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65606

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	New Enterprise Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets there are on increasing the number of women receiving the new enterprise allowance; and what progress has been made on these targets in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	203807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text There are no formal targets in place for increasing the number of women who participate in the New Enterprise Allowance scheme. Latest statistics show that since the launch of NEA in 2011 to the end of March 2014, there were 46,000 allowance claims, of which 15,720 were from women. The weekly allowance is payable when the participant closes their claim to benefits and commences trading. The rate of take up of NEA by women is approximately one third of the total. This is consistent with the proportion of women claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (the benefit claimed by the majority of NEA participants), demonstrating the success of the scheme in attracting all groups to access this support. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/07/2014 15:14:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

649555

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2016
	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	Winter Fuel Payment: Ashfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Ashfield constituency were subject to a decrease in winter fuel payments as a result of the expiration of the top-up in 2011; and what the average such decrease was.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	55912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Winter Fuel Payments are made at rates of between £100 and £300 depending on household circumstances. In the March 2010 Budget, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an additional one-off payment for winter 2010/11 of £100 for over-80s households and £50 for all other households eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on the number of recipients of Winter Fuel Payments, broken down by Parliamentary constituency and age group, are published for each year between 2009/10 and 2015/16 at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/winter-fuel-payments-caseload-and-household-figures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/winter-fuel-payments-caseload-and-household-figures</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 06/12/2016 13:55:30 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

690515

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Nottinghamshire
	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 make an assessment of the relocation of jobs from his Department's Annesley back-of-house site on the local economy.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	64030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>We have considered the wider impacts of the local economy when developing our proposals for the processing site at Annesley. The economic impact of employment is dispersed beyond the specific location of a workplace and the staff currently based at Annesley already live in the broader area around the site. While we expect the majority of these staff to be relocated, it is unlikely that a significant proportion of them will also move their place of residence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/02/2017 12:02:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

690510

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Nottinghamshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what criteria his Department's back-of-house administrative site at Annesley has been selected for closure.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	64039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Waterfront House Annesley is a relatively small processing office and does not fit with our long term strategic aim to have large multi-functional, digitally enabled processing offices. We have more processing capacity across our national network than we need and as a consequence, Waterfront House is no longer needed. The proposal is to rebalance the work to other locations across the national network.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to stress that this is a proposed closure: We will make a final decision informed by the consultation process with our colleagues.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/02/2017 15:32:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

596102

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Local Housing Allowance: 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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of the forthcoming change to limit housing benefit to the level of Local Housing Allowance on old age pensioners living in social housing properties with two or more bedrooms.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	47430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>This policy does not come into effect until April 2018. It will only apply to people who have taken out or renewed a tenancy on or after 1<sup>st</sup> April 2016; and their rent is higher than the appropriate Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate. For general needs accommodation social rents are generally lower than the LHA rates.</p><p>We have increased funding for Discretionary Housing Payments by £70million, to help those who are vulnerable to mitigate the impact. In total we have provided DHP funding of £870 million over the next five years to help people adapt to the new reforms announced in the Autumn Statement and Summer Budget 2015.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/10/2016 12:19:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

788664

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Ashfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of employment and support allowance support group appeals in Ashfield constituency resulted in decisions to reject applications being overturned in the last 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	112614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not readily available at constituency level and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 112615 question first answered 16/11/2017 09:44:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

636288

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2016
	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	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working households in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) the East Midlands and (c) the UK were in receipt of housing benefit in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	52762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The requested figures are not available for UK. This response includes estimates for Great Britain.</p><p><strong>Table 1. Estimates for the number of In-Work Families in receipt of Housing Benefit for East-Midlands and Great Britain</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Millions</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>In-Work Families in receipt of Housing Benefit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>East Midlands</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Family Resources Survey 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>Estimates have been rounded to nearest 100,000</li></ol> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/11/2016 17:25:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

100831

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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: Ashfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants in Ashfield local authority area have a housing cost element in their payment.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	211798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2014 14:26:33 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

100828

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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: Ashfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments to universal credit claimants have been made directly to a landlord in Ashfield local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	211835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2014 12:04:14 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

100832

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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: Ashfield
	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 who have a housing cost element in their payment in Ashfield local authority area are in arrears on rent payment.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	211799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2014 14:35:12 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero