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390670

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Pension Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of UK pension fund (a) equity assets, (b) fixed income assets, (c) real estate assets, (d) private equity assets, (e) private equity assets (f) infrastructure assets, (g) hedge fund assets and (h) cash held in (i) the UK and (ii) overseas.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	7580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/07/2015 16:04:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

390688

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Taxation: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of single earner married couples and (b) proportion of all married couples who are single earner married couples in each country of the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong>Table 1</strong>: number of married couples where one adult in the couple is employed or self-employed, by country in the UK, 3-year averages</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08 to 2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,190,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,570,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09 to 2010/11</p></td><td><p>2,180,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,560,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 to 2011/12</p></td><td><p>2,160,000</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,540,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 to 2012/13</p></td><td><p>2,120,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 to 2013/14</p></td><td><p>2,090,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>180,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,460,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong>: proportion of married couples where one adult in the couple is employed or self-employed, by country in the UK, 3-year averages</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08 to 2009/10</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09 to 2010/11</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 to 2011/12</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 to 2012/13</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 to 2013/14</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Family Resources Survey, 2007/08 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. The Family Resources Survey is a nationally representative sample of UK households.</p><p>2. The figures from the Family Resources Survey are based on a sample of households which have been adjusted for non-response using multi-purpose grossing factors which align the Family Resources Survey to former Government Office Region population by age and sex. Estimates based on survey data are subject to uncertainty due to sampling error and remaining non-response error.</p><p>3. The figures presented are three-year averages due to relatively small sample sizes of married couples available for some countries in individual years.</p><p>4. Data are rounded to the nearest ten thousand or 1 per cent.</p><p>5. Percentages in Table 2 are calculated by dividing the number of married couples where one adult is in employment by the total number of married couples (i.e. those couples where one, both or neither is employed).</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2015 13:13:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390720

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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 Rented Housing: Rents
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 reduction in rent payment rates amongst social sector tenants upon moving to a direct payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
uin	7675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 18 March 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-12/227440/" target="_blank">227440</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/07/2015 10:08:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk

390847

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants in Scotland are in the Work Related Activity Group.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information available for the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants by phase of claim and region is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 10:21:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390865

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Schedule 6 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009, when he expects the Government to implement equal birth registration.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	7678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is currently reviewing this policy.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:03:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

390085

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average sum held in the pension funds of people who were enrolled in a pension scheme as part of the auto-enrolment process.
tabling member printed	Baroness Greengross
uin	HL1497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Findings from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) Wealth and Asset survey show that overall, the average (median) amount of wealth held in pensions not yet in payment was £33,000 in 2010/12. There is no breakdown available to show wealth held in funds created due to Automatic Enrolment.</p><p> </p><p>DWP’s annual official statistics on workplace pension participation found that in 2014, the annual total amount saved in workplace pensions by employees eligible for Automatic Enrolment was £80.3 billion, an increase of £6.6 billion from 2012.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/07/2015 14:04:34 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	2518 label Biography information for Baroness Greengross

390188

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 2.111 of the Summer Budget 2015, who the vulnerable groups are; and what criteria he uses to decide those groups are vulnerable.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	7456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>To prevent young people slipping straight into a life on benefits, from April 2017 the Government will remove the automatic entitlement to housing support for new claims in Universal Credit from 18-21 year olds who are out of work. This will ensure young people in the benefits system face the same choices as young people who work and who may not be able to afford to leave home.</p><p> </p><p>We will ensure that vulnerable young people who are in need of support for their housing needs continue to receive it. Government will consider the impact in line with our legal obligations as part of that process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/07/2015 17:05:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

390191

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 1.153 of the Summer Budget 2015, if he will publish the criteria to decide who the most vulnerable housing benefit claimants are.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	7395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Local Authorities have overall responsibility for how Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are administered and paid, considering each case on its own merits. The Department publishes a DHP guidance manual and good practice guide to help Local Authorities identify those outline claimants who may require a DHP .</p><p> </p><p>No decisions have been made on allocations to local authorities for 2016/2017 and beyond. We consider the allocation of Discretionary Housing Payments each year, based on each local authority’s Housing Benefit expenditure and the local impact of reforms.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 7396 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:02:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

390192

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 1.153 of the Summer Budget 2015, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the £800 million each local authority will receive.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	7396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Local Authorities have overall responsibility for how Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are administered and paid, considering each case on its own merits. The Department publishes a DHP guidance manual and good practice guide to help Local Authorities identify those outline claimants who may require a DHP .</p><p> </p><p>No decisions have been made on allocations to local authorities for 2016/2017 and beyond. We consider the allocation of Discretionary Housing Payments each year, based on each local authority’s Housing Benefit expenditure and the local impact of reforms.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 7395 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:02:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

390198

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 financial statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 July 2015, Official Report, column 334, what the value will be of the new funding to provide additional support to help employment and support allowance claimants return to work; and what form this additional support will take.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	7292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>· The Budget provided additional funding from April 2017, rising from £60m in 2017/18 to £100m a year in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>· Further details will be set out in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/07/2015 15:38:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham