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347275

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	Asbestos: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what health and safety regulations apply to the demolition of buildings containing asbestos and prior exposure of staff who previously worked in such buildings.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Demolition is construction work as defined by the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM). Asbestos is a hazard which may give rise to risk and so information on its presence in a building should form part of the pre-construction information which the client must make available to the contractors involved.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, all work with asbestos (including demolition) is subject to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR) which requires exposure to asbestos to be prevented or reduced to as low a level as reasonably practicable. In cases of final demolition the employer’s plan of work must, so far as is reasonably practicable, specify that asbestos must be removed before any demolition starts, unless removal would cause a greater risk to employees than leaving it in place.</p><p> </p><p>CAR also requires the owner, or person responsible for maintenance (the ‘duty holder’) of a non-domestic building to record the location and condition of any asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and to put into place a plan to manage the risk they present. The duty holder is responsible for managing the risk at the time they hold the duty; they are not responsible for prior exposure to earlier building occupants. The record of the location and condition of any ACMs, and management plan, must be available for as long as ACMs are present in the building.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 14:47:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347276

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	Asbestos: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what regulations apply to the recording and maintenance of information on asbestos in buildings; and for what period such records should be maintained by building owners.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR) requires the owner, or person responsible for maintenance (the ‘duty holder’) of a non-domestic building to record the location and condition of any asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and to put into place a plan to manage the risk they present. The duty holder is only responsible for managing the risk at the time they hold the duty; they are not responsible for prior exposure to earlier building occupants. The record of the location and condition of any ACMs, and management plan, must be available for as long as ACMs are present in the building.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 14:56:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347277

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	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, how many families in each parliamentary constituency were in receipt of benefits in excess of £26,000 before the introduction of the benefits cap.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 11:11:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347278

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	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, how many families in each parliamentary constituency are in receipt of benefits in excess of £23,000.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 14:30:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

346882

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what areas of his Department's expenditure spending reductions are planned.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	97
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government’s commitment to save £12bn from welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/06/2015 13:51:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346890

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of recent figures from the Trussell Trust that one million people in Britain will soon be using its food banks; and what assessment he has made of whether there is a link between welfare spending reductions and food bank usage.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	85
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department recognises the extremely valuable work of civil society in supporting local communities. As the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Inquiry noted, the reasons why people use food banks can be complex and overlapping. Their use in this country can’t be attributed to a single cause.</p><p> </p><p>As promised the Department for Work and Pensions has done more to raise awareness of Short Term Benefit Advances for those in financial need at the start of a new benefit claim, including providing information on GOV.UK and posters and leaflets in Jobcentres. Guidance has also been updated and staff reminded of the process for considering STBA requests.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/06/2015 15:17:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346904

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Electric Cables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) children and young people and (b) the general public are aware of the danger of power lines.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	66
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Under an Agency Agreement with DECC, HSE leads on the regulation of the public safety aspects of DECC-owned legislation associated with the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity - the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 (ESQCR). ESQCR 2002 apply only to Great Britain. There is a separate legislative framework in Northern Ireland, the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, that are enforced by HSENI.</p><p> </p><p>These regulations place duties on companies involved in electricity generation and distribution to take proactive measures to advise the general public, including children and young people, of the hazards associated with power lines, and to educate them on how to avoid danger. There are no regulations in this area specifically targeted at children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>HSE holds regular meetings with the Energy Networks Association (ENA) that represent the distribution network operators (DNOs) for electricity and gas in the UK. These meetings are to encourage and support the industry’s health and safety management including compliance with ESQCR. HSE also has on-going regulatory contact with the individual DNOs to the same affect.</p><p> </p><p>Through such meetings HSE supports the ENA’s Public Safety Committee which concentrates on getting the safety message to all people that may get close to power lines. Further information and free public safety leaflets can be found at the following website:</p><p><a href="http://www.energynetworks.org/electricity/she/safety/safety-advice/public-safety-leaflets.html" target="_blank">http://www.energynetworks.org/electricity/she/safety/safety-advice/public-safety-leaflets.html</a></p><p> </p><p>HSE also supports individual DNO companies’ production and promotion of guidance on these matters, much of which is specifically aimed at school age children.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/06/2015 10:11:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

346937

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total annual spending on housing benefit and jobseeker's allowance is for people aged between 18 and 21; and what proportion of the total social security budget this figure represents.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Housing Benefit and Jobseeker's Allowance expenditure for 18 to 21 year olds, £millions in 2013/14, Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cash terms</p></td><td><p>Real Terms, 2014/15 prices</p></td><td><p>Proportion of total expenditure on DWP benefits and personal tax credits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total HB</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>696</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which also receiving JSA</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total HB and JSA</p></td><td><p>1,219</p></td><td><p>1,239</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study and Local Authority subsidy returns</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only. Information for 2014/15 full financial year is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>2. Figures are consistent with the published expenditure tables for Budget 2015. Full information on benefit expenditure is at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 13:08:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

346938

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Housing Benefit
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 housing benefit claimants (a) in total and (b) aged 18 and 21 have children.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested on how many individuals aged 18 to 21 are in receipt of housing benefit with a dependent child can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Proportions can be calculated using the published figures.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/06/2015 15:24:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

346939

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Housing Benefit: 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 the criteria and process will be for determining which people aged between 18 and 21 will be exempt from the proposed restriction of housing benefit; how data will be collected to facilitate any proposed exemptions; what assessment he has made of whether young people currently accessing housing benefit would be put at risk of homelessness as a result of the proposed change; what methodology he has used for any such assessment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>We will set out our policy design in due course. As we develop the detailed policy we will ensure that those in need of support for their housing needs continue to receive it while ensuring the overall system is fair to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 123 question first answered 05/06/2015 13:39:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas