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171225

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date	17/12/2014
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 reasons for the rise in employment and support allowance claimants.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	219159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) caseload increased by 1,618,580 between May 2010 and May 2014: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/esa/ccdate/esa_phase/a_carate_r_ccdate_c_esa_phase.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/esa/ccdate/esa_phase/a_carate_r_ccdate_c_esa_phase.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>During this period we have been reassessing IB claimants for ESA.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/01/2015 11:41:05 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

171226

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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 people who claimed universal credit up to 13 November 2014 have not accepted the terms of their claimant commitment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	219155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>25,890 people have claimed Universal Credit up to 13 November 2014. All of these people have attended an initial interview and accepted the terms of their claimant commitment.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/01/2015 17:35:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

171227

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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, of the 22,900 claiming universal credit up to 13 November 2014, in how many cases the claimant has initially been unemployed and then moved into employment during their claim.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	219156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The latest statistics for Universal Credit were published on 17 December 2014, see link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389416/Universal_Credit_statistical_first_release_Dec_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389416/Universal_Credit_statistical_first_release_Dec_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/01/2015 17:41:10 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

171229

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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 much funding his Department allocated to local authorities for Universal Credit Delivery Partnership agreements in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	219161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>To ensure the right integrated local foundations are established for Universal Credit the Department has and will put in place Delivery Partnership Agreements with local authorities to make available funded support for those who need extra help. We have spent nearly £1 million in 2013/14 and we will report on expenditure for 2014/15 once it has been audited as part of the Department’s annual accounts process. Once this concludes and the accounts are published the information requested can be made available.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/01/2015 15:43:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 37084 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