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has made of the number of single parent households who will be in receipt of universal credit when it is rolled out in (a) the UK, (b) London (c) London Borough of Ealing and (d) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	119772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department estimates there will be around 2.1 million single parent households in receipt of Universal Credit when it is rolled out in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The rest of the information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/12/2017 14:35:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

806180

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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 meetings his Department has held with women born on or after 6 April 1950 who are affected by changes to the state pension age in the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts to discuss proposals for a non-means-tested solution for all women.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	119381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>This matter has been comprehensively debated on many occasions in Parliament. The Government will not be making changes to its policy on state pension age for women born in the 1950s, in respect of the 1995, 2007 and 2011 Pension Acts. DWP Ministers have met with a number of constituents who have been affected by changes to the State Pension age.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government does not intend to make further concessions in addition to those arrangements already made for women affected by the acceleration of increases in State Pension age that have already been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/12/2017 12:51:36 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

806243

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 110869, if he will make it his policy to regularly publish data on universal credit advances by parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	119435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/12/2017 15:45:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

806265

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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: Autoimmune Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Capita on improving that company's management of personal independent payment assessments for people with an auto-immune disease.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	119457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Department officials meet regularly with PIP Assessment Providers to discuss all aspects of their delivery of PIP assessments, including ensuring it works effectively for people with long-term health conditions or disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>PIP is a functional assessment, and addresses the impact of an individual’s medical conditions on their daily life, rather than the medical conditions themselves. There is no requirement for the Health Professional to diagnose a condition or to recommend treatment options.</p><p> </p><p>The assessments are undertaken by qualified Health Professionals who are experts in disability analysis with knowledge of the likely functional effects of a wide range of health conditions. They have access to a range of resources as well as experienced clinicians to support them in assessing claimants.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 119458 119459 119461 question first answered 20/12/2017 15:29:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

806269

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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: Autoimmune Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Atos on improving that company's management of personal independent payment assessments for people with an auto-immune disease.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	119461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Department officials meet regularly with PIP Assessment Providers to discuss all aspects of their delivery of PIP assessments, including ensuring it works effectively for people with long-term health conditions or disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>PIP is a functional assessment, and addresses the impact of an individual’s medical conditions on their daily life, rather than the medical conditions themselves. There is no requirement for the Health Professional to diagnose a condition or to recommend treatment options.</p><p> </p><p>The assessments are undertaken by qualified Health Professionals who are experts in disability analysis with knowledge of the likely functional effects of a wide range of health conditions. They have access to a range of resources as well as experienced clinicians to support them in assessing claimants.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 119457 119458 119459 question first answered 20/12/2017 15:29:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

806314

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times his Department's Senior Information Risk Officer role has been vacant for a week or longer since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s Senior Information Risk Owner role has been permanently filled since 2012 and has not been vacant for any period of time.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/12/2017 16:29:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

805134

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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 Fund: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much interest free credit in real terms was provided through the Discretionary Social Fund in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	118806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Interest free credit is provided through the Discretionary Social Fund with Budgeting Loans and Crisis Loans.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of interest free credit through the Discretionary Social Fund is published in the annual Social Fund Account in nominal terms. These figures have been adjusted to real terms in 2016/17 prices and are outlined in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Provision of interest free credit through the Discretionary Social Fund - £m (2016/17 prices)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>599</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>412</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest £1m.</li><li>Figures are adjusted to real terms using GDP deflators.</li><li>Figures consist of expenditure on Crisis Loans and Budgeting Loans.</li><li>Crisis Loans were abolished with effect from 31/3/13. There have been no new Crisis Loan payments since then. The provision of interest free credit through Crisis Loans since their abolition represents a net transfer of customer debt from Northern Ireland where customers have moved between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. DWP manage the recovery of the transferred debt.</li><li>Community Care Grant expenditure, although part of the Discretionary Social Fund until their abolition in April 2013, is not included as they were non-repayable grants.</li><li>Funeral Expense Payments are provided as interest free credit, but are not included in the figures as they are part of the Regulatory Social Fund.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Sources:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Social Fund Accounts, 2010/11 – 2016/17</li><li>GDP deflators at market prices, and money GDP November 2017 (Autumn Budget 2017)</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The links to the annual Social Fund Account for each of the last seven years are given below.</p><p> </p><p>2010/11:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247280/1307.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247280/1307.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2011/12:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246945/0454.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246945/0454.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2012/13:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209380/SFWPA_2012-13.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209380/SFWPA_2012-13.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2013/14:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/450047/social-fund-account-2013-to-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/450047/social-fund-account-2013-to-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2014/15:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/450036/social-fund-account-2014-to-2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/450036/social-fund-account-2014-to-2015.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2015/16:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535981/social-fund-account-2015-16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535981/social-fund-account-2015-16.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2016/17:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626607/social-fund-account-2016-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626607/social-fund-account-2016-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/12/2017 16:32:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

803036

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
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	Television Licences: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the saving in public expenditure resulting from the transfer of the cost of providing free TV licences for those aged 75 and over to the BBC.
tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
uin	HL4001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>As announced at the Summer Budget 2015, the funding of the free TV licence for those aged 75 and over will transfer to the BBC from 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Currently the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for reimbursing the BBC for free TV licences for those aged 75 and over. At the time of the Summer Budget 2015, the Office for Budget Responsibility estimated the exchequer impact to be:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>+ £200m</p></td><td><p>+ £445m</p></td><td><p>+ £745m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There will also be an additional saving of £1m from 2020/21 onwards relating an administration fee payable by DWP to the BBC.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/12/2017 11:58:41 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

802613

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many amendments he has made to the Local Housing Allowance areas over the last five years, and whether he plans to make further revisions.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	118163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>There have been no amendments to any Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMAs) in the past five years. BRMAs are geographical areas used for the purposes of setting Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates in the private rented sector. Whilst Rent Officers are able to review these areas, any changes to the BRMA boundaries must be referred to the Secretary of State for approval, as laid down in the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 and the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2017 10:18:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

802410

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for future advances in social mobility of the finding by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that almost 37 per cent of children will fall below the relative poverty line by 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL3943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Employment is key to helping people out of poverty and to make a real and lasting change to the lives of disadvantaged families and children. Our welfare and tax reforms are designed to incentivise employment and to support people to progress in work. Employment is now at near-record levels and the number of children living in a family where no one is working is 608,000 lower than it was in 2010. Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not forecast estimates of low income, but the next HBAI publication for 2016/17 data has been <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201617" target="_blank">pre-announced</a> and will be published by the end of March 2018. The government is committed to continue to publish this series on an annual basis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/12/2017 13:55:33 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley