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381131

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that people and households with no access to the internet are able to claim benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	2502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Where a claimant does not have internet access at home, DWP staff may be able to support claimants to find local internet access. Claimants contacting our agents, either via the telephony channel or face to face, will be provided with up to date information on where they can find external organisations that provide free public internet access.</p><p> </p><p>There are also public internet access devices available across the Jobcentre network for those claimants who are unable to find an alternative source of access. Staff will assist claimants in using these devices where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 11:34:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

381132

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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 steps his Department is taking to support benefit claimants in managing their money on a (a) monthly and (b) fortnightly basis.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	2503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Jobcentres often provide budgeting support and can also signpost people to locally available support services. Within Universal Credit, the Personal Budgeting Support process provides a conversation with all claimants at their initial Interview to gauge their potential support needs – this could include money advice with a mix of online, telephone and face to face support. Alternative Payment Arrangements can be made for the minority of claimants that may struggle to manage monthly payments initially.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 16:22:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

381133

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Universal Credit: Torfaen
	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 set out the timetable for the roll-out of universal credit in Torfaen.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	2565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>In February of this year , we began the national roll out of Universal Credit to Jobcentre areas across Great Britain. Universal Credit has been available to new single claimants in Torfaen since April.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 11:47:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

385160

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: Torfaen
	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 savings to the public purse arising from the under-occupancy penalty in Torfaen constituency in financial year 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	3849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested for those subject to the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy in Torfaen, is not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 13:40:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

385168

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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: Torfaen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of payment of (a) out-of-work and (b) in-work benefits to people in Torfaen constituency in financial year 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	3903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Information on benefit expenditure for 2014/15 at a Parliamentary Constituency level is not currently available. 2014/15 data is planned for publication in September. Data for 2000/01 to 2013/14 is available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/06/2015 13:32:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

385169

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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: Torfaen
	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 proportion of the Government's projected £12 billion reduction in welfare expenditure that will take place in Torfaen constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	3904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment to reduce welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 13:44:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

385170

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: 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 proportion of people liable to the under-occupancy penalty (a) found alternative accommodation and (b) paid the penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	3906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested for those subject to the removal of the spare room subsidy for part a) is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for part (b) is not held.</p><p>However, an analysis of changes to the number of people subject to a reduction in their Housing Benefit award, including those who have downsized, from May to December 2013 was published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/removal-of-the-spare-room-subsidy-analysis-july-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/removal-of-the-spare-room-subsidy-analysis-july-2014</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 13:48:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

385741

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contested employment tribunal cases there were in England and Wales in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	4234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of contested employment tribunal claims nationally is published by the Ministry of Justice as Official Statistics (quarterly and annually) on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent statistical publication (covering the period up to the end of March 2015) is available here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/06/2015 16:34:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

385559

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Torfaen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers there were in Torfaen constituency on (a) 6 May 2010 and (b) 7 May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	4079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the requested data centrally. The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the police workforce at police force area level, but not at parliamentary constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 15:51:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

381452

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bees: Pesticides
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to protect bees from the effects of toxic pesticides.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	2614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issue authorisations which enable pesticides to be advertised, sold, supplied, stored and used. Following a thorough risk assessment, HSE imposes conditions on the way products are used to ensure there is no harm to human health or unacceptable effects on the environment. The assessment considers risks to bees.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/06/2015 12:41:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds