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732487

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Jobcentres: Armed Forces
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 districts have a designated Armed Forces champion.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	1225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>There are currently 46 Armed Forces Champions covering the 34 Jobcentre Plus Districts. The role of an Armed Forces Champion is to ensure that the support, advice and guidance offered reflects the needs of Service leavers and the wider Service community. The Champions work in partnership with the Armed Forces community, supporting organisations and local and national employers to identify employment opportunities and specialist support for Service leavers.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 29/06/2017 10:14:22 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

732488

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training and guidance is provided to his Department's staff on dealing with veterans.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	1226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>DWP staff receive appropriate training and suitable guidance is in place to enable them to support the wide range of needs and circumstances that claimants have. For veterans, this will range from providing them with the support they need to find civilian employment after a long spell in the forces to using Service Medical Board evidence for some veterans claiming Employment and Support Allowance.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 29/06/2017 10:36:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

732533

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the minimum qualification requirements are for people conducting medical examinations on employment and support allowance claimants.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The information you have requested can be found here <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/1644334/" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/1644334/</a> in Schedule 2.1, paragraph 46, page 52 of the Health Disability Assessment Service Contract.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/06/2017 10:42:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732534

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made by employment and support allowance claimants after medical examinations.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Just over 0.6% of all face-to-face Work Capability Assessments carried out in the last twelve months generated a complaint to the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/06/2017 10:45:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732608

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Jobcentres: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to announce his decision on the future of Maryhill Jobcentre.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	1110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department intends to confirm its plans for the DWP estate, including Maryhill Jobcentre, soon and will make a statement in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 29/06/2017 10:18:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

732353

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the cap on the Access to Work grant on the ability of (a) deaf and (b) other disabled people to enter the workforce.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>In May 2015 the Government published an Equality Analysis of the impact of the reforms to Access to Work, which may be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426416/future-of-access-to-work-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426416/future-of-access-to-work-equality-analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This year the Cap is set at £42,100 per annum, calculated at one-and-a-half times the current annual average earnings figure. Access to Work has set up specialist teams, including dedicated high-value award teams, who are working with employers and customers to support them in making the most efficient and effective use of their awards.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring the application of the Cap and consider whether any further flexibilities may be required.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/06/2017 15:54:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

732381

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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: Disqualification
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 who have claimed universal credit received a benefit sanction in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The latest available information on Universal Credit sanction decisions is up to December 2016 and is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics cover Universal Credit live service only, more information on these can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-sanctions-statistics-background-information-and-methodology" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-sanctions-statistics-background-information-and-methodology</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/06/2017 11:09:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

731809

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Fibrous Dysplasia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support his Department provides for sufferers of fibrous dysplasia.
tabling member constituency	Boston and Skegness
tabling member printed	Matt Warman
uin	760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Claimants with Fibrous dysplasia may be entitled to a wide range of benefits depending on their circumstances, including disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) if they have needs related to daily living or mobility.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/06/2017 15:00:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman

731992

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Jobcentres: Newton-le-Willows
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to announce a decision on the future of Newton-le-Willows job centre.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department intends to confirm its plans for the DWP estate, including Newton-le-Willows Jobcentre, soon and will make a statement in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/06/2017 13:57:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

731090

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Funeral Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to match the ten-day target for the administration of Social Fund Funeral Payments pledged by the Scottish Government; and, if not, what plans they have to enable bereaved families to bury their relatives in the absence of any estate from which to draw funds to cover funeral costs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Meacher
uin	HL98
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to change its clearance standard of 15 working days for Funeral Expenses Payments. The Department provides Funeral Expenses Payments to people who are arranging a funeral and who are in receipt of a qualifying income-related benefit. They make a significant contribution towards the cost of arranging a funeral, and are paid as swiftly as possible when all the necessary evidence has been provided. In most cases, payments are made directly to the funeral director who arranged the funeral.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 28/06/2017 11:11:11 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3810 label Biography information for Baroness Meacher