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381565

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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have been sanctioned in (a) York Central constituency and (b) the UK in (i) the last 12 months and (ii) each previous 12 month period since 2009; and what the average length of each such sanction was in each such period.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The latest available information on Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance sanctions, by geographies in Great Britain, is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>:</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested regarding the length of a sanction is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information for Northern Ireland are devolved matters which are the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive Minister for Social Development. These statistics can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 14:49:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

381566

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	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 claimants have experienced a delay in payment of benefits of more than (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) four months, (e) five months and (f) six months in (i) York Central constituency and (ii) the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available to the level of detail required.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 14:48:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

381567

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	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 estimate the number of people who have used a food bank in each month since January 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not monitor the use of food banks.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 14:59:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

381568

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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
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 commission a review of the effect of benefit sanctions on claimants.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-05-27/170/" target="_blank">UIN 170.</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 14:48:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

381569

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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the net effect of the Access to Work scheme on public expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	2689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimating a Value for Money figure for Access to Work is difficult – there is no readily available comparison group against which to assess the difference the programme makes to someone’s likelihood of being in work.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work covers a wide range of different types of support. Each individual case is different and it is not possible to estimate the return to the Exchequer for each one.</p><p> </p><p>My officials are considering how best to estimate the return on investment delivered by Access to Work.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/06/2015 15:00:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

381570

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance the Government has issued to pensioners on financial products available to people accessing their defined contribution pension.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Ms Mhairi Black
uin	2583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The government has launched Pension Wise, a service providing free, impartial guidance, to help people make informed and confident decisions about how they use their defined contribution pension savings in retirement. It is available online, via the telephone and face to face.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The guidance explains the options available for a consumer’s pension and helps them to explore those which could best suit their personal circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/06/2015 16:44:56 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

381571

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to protect pensioners with access to their defined contribution pension from being targeted by scams.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Ms Mhairi Black
uin	2584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Monitoring the market for scams and misselling is the responsibility of the regulators, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Pensions Regulator. The FCA, in line with its remit to protect consumers and ensure markets function in consumers’ interests, has specifically committed to monitoring developments in the retirement income market closely and to take action where consumers are coming to harm or where the market is not operating competitively. The Government remains in close contact with the regulators, and other organisations such as industry trade bodies, on these issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The FCA recently launched a new high-profile consumer awareness campaign around investment scams, ScamSmart, and the FCA and the Pensions Regulator, along with a number of other relevant organisations, have undertaken a joint publicity campaign to improve consumer awareness of pension scams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise, the Government’s free and impartial guidance service, also helps individuals understand how to spot and avoid scams.<ins></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins>More widely, </ins><ins>the Government will be launching a consultation next month to strengthen people’s rights to access their pensions flexibly. The consultation will look at </ins><ins>ways of </ins><ins>making the process for transferring pensions from one scheme to another quicker and smoother</ins><ins> and removing any unjustifiable barriers to doing so</ins><ins>. </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/06/2015 14:43:30 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

381572

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	Personal Independence Payment: Scotland
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 estimate how many people in Scotland who are currently in receipt of carer's allowance and disability living allowance (a) are and (b) are not entitled to personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	2585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance cannot be paid to the same person simultaneously.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an analysis of the impact of the introduction of the Personal Independence Payment on Carer’s Allowance in February 2013. This can be found at.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have not undertaken any further analysis since then nor have we undertaken any specific analysis for Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently around 57,000 people in Scotland receiving Carer’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 2586 2587 question first answered 18/06/2015 12:55:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

381573

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	Personal Independence Payment: Scotland
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 make an estimate of the financial effect on carers in Scotland of the changes to carer's allowance as a result of the introduction of personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	2586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance cannot be paid to the same person simultaneously.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an analysis of the impact of the introduction of the Personal Independence Payment on Carer’s Allowance in February 2013. This can be found at.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have not undertaken any further analysis since then nor have we undertaken any specific analysis for Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently around 57,000 people in Scotland receiving Carer’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 2585 2587 question first answered 18/06/2015 12:55:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

381574

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	Personal Independence Payment: Scotland
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 estimate how many recipients of carer's allowance in Scotland have lost their entitlement to that allowance following the introduction of personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	2587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance cannot be paid to the same person simultaneously.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an analysis of the impact of the introduction of the Personal Independence Payment on Carer’s Allowance in February 2013. This can be found at.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have not undertaken any further analysis since then nor have we undertaken any specific analysis for Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently around 57,000 people in Scotland receiving Carer’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 2585 2586 question first answered 18/06/2015 12:55:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford