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969057

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 Schemes: 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 (a) have received support through the Youth Obligation and (b) are currently participating in that programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	171272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers given on 1 May 2018 to <strong><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-26/138342/" target="_blank">138342</a></strong> and <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-26/138346/" target="_blank"><strong>138346</strong></a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2018 13:18:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

969059

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish data on the outcomes for those receiving support through the Youth Obligation; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	171273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not currently readily available, however the Department does monitor requests we receive for new statistics and consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate. The Department is therefore looking at this issue with a view to seeing what statistics could be produced on a regular basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2018 13:28:37 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

969063

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 Schemes: 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 who have received support through the Youth Obligation have subsequently gone on to an apprenticeship.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	171274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 1 May 2018 (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-26/138342/" target="_blank"><strong>138342</strong></a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is not possible to say how many young people who have started their Youth Obligation Support Programme journey have subsequently gone on to an apprenticeship without checking individual records, which would incur disproportionate cost. However, the latest statistics published by the Department for Education show 96,400 apprenticeship program starts from 19-24 year olds between August 2017 and May 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2018 13:29:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

969150

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme computer system to process in a timely manner service requests for (a) a new child maintenance scheme claim, (b) a change of circumstances, (c) a variation request, (d) chasing arrears, and (e) enforcement action.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	171425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The 2012 Child Maintenance System (CMS2012) provides support for the full range of child maintenance administrative processes including new applications, case maintenance and enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>A Service Improvement Programme was established in April 2018, to optimise the performance and stability of the system. Significant improvements have already been implemented through both hardware and software upgrades. These changes have already resulted in quicker response times for users and compared with the period June 2017 to September 2017, the average response time of the core case management system has reduced by over 50%. We are continually working with the system’s users to make further improvements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2018 12:13:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

969155

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of staffing levels working on the Child Maintenance system.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	171430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The numbers of people working within the Child Maintenance Service is reviewed regularly to ensure we have sufficient resources to answer customer calls and progress cases. So far in 2018, we have recruited 510 people into the Child Maintenance Service, with these people joining us between February 2018 and August 2018. We will continue to review the volumes of work against our forecasting model to ensure that we adjust staffing levels as required.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:52:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

968108

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165149, on Social Security Benefits: Scotland, how many claimants have outstanding benefit overpayment debts that are to be devolved to Scotland which are attributable to (a) overpayment and (b) fraud debts.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	170770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Current data shows that there are 16,457 claimants with overpayments debts that are due to be devolved to Scottish Government. Of this total, 1,079 have overpayment debts classified as Fraud.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:03:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

968116

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Cold Weather Payments: North Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using an alternative weather station to the Mona weather station when determining eligibility for cold weather payments for postcode areas LL33 and LL54-LL61.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	170716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The linkages between postcodes and weather stations are reviewed every year, with the last review being submitted in July 2018. In addition to this year’s review I have commissioned a supplementary review of the LL33 and LL54-61 postcodes, which will be communicated when the Met Office have finalised their thorough re-assessment of the postcodes links.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:10:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

968181

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families have claimed the (a) higher and (b) lower rate of bereavement support since 6 April 2017 in (i) England, (ii) the North West, (iii) Merseyside and (iv) Wallasey constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	170703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not currently available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:14:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

968185

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior positions in her Department in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	170822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Currently DWP does not routinely capture Socio-Economic Background (SEB) information as part of Departmental workforce data. Following the release of the official SEB measures produced by the Cabinet Office in June 2018, we are considering our approach to gathering baseline SEB data. In addition, from 2019 DWP will be collecting SEB information via the annual Civil Service People Survey.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2018 11:32:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

968204

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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 universal credit conditionality easements have been applied to claimants suffering a bereavement following the death of a partner, child or qualifying young person since April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	170704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally and would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/09/2018 15:46:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle