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582608

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redcar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date his Department plans to complete its longitudinal study into former employees of SSI UK; what the likely outcome of that study will be; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	46135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The study has been commissioned. The timing and content are being considered. The honourable member for Redcar and other members of the SSI taskforce will be informed when more information is available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/09/2016 14:18:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

582612

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Refugees: Syria
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 implications for his policies of the finding in the report by the National Audit Office, The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Programme, published in September 2016, that lack of access by resettled Syrians to personal independence payments and carer's allowance may cause difficulties to some refugees and have a negative impact on their experiences.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	46164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in supporting vulnerable people fleeing conflicts around the world and, as such, we have established an effective system to accommodate and shelter resettled people.</p><p>Refugees and those who have humanitarian protection status, such as persons resettled under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Programme, are entitled to work and have access to some benefits upon arrival.</p><p>DWP has decided that the application of the Past Presence Test (PPT) should not apply to refugees for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and are currently considering how best to implement that change, including the impact to other benefits which use a similar PPT.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/09/2016 15:24:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

582618

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Working Conditions: Temperature
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 introduce a statutory workplace maximum temperature.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	46283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce a statutory workplace maximum temperature. For information on the existing law and guidance on workplace temperature, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 09 September 2016 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=44106" target="_blank">44106</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/09/2016 14:54:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

581618

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	Pension Protection Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government  how many non-associated multi-employer defined benefit pension schemes in the UK are covered by the Pension Protection Fund, and what estimate they have made of the total number of employers in those schemes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL1758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2016, there were 26 non-associated multi-employer schemes, with a total of 5,060 participating employers between them which are covered by the Pension Protection Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 15/09/2016 15:28:54 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

581620

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their most recent estimate of the number of individual employers at risk of personal bankruptcy as a result of the increased costs of supporting defined benefit pension liabilities in non-associated multi-employer pension schemes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL1760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by Government or the Pensions Regulator.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 26/09/2016 13:47:30 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

581621

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest estimate of the impact of falling long-term gilt yields on the deficits of UK defined benefit pension schemes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL1761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2016 answer text <p>Recent movement in gilt yields could have a material impact on the funding position of defined benefit pension schemes in the short term.</p><p>However, the precise effect on deficits will depend on a number of factors including how assets are allocated, the approach to hedging and the demographics of the scheme. We continue to monitor the position.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 26/09/2016 13:00:32 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

582109

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	Universal Credit: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much universal credit has been overpaid in each year since roll-out began; and how much of that overpayment has been recoverable.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	45975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The preliminary statistics for 2015-16 estimate the levels of fraud and error overpayments in Universal Credit at £36 million. These statistics are available in the public domain:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-201516-preliminary-estimates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-201516-preliminary-estimates</a></p><p> </p><p>Final 2015-16 statistics will be published in November 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the nature of the Universal Credit caseload over 2015-16 we do not expect these preliminary statistics to be representative of the eventual Universal Credit steady-state. This was the first time that levels of fraud and error have been measured for Universal Credit as it is a new benefit; we will learn lessons and consider additional strategies as appropriate.</p><p>When Universal Credit is fully rolled out, the government expects to save about £1bn each year through reduced fraud and error and increased ability to monitor changes in income.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>All Universal Credit overpayments are recoverable.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/09/2016 13:59:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

582110

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which reports commissioned by his Department from external bodies between 1 January 2015 and 31 August 2016 have not yet been published; when each report was commissioned for research; what the nature of the research commissioned was; from which external body or individual person the research was commissioned; what the value was of each such piece of research commissioned; on what date each report was received by his Department; for what reasons the research has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each report.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
uin	45909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>During this period the Department has commissioned a significant number of research reports. Of these, most are either still in progress, or have been completed and published on GOV.UK in line with our standard process. Two publications are currently with the Department awaiting publication. Both comply with the Department’s research publication protocol in accordance with Government Social Research Service guidance. To collate the requested information on all reports commissioned during this period that are yet to be published would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/09/2016 16:49:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

582111

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	Welfare Tax Credits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed by his Department to investigate claims from HM Revenue and Customs that an unreported adult is living in the home of a tax credit claimant; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	45982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Investigations of HM Revenue and Customs Tax Credit, Living Together fraud allegations are investigated by Local Service Investigation Team (LSI) and the Central Criminal Intelligence Investigations team (CCIIS) as appropriate within the Fraud and Error Service (FES).</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 1430 employed by the Department. FES investigators are employed to look at all types of welfare fraud from all sources of referral. None are employed specifically to look at individual types of welfare fraud referred from specific sources.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/09/2016 10:37:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

582112

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	Pension Credit
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 amend the eligibility criteria for pension credit so that all men and women aged 60 and above can access that credit.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	45972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Pension Credit is an income-related benefit paid out of general taxation which targets help at the poorest pensioners. It is a condition of entitlement for Pension Credit that a person has attained the “qualifying age”, which is linked to the women’s State Pension age. This is the same age at which entitlement to Universal Credit ceases.</p><p> </p><p>Changing the eligibility criteria would mean displacing Universal Credit with Pension Credit. Universal Credit has much better work incentives than Pension Credit, and ensures that work always pays. Universal Credit also disregards pension pots in the means test, encouraging further saving, whereas Pension Credit takes pension pots into account and therefore provides no incentive to increase their size.</p><p> </p><p>For those with disability and care needs, the welfare system already makes provision through benefits and services based on needs assessment. This includes provision for those whose health condition means that it is difficult for them to remain in employment. The Government will be publishing a Green Paper on Work and Health later this year which will consider this issue.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 15/09/2016 10:47:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald