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885271

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Virgin Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he is able to intervene in circumstances in which Virgin Media fails to provide telecommunication services to a charitable organisation within a reasonable timeframe.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	136136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>Using the new powers in the Digital Economy Act 2017, Ofcom has introduced, amongst other actions, an Automatic Compensation Scheme that will benefit around 90% of landline and broadband customers in the UK from early 2019. As part of this scheme, if a provider promises a residential customer to start a new service on a particular date, but fails to do so, they will have to pay £5 for each calendar day of delay. For business customers, Ofcom is also introducing new rules to ensure all SMEs are given clearer, more detailed information upfront about what service quality to expect. This includes whether they can claim compensation when problems occur.</p><p> </p><p>At present, if the charitable organisation has a customer relationship with Virgin Media, the complaint for failing to provide telecommunication services can be pursued with Virgin Media. If Virgin Media are unable to resolve the situation within eight weeks, or where the complaint reaches deadlock, the case can be referred for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to the Communications &amp; Internet Services Adjudication Scheme (CISAS), providing it meets the scheme’s eligibility criteria. Further details about their service can be viewed at: https://www.cedr.com/consumer/cisas.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/04/2018 14:03:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1035144

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	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: Sutton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to roll-out universal credit managed migration in Sutton as a pilot.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	205073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department is currently working with key stakeholders to determine the approach to a managed migration pilot. We will be starting with very small numbers initially, and as a result will be able to track and support claimants through the process effectively to ensure that those moving onto Universal Credit do so easily and successfully.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/01/2019 18:02:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1037784

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has made an assessment of the change in the relative value of overseas UK pensioners' state pensions for each percentage fall in the value of the pound.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	206207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong>No such assessment has been made. The exchange rate is subject to fluctuation. As a result state pension payments will change depending on the rate for foreign currency.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/01/2019 12:21:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126179

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other departments or (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU, have since returned to her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	253470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions have transferred/assigned 127 volunteers to other departments to support EU Exit related work, to date 125 have returned. The remaining 2 volunteers will continue to support another department with EU Policy related activity until June/July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/05/2019 13:03:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

425783

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the welfare budget was spent on jobseeker's allowance claimants in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	14558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Total Jobseeker’s Allowance expenditure in 2014/15 was £3,065m.</p><p>Detailed information on benefit expenditure is available in our Benefit Expenditure tables which can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/11/2015 15:50:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

425788

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the welfare budget was spent on employment and support allowance, incapacity benefit and income support claimants or universal credit claims with sickness or disability elements in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	14568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The benefit expenditure for 2014/15 is in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Benefit</td><td>2014/15 expenditure £m</td></tr><tr><td>Employment &amp; Support Allowance</td><td>12,827</td></tr><tr><td>Incapacity Benefit</td><td>245</td></tr><tr><td>Income Support incapacity</td><td>389</td></tr><tr><td>Severe Disablement Allowance</td><td>735</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>14,196</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Severe Disablement Allowance is a non-contributory version of Incapacity Benefit and is included here for completeness. Information on the sickness or disability element of Universal Credit is currently unavailable.</p><p>Detailed information on benefit expenditure is available in our Benefit Expenditure tables which can be found at: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/11/2015 15:41:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

425789

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the welfare budget was spent on the state pension in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	14569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Total State Pension expenditure in 2014/15 was £86,516m.</p><p>Detailed information on benefit expenditure is available in our Benefit Expenditure tables which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/11/2015 14:43:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

425791

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants in 2014-15 were not British citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	14571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The information as requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/11/2015 15:22:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

453648

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	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	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, whether benefits for people with disabilities will be exempt from the freeze on working-age benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	27720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Welfare Reform and Work Bill introduces a four-year freeze for the main rates of most working-age benefits from 2016-17 to 2019-20, as part of the Government’s welfare reforms that are moving the country to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society.</p><p> </p><p>The freeze does not apply to benefits related to the additional costs of disability, such as Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment; to the support group component of Employment and Support Allowance or the limited capability for work and work-related activity amount in Universal Credit; or to the disability premiums in Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support or Housing Benefit. Carers benefits and premiums are also exempted from the freeze.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/03/2016 16:19:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

533009

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	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: Brexit
	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 which policy areas within his Department's remit will be affected by the outcome of the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	41979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain’s future relationship with Europe will need to begin under a new Prime Minister, and we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements. In the meantime, Departments continue to deliver the Government agenda.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/07/2016 15:54:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake