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802557

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Apprentices: 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and Pensions, how many families with 16-18 year olds on apprenticeships have had their benefits (a) reduced and (b) withdrawn in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	118107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/12/2017 11:52:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

802581

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of staff have left his Department since 1 January 2015; and how many of those members of staff were nationals of non-UK EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	118131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Since 1 January 2015, 24,889 individuals have left the Department.</p><p> </p><p>We do not know how many of these were nationals of non-UK EU countries. Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service, as part of wider pre-employment checks. But, there is no requirement on departments to retain this information, beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/12/2017 15:00:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

802613

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many amendments he has made to the Local Housing Allowance areas over the last five years, and whether he plans to make further revisions.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	118163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>There have been no amendments to any Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMAs) in the past five years. BRMAs are geographical areas used for the purposes of setting Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates in the private rented sector. Whilst Rent Officers are able to review these areas, any changes to the BRMA boundaries must be referred to the Secretary of State for approval, as laid down in the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 and the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2017 10:18:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

802677

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each local authority in the Greater Manchester area have been transferred from tax credits to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	118227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold the requested data.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is not currently transferring claimants from legacy benefits (including those in receipt of Tax Credits) where their circumstances have not changed to Universal Credit. We will start this process in 2019 and it will be completed in 2022.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/12/2017 15:10:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

802712

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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: Ogmore
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the revised dates for the roll-out of universal credit are across job centres within the Ogmore constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	118261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>The original date for rollout in the Ogmore constituency was for 28 February 2018 and this has been revised to 14 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/12/2017 12:36:04 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

802104

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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: Bell Pottinger Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations any Minister of his Department has received from Bell Pottinger on behalf of (a) Atos IT Services UK Limited, (b) Centrica PLC, and (c) Ernst & Young.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	117791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>No representations were received by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, or his Ministers from Bell Pottinger.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/12/2017 14:07:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

802113

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons there are differences between the timelines of his Department's Universal Credit Transition Roll-Out Schedules published in (a) November 2016 and (b) November 2017.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	117800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State in his Oral Statement, to accommodate the changes in the scope of Universal Credit announced in the Budget, it has been necessary to make changes to the rollout plan.</p><p> </p><p>We have carefully revised the rollout plan to ensure we continue safely and gradually to rollout this important welfare reform, and this will mean a slight change in date for when Universal Credit Full Service will be rolled out in some Jobcentres.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/12/2017 11:40:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

802125

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will consider immediately exempting from the benefit cap lone parents with children aged under two, in accordance with the verdict delivered by the High Court on 22 June 2017 in the case of DA and others v. the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	117812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP took the case of DA and others v. the Secretary of State to the Court of Appeal; it was important that we did so and we now await the judgment. Nothing changes and the benefit cap remains as it is while we await the outcome of the appeal.</p><p> </p><p>Many parents with young children are employed, which we encourage as it’s the best way to raise living standards. The benefit cap incentivises work, even if it’s part-time, as anyone eligible for working tax credits or the equivalent under Universal Credit, is exempt. Even with the cap, lone parents can still receive benefits up to the equivalent salary of £25,000, or £29,000 in London and we have made Discretionary Housing Payments available to people who need extra help.</p><p> </p><p>There is help available for childcare costs for children of any age. Claimants can recover up to 70% of their eligible childcare costs through working tax credits, or 85% of those costs through Universal Credit (in each case, up to a cap). Further assistance may be available through the Flexible Support Fund. Jobcentre Plus staff can help parents to find work that fits around childcare responsibilities and provide intensive support to lone parents.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 117813 question first answered 11/12/2017 17:01:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

802126

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to provide an update on his Department's appeal against the High Court ruling of June 2017 in the case of DA and others v. the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	117813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP took the case of DA and others v. the Secretary of State to the Court of Appeal; it was important that we did so and we now await the judgment. Nothing changes and the benefit cap remains as it is while we await the outcome of the appeal.</p><p> </p><p>Many parents with young children are employed, which we encourage as it’s the best way to raise living standards. The benefit cap incentivises work, even if it’s part-time, as anyone eligible for working tax credits or the equivalent under Universal Credit, is exempt. Even with the cap, lone parents can still receive benefits up to the equivalent salary of £25,000, or £29,000 in London and we have made Discretionary Housing Payments available to people who need extra help.</p><p> </p><p>There is help available for childcare costs for children of any age. Claimants can recover up to 70% of their eligible childcare costs through working tax credits, or 85% of those costs through Universal Credit (in each case, up to a cap). Further assistance may be available through the Flexible Support Fund. Jobcentre Plus staff can help parents to find work that fits around childcare responsibilities and provide intensive support to lone parents.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 117812 question first answered 11/12/2017 17:01:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

802133

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment
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 make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Disability Benefits Consortium Survey, published in September 2017, that over 71 per cent of respondents found the Personal Independence Payments form hard or very hard to complete.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	117820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The PIP2 questionnaire, “How your disability affects you”, was co-produced with the assistance of disabled people, carers and organisations supporting them. The questionnaire is designed to allow Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants to tell us, in their own words, how their health condition or disability impacts them on a day-to-day basis. The questionnaire has a mixture of tick boxes and free text boxes allowing claimants to add as much or as little detail as they wish. We recognise that for some people the length of the questionnaire may seem intimidating. That is why we provide guidance notes to help them complete it and, following earlier concerns about time limits, introduced rules and procedures which allow claimants additional time to complete the form where that is reasonably required.</p><p>Recent independent research carried out by Ipsos MORI indicates that 85 per cent of claimants were able to complete all sections of the questionnaire and only four per cent were unable to do so. The research also shows that 63 per cent of claimants found completing the questionnaire as easy or easier than expected and 69 per cent agreed that it allowed them to explain how their condition affected them.</p><p>We constantly look to review and improve the experience of people claiming PIP. We are currently considering the recommendations made in the second independent review of PIP which included recommendations to improve our communications for claimants. We plan to respond to the review’s findings later this year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/12/2017 11:41:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis