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747963

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date	04/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of introducing a double lock on Pension Credit uprating from 2018–19 onwards, uprating pensions by the highest of the consumer price index or earnings inflation, (1) over the course of this Parliament, (2) over the next 10 years, and (3) up to 2050.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>No estimate of the cost of introducing a double lock on Pension Credit uprating has been made. The legislative requirement is that the standard minimum guarantee in Pension Credit should increase at least in line with earnings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 18/07/2017 16:24:54 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747992

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Agency collects and shares good practice information on national and European Union priorities for safety and health at work, working with national contact points in all Member States. Its activities are particularly valuable to recent and proposed EU entrants and those with less well developed health and safety systems.</p><p> </p><p>The European Court of Auditors publishes annual reports on the accounts of the Agency that are automatically deposited with Parliament for scrutiny purposes. For the latest report (financial position as of 31 December 2015), the budget was €16.9 million and the auditors stated that the Agency’s accounts were reliable and transactions were legal and regular.</p><p> </p><p>Our relationship with the European Union's decentralised bodies upon exit, including the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, will be evaluated in light of delivering the twelve objectives outlined by the Prime Minister to achieve a deep and special positive and constructive partnership between the UK and the European Union.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 18/07/2017 14:24:18 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

748314

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Children: Maintenance
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 bring forward proposals to change the child maintenance calculations from gross to net income to assess the necessary parental contributions required under the new Child Maintenance Service; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	2983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service calculates maintenance liabilities as a percentage of gross weekly income. Using gross annual income data directly from HMRC enables maintenance calculations to be made more quickly and ensures that the income information is as accurate and up to date as possible. My Department has no plans to change the way that statutory maintenance liabilities are calculated.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/07/2017 13:26:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

748316

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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
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 2017 to Question 1470, if he will publish the response to the Freedom of Information request referred to in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	2929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>I am depositing a copy of the Freedom of Information reply in the House library. I will also publish it as soon as possible on GOV.UK, here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=foi-releases&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=all&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=foi-releases&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=all&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results</a> “</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/07/2017 14:57:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

748325

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is for an employment and support allowance claim to reach the assessment stage in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham, Yardley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	2881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/07/2017 15:24:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

748330

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many protected disclosures were made by staff in his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many of those disclosures were found to be valid; how many staff alleged detriment as a result of those disclosures; and how many staff subsequently left his Department's employment.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	2863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>For the purposes of this response, we have interpreted ‘<em>protected disclosures’ as a </em>referral received via the DWP Whistle-blowers Hotline that has been classified under the definitions in the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA). We have interpreted <em>‘staff alleged detriment’ </em>as staff members reporting a grievance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protected disclosures received (Whistle-blower referrals)</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protected disclosures found to be valid</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1 (8 cases ongoing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff alleging detriment as a result of these disclosures</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff leaving the Department as a result of detriment following raising a disclosure</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*2017/18 data covers the period 1 April 2017 to 30 June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/07/2017 14:18:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders