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459459

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much security guards in his Department are paid.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>DWP do not directly employ any security guards, they are supplied via our PFI contractor Telereal Trillium who subcontract the supply of all security to G4S.</p><p> </p><p>G4S pay rates (as of 1 January 2016) vary on geographical location and the average pay rate for each Government Office Region (GOR) is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION</p></td><td><p>HOURLY PAY RATE (Average)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 1 Scotland</p></td><td><p>£7.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 2 North East</p></td><td><p>£7.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 3 North West</p></td><td><p>£7.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 4 Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>£7.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 5 East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£7.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 6 West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£7.83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 7 East of England</p></td><td><p>£8.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 8 Wales</p></td><td><p>£7.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 9 Southern</p></td><td><p>£8.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 10 London</p></td><td><p>£9.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 11 South West</p></td><td><p>£7.88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All G4S security guards/officers (irrespective of age) are already paid above the National Living Wage of £7.20/hour which will be introduced from 01-Apr-16.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 13:38:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459460

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that absent parents financially support their children.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	30635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>Child Maintenance Options provide free and impartial information and support to help separated parents make decisions about their child maintenance arrangements. For parents who are unable to make a family-based arrangement the government has introduced a new statutory Child Maintenance Service, which will bring speedier processing of applications, simpler calculations and faster enforcement action, where necessary.</p><p>Where parents fail to fulfil their financial responsibilities towards their children we have a range of strong enforcement powers at our disposal. These powers include deducting maintenance directly from earnings, instructing bailiffs to collect arrears or seize goods, forcing the sale of property, disqualification from driving and commitment to prison.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/03/2016 13:29:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

459461

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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: Risk Assessment
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 publish the risk register for the universal credit programme.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	30624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>In accordance with government policy in this area, the Department does not publish risk registers for major programmes.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/03/2016 15:32:29 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

459463

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment: Secure Psychiatric Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many patients in (a) Ashworth, (b) Broadmoor and (c) Rampton high security psychiatric hospitals received personal independence payment between 2012 and 2015; and what the average weekly payment of that benefit was to such recipients.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	30654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 30655 30656 30657 30805 question first answered 18/03/2016 14:47:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

459464

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Income Support: Secure Psychiatric Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many patients in (a) Ashworth, (b) Broadmoor and (c) Rampton high security psychiatric hospitals received income support between 2012 and 2015; and what the average weekly payment of that benefit was to such recipients.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	30655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 30654 30656 30657 30805 question first answered 18/03/2016 14:47:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

459465

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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: Secure Psychiatric Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many patients in (a) Ashworth, (b) Broadmoor and (c) Rampton high security psychiatric hospitals received employment and support allowance between 2012 and 2015; and what the average weekly payment of that benefit was to such recipients.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	30656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 30654 30655 30657 30805 question first answered 18/03/2016 14:47:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

458874

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors he took into account when setting the new state pension age cut-off date.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	30391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The 2011 Green Paper “A state pension for the 21st century” set out the Government’s vision for a simpler state pension and proposed the new State Pension should start from April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The 2013 White Paper “The single-tier pension: a simple foundation for saving” which set out proposals for the new State Pension in more detail proposed that it should be introduced in April 2017 at the earliest. However, having noted the positive responses to the White Paper, the Government looked again at whether it would be possible to introduce the reform earlier.</p><p> </p><p>The Government decided to return to the original timetable to deliver the reform as soon as possible, to support the roll-out of automatic enrolment and provide certainty concerning the changes for both individuals and their pension schemes at the earliest opportunity. The decision to return to the original implementation date also meant that around 400,000 more people would reach State Pension age under the new State Pension, including every woman affected by State Pension age changes in the Pensions Act 2011.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/03/2016 14:44:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

458957

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Attendance Allowance: Rural Areas
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 effect of abolition of attendance allowance on people living in rural communities.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	30462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Later this year, the Government will consult on giving more responsibility to support older people with care needs to Local Authorities in England and to Wales, including people who, under the current system, would be supported through Attendance Allowance. Work is progressing across government towards this consultation; as part of this process the Government will engage with a wide variety of stakeholders, including claimants and their representatives, to understand the implications of change across a number of issues.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2016 17:40:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

458958

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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: Transitional Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there will be transitional protection for current claimants of the work-related activity component of employment and support allowance who will be naturally migrated onto universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	30463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 make provision for the treatment of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants when they naturally migrate to UC. Where this occurs claimants who are in receipt of the Work Related-Activity Component in ESA will have the Limited Capability for Work element in UC applied to their UC award from the start of their first UC assessment period and those who are in receipt of the Support Component in ESA will have the Limited Capability for Work and Work-related activity element in UC applied to their UC award from the start of their first UC assessment period.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/03/2016 17:01:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

458959

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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: Children
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 and (b) proportion of children in each age group that will be in households in receipt of universal credit once it is fully introduced.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	30466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of children in each age group estimated to be in households in receipt of Universal Credit, once fully rolled-out, is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br> Age of Child</p></td><td><p><br> Number of Children in Households not receiving UC</p></td><td><p><br> Number of Children in Households receiving UC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 0-2</p></td><td><p><br> 1,300,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,430,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 3-5</p></td><td><p><br> 1,090,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 6-8</p></td><td><p><br> 1,020,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 9-11</p></td><td><p><br> 960,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,050,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 12-14</p></td><td><p><br> 1,120,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 15-18</p></td><td><p><br> 1,310,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,030,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of children in each age group estimated to be in households in receipt of Universal Credit, once fully rolled-out, is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br> Age of Child</p></td><td><p><br> Proportion of Children in Households not receiving UC</p></td><td><p><br> Proportion of Children in Households receiving UC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 0-2</p></td><td><p><br> 48%</p></td><td><p><br> 52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 3-5</p></td><td><p><br> 46%</p></td><td><p><br> 54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 6-8</p></td><td><p><br> 47%</p></td><td><p><br> 53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 9-11</p></td><td><p><br> 48%</p></td><td><p><br> 52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 12-14</p></td><td><p><br> 53%</p></td><td><p><br> 47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 15-18</p></td><td><p><br> 56%</p></td><td><p><br> 44%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates have been made using the Department’s Policy Simulation Model, which is based on the Family Resources Survey (FRS)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The actual number of children in households receiving Universal Credit once fully rolled-out is dependent on a range of factors including demographic changes and the economic conditions at that time, and therefore these estimates are sensitive to changes in modelling and economic assumptions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/03/2016 17:35:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds