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417388

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what policy evaluations have been carried out by external organisations for his Department and its agencies in each financial year since 2010-11; whether the output of those evaluations was published; which organisation carried out each such evaluation; and what the value of each contract to provide that evaluation was.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Policy evaluations, as with all externally commissioned DWP research, are routinely published:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/research" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/research</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports always identify the organisations that have been contracted to do the research. Details of all government contracts let since February 2011 are in the public domain, including the contract value:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/09/2015 11:09:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

577656

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	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: EU 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 citizens of other EU countries work in his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	45511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Information on EU citizenship is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions, its agencies or its non-departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2016 14:19:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227323

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	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	Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	227567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the total amount of expenditure by DWP on both research and development and the total departmental spending on services is publicly available on gov.uk as part of the Country and Regional Analysis statistical release. This information covers 2009-10 through to 2013-14 and can be found at the following web link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>This data can be accessed by using either the ‘interactive tables’ or the ‘database’.</p><p> </p><p>The CRA is compiled from departmental spending data submitted to HM Treasury on services, split by sub-functions. This data that each department provides, uses internationally-agreed definitions called the Classifications of the Functions of Government (UN COFOG). These functions include and separately identify expenditure on various Research and Development activities.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/03/2015 16:41:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

533438

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2016
	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	Motability
	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 value for money provided by Motability to (a) disabled people and (b) the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	42110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Motability is an independent charitable organisation, wholly responsible for the Motability Scheme. More detailed information about the operation of the Scheme can be requested from the Director of Motability, Motability, Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow, Essex, CM19 5PX.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not provide any funding to Motability so the Scheme does not come at a direct cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/07/2016 12:29:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

229228

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has carried out into the proportion of UK businesses who are aware of Access to Work funding which can help people with a disability start work, stay in work, move into self-employment or start a business; and what research his Department has carried out into the proportion of employers who are aware that Access to Work funding can be used to help those with mental health conditions, learning difficulties or disabilities, and autism.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	228824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not conducted research into the proportion of UK businesses who are aware of Access to Work funding or of the Access to Work Mental Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 26/03/2015 08:37:00 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna