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383962

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been awarded in discretionary housing payments by each local authority in London (a) in total, (b) to people affected by the household benefit cap, (c) to people affected by a reduction in local housing allowance rates and (d) to people affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department asks Local authorities to supply details of their use of Discretionary Housing Payments on a 6 monthly basis. Data for 2013/14 is provided at the link below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:08:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

383963

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Food Banks
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 take steps to compile data on the number of people using food banks.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not monitor the use of food banks and has no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/06/2015 12:20:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

383964

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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, what plans he has to reduce delays in benefits payments.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>DWP has made a number of operational improvements in benefit processes, supporting both speed of clearance and overall customer experience.</p><p> </p><p>There are no delays. In fact, processing speeds have improved, steadily increasing from 85.8% of JSA claims processed in 16 days in 2009-10 to 96% in 2004-15. We have also steadily increased the number of Employment and Support Allowance claims processed in 16 days from 72.9% in 2009-10 to 93.6% in 2014-15.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/06/2015 12:29:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

383967

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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, how many people affected by the household benefit cap who were placed by the local authority in temporary accommodation were placed outside their local authority area in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:04:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

383972

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in London are affected by the household benefit cap; and how many such people have been placed by their local authority in temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of households that were subject to the benefit cap in February 2015, the latest available information, in London was 10,520. Data on the number of people placed by their local authority in temporary accommodation is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/06/2015 14:06:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

383974

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Child Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will estimate how many people who would otherwise be eligible for universal credit who would not be so eligible if the child element was reduced in real terms to the 2003-04 level of the child element of child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>It is not possible to provide estimates around a scenario that does not reflect current policy or plans.</p><p> </p><p>Once fully rolled out Universal Credit will mean around 3.2 million households will be better off by an average of £178 a month.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/06/2015 11:40:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

381839

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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 take steps to review the effect of the benefit cap on children.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	2879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A suite of evaluation reports was published on 15 December 2014 and information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further statistics are available by location and family size at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/06/2015 16:11:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

381840

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on child poverty of the introduction of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	2880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Once fully rolled out Universal Credit will mean around 3.2 million households will be better off by an average of £178 a month. We estimate this new reform will lift up to 300,000 children out of poverty.</p><p>500,000 working families are expected to receive help with childcare under Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 14:44:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

381576

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed jobseeker's allowance during the most recent year for which information is available; and how many such people received a sanction during that year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	2729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 14:32:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

381578

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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 people claim universal credit in each (a) region, (b) local authority area and (c) and parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	2733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong>Rt. Hon. Priti Patel MP: </strong>The information requested can be found within the latest official experimental Universal Credit statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics#universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics#universal-credit-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 14:25:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms