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93375

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many scooters have been allocated under the mobility element of personal independence payments in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	210519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Motability is an independent registered charity. The Department works closely with Motability and facilitates the transfer of benefit to Motability on behalf of those claimants who have chosen to join the Motability schemes.</p><p>Responsibility for the charity’s policies and operational strategy falls to the Governors and Director of Motability. Motability is wholly responsible for the administration of the Motability scheme including collating its own management information. Questions about the number of cars and scooters allocated by Motability can be sent to: Declan O'Mahony, Director, Motability, Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow, Essex CM19 5PX.</p><p>Information about complaints received about Motability is not available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 210520 210550 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:39:24 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

93376

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cars have been allocated under the mobility element of personal independence payments in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	210520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Motability is an independent registered charity. The Department works closely with Motability and facilitates the transfer of benefit to Motability on behalf of those claimants who have chosen to join the Motability schemes.</p><p>Responsibility for the charity’s policies and operational strategy falls to the Governors and Director of Motability. Motability is wholly responsible for the administration of the Motability scheme including collating its own management information. Questions about the number of cars and scooters allocated by Motability can be sent to: Declan O'Mahony, Director, Motability, Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow, Essex CM19 5PX.</p><p>Information about complaints received about Motability is not available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 210519 210550 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:39:24 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

93377

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Housing Benefit
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 13 October 2014 to Question 209233 for what reason the information is not available.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions publishes monitoring returns from local authorities that give a breakdown of Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) awards by broad category, including to recipients of Housing Benefit subject to Local Housing Allowance calculations. Further detail, for example awards to those subject to the Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR), is not available. Returns are voluntary and information is not provided by all local authorities. The returns give the number of awards, which may not equate to the number of people receiving them; some people may receive more than one award over the period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the following weblink:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s housing benefit administrative database, compiled from electronic data supplied by local authorities, identifies by gender and age those Housing Benefit claimants that are assessed by the SAR in the given area. These data are taken from scans of local authority systems. They also hold some information on whether a DHP is being made to the claimant at that time. The recording of this information on the electronic data is incomplete and not reliable.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 15:18:33 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

93379

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Torbay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many visits were made by Ministers of his Department to Torbay constituency in the 12 months to 14 October 2014; whom the invitation for each such visit was issued by; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such visit.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	210486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the ministers of his Department have made no visits in the 12 months to October 2014 to the Torbay constituency in a ministerial capacity. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 14:01:59 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

93380

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made to the benefits sanctions regime since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	210487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>For most recent changes please see the following link for the Government response to Matthew Oakley’s Review of Sanctions:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions-independent-review-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions-independent-review-government-response</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/10/2014 14:48:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

93385

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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 and Support Allowance
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 disability groups on replacing tax-free disability living allowance and incapacity benefit with taxable contribution-based employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	210385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>No recent discussions have taken place between the Department and disability groups on this specific issue.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/10/2014 11:11:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

93386

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the proportion of children living in separated families who receive regular financial support from the non-resident parent since May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	210433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>For cases administered by the Child Support Agency, the number of Children Benefiting from maintenance has decreased from 871,800 in March 2014 to 846,300 in June 2014. This information is routinely published in the CSA Quarterly Summary of Statistics available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics--2</a></p><p> </p><p>The change in trend can be attributed to the fact that since 25 November 2013 all new applications are now being processed by the Child Maintenance Service. We are not yet in a position to release full statistics for these cases and are therefore unable to provide the information requested. When system data becomes available and fully assured they will be released as part of a managed process, which will be pre-announced and in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The figures above relate to those receiving support within the statutory child maintenance schemes. Children also benefit from financial support as part of arrangements made outside the statutory schemes, including private arrangements made between the separated parents, which are known as &quot;family-based arrangements”. Our planned approach to measuring this will be considered as part of an evaluation strategy, which we will publish by the end of 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 15:07:34 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

93387

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed people are (a) not in receipt of any of the benefits to which they are entitled and (b) not registered at job centres.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	210444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The number of unemployed people is measured by the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS is not able to identify these groups separately. Statistics on registrations are no longer collected as unemployed people are not required to register at a Jobcentre.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/10/2014 15:07:54 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

93389

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department is spending in the Disability Confident campaign; and how the effect of such spending is being measured.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	210432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The budget for the Disability Confident campaign events has come from the Disability Directorate non-staff allocation; and from contributions in kind from Disability Confident partners.</p><p> </p><p>In the Financial Year 2013-2014, £100,000 was allocated to the Disability Confident campaign events; and an estimated further £215,000 was contributed in kind by external partners.</p><p> </p><p>In the current Financial Year, around £20,000 has been spent so far on the campaign.</p><p> </p><p>The effect of this spending has to date been measured in terms of the number of employers reached directly through the events (1,100) and the reach and impact of communications via no-cost channels such as social media. For example on 18 July, the 1<sup>st</sup> anniversary of the launch of the campaign, we achieved a significant reach on Twitter (a total of 19m impressions), delivering wider awareness of the campaign and prompting partners and stakeholders to voice their support and commitment. Over the second year of the campaign, we will continue to build on the reach of communications, but will also assess specific, measurable, action taken by employers as a result of the campaign.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/10/2014 11:36:27 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

93390

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Welfare State: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will assess the cumulative effect of welfare policy reforms instituted since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	210415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government regularly produces analysis of the cumulative impact of all coalition changes, including welfare, on households across the income distribution. In the interests of transparency this Government introduced the publication of such documents (produced by HM Treasury), alongside every Budget and Autumn Statement. The most recent update was published with the Budget in March 2014, and can be found using the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293738/budget_2014_distributional_analysis.pdf" target="_blank">Impact on households: distributional analysis to accompany Budget 2014</a></p><p> </p><p>This analysis estimates the effect of coalition measures from all fiscal events from the Budget in June 2010 to the Budget in March 2014. It also includes changes that were announced before the Budget in June 2010 that have been implemented by this Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/10/2014 15:53:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton