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387259

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	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 publish the contract his Department holds with Capita to provide personal independence payment assessments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The contract with Capita to provide Personal Independence Payment Assessments was awarded following a negotiated procurement route which offered an opportunity to clarify and probe bidders’ proposals during an extensive period of negotiation. The value of the contract, specification, redacted terms and conditions and schedules were published on Contracts Finder in the usual way on 01 November 2012.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2015 09:53:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

387267

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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 2 July 2015 to Question 4707, on social security benefits, if he will make it his policy to collect and publish data in Stat-Xplore on how many sanctions and appeals are related to claimants not performing online requirements such as job search; and if he will estimate the proportion of (a) sanctions and (b) appeals which are related to such requirements.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	5492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The available information in respect of Jobseeker’s Allowance, including for “Failure to participate in a supervised job search” and Employment and Support Allowance, sanction decisions and Appeals by reason, is published at: <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><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> </p><p>Individual jobseekers requirements are agreed with their Work Coach and are set out in their Claimant Commitment. The activities focus on what gives each individual the best prospects of finding employment and are varied dependant on individuals skills, abilities and the type of employment they are looking for.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/07/2015 15:33:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

387277

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much benefit expenditure was lost to relatives claiming benefit for claimants who had died in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how much such expenditure was falsely claimed by claimants registered as living (a) in the UK and (b) abroad.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	5496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>As no central record is kept of this information, we are unable to provide the requested data.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2015 16:40:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

387316

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he now expects the number of claimants of universal credit to exceed (a) one per cent, (b) two per cent and (c) five per cent of all benefit claimants.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are on track with our plans for the national roll out of Universal Credit to single claimants, couples and families. The Department is not setting targets for numbers in receipt of Universal Credit at various points in time. Final numbers will vary according to a number of factors such as economic circumstances over time and the behavioural change of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/07/2015 15:26:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387317

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on the trials of support for in-work progression; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The trial commenced on 20 April 2015 and therefore it is too early to make an assessment at this stage</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/07/2015 15:27:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387318

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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, if he will define new targets for child poverty.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions made clear in his statement to the House on 1 July that Government is committed to eliminating child poverty, and improving children’s life chances. The Government’s new approach will focus on tackling the root causes of poverty, in particular worklessness and educational attainment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will introduce legislation to give effect to this approach and to remove the existing measures and targets in the Child Poverty Act. Details of the legislation and the action the Government will take will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/07/2015 15:23:19 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387319

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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, what requirements will be placed on Government agencies in the legislation which is proposed to replace the Child Poverty Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to working to eliminate child poverty and improving life chances for children – now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions announced on the 1<sup>st</sup> July that the Government will focus on tackling the root causes of child poverty.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will introduce legislation to give effect to this approach and to remove the existing measures and targets in the Child Poverty Act. Details of the legislation and the action the Government will take will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/07/2015 15:25:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386981

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the benefit cap on levels of homelessness in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In December 2014 DWP published a suite of evaluation reports available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation</a>. These found very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small number of capped households who have been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons (beyond the cap) for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 13:44:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387128

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates
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 contribution by the Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 10 June 2015, Official Report, column 136WH, on organophosphate sheep dip, in what ways the Health and Safety Executive made the report referred to in that contribution and its content publicly available.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	5192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs made reference to the 1991 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report that presented the findings of a 1990 survey of sheep dipping. The report was published by HSE as an internal document in May 1991.</p><p> </p><p>The report was discussed at a meeting of the then Health and Safety Commission’s Agricultural Industry Advisory Committee (AIAC) working group, Chemicals In Agriculture (ChemAg), on 10 July 1991. The ChemAg working group membership included HSE, the Confederation of British Industry, the Trades Union Congress and other industry organisations.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to say with certainty what wider dissemination of the report there was, however, the September 1991 version of HSE’s published advisory leaflet “Sheep Dipping, Protect your health” (see attached) gives advice about the measures necessary to use dips safely and reflects the findings of the 1990 survey.</p><p>The 1990 survey also proposed additional work to further quantify the problems identified. This work was referred to in a press release (attached), issued in July 1993 that sets out the poor practice identified on farms using sheep dips and gives a summary of the sheep dip study findings.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson attachment 1 file name Sheep Dipping - Protect Your Health - AS29 - 1991.pdf title Sheep Dipping, Protect your health 2 file name Press release issued in 1993 on HSE survey and summary of results (also ChemAg) agenda item.pdf title Press release question first answered 06/07/2015 14:07:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

387129

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential effect on the savings arising from implementing the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 of removing housing costs from the scope of those regulations.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested can be found at Paragraph 26 of the report by the Social Security Advisory Committee, attached here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434281/universal-credit-waiting-days-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434281/universal-credit-waiting-days-report.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/07/2015 17:00:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms