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177605

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the winter fuel payment helpline 08459 151515 in each of the last five financial years; how much revenue was generated by these calls; and when he expects to end the use of this number.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	223167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Calls to the winter fuel payment helpline were:</p><p> </p><p>· 2013/14 226,672</p><p>· 2012/13 303,610</p><p>· We do not hold data for the three financial years before 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>For the financial years of 2009/10 – 2013/14, the Department for Work and Pensions did not receive any revenue for the telephone number 08459 151515.</p><p> </p><p>The Winter Fuel Payment Helpline service can also be accessed by dialling 0345 9151515. Callers to 0845 9151515 are informed of the availability of the 0345 number option. There is still evidence that the 0845 option can be cheaper for some callers and as a result there are currently no plans to discontinue this number.</p><p> </p><p>DWP use of 0845 numbers will be reviewed once the impacts of Ofcom changes to 08 numbers are known. These changes are currently scheduled to be implemented in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/02/2015 14:03:42 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

179075

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birkenhead dated 20 October 2014 regarding the Government's Child Poverty Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	224092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>A reply is going out today, Monday 23 February.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/02/2015 14:58:52 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

222670

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	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 place in the Library copies of the letter he wrote to the Rt hon. Member for East Ham on Universal Credit in January 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	224724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions wrote to the Rt Hon Member for East Ham on 22 January. In line with the conventions of the House, correspondence between Ministers and MPs are confidential as far as the Department is concerned, and it is a matter for the MP to decide whether to make it more widely available. The Department has no issue if the Rt Hon Member for East Ham chooses to place a copy of the letter in the library.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/02/2015 10:45:35 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

175976

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been allocated to universal credit since June 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	222162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information about the funding allocated to Universal Credit is contained within the document: Universal Credit at Work, published by DWP in October 2014</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 02/02/2015 16:24:59 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

223085

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	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: Fraud
	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 his Department's expenditure is allocated to preventing, detecting and handling cases of fraud and error in the benefits system; and how many staff in his Department work on those issues.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	224908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Fraud and Error Service (FES), part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for the investigation of fraud against all benefits administered by DWP.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The 14/15 budget allocation for preventing, detecting and handling cases of fraud and error in the benefits system is:-</p><p><strong>£148.5m.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The headcount for FES at the end of January 2015 was 5,057 which is a full time equivalent of 4,502 staff.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 26/02/2015 15:09:13 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

223405

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	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: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions have been brought for benefit fraud in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	225103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The table below represents the number of prosecutions for benefit fraud since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number prosecuted for benefit fraud</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>8,198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>9,961</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012*</p></td><td><p>not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>9,836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>9244</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>*</strong> Following a merger of DWP Prosecution Division (PD)with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in April 2012, the prosecution data for benefit fraud offences 2011/2012 was not gathered and the information from PD is no longer available in that format. The data available from DWP sources is not reliable in the context of this request.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 27/02/2015 13:41:27 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

223703

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of universal credit claimants likely to face hardship as a result of the seven-day waiting period before new claimants are paid.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	225409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not available. If a claimant is in urgent financial need they will be able to claim a UC New Claim Advance.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/03/2015 17:23:35 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 47460 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

223708

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether contractual terms for the provision of benefit assessments have transferred directly from Atos to Maximus; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	225360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There has been no transfer of contractual terms. A new contract with MAXIMUS Health and Human Services Ltd was awarded following a negotiated procurement route which offered an opportunity to clarify and probe bidders’ proposals during an extensive period of negotiation.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 02/03/2015 17:35:40 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

224061

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	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 making an application for universal credit are not registered on the real-time information system.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	225640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>All Universal Credit claims - whether relating to the employed, self-employed or unemployed - which are successfully made are then registered on HMRC systems. Any PAYE reported in real time by employers in respect of these is then passed to Universal Credit systems. The majority of employed Universal Credit claimants will have their earnings reported via PAYE, and over 99% of all such employments are now being reported in real-time. For the minority whose earnings are not reported through PAYE (for example the self-employed) we have developed processes to ensure they can self-report their earnings.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/03/2015 17:16:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

225283

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	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 5 February 2015 to the hon. Member for East Ham to Question 222906, if he plans for the number of universal credit claimants in May 2015 to be between 50,000 and 150,000.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	226399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department is not setting targets for numbers in receipt of Universal Credit at various points in time. The latest forecast agreed with OBR rounds to 0.1 million cases, as set out in <em>Universal Credit at Work</em> published in October 2014.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/03/2015 17:32:16 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead