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349178

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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 he has made of the effect of the reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000 per annum on the number of children living in a household with an income below 60 per cent of median household income if no additional households move into work.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1552 1624 1625 question first answered 16/06/2015 11:58:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

622154

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2016
	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	Welfare State: Contracts
	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 conduct a review of all payment-by-results contracts in the welfare system; and if he will place a copy of the results of that review in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	50322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>As with all our policies, we aim to keep the payment by results model system under constant review to ensure that it continues to function effectively and fairly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 50474 question first answered 31/10/2016 16:53:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

627455

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	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: Pay
	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 women are employed by his Department on an inner London pay structure in the following pay grades (a) Administrative Assistant, (b) Administrative Officer, (c) Executive Officer, (d) Higher Executive Officer, (e) Fast Streamer, (f) Senior Executive Officer, (g) Grade Seven, (h) Grade Six, (i) Senior Civil Service Band 1, (j) Senior Civil Service Band 1A, (k) Senior Civil Service Band 2 and (l) Senior Civil Service Band 3.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	51565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>At 30 September 2016 Department for Work and Pensions employed the following proportions of women on an inner London pay structure in the pay grades listed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Pay Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>London Inner Pay Scale</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total on all Pay Scales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>London Inner as % of Total on all Pay Scales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative Assistant</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative Officer</p></td><td><p>1285</p></td><td><p>23929</p></td><td><p>5.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Executive Officer</p></td><td><p>2782</p></td><td><p>25603</p></td><td><p>10.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Executive Officer</p></td><td><p>512</p></td><td><p>4140</p></td><td><p>12.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Executive Officer</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>1443</p></td><td><p>15.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade Seven</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>826</p></td><td><p>23.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade Six</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>32.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Civil Service Band 1</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>57.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Civil Service Band 2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>64.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Civil Service Band 3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note: it is not possible to identify Fast Streamers from the pay grade information held on DWP’s Resource Management system.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 08/11/2016 14:56:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459459

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2016
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Security Guards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much security guards in his Department are paid.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	30613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>DWP do not directly employ any security guards, they are supplied via our PFI contractor Telereal Trillium who subcontract the supply of all security to G4S.</p><p> </p><p>G4S pay rates (as of 1 January 2016) vary on geographical location and the average pay rate for each Government Office Region (GOR) is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION</p></td><td><p>HOURLY PAY RATE (Average)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 1 Scotland</p></td><td><p>£7.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 2 North East</p></td><td><p>£7.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 3 North West</p></td><td><p>£7.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 4 Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>£7.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 5 East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£7.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 6 West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£7.83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 7 East of England</p></td><td><p>£8.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 8 Wales</p></td><td><p>£7.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 9 Southern</p></td><td><p>£8.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 10 London</p></td><td><p>£9.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 11 South West</p></td><td><p>£7.88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All G4S security guards/officers (irrespective of age) are already paid above the National Living Wage of £7.20/hour which will be introduced from 01-Apr-16.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 13:38:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

461342

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2016
	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	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 the average length of time is for a reassessment of an award for disability living allowance to be conducted before a person is migrated to the personal independence payment.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	30828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on the average actual clearance times, at a number of different points throughout the claiming process, for Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment claims has been published and is available from the data tables accompanying the latest PIP statistical release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/03/2016 16:57:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

631276

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	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	British Home Stores: Insolvency
	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 4 November 2016 to Question 51499, whether he intends to meet (a) Sir Philip Green or (b) any employees of British Home Stores on arrangements for former employees' pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	52003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Neither my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State nor I have met with Sir Philip Green or British Home Stores employees to discuss the pension arrangements. This is a matter for the independent Pensions Regulator, which oversees work-based pension schemes and has launched an anti-avoidance case in respect of the BHS schemes. This must be allowed to run its course, so it would be inappropriate for Ministers to meet those involved with the schemes at this time.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/11/2016 16:44:24 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

433295

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2015
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average waiting time is for a workplace capability assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	18236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Official statistics for the current average waiting times for a Work Capability Assessment are not readily available and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/12/2015 13:02:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459467

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2016
	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	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, how many people have been migrated from disability living allowance to personal independence payments in (a) the UK (b) London and (c) Hornsey and Wood Green constituency since the introduction of those payments.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	30731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is currently available in Great Britain and will be introduced in Northern Ireland later this year. The latest available data on PIP claims in payment for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance) are published on Gov.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a>.</p><p>In particular, breakdowns of reassessed claims in payment, by a range of geographical breakdowns, can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 14:50:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

455439

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2016
	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: Cleaning Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of pay is for cleaners in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	28616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Since 1998 the Department for Work and Pensions has outsourced the provision and maintenance for the majority of its estate to Telereal Trillium under a 20 year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract that expires on 31 March 2018.</p><p>Under the terms of the contract, Telereal Trillium provides fully-serviced accommodation, for which we pay an all-inclusive annual charge. Engie are Telereal Trillium’s cleaning service provider.</p><p>The Engie base rate of pay for all cleaners within the M25 is £9.15 (London Living Wage) which will increase to the new London Living Wage of £9.40 by May 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Engie base rate of pay for all cleaners outside the M25 is £6.70 (or the scale appropriate to their age) which will change in April 2016 to the National Living Wage of £7.20 (or the scale appropriate to their age).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/03/2016 14:11:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732272

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
	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 policy is on the state pensions triple lock; and whether he intends to review that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring economic security for people at every stage of their life, including when they reach retirement. The Government is also clear that fairness between the generations must be maintained. We are committed to the Triple Lock for the remainder of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/07/2017 15:56:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West