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386799

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Public Appointments
	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 place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by his Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
	uin	4974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Under the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies (April 2012), Government Departments are required to publicise successful appointments. Announcements about public appointments are made on GOV.UK or the individual body’s website.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 15:45:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

386801

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in the West Midlands region live in poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	4927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low-income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis by region is presented as three-year averages as single-year estimates are considered too volatile. Figures are presented in financial year estimates and are available up to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/07/2015 14:14:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

386802

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households have been exempted from the benefits cap as a result of a new personal independence payment or disability living allowance claim.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4983 question first answered 06/07/2015 14:49:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386803

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	Carer's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in receipt of two payments of carer's allowance in order that each person can care for the other.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 14:41:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386805

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) benefit and (b) pension claims are paid into Coutts bank accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 14:25:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386806

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential effectiveness of voice recognition technology in reducing fraud and error in payment of benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP has started considering the value of Voice Biometrics to support the move to digital self-service with Cabinet Office GDS and Open Identity Exchange (OIX).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 14:58:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386807

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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 many jobcentres in each region have had to ask applicants to travel to another jobcentre to make their universal credit claim due to problems with IT systems.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	4919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>We have been asking claimants in the Neston area to temporarily attend Ellesmere Port Jobcentre while we work to upgrade the service. This only affects a very small number of claimants, and all those affected have been reimbursed for any associated travel costs. We expect to resume the full service at Neston in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>No other jobcentre has been affected.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4918 question first answered 06/07/2015 13:40:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386808

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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 many jobcentres in each region (a) do and (b) do not enable clients to claim universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	4920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Universal Credit is now available in nearly 50% of all Jobcentre areas nationally, and within at least one office in every District. It will be in every jobcentre by Spring 2016.</p><p /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/07/2015 14:10:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386809

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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: Cheshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit applicants have been asked to travel from Neston Job Centre to Ellesmere Port Job Centre to make their claim because IT systems at Neston did not fully support the delivery of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	4918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>We have been asking claimants in the Neston area to temporarily attend Ellesmere Port Jobcentre while we work to upgrade the service. This only affects a very small number of claimants, and all those affected have been reimbursed for any associated travel costs. We expect to resume the full service at Neston in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>No other jobcentre has been affected.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4919 question first answered 06/07/2015 13:40:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386816

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are receiving more than £26,000 per year in benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4888 question first answered 06/07/2015 14:49:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies