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386342

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	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 his Department has budgeted for IT consultancy support related to universal credit in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not disclose commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 14:58:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386350

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
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 increase the amount of discretionary housing payment funding to local authorities after the reduction of the household benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-15/2538/" target="_blank">UIN2538</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/07/2015 14:47:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386371

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Universal Credit
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 savings to the public purse in each of the next five years arising from the implementation of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days)(Amendment) Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The principle behind the waiting days is that benefits are not designed to provide cover for brief spells of unemployment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect savings of around £150m per annum which will be used to fund measures to get people off benefit and into work and will particularly help those who are likely to be long­ term benefit recipients.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 14:54:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

385959

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Sugar: Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his contribution of 9 June 2015, Official Report, column 1056, what progress he has made on raising the question of import duties imposed on cane sugar with his EU counterparts.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>UK Ministers have repeatedly called for a level playing field for the beet and cane sugar sectors and argued that it is essential that refiners have access to sufficient quantities of cane at tariff levels which allow them to compete fairly. This was discussed at the Agriculture Council in January.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 01/07/2015 16:37:13 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

385999

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Learning Disability
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 with a learning disability are claiming employment and support allowance and are in the (a) work related activity and (b) support group.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information available is shown in the table below:</p><p>Employment and Support Allowance caseload by phase of claim: November 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p><p>Phase of ESA claim</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Support Group</p></td><td><p>Work Related Activity Group</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Specific Development Disorders of Scholastic Skills</p></td><td><p>48,750</p></td><td><p>10,650</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DWP 100% data</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>“Learning difficulties” are recorded as “Specific Development Disorders of Scholastic Skills”.</li></ol> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/07/2015 15:41:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386000

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payment assessments for people with a learning disability.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>New claims for Disability Living Allowance can only be made on behalf of children under the age of 16. Child claimants are not required to be assessed by an independent health professional. Currently over 95% of claims, excepting those fast tracked under the special rules for people with a terminal illness, are currently being cleared within 40 days</p><p> </p><p>Over the course of 2014 and 2015 the Department and the independent assessment providers have taken measures to improve waiting times for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments, for example: quadrupling the number of health professionals; increasing the number of paper-based assessment; opening more assessment centres; and improving processes and delivery mechanisms and claimant communications. As a result of these improvements, the average time taken for a claimant to be assessed by an assessment provider has fallen by more than three quarters since June 2014. In April 2015, the average new claimant was waiting five weeks for their PIP assessment and the average reassessment claimant was waiting four weeks.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/07/2015 14:43:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386001

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Learning Disability
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 with a learning disability are currently claiming jobseeker's allowance.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4240 question first answered 01/07/2015 15:46:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386002

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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
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 implications of the High Court ruling of June 2015 relating to delays in payment of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for his plans for implementing PIP.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Court rejected two of the three legal grounds brought by the claimants, finding that their human rights had not been breached and not awarding damages.</p><p> </p><p>Where the Court found that the historic delay for the two claimants was unlawful, they also ruled that they are not “test cases” and it would be inappropriate to make wider findings.</p><p> </p><p>The Court accepted that the Government had made significant improvements to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) process and there are now no inherent failings in the system.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of these improvements, the average time taken for a claimant to be assessed by an assessment provider has fallen by more than three quarters since June 2014. In April 2015, the average reassessment claimant was waiting four weeks for their PIP assessment – well within the 16 week target set by the Secretary of State.</p><p> </p><p>As I announced in a written statement, Official Report 25 June 2015, column. <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150625/wmstext/150625m0001.htm#15062545000009" target="_blank">33WS to 34WS</a>, this improved performance means we now intend to roll out the final phase of this vital reform from July, that of the reassessment of all remaining people on Disability Living Allowance for PIP. We are doing that in a controlled way – initially for small volumes of claimants with long-term or indefinite awards and in a limited number of areas.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/07/2015 12:54:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

385743

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what target he has for the number of apprenticeship places to be taken by black and ethnic minority applicants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The government believes that apprenticeships provide an excellent opportunity for people from all backgrounds. We are committed to 3 million apprenticeship starts during this parliament which will open many more opportunities for apprenticeships for people from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/07/2015 15:57:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

385744

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of apprenticeship applications is made by black and ethnic minority applicants.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship applications made via the Apprenticeship vacancy online system by ethnicity of the applicant is published online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432299/ApprenticeshipVacancyReportNumberofapplicationsbyAgeGenderEthnicityorSSAorProgrammeLevelJun15.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432299/ApprenticeshipVacancyReportNumberofapplicationsbyAgeGenderEthnicityorSSAorProgrammeLevelJun15.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>While not all applications for apprenticeships are submitted via the Apprenticeship vacancy online system, data is only available for applications submitted in this way.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/07/2015 15:58:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms