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date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Ofgem
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen Ofgem's powers to enforce their rules regarding vulnerable customers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	2688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem has a number of tools to protect consumers, including enforcement powers against a breach in licence conditions such as, SLC 26 (services for specific domestic customers), SLC 27 (payments, security deposits and disconnections) SLC 28 (prepayment meters), and has prioritised its work to protect consumers in vulnerable situations. It has published a Consumer Vulnerability Strategy which sets out its approach to identifying and tackling consumer vulnerability in the energy market. Ofgem is due to publish a report on progress against the strategy later this summer.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 14:33:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

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

381584

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 comparative assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) supporting a person via the Access to Work programme and (b) paying out-of-work benefits to that person.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	2690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Access to Work covers a wide range of different types of support and the costs of this support vary considerably according to customers' needs and circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of paying out-of-work benefits to a given person would vary considerably according to that person's eligibility for and take-up of those benefits. This depends in turn on their individual circumstances and preferences.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/06/2015 14:53:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe