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582438

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Fit for Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the contract with Maximus for delivery of the Fit for Work programme includes provision of public funding for taxi journeys for anyone (a) turned away from or (b) moved to a different assessment centre.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	46095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The Fit for Work service provides a supportive occupational health assessment and general health and work advice to employees, employers and General Practitioners (GPs), to help individuals stay in or return to work. Advice is delivered via a website, telephone line and webchat and does not involve participants travelling to an Assessment Centre.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/10/2016 11:15:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

582439

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Fit for 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 guidance his Department has given to Maximus to ensure that centres used for Fit for Work assessments are accessible to wheelchair users.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	46096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>All Assessment Centres utilised by MAXIMUS to undertake Work Capability Assessments meet accessibility standards under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Before attending an assessment, claimants are given the opportunity to alert the assessment provider to any additional requirements they may have and the provider will endeavour to meet all reasonable requests.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is unable to travel to or access an Assessment Centre as a result of their health condition or impairment, a home visit may be offered.</p><p> </p><p>This is unconnected to Fit for Work, a website, telephone line and webchat service that does not involve participants travelling to an assessment centre. Fit for Work provides a supportive occupational health assessment and general health and work advice to employees, employers and General Practitioners (GPs) to help individuals stay in or return to work.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/10/2016 15:23:04 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

582440

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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, which three transitional options the former Pensions Minister, Baroness Altmann, commissioned from his Department to address the effects on women born in the 1950s following state pension equalisation.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	46091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>Transitional arrangements are already in place. At the time of the Pensions Act 2011 the Government introduced a concession worth £1.1 billion to limit the impact of the rising State Pension age on those most affected. The concession capped the maximum delay that anyone would face in claiming their State Pension to 18 months rather than two years, relative to the previous timetable. The Government has no plans to introduce further transitional arrangements.</p><p>The following link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-foi-releases-for-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-foi-releases-for-march-2016</a> provides:</p><ul><li>information on the transitional arrangements considered during the passage of the Pensions Act 2011 (see table A); and</li><li>illustrative costings for hypothetical policies including the three requested by the previous Minister for Pensions (see tables B to D).</li></ul><p>These options are not under policy consideration.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 46092 question first answered 10/10/2016 13:49:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

582441

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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 estimates his Department has made of potential cost of proposed transitional measures to address the effects on women born in the 1950s following state pension equalisation.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	46092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>Transitional arrangements are already in place. At the time of the Pensions Act 2011 the Government introduced a concession worth £1.1 billion to limit the impact of the rising State Pension age on those most affected. The concession capped the maximum delay that anyone would face in claiming their State Pension to 18 months rather than two years, relative to the previous timetable. The Government has no plans to introduce further transitional arrangements.</p><p>The following link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-foi-releases-for-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-foi-releases-for-march-2016</a> provides:</p><ul><li>information on the transitional arrangements considered during the passage of the Pensions Act 2011 (see table A); and</li><li>illustrative costings for hypothetical policies including the three requested by the previous Minister for Pensions (see tables B to D).</li></ul><p>These options are not under policy consideration.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 46091 question first answered 10/10/2016 13:49:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

582604

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Rents: Arrears
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to monitor the effect on housing rent arrears of the length of time taken for initial payment of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	46257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>DWP are undertaking work to investigate the issue of rent arrears in Universal Credit, it aims to understand the true level of rent arrears and what is causing them. We expect to know a lot more about this issue as the work progresses and following the analysis of the next Universal Credit Gateway Survey which we will be publishing later this year.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 10/10/2016 15:47:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

582605

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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: Self-employed
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 ensure that universal credit is effective in supporting an increasing number of people into self-employment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	46259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>Universal Credit Claimants who are gainfully self-employed and within one year of starting out in self-employment are also eligible for a ‘start-up period’, of up to one year to support them to grow their business.</p><p>Claimants who are in their start-up period will attend quarterly sessions designed to provide support, assistance and guidance. They will have access to a cadre of work coaches with the right skills to signpost self-employed people to support to grow their business and earnings.</p><p>We will use survey findings to ensure that the journey for newly self-employed claimants of Universal Credit is effective.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 10/10/2016 15:25:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

582606

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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, with how many local authorities his Department has worked to improve budgeting advice for universal credit claimants.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	46260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>Universal Credit has introduced Personal Budgeting Support to provide budgeting and money advice to claimants as part of Universal Support provisions. We have engaged with all 380 local authorities in delivering this.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 10/10/2016 15:51:52 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

582607

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Mining: Industrial Health and Safety
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 September 2016 to Question 44365, what assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made on the effect of long shift patterns on the incidence of (a) errors, (b) accidents and (c) injuries in (i) all sectors of the workforce and (ii) the mining industry.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	46238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not hold this information. However, HSE recognises that poorly designed shift-working arrangements and long working hours can result in fatigue, accidents, injuries and ill health and has produced guidance for employers on designing and implementing shift-working arrangements:</p><p>(<a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/topics/fatigue.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/topics/fatigue.htm</a>).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/10/2016 16:16:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

582608

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redcar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date his Department plans to complete its longitudinal study into former employees of SSI UK; what the likely outcome of that study will be; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	46135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The study has been commissioned. The timing and content are being considered. The honourable member for Redcar and other members of the SSI taskforce will be informed when more information is available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/09/2016 14:18:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

582609

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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, how his Department assesses whether benefit appointees should be appointed; what factors are taken into account in such cases by the assessor; and what the requirements relating to the mental capacity of adult benefit recipients are in such cases.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	46142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State confirms that a claimant requires an appointee if we receive unequivocal medical evidence as to the claimant’s capacity to manage their benefit claim or if, as in the vast majority of cases, the visiting officer, through a series of questions relating to the comprehension of claiming and managing a benefit award, will reach a conclusion as to their capacity to act for themselves. This is specifically a benefit-related capacity assessment and not a mental capacity assessment.</p><p>Once someone has been appointed, they will remain in that role until (a) they wish to relinquish it (b) they themselves lose capacity (c) the claimant regains capacity or (d) they abuse their position by not acting in the best interests of the claimant and the appointment is revoked. This latter requirement is stressed to the prospective appointee when the appointment is being considered and they are required to sign form BF56 to confirm that they understand their responsibilities. The Department also has a review system in place.</p><p>The vast majority of revocations of an appointeeship occur because of information received from a third party alleging financial abuse which is subsequently confirmed on investigation.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 46143 46144 question first answered 10/10/2016 13:57:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous