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42873

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has for the future use of Post Office card accounts.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	191790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Post Office card account (POca) contract expires in March 2015 with the possibility of a 2 year extension beyond that date. </p><p>No decision has been made on the future of the POca but discussions are currently taking place between DWP, Post Office Ltd and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to consider the future needs of customers beyond 2015. </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

49482

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in budgeting loans was spent in each region of the UK in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	197592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1 provides the Budgeting Loan expenditure in each region of Great Britain in the financial years from 2008/09 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding annual expenditure for Social Fund schemes in Northern Ireland is a matter for Northern Ireland office and is not included in the figures below. Figures are therefore given for Great Britain and not the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Budgeting Loan expenditure by region between 2008/09 and 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Budgeting Loan Expenditure per Region (£ million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>28.4</p></td><td><p>30.3</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td><td><p>29.1</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>30.4</p></td><td><p>34.8</p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td><td><p>33.2</p></td><td><p>34.2</p></td><td><p>30.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>64.0</p></td><td><p>64.9</p></td><td><p>58.9</p></td><td><p>57.5</p></td><td><p>54.0</p></td><td><p>47.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>31.2</p></td><td><p>34.3</p></td><td><p>31.9</p></td><td><p>32.6</p></td><td><p>33.8</p></td><td><p>31.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>69.6</p></td><td><p>72.4</p></td><td><p>65.1</p></td><td><p>65.3</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>49.0</p></td><td><p>51.9</p></td><td><p>48.5</p></td><td><p>48.3</p></td><td><p>49.2</p></td><td><p>44.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>36.3</p></td><td><p>38.1</p></td><td><p>36.6</p></td><td><p>37.1</p></td><td><p>37.7</p></td><td><p>33.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td><td><p>23.9</p></td><td><p>23.5</p></td><td><p>23.3</p></td><td><p>21.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>28.7</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td><td><p>27.8</p></td><td><p>28.3</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>49.1</p></td><td><p>53.1</p></td><td><p>49.3</p></td><td><p>48.5</p></td><td><p>48.7</p></td><td><p>45.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>43.5</p></td><td><p>44.4</p></td><td><p>43.0</p></td><td><p>44.6</p></td><td><p>47.1</p></td><td><p>44.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>454.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>482.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>445.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>447.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>455.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>416.3</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. The information provided is (internal)Management Information. Our preference is to answer all Parliamentary Questions using Official / National Statistics but in this case we only have Management Information available. It is not quality assured to the same extent as Official / National statistics, nor does it include the same depth of information. For example the MI does not include expenditure on applications which were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p> </p><p>2. All figures have been rounded to the nearest £100,000. Figures may not sum due to rounding.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

49834

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support for the payment of mortgage interest will be available for universal credit recipients in low paid work; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	197914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Under the current system, low paid workers are able to supplement their earnings by claiming support from tax credits. However, tax credits do not make any allowance for mortgage interest payments. Similarly, when Universal Credit replaces the tax credit system, there will be no entitlement to help with mortgage interest during any period in which the claimant is in paid work.</p><p> </p><p>However the earnings rules are far more generous in Universal Credit. This means that most people, particularly those on low incomes, have a significantly greater incentive to move into work than under the current system.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of people claiming UC will be better off in work: even if they work part-time and even if they receive a low hourly rate of pay. For example, a lone parent receiving the average amount of mortgage interest who takes up a job that pays the national minimum wage will be better off than under the current system if he or she works just 7hours a week.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

50122

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long tenants who move from direct payment of housing support to managed payment because they have eight weeks of rent arrears will be allowed to stay on managed payment before they revert to direct payment.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	198004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>It is expected that this arrangement would be reviewed six months after the arrears have been repaid, with a view to the tenant returning to the standard monthly payment, having received additional personal budgeting support where appropriate. All alternative payment arrangements are discretionary and based on individual circumstances and consequently this timescale may vary depending on the capabilities and support needs of the claimant(s).</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

50365

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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
	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 claimed how much support for mortgage interest in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	198226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Available figures on the average number of claimants in receipt of support for mortgage interest (SMI), and total SMI expenditure, are based on financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below includes outturn figures for the years up until 2012/13, together with estimates for 2013/14, and the forecast for 2014/15. These figures were published on 23 April 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Support for Mortgage Interest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Caseload (Thousands)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ millions Nominal </strong></p><p><strong>(cash)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ millions</strong></p><p><strong>Real Terms </strong></p><p><strong>(14/15 prices)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 outturn</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>563</p></td><td><p>621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 outturn</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>554</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 outturn</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p>386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 outturn</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 estimate</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 forecast</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>368</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: DWP benefit expenditure and caseload tables; Outturn and forecast: Budget 2014; tables 3a-c, which can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90885

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	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	Employment Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work clubs are being run from Jobcentre Plus offices.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There are 14 Work Clubs being run from Jobcentre Plus offices. The role of Jobcentre Plus is to encourage partnership working to set up Work Clubs and to signpost claimants to them where they exist and where work coaches believe the support offered will help the claimant find work.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/09/2014 11:32:27 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228848

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	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	Employment Schemes: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times ministers or officials from his Department visited Wales since April 2012 to discuss the Jobs Growth Wales programme.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	228593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP Ministers or Officials have not visited Wales since April 2012 to discuss the Jobs Growth Wales Programme.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/03/2015 10:15:10 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90802

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	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	Employment Schemes: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education about ending the Youth Contract Wage Incentive scheme.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Holding reply issued on 9th September 2014.</p><p>The Minister for Employment discussed ending the Youth Contract Wage Incentive Scheme and identified opportunities to help the most disadvantaged young people with the Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/09/2014 11:55:12 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb previous answer version 19211 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90883

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	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	Employment Schemes: Young People
	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 2 July 2014, Official Report, column 639W on employment schemes: young people, what estimate he has made of how much of the £183.8 million allocated for the Youth Contract wage incentive scheme in this financial year will be used by that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The £183.8m allocation referred to in the Answer of 2 July 2014, Official Report, column 639W on employment schemes: young people, was for the entire Youth Contract initiative as announced at the 2011 Autumn Statement. Wage Incentives are one aspect of the overall Youth Contract that also includes Sector Based Work Academies, a more intensive Jobcentre Plus regime, New Enterprise Allowance and a number of pilots.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not publish financial forecast information as it is indicative, for internal management purposes only and is subject to change during the financial year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/09/2014 11:23:02 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91336

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	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	Employment Schemes: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Contract Wage Incentive scheme in the 20 Hotspot areas and in other areas.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text We do not collect data in a form that allows it to be reported at the requested level and are therefore unable to make comparative assessments between areas. answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 11:52:50 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms