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386491

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the availability of Access to Work grants for those who especially need them to start working.
tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Access to Work grants are available for those who meet the eligibility criteria for the scheme including those who are about to start working. Access to Work has specialist teams to ensure more complicated cases are processed as quickly as possible and fast track applications for those who know their circumstances or have a prior assessment enabling support to be put in place quickly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 08/07/2015 11:37:14 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

386799

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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: Public Appointments
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 place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by his Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	4974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Under the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies (April 2012), Government Departments are required to publicise successful appointments. Announcements about public appointments are made on GOV.UK or the individual body’s website.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 15:45:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

386800

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Income Support: Lone Parents
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 estimate the number of income support lone parent claimants who have a subsequent child by the same father.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/07/2015 08:47:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386801

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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 in the West Midlands region live in poverty.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	4927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 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 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><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/07/2015 14:14:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

386802

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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 households have been exempted from the benefits cap as a result of a new personal independence payment or disability living allowance claim.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></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 grouped question UIN 4983 question first answered 06/07/2015 14:49:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386803

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in receipt of two payments of carer's allowance in order that each person can care for the other.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 14:41:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386805

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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 (a) benefit and (b) pension claims are paid into Coutts bank accounts.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 14:25:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386806

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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, what assessment has been made of the potential effectiveness of voice recognition technology in reducing fraud and error in payment of benefits.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP has started considering the value of Voice Biometrics to support the move to digital self-service with Cabinet Office GDS and Open Identity Exchange (OIX).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 14:58:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386809

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Universal Credit: Cheshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit applicants have been asked to travel from Neston Job Centre to Ellesmere Port Job Centre to make their claim because IT systems at Neston did not fully support the delivery of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>We have been asking claimants in the Neston area to temporarily attend Ellesmere Port Jobcentre while we work to upgrade the service. This only affects a very small number of claimants, and all those affected have been reimbursed for any associated travel costs. We expect to resume the full service at Neston in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>No other jobcentre has been affected.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4919 question first answered 06/07/2015 13:40:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386812

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's definition is of low mood.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not categorise claimants using the term, “low mood”. Therefore the requested data is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and Support Allowance is not based on a person’s health condition, but on the way that the condition limits their ability to function. The Work Capability Assessment, which determines eligibility for the benefit, assesses claimants against a number of descriptors covering physical, mental, cognitive and intellectual functions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4995 4996 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:42:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies