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891531

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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, whether she plans to publish a breadcrumb trail of the universal credit application form to enable claimants to see all of the questions ahead of applying.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	138096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Claimants apply for Universal Credit online and answer a series of relevant questions. This application asks certain questions based on a claimant’s personal circumstances, and some given answers will prompt further associated questions. As claimants’ circumstances will be different, not all claimants will be asked the same questions and the application is personalised to each individual.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/04/2018 15:05:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

891532

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of young people who applied for universal credit upon turning 20 and whose parents receive a disability premium; and what the average waiting time between applying for and claiming universal credit is for those people.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	138097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The data requested is not readily available and to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/04/2018 15:05:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

889898

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the gender balance in the take-up of STEM apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	136950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>As apprenticeships and skills are devolved matters, statistics provided are for England only. Women have accounted for over half of apprenticeship starts in recent years (53.4 per cent in 2016/17, 52.8 per cent in 2015/16, 53.0 per cent in 2014/15).</p><p> </p><p>The number of starts in STEM apprenticeships (both male and female) has grown from 95,000 in 2012/13 to 112,000 in 2016/17, when they accounted for 22.6% of all starts. The proportion of STEM apprenticeship starts by female learners was 7.7% in 2014/15, 8.3% in 2015/16 and 8.2% in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking action to address gender disparities in the take up of STEM-related apprenticeships through a range of activities. These include taking part in the Year of Engineering 2018 and use of the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s (ESFA) Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network (ADCN). We have also made it easier for part-time workers to undertake apprenticeships, such as those with caring responsibilities and lone parents.</p><p> </p><p>Since being established last year, the ADCN has advocated activity around championing women in STEM apprenticeships to address this issue, including developing best practice to share across employers.</p><p> </p><p>We are also taking action in regard to employers and career advice. Working with employers, we are taking action to help inform the decisions girls make about their future education and career choices. We are undertaking work to assess the breadth and effectiveness of current careers provision in schools and colleges on STEM, and evaluating approaches to careers provision to encourage girls to consider jobs in STEM industries. Finally, we are involved with wider government work such as Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy’s STEM Ambassador programme.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/04/2018 16:51:46 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

889900

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government’s equality impact assessment for universal credit identified any potential negative impacts on women.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	136952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong>DWP published an Equality Impact Assessment for Universal Credit in 2011 which included a gender analysis.</p><p> </p><p>That, and subsequent analyses, show that women and men are benefitting from the positive employment outcomes and improved childcare support within Universal Credit.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Equality Impact Assessment can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-equality-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-equality-impact-assessment</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/04/2018 14:27:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

889901

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she (a) has had or (b) plans to have with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on automatic split payments for women receiving universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	136953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have met and will continue to meet a range of Ministers across Government to drive forward the Government’s commitment to transform the response to domestic abuse, working towards publication of a draft Domestic Abuse Bill and supporting non-legislative package. This includes meeting Ministers for the Department for Work and Pensions to discuss the issue of split payments.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/04/2018 16:31:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

882351

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any people in Scotland have been refused a Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loan since the conversion of SMI from a benefit to a loan.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	135340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The eligibility criteria for Support for Mortgage Interest have not be altered as a result of the move to the new system of loans. All existing claimants will be offered a SMI loan paid at the same rate that is currently available as part of their benefit entitlement.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:26:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

872254

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that women are able to control the way in which benefits that are paid to them as an individual are spent.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	134168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Under the equalities legislation a woman can be treated no differently to men with regards to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/03/2018 14:35:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

870181

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has any responsibility to support RBS in retaining its customers.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	134051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s shareholding in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is managed at arm's length and on a commercial basis through UK Financial Investments Ltd, a company which is wholly owned by the Government, with the objective of creating and protecting value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>RBS retains its own board which is responsible for commercial and operational decisions, including in relation to customers.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/03/2018 15:30:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

870182

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
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: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the number of calls to the universal credit helpline received each week has increased since it became a free service.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	134052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Since the Freephone number went live on 29 November 2017 the number of calls received has increased. However, this remains in proportion to the growing caseload. In Universal Credit Full Service this remains steady at circa 0.7 calls per claimant per month.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2018 13:30:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

870183

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department last discussed the use of universal credit split payments with the Scottish Government; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	134053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>DWP and the Scottish Government have had early discussions about the Scottish Government’s split payment policy, with the most recent on 22 March. We will be holding an initial workshop in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit Alternative Payment Arrangements, including split payments, are already available across the country for vulnerable claimants.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 03/04/2018 14:21:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley