@prefix rdf: . @prefix nfo: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . rdfs:label "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Simon Hughes" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "29" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:hansardHeading "Disability Living Allowance: Appeals" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who the decision maker is in the case of a DLA review; and what the assessment process is." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Birmingham, Selly Oak" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Steve McCabe" ; parl:uin "212004" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-27"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

It is possible to qualify for ESA through the application of Regulations 29(2)(b) and 35(2)(b) where insufficient points have been allocated in a Work Capability Assessment. It is thus not possible to answer the first part of this question.

The information requested in the second part is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Forest of Dean" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Mark Harper" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-10-17"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-10-17T10:40:27.5875346Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Sadiq Khan" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Andrew Selous" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead" . parl:answerText "

In responding to this question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of interim staff who fall into the category above. This data is only available for the last 3 years under contract. Where the interim’s contract spans financial years the spend data is reported for the year in which spend was incurred, all figures are based on total charge rate exc VAT:

Year

Number of Contractors paid £220 or more, with a total contract length of more than 6 months

Spend in Financial Year from workers who have had contracts over 6 months in duration

2011-12

242

£20,814,160

2012-13

139

£23,792,142

2013-14

173

£26,152,415

There are currently no off-payroll staff from whom assurances about their tax status are outstanding. We have made it absolutely clear to all relevant contractors that they must meet their tax and national insurance obligations. Any senior off-payroll workers who fail to provide assurances about their tax arrangements face having their contracts terminated.

We only use temporary staff to fulfil essential roles within the Ministry of Justice; these staff provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house.

Spend for this requirement has increased due to the demand of our priority programmes – which will deliver significant savings across the Ministry of Justice’s budget. It should be noted that since April 2010 the annual spend on interims as a whole has decreased by £10m.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Bermondsey and Old Southwark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Simon Hughes" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-10-24"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-10-24T13:27:49.2484269Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Steve McCabe" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Shailesh Vara" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Steve Webb" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Esther McVey" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "29" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:hansardHeading "Social Security Benefits: Payments" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on bank transfer transactions for each type of benefit and pension payment in the last financial year; and what the total cost was of those transfers." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Redcar" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Ian Swales" ; parl:uin "211429" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-22"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

In response to Part A of the question “what magazine subscriptions his Department funds”.

The Department has no contracted provision to supply general magazines.

In response to Part B of the Question “what television channels his department funds”.

The National Offender Management Service funded The Life Channel in a limited number of Prisons in 2013/2014. This service provides broadcast programming that is aimed at reducing reoffending and cascading general health information to prisoners and visitors.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "North West Cambridgeshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Shailesh Vara" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-10-20"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-10-20T14:13:07.3210337Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

DWP can provide a total figure for UK benefit bank transfers for 2013/14 (including pensions) by BACS, broken down by benefit as follows:

Benefit

Volume

Banking Costs

ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE (AA) (inc Overseas)

14,914,870

£65,625.43

DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE (DLA) (inc Overseas)

47,522,463

£209,098.84

EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND (ESF)

288

£1.27

CARERS ALLOWANCE (CA) (inc Overseas)

27,066,880

£119,094.27

INCAPACITY BENEFIT (INCAP)

10,093,974

£44,413.49

INCOME SUPPORT (IS)

146,845,498

£646,120.19

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES (IIDB)

11,975,719

£52,693.16

OVERSEAS DIVISION (ODIIDB)

73,828

£324.84

JSA

30,546,139

£134,403.01

MORTGAGE DIRECT (JSA MD)

239,080

£1,051.95

LPS

71,171

£313.15

LPS MID

1,900

£8.36

MORTGAGE DIRECT (MI)

1,299,364

£5,717.20

RETIREMENT PENSIONS

339,855,838

£1,495,365.69

THIRD PARTY PAYMENTS (TPP)

44,715

£196.75

WINTER FUEL NEW RULE (WFNR)

953,886

£4,197.10

SOCIAL FUND (SF)

1,157,008

£5,090.84

DWP ESA MID

617,369

£2,716.42

DWP ESA

44,349,674

£195,138.57

DWP CPS LOCAL PAYMENTS

1,930,311

£8,493.37

PIP

282,631

£1,243.58

Universal Credit

13,556

£59.65

Benefits Total

679,559,975

£2,990,063.89

Excluding CSA/SPVA/CMS

686,118,046

£3,018,919.40

TOTAL BACS

699,386,621

£3,077,301.13

The Department does not have the breakdown for Faster Payments by benefit type, however the total volume figure of payments is 3,261,640 and a transaction value of £526,273.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Thornbury and Yate" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Steve Webb" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-10-29"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-10-29T14:27:34.093237Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "29" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:hansardHeading "Income Support: Telephones" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission survey research to make an estimate of the proportion of income support claimants who are aware of social tariffs available to help them access landlines." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Birkenhead" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Mr Frank Field" ; parl:uin "210290" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-14"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

A Case Manager, the term for a DWP DLA decision maker, will conduct the review. In conducting the review, DLA Case Managers are instructed, through training and guidance, to ensure they have all the necessary information before making their decision. They will consider the evidence held and/or received, sending out for more evidence as appropriate, and only then make their decision.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Forest of Dean" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Mark Harper" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-11-03"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-11-03T17:47:22.4547717Z"^^xsd:dateTime . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . parl:answerText "

Information about how many in-work working-age households received Winter Fuel Payments in 2013-14 is not available.

The table below shows the number of people aged under 65 receiving a Winter Fuel Payment and the associated expenditure in years 2009-10 to 2018-19 inclusive:

Expenditure (£m)

Caseload (000s)

2009/10

640.8

3,358

2010/11

624.1

3,265

2011/12

451.5

2,927

2012/13

385.4

2,484

2013/14

324.1

2,056

2014/15

268.2

1,714

2015/16

215.8

1,389

2016/17

157.1

1,019

2017/18

85.8

563

2018/19

14.8

95

Notes

Numbers are for Winter Fuel Payments made to those eligible in Great Britain, European Economic Area and Switzerland aged 60-64: outturn to 2013-14; forecast 2014/15 onwards.

Winter Fuel Payments in 2009-10 and 2010-11 included one-off £50 payments for the under 80s.

One of the Winter Fuel Payment eligibility criteria is a person’s age in the qualifying week (the third full week in September). This age has been rising in line with the increase to the female State Pension age.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Thornbury and Yate" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Steve Webb" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-10-24"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-10-24T13:51:22.2557081Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

I wrote to the Honourable Member on 3 November with the information he requested in his Question 200960, and apologising for the delay in writing to him.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "South West Bedfordshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Andrew Selous" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-11-03"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-11-03T17:21:31.7181985Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Ian Swales" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "29" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:hansardHeading "Winter Fuel Payment" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many in-work working-age households received winter fuel payments in 2013-14; what estimate he has made of how many such households will be claiming winter fuel payments in each of the next four financial years; and what assessment he has made of the effect of equalising the state pension age for men and women on the take-up of winter fuel payments." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Birkenhead" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Mr Frank Field" ; parl:uin "211255" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-21"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Philip Davies" . parl:answerText "

I answered Question 202782 on 24 October 2014. The answer can be found at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-06-26/202782/

I apologise for the delay in answering this question.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Bermondsey and Old Southwark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Simon Hughes" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-10-29"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-10-29T16:07:41.051664Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Income Support provides extra money to help people on a low income. There are no plans to commission a survey to estimate the proportion of claimants who are aware of social tariffs available to help them access landlines.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Wirral West" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Esther McVey" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-10-21"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-10-21T14:29:17.3737406Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Guto Bebb" . dcterms:title "Unspent DHP GB" ; nfo:fileName "UnspentDHPGB.PDF" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "29" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:hansardHeading "Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people stopped claiming employment and support allowance (ESA) in 2013 after gaining insufficient points in a Work Capability Assessment; and how many such people were claiming jobseeker's allowance within four weeks of their ESA claim ending." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "East Ham" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Stephen Timms" ; parl:uin "210472" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-14"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Ministry of Justice: Written Questions" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 202782, on prisoner escapes, tabled on 26 June 2014 for answer on 30 June 2014." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Shipley" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Philip Davies" ; parl:uin "211919" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-24"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Media: Subscriptions" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Hammersmith" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Mr Andy Slaughter" ; parl:uin "205386" ; dcterms:date "2014-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Mr Mark Harper" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Ministry of Justice: Written Questions" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014 to Question 200960, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Coventry South to provide the information he omitted to provide in that Answer." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Coventry South" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Mr Jim Cunningham" ; parl:uin "212532" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-29"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "29" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:hansardHeading "Discretionary Housing Payments" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding in 2013-14." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Aberconwy" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Guto Bebb" ; parl:uin "221891" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-24"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Andy Slaughter" . parl:answerText "

Five local authorities in Wales spent less than their 2013-14 Government contribution in Discretionary Housing Payments. These were:

Local Authority Government Contribution Amount Unspent

Ceredigion

£324,933

£290

Conwy

£267,700

£1,498

Gwynedd

£605,141

£20,072

Newport

£343,870

£1

Pembrokeshire

£193,940

£4,176

Details for all 240 local authorities in Great Britain which spent less than their 2013-14 Government contribution in DHP are provided in the attached annex.

For the remaining 140 local authorities across Great Britain, of which 17 were in Wales, DHP expenditure in 2013-14 either matched or exceeded the Government contribution.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Thornbury and Yate" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Steve Webb" ; parl:attachment ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-10-29"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-10-29T16:10:27.4587607Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Ministry of Justice: Off-payroll Working" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many off-payroll engagements for more than £220 a day and for a period of longer than six months were established in each of the last four years; and what the total cost of such payments has been." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Tooting" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Sadiq Khan" ; parl:uin "204748" ; dcterms:date "2014-07-09"^^xsd:dateTime . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "22450"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; ; .