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101612

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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 front line job centre advisers took part in user acceptance testing of the IT systems developed to facilitate the delivery of universal credit pathfinders.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	212396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP has well developed processes for testing IT systems prior to roll out. This encompasses a range of testing phases, which includes user and business testing cycles. Testing is done through a range of expert practitioners who have experience in managing and delivering DWP business.</p><p> </p><p>UC IT systems used these testing methodologies to ensure expert practitioners and staff including front line work coaches were a key part of test cycles.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of front line work coaches involved at each stage of testing varies and as such we are unable to give an exact figure.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212398 question first answered 06/11/2014 16:41:45 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 25887 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

101611

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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 metrics were used to determine whether the IT systems developed to facilitate the delivery of universal credit pathfinders were fit for purpose.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	212395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP uses a standard methodology to design and test business processes and IT systems. These have been developed over years of best practice using external expertise and in-house practitioners who have many years of experience in delivering DWP business. These best practice methods have been used to test that the Universal Credit IT systems and business processes are complete and fit for purpose prior to roll out.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212490 question first answered 04/11/2014 17:17:16 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 25886 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

101606

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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	Motability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funds the Government has provided to Motability in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	212415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is in the table below. Motability administers the Specialised Vehicles Fund (SVF) on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). DWP provides funding for the SVF which helps people who need a wheelchair accessible or heavily adapted vehicle.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount (£ millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£ 19.244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£ 18.036</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£ 18.036</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£ 18.036</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£ 18.036</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/11/2014 17:29:36 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 25892 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

101607

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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, when he expects Jobcentre Plus to deploy an IT solution for the calculation of universal credit for those other than single people; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	212412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Universal Credit has been available online for new claims from Single people from April 2013, has been available to Couples from June 2014 and will be available to Families by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 06/11/2014 17:08:10 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 25890 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

101605

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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 applications can be processed on average manually by an adviser in a day.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	212414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Claims to Universal Credit are received predominantly on-line or, in a small minority, by telephone at our Service Centre. We do not manually process claims to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/11/2014 17:12:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 25884 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

101609

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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 front line job centre advisers will take part in user acceptance testing of the IT systems developed to facilitate the delivery of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	212398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>DWP has well developed processes for testing IT systems prior to roll out. This encompasses a range of testing phases, which includes user and business testing cycles. Testing is done through a range of expert practitioners who have experience in managing and delivering DWP business.</p><p> </p><p>UC IT systems used these testing methodologies to ensure expert practitioners and staff including front line work coaches were a key part of test cycles.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of front line work coaches involved at each stage of testing varies and as such we are unable to give an exact figure.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212396 question first answered 06/11/2014 16:41:45 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 25888 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

101678

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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 metrics will be used to determine whether the IT systems that have been developed to facilitate the delivery of universal credit roll out from early 2015 are fit for purpose.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	212490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>DWP uses a standard methodology to design and test business processes and IT systems. These have been developed over years of best practice using external expertise and in-house practitioners who have many years of experience in delivering DWP business. These best practice methods have been used to test that the Universal Credit IT systems and business processes are complete and fit for purpose prior to roll out.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212395 question first answered 04/11/2014 17:17:16 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 25894 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

101608

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's projected expenditure on (a) disablity living allowance and (b) personal independence payment is in each year up to 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	212399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on actual and forecast expenditure can be found in the following table “Outturn and forecast: Budget 2014” which can be found via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/11/2014 17:27:59 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 25889 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green