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387920

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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
	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 who were claiming employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group category moved to jobseeker's allowance in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in each month since August 2014.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
	uin	5749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 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 Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 5751 question first answered 14/07/2015 14:09:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

387923

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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
	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 who were claiming employment support allowance moved to jobseeker's allowance in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in each month since August 2014.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
	uin	5751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 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 Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 5749 question first answered 14/07/2015 14:09:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

387919

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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
	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 who were claiming income support moved to jobseeker's allowance in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in each month since August 2014.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
	uin	5748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/07/2015 14:13:11 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

387922

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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 people moved off (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) both categories of employment support allowance in (i) Scotland and (ii) the UK since August 2014; and how many such people moved into work.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
	uin	5750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The available information regarding the number of off-flows from Income Support (IS) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), by phase of claim for ESA, for Scotland and Great Britain is published at:</p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/flows/flows_off/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/flows/flows_off/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>In respect of (IS) and (ESA), Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The available information which shows the number of off-flows from the Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimant count, for Scotland and the United Kingdom can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested for those moving off benefits into work is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/07/2015 14:39:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

387906

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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 were in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	5666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 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 and country 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> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/07/2015 14:54:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

387909

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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: Disqualification
	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 publish data on deaths which have occurred following a benefit sanction.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	5731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer given on the 11 December 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-12-05/217571/" target="_blank">UIN 217571</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/07/2015 15:10:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

387911

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4698, on social security benefits, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the information requested in that Question.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	5625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested on the numbers of households who have moved off the benefit cap and into full-time and part-time work is not recorded on the Department’s analytical dataset and is therefore not available for analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Working Tax Credit claims (which is used to determine if a previously capped household has moved into work) is recorded on the Department’s administrative data. However, information on the nature of work (full-time or part-time) is not readily available and to provide an answer would require additional processing and quality assurance, which would incur disproportionate costs, estimated at more than 5 days work and will therefore be in excess of £850.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/07/2015 14:29:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

387912

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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	Housing Benefit
	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 3 July 2015 to Question 4699, on housing benefit, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the information requested in that Question.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	5626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested on the number of households who are no longer subject to the benefit cap and are still in receipt of Housing Benefit is not recorded on the dataset available for analysis and therefore is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the individual benefits received by households that has flowed off the benefit cap is recorded on the Department’s administrative data. However, this information is not readily available and to provide an answer would require additional processing and quality assurance, which would incur disproportionate costs, estimated at more than 5 days work and will therefore be in excess of £850.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/07/2015 14:48:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

387914

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4592, on social security benefits, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the information requested in that Question.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	5633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The information requested on households affected by the benefit cap since April 2013 whilst living in temporary accommodation in which they have been placed by a local authority is not recorded on the Department’s analytical dataset and therefore is not available for analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Information on households subject to the benefit cap that are living in temporary accommodation is recorded on the Department’s administrative data. However, this information is grouped with other housing types in the analytical dataset used for the routine publication of benefit cap statistics, and therefore, is not readily available. To provide an answer would require additional processing and quality assurance, which would incur disproportionate costs, estimated at more than 5 days work and will therefore be in excess of £850.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/07/2015 14:19:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry