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1092728

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax Reduction Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether mixed-age couples will continue to be able to claim council tax support under the default scheme when changes to their entitlement to pension credit take effect from 15 May 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	235231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Whether mixed-aged couples can claim council tax support depends on a range of factors including the age of a claimant, the benefits they and/or their partner receive, and the design of local schemes. The changes to pension credit due to take effect from 15 May 2019 may mean some households are no longer eligible for the pensioner element of council tax support schemes, but may be eligible for local working-age schemes.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/03/2019 15:02:34 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1088716

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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 the universal credit system has access to information provided to the Government’s Tell Us Once system for registering births and deaths; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	232505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Tell Us Once service allows people to report a birth or death to most Government Departments in one go, eliminating the need to contact several different Departments, multiple times, to notify them of a change of circumstance. If the change affects a Universal Credit claim, the case manager of the relevant case is informed, who will follow the appropriate process.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/03/2019 13:59:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1087241

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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 proportion of universal credit claimants have verified their identity face-to-face in a jobcentre in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	231352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion of UC Full Service claimants that attended a face to face meeting in order to provide evidence of their identification.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Proportion of Claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have previously answered a PQ stating that 38% of claimants verify their identity successfully online. The percentages may not appear to add up for the following reasons:</p><p> </p><p>We cannot rule out the possibility that some of the people in the table above also tried the verify their ID online. However, if there are any such people they are likely to be small in number.</p><p> </p><p>The figures are based upon claims that successfully had their ID verified and accepted a claimant commitment. This is to ensure consistency with other Departmental figures on UC claims.</p><p> </p><p>All figures have been rounded to the nearest percentage point.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/03/2019 14:08:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1087242

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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 methods universal credit claimants can use to confirm their identity other than face-to-face at a jobcentre or using GOV.UK Verify.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	231353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Claimants can verify their identity by one or more of the following:</p><ul><li>GOV.UK Verify</li><li>documentary evidence</li><li>biographical test</li><li>biographical check</li><li>gather and confirm</li><li>know and recognise</li></ul><p> </p><p>If a claimant is unable to confirm their identity at a Jobcentre or using our Verify system, a home visit can be arranged.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/03/2019 15:29:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1083631

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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 proportion of universal credit claimants have been able to verify their identity successfully online; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	229601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Thirty-eight per cent of people successfully use GOV.UK Verify to identify themselves. For those who prefer to do this face to face in a Jobcentre that option continues to remain open.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/03/2019 16:30:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1083632

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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 the average time taken is for a universal credit claim to be verified manually when the claimant is not able to verify their identity online.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	229614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/03/2019 16:30:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1083633

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many companies in London have transferred support for apprenticeships arising from their apprenticeship levy payments to other employers to date.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	229615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>As at 31 January 2019, there were 200 commitments in England entered into the Apprenticeship Service, where the transfer of funds between apprenticeship service accounts has been approved (a commitment is where a potential apprentice, who is expected to go on to start an apprenticeship, has been recorded with the Apprenticeship Service). Of these transferred commitments as at 31 January 2019, there were 130 transferred commitments that had materialised into apprenticeship starts. Further statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-february-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-february-2019</a>.</p><p>Information on companies transferring apprenticeship levy funds in each region of England is not available in the format requested. Many levy-paying employers are headquartered in one region but operate across the country meaning that we cannot attribute levy-funds transferred in individual locations. Individual employers have control of the expenditure (and transfer) of apprenticeship levy funds based on their current and future skills needs.</p><p>It should be noted that, from April this year, levy-paying employers can transfer 25% of their levy funds to other employers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/03/2019 17:35:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1082320

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration appeals are pending in ETS-linked cases.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Information on ETS-linked immigration appeals is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/03/2019 17:33:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1082322

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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, for what reasons applicants for universal credit are subject to a five week assessment period before being entitled to claim that benefit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-18/222590/" target="_blank">222590</a> 21 February 2019.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/03/2019 18:05:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1082323

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions his Department has had with Educational Testing Service (ETS) on ETS's allegations of cheating by overseas students taking the test of English for international communication in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Significant detail has previously been given to the Home Affairs Select Committee about the steps that the Home Office took to seek to ensure the processes ETS used to label results “invalid” was robust. More recently discussions with ETS have focused on the ongoing criminal trials of those believed to have helped organise and facilitate fraudulent activity</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/03/2019 16:17:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms