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749916

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	Plastics: Waste
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether it is their policy to continue with the plans to address parental conflict in workless families set out in Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published in April.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families set out our plans to tackle the root causes of disadvantage, with a focus on workless families. As part of this approach, we announced an innovative new programme of support to help parents, whether they are together or separated, to reduce conflict. This is based on the most recent evidence, which tells us that children who are exposed to frequent, intense and poorly resolved conflict are at risk of experiencing poorer long term outcomes. Plans are currently underway to develop this support, and more details of this will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 17/07/2017 15:25:21 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

750066

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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 Government: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in England are Disability Confident.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>In England 268 Local Authorities have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/07/2017 09:32:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

750320

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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 Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of disability benefit claims his Department asks a claimant's doctor for medical evidence directly rather than seeking that evidence through the claimant.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	3887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The gathering of medical evidence is a key part of the claim process and the information is gathered from a range of sources. However, the information as requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/07/2017 12:31:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

750321

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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: Coventry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on which date (a) he or (b) a Minister of his Department last visited Torrington Avenue Jobcentre Plus.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The date of the last Ministerial visit to the Torrington Jobcentre Plus could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>However, it can be confirmed that since May 2015, there have been no visits to the above Jobcentre Plus by the Secretary of State or his Ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/07/2017 10:59:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

750322

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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: Coventry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on which date (a) he or (b) a Minister of his Department last visited Cofa Court Jobcentre Plus.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The date of the last Ministerial visit to the Cofa Court Jobcentre Plus could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>However, it can be confirmed that since May 2015, there have been no visits to the above Jobcentre Plus by the Secretary of State or his Ministers.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/07/2017 10:59:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

750323

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	BPDTS
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 the time of directors of the Benefits and Pensions Digital Technology Services Limited (BPDTS) is spent as (a) employees of his Department and (b) employees of BPDTS; who in his Department awards work to BPDTS; whether there is any financial benefit to those directors from work awarded by his Department to that company; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	3829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>BPDTS Ltd was set-up to provide IT services to DWP previously provided by Hewlett Packard Enterprises Ltd. The Secretary of State is the sole member of the company and therefore in effect its owner.</p><p> </p><p>There are two Executive Directors (the Chief Executive and the Chief Financial Officer) both of whom are civil servants, employed by DWP. The Chief Executive spends approximately 75% of his time on BPDTS business and the Chief Financial Officer 100% of his time.</p><p> </p><p>There are five non-Executive Directors who are also senior officers of DWP. The time they spent on the company’s business is limited to attendance at monthly Board meetings and preparations for those meetings.</p><p> </p><p>Service orders identifying work to be undertaken by BPDTS Ltd are agreed with the DWP Digital Group.</p><p> </p><p>There is no financial benefit in awarding this work to any Director.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/07/2017 13:16:09 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

750324

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed closure of a number of jobcentres in the North West on travelling time and distance for claimants.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	4046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>We believe that it is a reasonable expectation that claimants travel to an office within three miles or 20 minutes by public transport of their existing jobcentre. This may mean slightly longer and slightly shorter journeys for some individual claimants who use our services in the North West and we have considered this when setting the criteria. There are large areas of the country where claimants have always travelled further than this without any issues.</p><p> </p><p>We have assessed the distances between existing and new jobcentre locations to help customers better understand any differences in time and distance. This is to reflect the fact that people who travel to the jobcentre will use whichever type of transport suits their personal circumstances, they may not be starting their journey from their home, and not all those who use our services are claimants.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/07/2017 09:25:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

750325

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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: Bootle
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of his Department's processing and contact centre in Bootle Linacre on the response times for caseload in the local area.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	4049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The planned changes at Linacre House, Bootle will help us to deliver better services in the future as well as reduce the amount we spend on leasing buildings. We have looked at how we can rationalise the work, whilst ensuring that we do not diminish our service or lose any knowledge and experience.</p><p> </p><p>We will transfer the work and processing colleagues to St Martins House, Bootle. The services undertaken at Linacre House are not specifically linked to claims made by people in the surrounding area and is part of a national network of processing sites. We do not anticipate any impact on the service to claimants in the local area as a result of these changes.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/07/2017 09:16:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

750326

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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: Vale of Clwyd
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of constituents in the Vale of Clwyd constituency have had their original personal independence payments overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration or (b) an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	3981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Between April 2013 and April 2017 there have been 6,430 initial decisions on claims for Personal Independence Payment in the Vale of Clwyd. In this same period, 340 had their Award Changed at mandatory reconsideration.</p><p> </p><p>Tribunal Statistics, including appeal outcomes are published by the Ministry of Justice and so we will not be able to provide consistent regional breakdown of these statistics for the Vale of Clwyd. We would recommend requesting this information from the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/07/2017 11:00:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

750327

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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: Supported Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people with mental or physical health problems living in supported housing will be exempt from the local housing allowance rate cap for housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	3888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The application of the Local Housing Allowance rate to supported housing will be deferred until 2019/20. Developing a workable and sustainable funding model for supported housing is a priority for the Government. We will set out further details on our plans as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/07/2017 09:28:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff