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90907

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of those who have received local welfare assistance, by region, (1) were registered disabled, (2) have learning difficulties, (3) suffer mental health issues, (4) are escaping domestic violence, and (5) are families with dependents.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL1833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Local authorities are not required to provide DWP with details of who has received Local Welfare Assistance. Consequently, we do not have information about the volumes of people of certain types receiving support.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 26/09/2014 10:37:01 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

90966

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	National Insurance Contributions: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that people in Northern Ireland who were 14 and 15 years of age in 1947 and who paid national insurance have these contributions recognised in their pensions.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	208525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>National Insurance contributions are now an excepted matter and the responsibility of HMRC. However in relation to pensions, Northern Ireland has its own body of law which operates in parity with Great Britain.</p><p>Following the fundamental reforms of the National Insurance scheme in 1975 the law provided that only paid contributions and credits from the year in which a person reached age 16 to the year before the one in which they reached state pension age should be included for benefit purposes. The Government has no plans to review the position reached by Parliament in 1975.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/09/2014 13:32:19 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

91103

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	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, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming employment and support allowance who were previously self employed.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/09/2014 14:28:50 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91104

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the employment rate is for people (a) born with a disability and (b) disabled later in life.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	208574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/09/2014 15:10:52 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91105

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	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 7 July 2014, by the Cabinet Secretary to Question 32 in oral evidence taken in the Committee of Public Accounts, when the Major Projects Authority informed him that the universal credit project was way off track.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The reset rating highlighted in the Major Projects Authority Report (Sept 2013) referred to the shift in the delivery plan and change in management in early 2013. Since the reset, we have worked to a clear plan to deliver Universal Credit. We are on track with this plan and we are making good progress. In June 2014, the CEO of the Major Projects Authority reported to Public Accounts Committee that the Universal Credit Programme was stable and on track.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/09/2014 16:23:10 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91106

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to benefit offices on referrals to food banks.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	208567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Jobcentre Plus offices have freedom to make local arrangements to signpost claimants as appropriate to local authorities and any other local organisations that support families in financial difficulties, including local food banks.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/09/2014 13:58:08 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

91107

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Vacancies: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of the tools, processes and techniques used by Monster on its commercial job search website to protect users from fraudulent activity are not used on Universal Jobmatch; and what changes Monster has proposed to his Department to improve anti-fraud protection on his Department's website.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	208500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Any information on the tools, processes or techniques used by Monster on it's commercial job search website would be held by Monster. In addition, for obvious reasons, it would not be in the public interest for the Department to disclose particular details of our anti-fraud measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/09/2014 12:40:57 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

91109

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Walsall North's letters of 6 August 2014 and 20 August 2014 on behalf of a constituent.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	208486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith), replied to the hon Member on 9 September 2014.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/09/2014 14:14:12 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

91110

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Funeral Payments
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 funeral payment decisions were made within his Department's target time in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	208463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table has been taken from the Social Fund Annual Report for 2012/13 which is the latest available published data and the Social Fund Annual Reports for 2011/12 and 2010/11.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows that the average clearance time for Funeral Payment awards was 14.76 working days against a target of 16 working days in 2012/13, 13.8 working days in 2011/12 and 14.5 working days in 2010/11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Funeral Payments</td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Average Actual Clearance Times (AACT) in working days</td><td>AACT Achieved</td><td>AACT Achieved</td><td>% Cleared within AACT Standard</td><td>% Cleared within AACT Standard plus 2 days</td><td>% Cleared within AACT Standard Plus 5 days</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>16</td><td>14.76</td><td>65.10%</td><td>74.20%</td><td>83.00%</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>16</td><td>13.8</td><td>*</td><td>*</td><td>*</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>16</td><td>14.5</td><td>*</td><td>*</td><td>*</td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p>* <strong>denotes data unavailable</strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/09/2014 16:07:20 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

91111

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Offshore Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of (a) single, (b) two-person, (c) three-person and (d) four-person occupancy standards for accommodation cabins in the offshore oil and gas industry on (i) the health and safety of offshore workers and (ii) operational safety on offshore installations.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	208451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>None. Standards of cabin accommodation are examined by inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive on a case-by-case basis. Inspectors will consider compliance with the specific requirements relating to cabins, during inspections and safety case assessments. These will also include examination of other health and welfare provisions for workers, emergency escape facilities and other safety provisions that could be affected if cabin occupancy arrangements change.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 26/09/2014 13:15:31 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham