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389387

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley and (c) South Yorkshire have claimed the enhanced disability premium component of employment support allowance in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
	uin	6848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/07/2015 13:32:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

389382

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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	Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is provided for staff (a) working for and (b) contracted by his Department on dealing with clients who are or may be suicidal; and if he will place a copy of such guidance in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	6804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions takes seriously any declarations of intention to attempt suicide or self harm that are made by its customers. There is a clear, detailed action plan that staff and contractors must follow if a customer declares an intention to kill or harm him or herself. DWP also provides guidance to help deal with these incidents.</p><p> </p><p>I have arranged for a copy of DWP’s guidance “Managing Customer Declarations of Intention to Attempt Suicide or Self Harm” to be put in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/07/2015 16:18:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

389127

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list those persons appointed as chairs of non-departmental public bodies by the Department for Work and Pensions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As at 16 July 2015, the information requested is:</p><p> </p><p>Ian Russell Disabled People’s Employment Corporation (GB) Ltd. (formerly Remploy Ltd.)</p><p>Judith Hackitt Health and Safety Executive</p><p>Professor Keith Palmer Industrial Injuries Advisory Council</p><p>Otto Thoresen National Employment Savings Trust Corporation</p><p>Anthony Arter Pensions Ombudsman and Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman</p><p>Geoff Shanks (interim chair) The Pensions Advisory Service</p><p>Mark Boyle The Pensions Regulator</p><p>Paul Gray Social Security Advisory Committee</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/07/2015 14:02:16 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

389389

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of employment and support allowance assessment waiting times in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	6824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Centre for Health and Disability Assessments is working closely with the Department to achieve all its performance requirements and progress is being made on reducing the volume of outstanding cases and reducing the time people have to wait for an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/07/2015 16:42:32 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

389333

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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	Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has given to staff working for, or contracted by, his Department on dealing with people who have a history of suicide attempts; and if he will place a copy of such guidance in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	6598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP provides a range of guidance to enable staff to develop the skills required to support a range of customers and claimants and to respect their needs. This approach aims to ensure that staff are equipped to deal with a diverse set of circumstances.</p><p><br> DWP’s guidance “Managing Customer Declarations of Intention to Attempt Suicide or Self Harm” provides a clear detailed action plan for staff and contractors to follow if a customer declares an intention to kill or harm him or herself.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/07/2015 16:07:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

389405

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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	Jobcentres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual budget was for Jobcentre Plus between 2005 and 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	6831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Jobcentre Plus ceased to be an Executive Agency of the Department for Work and Pensions from October 2011 consequently no budget was allocated from 2012/13. Audited information on the administrative budget and spend by category can be found in the Jobcentre Plus annual report and accounts for the years between 2005/06 and 2010/11, ‎ the last years these accounts were lodged.</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130102205834/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/about-dwp/customer-delivery/jobcentre-plus/publications-jobcentre-plus/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130102205834/http://www.dwp.gov.uk/about-dwp/customer-delivery/jobcentre-plus/publications-jobcentre-plus/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobcentre-plus-annual-report-and-accounts-2005-to-2006" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobcentre-plus-annual-report-and-accounts-2005-to-2006</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/07/2015 16:58:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

389407

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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	Unemployment
	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 annual cost of (a) youth unemployment and (b) long-term unemployment to the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	6834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the overall cost of youth unemployment and long term unemployment to the public purse.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/07/2015 15:48:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

389374

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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, whether housing benefit paid to claimants living in supported exempt accommodation will be excluded from calculations of a household's income for the benefit cap under the provisions proposed in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	6702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. A link to the impact assessment on the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk</a> website is included.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 6704 6708 question first answered 21/07/2015 16:12:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

389380

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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 Security Benefits
	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 section 96A(3)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 which it is proposed will be inserted by Clause 8 of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, how he plans to identify the matters which are relevant to setting the level of the benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	6706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. A link to the impact assessment on the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk</a> website is included.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 6709 6710 question first answered 21/07/2015 16:20:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

389329

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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 Security Benefits
	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 number of children living in households in (a) Bristol South constituency, (b) Bristol and (c) England and Wales that will be affected by a reduction of the benefit cap to £20,000.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	6882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government will set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 6703 6707 question first answered 16/07/2015 15:43:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth