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387904

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce penalties for Work Programme providers which refer a large number of people with mental health problems for sanctions which are subsequently overturned at mandatory reconsideration or appeal.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has no plans to introduce such penalties.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions which are overturned at mandatory reconsideration or appeal stages frequently reflect new evidence which has subsequently come to light or has been provided by the claimant.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/07/2015 13:16:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

387905

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure Work Programme providers adhere to safeguarding guidance for vulnerable claimants; and what penalties his Department has in place to apply against those providers who do not follow that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have developed guidance on safeguarding vulnerable claimants and continuously review and update it to provide clarity to providers in this important area. The Department’s performance managers work closely with providers to ensure they adhere to the guidance and take action if necessary.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/07/2015 14:00:49 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

387906

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	5666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low-income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis by region and country is presented as three-year averages as single-year estimates are considered too volatile. Figures are presented in financial year estimates and are available up to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/07/2015 14:54:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

387908

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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	Child Poverty Act 2010: Northern Ireland
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 the Northern Ireland Executive about legislation to replace the Child Poverty Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	5670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Legislation to amend the Child Poverty Act was introduced into Parliament on 9 July as part of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. On [9 July] the Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions and for Education wrote to the Northern Ireland Executive setting out the proposed legislation and inviting Northern Ireland Ministers to work with them on the provisions as they apply to Northern Ireland.</p><p /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/07/2015 11:23:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

387909

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish data on deaths which have occurred following a benefit sanction.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	5731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer given on the 11 December 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-12-05/217571/" target="_blank">UIN 217571</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/07/2015 15:10:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

387911

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4698, on social security benefits, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the information requested in that Question.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	5625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested on the numbers of households who have moved off the benefit cap and into full-time and part-time work is not recorded on the Department’s analytical dataset and is therefore not available for analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Working Tax Credit claims (which is used to determine if a previously capped household has moved into work) is recorded on the Department’s administrative data. However, information on the nature of work (full-time or part-time) is not readily available and to provide an answer would require additional processing and quality assurance, which would incur disproportionate costs, estimated at more than 5 days work and will therefore be in excess of £850.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/07/2015 14:29:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

387912

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4699, on housing benefit, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the information requested in that Question.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	5626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested on the number of households who are no longer subject to the benefit cap and are still in receipt of Housing Benefit is not recorded on the dataset available for analysis and therefore is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the individual benefits received by households that has flowed off the benefit cap is recorded on the Department’s administrative data. However, this information is not readily available and to provide an answer would require additional processing and quality assurance, which would incur disproportionate costs, estimated at more than 5 days work and will therefore be in excess of £850.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/07/2015 14:48:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

387914

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4592, on social security benefits, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the information requested in that Question.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	5633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The information requested on households affected by the benefit cap since April 2013 whilst living in temporary accommodation in which they have been placed by a local authority is not recorded on the Department’s analytical dataset and therefore is not available for analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Information on households subject to the benefit cap that are living in temporary accommodation is recorded on the Department’s administrative data. However, this information is grouped with other housing types in the analytical dataset used for the routine publication of benefit cap statistics, and therefore, is not readily available. To provide an answer would require additional processing and quality assurance, which would incur disproportionate costs, estimated at more than 5 days work and will therefore be in excess of £850.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/07/2015 14:19:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

387917

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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	Independent Living Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effect on disabled people and their carers of the closure of the Independent Living Fund and the transfer of responsibility to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The potential implications of closing the Independent Living Fund are set out clearly in the Equality Analysis published on 6 March 2014. As a part of this we made a commitment to monitor the actual impact of the closure of the ILF on former users of the ILF.</p><p> </p><p>All local authorities have been allocated sufficient funding to ensure that existing commitments to former ILF users can be paid in full for the remainder of this year.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/07/2015 11:13:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387918

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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	Independent Living Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Independent Living Fund (ILF) users no longer have a carer or personal assistant who was previously funded by an ILF award.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>My Department does not hold this information, however, all local authorities have been allocated sufficient funding to ensure that existing commitments to former ILF users can be paid in full for the remainder of this year.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/07/2015 11:02:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms