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387132

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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, what proportion of families affected by the benefit cap placed in (a) temporary accommodation by a local authority and (b) other accommodation have moved into work.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of families affected by the benefit cap placed in (a) temporary accommodation by a local authority who have moved into work is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data on capped households in (b) other accommodation by family type, housing type and reason for moving off the benefit cap can be found on Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 09:22:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387134

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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 many of the households affected by the household benefit cap are in (a) social housing, (b) temporary and emergency accommodation and (c) private tenancies (i) in the UK and (ii) in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Data on the number of households affected by the benefit cap that are in (a) social housing and (c) private tenancies in (i) the UK and (ii) in each region in the UK can be found on Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Data on the number of households affected by the benefit cap in (b) temporary and emergency accommodation is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 08:58:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387135

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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 many and what proportion of families with children affected by the benefit cap have a child under (a) one year old, (b) two years old, (c) three years old and (d) four years old.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</del><ins class="ministerial">DWP statisticians are currently assessing the viability of publishing further age breakdowns for children in households subject to the benefit cap alongside suitable context and commentary. If the analyses prove to be sufficiently robust the results will be published at the earliest opportunity according to the Code of Practice for statistics.</ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 16:57:41 question first ministerially corrected 10/07/2015 11:42:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 11479 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

385919

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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, if he will make an assessment of the effect of changing the household benefit cap on the ability of victims of domestic violence to find affordable accommodation after leaving a refuge; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course. <strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/07/2015 13:12:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

383964

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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, what plans he has to reduce delays in benefits payments.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>DWP has made a number of operational improvements in benefit processes, supporting both speed of clearance and overall customer experience.</p><p> </p><p>There are no delays. In fact, processing speeds have improved, steadily increasing from 85.8% of JSA claims processed in 16 days in 2009-10 to 96% in 2004-15. We have also steadily increased the number of Employment and Support Allowance claims processed in 16 days from 72.9% in 2009-10 to 93.6% in 2014-15.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/06/2015 12:29:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

383967

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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 many people affected by the household benefit cap who were placed by the local authority in temporary accommodation were placed outside their local authority area in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:04:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

381839

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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, if he will take steps to review the effect of the benefit cap on children.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	2879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A suite of evaluation reports was published on 15 December 2014 and information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further statistics are available by location and family size at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/06/2015 16:11:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

349382

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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, when his Department plans to publish an impact assessment of plans to reduce the household benefit cap to £23,000 per year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 16:20:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348175

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2015 to Question 228133, how much has been claimed in hardship payments in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will publish figures on the number of hardship applications and awards in the summer of 2015.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2015 09:53:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

347423

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
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, what estimate he has made of the number of people residing (a) in inner London, (b) in outer London and (c) outside London who would be affected by a reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will publish a full impact assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 16:36:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms