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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

66220

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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	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 representations he has received in support of maintaining the local welfare provision grant to local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	204263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to my previous answer to the hon. Member for Torbay, Mr Adrian Sanders, <em>Official Report</em>, 13 March 2014, column 318W. Our position has not changed.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/07/2014 14:26:11 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

78811

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	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	Occupational Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bids he has received from companies tendering for the delivery of the Health and Work Service; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	206578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The tender round is still in progress. As a consequence, at this stage the information requested is not yet available and therefore cannot be disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/07/2014 11:55:30 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

79130

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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	Public 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 was transferred from his Department to HM Treasury as part of the Budget Exchange scheme in each financial year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	206767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£3.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£82.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£76.0m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/09/2014 16:12:28 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90803

	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	Jobcentres: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the security of staff at Jobcentre Plus offices.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department keeps security arrangements under constant review, amending these in the light of prevailing circumstances, and taking account of advice from the relevant security authorities. Beyond this, for obvious reasons, it would not be appropriate to comment further.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/09/2014 11:03:40 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90801

	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	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent per head on training staff of his Department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department is fully committed to the development of its staff by investing in learning to create a highly skilled, motivated and flexible workforce. The Department fully supports the Civil Service Reform Plan commitment to provide at least five days a year investment in learning and development for all Civil Servants. Further learning activity has been generated by the DWP Annual Skills Review, the development of a departmental Capability Plan and an increased training requirement necessary to support the DWP Welfare Reform agenda.</p><p>The Departmental spend per head is shown below and has been calculated by dividing the total annual spend for DWP by the staff in post figure for the years in question.</p><p>a) 2010-11 £110.40</p><p>b) 2011-12 £ 85.27</p><p>c) 2012-13 £ 58.80</p><p>d) 2013-14 £ 91.32</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/09/2014 15:37:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms