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348908

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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	Public Sector: Pensions
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 on long-term returns to the public purse of fossil fuel divestment by public sector pension funds.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	1350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Most public sector pension schemes are unfunded and do not therefore make investments. The only major public sector pension scheme that makes investments is the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Investment decisions are taken locally by each of the 89 pension fund authorities in England and Wales with regard to the policies set out in their Statement of Investment Principles. Details of these investments are included in each authority’s annual pension fund report, copies of which can be found at the LGPS Advisory Board website at <a href="http://www.lgpsboard.org/index.php/fund-annual-reports-2014" target="_blank">www.lgpsboard.org/index.php/fund-annual-reports-2014</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 15:24:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348946

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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	Older People: Poverty
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 tackle poverty among older people in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	1452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government wants all pensioners to have a decent and secure income in retirement. We are committed to the ‘triple lock’, the guarantee that the basic State Pension will increase by the highest of the growth in average earnings, price increases or 2.5%; and for the poorest pensioners, Pension Credit tops up income to a guaranteed minimum level of £151.20 for a single person and £230.85 for couples. We are protecting key benefits for older people including free eye tests, free NHS prescriptions, free bus passes, free television licences for those aged 75 and over, and Winter Fuel Payments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 15:20:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

348947

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will commission an independent review of the benefit sanctions system.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 03 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-05-27/170/" target="_blank">UIN 170</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2015 13:52:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

348966

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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 it his policy to abolish the two-week waiting period before claimants who are designated as not vulnerable may receive a hardship payment.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 9 June 2015 to Question <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;dept=29&amp;uin=1243" target="_blank">UIN 1243</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/06/2015 13:24:59 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

348985

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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: Disqualification
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 it his policy to suspend benefit sanctions for families with children and for people suffering from mental ill health.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 5 June 2015 to Question <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=2015-06-05&amp;answered-to=2015-06-05&amp;uin=176" target="_blank">UIN 176.</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2015 15:29:32 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

348722

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost is of (a) a reconsideration of and (b) an appeal against a decision on a personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	1297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Information requested is not available for Personal Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>For Employment Support Allowance the average cost of processing</p><p> </p><p>a Mandatory Reconsideration is: £108</p><p> </p><p>an appeal to the Department for Work and Pensions is: £135</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of processing an appeal to the Tribunals Service is £214.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1298 question first answered 10/06/2015 16:26:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

348723

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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 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 the average cost is of (a) a reconsideration of and (b) an appeal against a decision on an employment and support allowance claim.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	1298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Information requested is not available for Personal Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>For Employment Support Allowance the average cost of processing</p><p> </p><p>a Mandatory Reconsideration is: £108</p><p> </p><p>an appeal to the Department for Work and Pensions is: £135</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of processing an appeal to the Tribunals Service is £214.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1297 question first answered 10/06/2015 16:26:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

348733

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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: Glasgow North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit recipients have been sanctioned in Glasgow North constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	1304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The available information is published at:</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><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> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/06/2015 13:15:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

348734

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Cost Effectiveness
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 place in the Library an itemised breakdown of the saving of £105 million in his Department's budget in the current financial year announced by the Chancellor on 4 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>£75m of efficiency savings will be made from the Department’s budget in 2015-16. A further £30m of income will be generated for HMT through an increase in Social Fund debt recoveries.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:42:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348735

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are being served by the universal credit digital solution.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are on track with the plan for the delivery of Universal Credit: transforming the Welfare State and, when complete, delivering up to £7bn per year in economic benefits. Universal Credit is now operational in over 40% of jobcentres and will cover the whole country by Spring 2016. The Digital Solution is currently being tested in Sutton and is gradually being widened to take increased volumes in line with the test and learn approach, ensuring safe and secure delivery. Official statistics are not currently available for Sutton given it is a limited, controlled test.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 1289 question first answered 10/06/2015 10:45:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms