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421197

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners will lose money as a result of changing the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme from a benefit to an interest-bearing loan; and what the average annual loss will be for such pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	11761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text All SMI claimants, including pensioners, will continue to receive the same level of support as now towards their mortgage interest when it becomes a loan. As a result no claimants, including pensioners, will receive less in SMI payments than they would now. answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/10/2015 12:50:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

421198

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what processes and procedures are in place when benefit claimants report having suicidal thoughts.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	11775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) takes seriously any declarations of intention to attempt suicide or self harm that are made by its customers. There is a clear, detailed action plan that staff must follow if a customer declares an intention to kill or harm themselves. DWP also provides guidance to help its staff deal with these incidents. The policy, procedures and guidance are reviewed regularly to ensure that they continue to meet their objectives and to identify areas for improvement.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/10/2015 13:07:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

421201

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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: Disqualification
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 respond to the Work and Pensions Committee Report on Benefit sanctions beyond the Oakley review, Fifth Report of Session 2014-15, HC 814.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	11766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 July 2015 to Question<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-24/3938/" target="_blank">3938</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/10/2015 15:13:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

349393

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	Employment: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on creating a duty to report on progress towards full employment.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	1689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The new statutory duty will require the Secretary of State to publish an annual report on progress towards full employment. This duty will not impact on existing responsibilities of the Welsh Government to develop and deliver employment related policies. We will be engaging with the Devolved Administrations in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2015 13:57:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

349394

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	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people aged 18 to 21 in Wales receive housing benefit; how many such people (a) have children, (b) are disabled and (c) have previously been in local authority care.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	1690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Detailed housing benefit statistics, including those aged 18 to 21 in Wales by number of dependent children, can be found at:</p><p> </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> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on those households receiving housing benefit and containing someone registered as disabled is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for those who have previously been in local authority care is not collected on the data available for analysis and therefore is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 13:30:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

349395

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	Unemployment Benefits: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people in Wales will be eligible for the Youth Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	1691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 June 2015 to Questions <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=QuestionsWithAnswersOnly&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2015-06-08&amp;answered-to=2015-06-08&amp;uin=887" target="_blank">UIN 887</a> and <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=QuestionsWithAnswersOnly&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2015-06-08&amp;answered-to=2015-06-08&amp;uin=889" target="_blank">UIN 889</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2015 14:24:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith