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1402663

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Building Safety Fund: Newham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications to the Building Safety Fund he has received for buildings in (a) East Ham constituency and (b) London Borough of Newham; and how many of those applications have been determined so far in each of those areas.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	103515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>As of 17 January 2022, 30 registrations for the Building Safety Fund have been received for buildings in the East Ham constituency. 16 have been deemed eligible, 3 ineligible and 2 withdrawn.</p><p>133 registrations have been received for building in the London Borough of Newham. 47 have been deemed eligible, 25 ineligible and 9 withdrawn.</p><p>The remaining registrations are still under review by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 18/01/2022 17:00:27 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1243893

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 100882 on Immigration, whether the figures given for in-country family extensions include all family and human rights extensions.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	104010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>We can confirm that the figures given in the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 100882 include all initial decisions for ‘family and human rights’ applications.</p><p>Fee Waiver applications are recorded as a separate case in our systems and so the data does not allow us to report which immigration decision a successful Fee Waiver application relates to, although caseworkers making immigration decisions are able to see all relevant information when considering the application. To manually check each immigration decision would incur a disproportionate cost<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 104011 question first answered 20/10/2020 16:14:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1243909

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 100882 on Immigration, in how many cases in each of the four quarters given were fee waivers granted for extension applications in which it was subsequently decided (a) to apply the No Recourse to Public Funds condition and (b) to grant Recourse to Public Funds.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	104011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>We can confirm that the figures given in the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 100882 include all initial decisions for ‘family and human rights’ applications.</p><p>Fee Waiver applications are recorded as a separate case in our systems and so the data does not allow us to report which immigration decision a successful Fee Waiver application relates to, although caseworkers making immigration decisions are able to see all relevant information when considering the application. To manually check each immigration decision would incur a disproportionate cost<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 104010 question first answered 20/10/2020 16:14:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1244407

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted an extension to their Leave to Remain with No Recourse to Public Funds in each quarter in the five years prior to June 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	105275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The data for in-country extensions from 2010 onwards is published here: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F910638%2Fextensions-datasets-jun-2020.xlsx&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPairavy.Santhakunesan%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce38059452b6b4bf27ffc08d874d94f12%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637387823965609856%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=GSB43VJraqRW2ORyi8KHwM0aQWN3Coli6sBUFs87nNM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/910638/extensions-datasets-jun-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The requested data on how many people were granted an extension to their Leave to Remain with No Recourse to Public Funds in each quarter in the five years prior to June 2019 is stated below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>No Recourse to Public Funds</p></td><td><p>% No Recourse to Public Funds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 Q3</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 Q4</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>13,100</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 Q1</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>17,600</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 Q2</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>17,400</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 Q3</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 Q4</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>14,000</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 Q1</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>15,200</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 Q2</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>13,700</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 Q3</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>19,500</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 Q4</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>22,600</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 Q1</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 Q2</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>20,800</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 Q3</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>20,800</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 Q4</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>24,000</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 Q1</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>26,900</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 Q2</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>24,900</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 Q3</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>27,700</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 Q4</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>25,300</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 Q1</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>21,400</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 Q2</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>6,700</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/11/2020 19:13:10 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1244415

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	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	Pensions: Consumer Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy for pensions dashboards to highlight information on responsible investment; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	105276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>The Pensions Dashboards Programme consulted on what additional information dashboards could initially show in its summer Call for Input on data. This included the potential to signpost users to schemes’ Statement of Investment Principles and Implementation documents, which include information on schemes’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and work.</p><p> </p><p>A summary of the responses to the Call for Input will shortly be published alongside the Programme’s next Progress Update Report, on its website – <a href="http://www.pensionsdashboardsprogramme.org.uk" target="_blank">www.pensionsdashboardsprogramme.org.uk</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government will work with the Pensions Dashboard Programme to assess and review their recommendations as to the extent of content on the dashboard. The initial dashboard will be simple in design bit it is intended that it will have much more information as it develops.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/10/2020 15:44:24 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1403354

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2022
	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
	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 11 January 2022 to Question 98884, on Employment, whether it is her policy to include the self-employed in the calculation of the total number of people in employment; and what comparative estimate she has made of the total number of people in employment when calculated (a) with and (b) without the number of self-employed (i) as of 17 January 2022 and (ii) before the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	105340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The answer of 11 January 2022 to question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-06/98884" target="_blank">98884</a> referred to the payroll employment measure of people in work.</p><p> </p><p>The payroll employment measure is the timeliest labour market measure of people in work, derived from Real Time Information employers submit to the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. Further explanation of this measure is available at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/methodologies/comparisonoflabourmarketdatasources" target="_blank">Comparison of labour market data sources - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/01/2022 11:50:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1244929

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	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: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants were self-employed in the last period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	106212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>In August 2020, the number of self-employed people claiming Universal Credit and required to report self-employed income, stood at 746,000.</p><p> </p><p>This represented 13.4% of all people claiming Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Volumes are rounded to the nearest thousand</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 106488 question first answered 23/10/2020 13:35:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1244932

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	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: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants will be subject to the minimum income floor when its suspension ends on 12 November 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	106213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>The Information requested on the minimum income floor is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 106489 question first answered 23/10/2020 13:27:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1245458

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	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	State Retirement 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 claimants are having deductions made from their State Pension as a result of debts owed to the Government.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	106888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Regulations allow a number of deductions and adjustments to be made from State Pension. There are also limits on the amount that can be taken. Deductions taken to repay claimant debts owed to Government include those in respect of benefit overpayments and civil and administrative penalties.</p><p> </p><p>All such debts are first notified to the customer in writing; notifications also include information on what action can be taken by the customer if they wish to dispute the amount stated as owing. A further notification is issued before any deductions from State Pension commence.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone unable to afford the rate of recovery proposed is encouraged to contact DWP so an affordable rate of repayment can be negotiated.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 106889 question first answered 02/11/2020 18:08:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1245462

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances her Department makes deductions from State Pension payments to repay claimant debts owed to the Government.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	106889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Regulations allow a number of deductions and adjustments to be made from State Pension. There are also limits on the amount that can be taken. Deductions taken to repay claimant debts owed to Government include those in respect of benefit overpayments and civil and administrative penalties.</p><p> </p><p>All such debts are first notified to the customer in writing; notifications also include information on what action can be taken by the customer if they wish to dispute the amount stated as owing. A further notification is issued before any deductions from State Pension commence.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone unable to afford the rate of recovery proposed is encouraged to contact DWP so an affordable rate of repayment can be negotiated.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 106888 question first answered 02/11/2020 18:08:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms