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619057

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to attend interviews with claimants conducted by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	49825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has attended several Jobcentreplus sites, where he has had the opportunity to observe and discuss a range of operational issues. He has not sat in on interviews with work coaches whilst they have conducted interviews with claimants, as standard practice is to seek agreement first with claimants for any third party to be in attendance. Future visits to Jobcentreplus are planned for the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/10/2016 14:16:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

620059

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
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	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) which food banks he has visited since taking office.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	49827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial UK official visits and official meetings with external organisations and individuals are published quarterly and made available on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/10/2016 14:06:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

620060

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
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: Self-employed
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 who are certified as self-employed in Ashfield constituency are in receipt of in-work benefits.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	49831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold sufficient data on self-employed recipients of in-work benefits to answer this question.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/10/2016 14:21:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

620061

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
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	Sick Pay and Social Security Benefits: Endometriosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to sick pay and state benefits for women who suffer from severe endometriosis.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	49870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) provides a measure of earnings replacement for employees unable to work because of short-term sickness if they satisfy the qualifying conditions, which are not related to specific medical conditions.</p><p>Those who are not entitled to SSP or are still unwell at the end of the maximum payment period (28 weeks) may, provided they satisfy the conditions of entitlement, be entitled to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).</p><p>As two people with the same condition can be affected in different ways, there is no condition-based entitlement to ESA. The Work Capability Assessment recognises that conditions can vary in their severity and therefore people with the same condition could be placed in the Work Related Activity Group, the Support Group or found fit for work.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/11/2016 16:58:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

620062

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which organisations and on which dates his Department has discussed plans to protect survivors of rape and sexual abuse whose third child was born as a result of rape and would wish to claim tax credits in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	50010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The government is aware that the exceptions to the policy to limit the child element in Universal Credit and the individual element in Child Tax Credit to a maximum of two children are sensitive. We contacted a number of organisations in August 2015 and met with several of those organisations in early 2016 to discuss the exceptions. Officials have also discussed this issue between government departments and at wider DWP and HMRC stakeholder meetings.</p><p>The government launched a consultation on 21 October 2016 to seek evidence and invite views from stakeholders to inform the design of the exceptions and their implementation. All Ministers with an interest are consulted as part of the clearance process for any Government consultation. The consultation document is published online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-exceptions-to-the-2-child-limit</p><p>The consultation closes on 27 November 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 50087 question first answered 01/11/2016 12:02:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

620063

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
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 arrangements he has put in place to assess the effectiveness of the provisions in the 2012 Scheme for varying child support payments following changes in the income of the paying parent.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	49935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The 2012 scheme includes an Annual Review of the Non-Resident Parent’s income. If their income is being determined on the basis of Current Income, they are legally required to report any increases of 25% of more in their income level. If they do not, a provision exists for the CMS to backdate a new calculation decision to the point in the year that the change occurred.</p><p>In addition, a Non-Resident Parent may choose to report a change of circumstance, including changes to their income, to the Child Maintenance Service, which will consider making a new decision about the amount of maintenance due reflecting those changes. Once a decision in relation to the reported change has been made, that decision is notified to both clients.</p><p>If either parent believes the decision is wrong, they may request the Child Maintenance Service revisit the decision (a Mandatory Reconsideration), after which they may appeal to an independent First-tier Tribunal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/11/2016 12:55:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

607566

registered interest
date	21/10/2016
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	Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
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 14 October 2016 to Question 47528 and the Answer of 17 October 2016 to HL 2020, if he will provide further detail on the consideration of responses to questions seven and 11 and summary paragraphs 45 and 67 of the consultation on housing benefit reform, Cm 8152, where there are references to meeting appointed housing needs through locally administered funding; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	49803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>We received a number of responses to questions 7 and 11 on the consultation CM8152, along with the other questions in the consultation, which the Government considered at the time. There was a range of views, comments and suggestions, from a range of stakeholders, relating to the proposition that local authorities should administer funding for supported housing and that supported housing should be removed from Housing Benefit altogether.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/10/2016 16:05:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

607567

registered interest
date	21/10/2016
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	Employment and Support Allowance and Work and Health Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what he expects the savings to his Department to be of the proposed changes to the employment and support allowance work-related activity group; and how much funding has been allocated to the proposed work and health programme.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	49760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The forecasted savings from the proposed changes to the Employment and Support Allowance work-related activity group from April 2017, can be found in Table 2.2 of the Budget 2016, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2016-documents/budget-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2016-documents/budget-2016</a></p><p>The 2015 Spending Review announced funding rising to at least £130 million a year by 2019/20 for the new Work and Health programme. The programme is one part of a wider offer of support for disabled people and our Work and Health Green Paper will be looking at how we can go even further.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/10/2016 10:30:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

606721

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2016 to Questions 47096, 47097 and 47098, what data gathering methods are undertaken by the Child Maintenance Service to track (a) deduction from earnings or benefits orders, (b) deduction from bank account orders and (c) liability orders which the Child Maintenance Service has served on absent parents to recover payments due to parents with custody.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	49590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>When a paying parent defaults on a payment without reasonable justification, the Child Maintenance Service will take appropriate action to recover the missed payment and re-establish compliance. This action could include deduction from earnings, benefits or directly from bank accounts, or enforcement via the courts such as a liability order.</p><p>The system generates compliance data that tracks the payment for internal management information purposes. The Child Maintenance Service can see how many cases are set to pay by each method, and whether or not they are compliant. If a payment under one of these methods fails, a case worker will be prompted to take further action.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/10/2016 15:52:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

606722

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
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: Written Questions
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 17 October 2016 to Question 906599, for what reason that Answer does not refer to unemployment levels.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	49591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment of the effect of the National Living Wage on employment levels. However, in 2015 the Office for Budget Responsibility estimated that the National Living Wage would have a +0.2 percentage point impact on the unemployment rate by April 2020 – equivalent to around 60,000 people.</p><p>The Government is committed to reducing long-term unemployment and youth unemployment, and the overall unemployment rate is currently at the historically low level of 4.9%. The Government will also continue to consider advice on increases of the National Living Wage from the Low Pay Commission, whose remit it is to make sure that wages rise to reward workers while considering the impact on the economy.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/10/2016 14:54:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell