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461334

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
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	Families: Impact Assessments
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 ensure that the Government publishes a family impact test in respect of all future primary and secondary legislation.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	30789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>While we encourage departments to publish Family Test assessments, there is no requirement to do so, as this may not always be appropriate. Assessments against the Family Test are completed by policy officials in the course of developing advice on new policy; this may include some ideas that do not progress beyond the design stage.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/03/2016 13:22:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

461342

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
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	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 length of time is for a reassessment of an award for disability living allowance to be conducted before a person is migrated to the personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on the average actual clearance times, at a number of different points throughout the claiming process, for Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment claims has been published and is available from the data tables accompanying the latest PIP statistical release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/03/2016 16:57:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

461344

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Families
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 which family test assessments he has seen in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	30824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>We do not record the number of assessments conducted. Assessments against the Family Test are completed by policy officials in the course of developing advice on new policy and can be included in submissions to Ministers. Assessments can be completed for some policies in the early stages of development, including for some ideas that do not progress beyond the design stage.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/03/2016 13:19:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

461346

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
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	Workplace Pensions
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 enforce section 54 of the Pensions Act 2008.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	30793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Section 54 of the Pensions Act 2008 prohibits employers from taking any action for the sole or main purpose of inducing a worker to leave a workplace pension scheme.</p><p>The Government takes potential inducement by employers very seriously. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is responsible for all matters relating to employers’ compliance with their enrolment duties, including investigations into individual cases of potential inducement by employers.</p><p>Through automatic enrolment we are delivering a fundamental shift in workplace pension saving that is changing the way that people are enabled to save for retirement. Already 100,668 employers have completed their declaration of compliance with the Regulator, resulting in more than 6 million eligible jobholders being automatically enrolled into a qualifying pension scheme.</p><p>The law relating to inducements is an important safeguard for workers and the Regulator has statutory powers of investigation and enforcement it can use in appropriate circumstances. We are working with the Regulator to monitor the number and nature of possible inducement cases as the roll-out of automatic enrolment continues. That will enable us to judge whether the current legislation covering inducement, and the guidance and messaging provided by the Regulator, are operating effectively to protect employees, and whether change may be appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 30792 question first answered 21/03/2016 15:06:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

461347

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
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	Workplace Pensions: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on employers offering higher salaries to employees who opt of occupational pension schemes.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	30792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Section 54 of the Pensions Act 2008 prohibits employers from taking any action for the sole or main purpose of inducing a worker to leave a workplace pension scheme.</p><p>The Government takes potential inducement by employers very seriously. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is responsible for all matters relating to employers’ compliance with their enrolment duties, including investigations into individual cases of potential inducement by employers.</p><p>Through automatic enrolment we are delivering a fundamental shift in workplace pension saving that is changing the way that people are enabled to save for retirement. Already 100,668 employers have completed their declaration of compliance with the Regulator, resulting in more than 6 million eligible jobholders being automatically enrolled into a qualifying pension scheme.</p><p>The law relating to inducements is an important safeguard for workers and the Regulator has statutory powers of investigation and enforcement it can use in appropriate circumstances. We are working with the Regulator to monitor the number and nature of possible inducement cases as the roll-out of automatic enrolment continues. That will enable us to judge whether the current legislation covering inducement, and the guidance and messaging provided by the Regulator, are operating effectively to protect employees, and whether change may be appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 30793 question first answered 21/03/2016 15:06:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

461349

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
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: Secure Psychiatric Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what social security benefits are being claimed by patients in (a) Ashworth, (b) Broadmoor and (c) Rampton high security psychiatric hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	30805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 30654 30655 30656 30657 question first answered 18/03/2016 14:47:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

459336

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Private Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help people with disabilities with the cost of housing in the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Cheadle
tabling member printed	Mary Robinson
uin	30723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>There are a number of ways the Department helps people with disabilities who are entitled to Housing Benefit and are renting in the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The enhanced package of Discretionary Housing Payments funding (£870 million over 5 years) will enable LAs to protect vulnerable claimants and support households affected by the Housing Benefit reforms.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, single disabled people under 35 years of age who are in receipt of the severe disability premium are exempt from the shared accommodation rate under the Local Housing Allowance scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled people with overnight care needs may be eligible for an additional bedroom for a non-resident carer under the size criteria rules.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 13:34:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4406 label Biography information for Mary Robinson

459393

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Industrial Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what public awareness campaigns his Department has planned to improve awareness of work-related respiratory illness.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	30719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), as the national regulator for health and safety at work, takes a lead role in raising awareness of work related respiratory diseases. HSE has run campaigns targeted at specific at-risk workers and/or their employers, a recent example being the ‘Beware Asbestos’ campaign which ran from October 2014 to March 2015 and focussed on tradespeople such as carpenters, electricians and plumbers. HSE has also supported other organisations such as the British Occupational Hygiene Society to develop its 'Breathe Freely' campaign targeted at work in the construction industry.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has recently published a new strategy for the GB health and safety system called ‘Helping Great Britain work well’. One of the six themes of the strategy is ‘Tackling ill health’ which will include long-term and coordinated action across all sectors, bringing in additional partners such as the NHS and others to support the substantial behaviour change and awareness programmes that will be required.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 14:51:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

459459

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much security guards in his Department are paid.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>DWP do not directly employ any security guards, they are supplied via our PFI contractor Telereal Trillium who subcontract the supply of all security to G4S.</p><p> </p><p>G4S pay rates (as of 1 January 2016) vary on geographical location and the average pay rate for each Government Office Region (GOR) is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION</p></td><td><p>HOURLY PAY RATE (Average)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 1 Scotland</p></td><td><p>£7.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 2 North East</p></td><td><p>£7.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 3 North West</p></td><td><p>£7.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 4 Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>£7.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 5 East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£7.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 6 West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£7.83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 7 East of England</p></td><td><p>£8.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 8 Wales</p></td><td><p>£7.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 9 Southern</p></td><td><p>£8.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 10 London</p></td><td><p>£9.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 11 South West</p></td><td><p>£7.88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All G4S security guards/officers (irrespective of age) are already paid above the National Living Wage of £7.20/hour which will be introduced from 01-Apr-16.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 13:38:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459460

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that absent parents financially support their children.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	30635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>Child Maintenance Options provide free and impartial information and support to help separated parents make decisions about their child maintenance arrangements. For parents who are unable to make a family-based arrangement the government has introduced a new statutory Child Maintenance Service, which will bring speedier processing of applications, simpler calculations and faster enforcement action, where necessary.</p><p>Where parents fail to fulfil their financial responsibilities towards their children we have a range of strong enforcement powers at our disposal. These powers include deducting maintenance directly from earnings, instructing bailiffs to collect arrears or seize goods, forcing the sale of property, disqualification from driving and commitment to prison.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/03/2016 13:29:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson