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522735

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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 have been migrated on to universal credit through a change of circumstance in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	39118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>This information is not currently available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2016 09:12:03 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

522749

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Government has made on steps to introduce a pensions dashboard by 2019.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	39240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>As people work longer and change jobs more often, pension savings can become confusing. The average person will move employers 11 times over their working life, meaning they could end up with 11 or more private pensions by the time they retire. Research shows that over a third of people approaching retirement find it difficult to keep track of their pension pots.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced as part of the Budget 2016, that the government will ensure the industry designs, funds and launches a pensions dashboard by 2019. This will help people to clearly view all their pension savings in one place.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of exciting dashboard initiatives already going on and the government is keen to ensure that it does what it can to support the progress made by the industry so far. That is why I am acting as a ministerial champion to support the industry in designing and delivering the dashboard to consumers by 2019.</p><p> </p><p>This work will be industry-led. The Treasury is starting the work on catalysing and challenging the industry to deliver and I will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/06/2016 13:46:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515999

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's total legal costs were in case EA/2013/0148/9 heard by the First-Tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber Information Rights on 22 February 2016.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>At the First Tier Tribunal on 22 February 2016 3 cases were heard together - EE/2013/0145; EA2013/0148; EA/2013/0149 . We can not break down the costs for the individual cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 09:32:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

516003

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the under-occupancy penalty on families with severely disabled children.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The rules allow severely disabled children who are normally expected to share a bedroom with another child to have a bedroom of their own.</p><p> </p><p>This easement applies when a severely disabled child is in receipt of the middle or higher rate care component of Disability Living Allowance and their disabilities would mean that they would disturb the sleep of the other child; or there is a potential threat of violence. This easement applies across both the private and social rented sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Discretionary Housing Payments are available for those who do not satisfy these conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 09:14:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515460

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2016 to Question 30180, when he expects copies of the correspondence sent to claimants on universal credit to be placed in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Copies of the communications claimants received have been placed in the House of Commons library (reference DEP2016-0302) and are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2016-03-11&amp;search_term=Department+for+Work+and+Pensions&amp;itemId=119004#toggle-302" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2016-03-11&amp;search_term=Department+for+Work+and+Pensions&amp;itemId=119004#toggle-302</a></p><p> </p><p>The correspondence does not inform claimants of the availability of the Flexible Support Fund, however guidance for Work Coaches has been updated to remind them of the availability of the fund for those claimants affected by the changes to the Work Allowances.</p><p> </p><p>The approximate cost to DWP of communicating the planned changes to the work allowances to Universal Credit claimants was £590,000.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 35354 35356 question first answered 04/05/2016 10:47:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515461

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 33701, how much his Department has spent on contacting people likely to be affected by planned changes to the work allowance element of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Copies of the communications claimants received have been placed in the House of Commons library (reference DEP2016-0302) and are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2016-03-11&amp;search_term=Department+for+Work+and+Pensions&amp;itemId=119004#toggle-302" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2016-03-11&amp;search_term=Department+for+Work+and+Pensions&amp;itemId=119004#toggle-302</a></p><p> </p><p>The correspondence does not inform claimants of the availability of the Flexible Support Fund, however guidance for Work Coaches has been updated to remind them of the availability of the fund for those claimants affected by the changes to the Work Allowances.</p><p> </p><p>The approximate cost to DWP of communicating the planned changes to the work allowances to Universal Credit claimants was £590,000.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 35354 35355 question first answered 04/05/2016 10:47:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515468

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Pontypridd of 15 April 2016 on assessments for personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>I replied to the hon. Member on 21 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/04/2016 07:25:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515469

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2016 to Question 30765, when his Department plans to publish its White Paper on improving support for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Improving support for disabled people and people with health conditions to get into and stay in work is a key priority for Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has outlined that he is starting a new conversation with disabled people and people with health conditions, their representatives, healthcare professionals and employers. He is listening to all of their ideas and this will help inform our plans.</p><p> </p><p>These will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/04/2016 13:15:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515473

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that the personal details of universal credit claimants are stored safely.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The security of claimant information is a crucial part of the way that data is managed in the department. The personal details of Universal Credit claimants are securely stored and access to this data is strictly controlled. A range of controls are present within the Universal Credit service to protect the confidentiality and integrity of claimant personal data and there are regular tests against these controls to ensure that they meet Government and international security standards.</p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 10:00:24 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

458622

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Jobcentre Plus: Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what feedback his Department has received on its trial of work coaches in foodbanks.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	30330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>Early feedback suggests that this has resulted in strong working relationships between Jobcentre Plus and local partners.</p><p> </p><p>It has shown that it can have a positive impact in supporting people who have a range of complex needs to access in work and out of work support.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/03/2016 16:55:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith