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425307

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government applied to the European Commission globalisation adjustment fund to secure support funding for the British steel industry plants recently closed or under threat of closure.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	14404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The European Globalisation Fund (EGF) provides a financial contribution for active labour market measures, aimed at reintegrating those made or at risk of being made redundant in the labour market.</p><p>Member States are responsible in the first instance for tackling trade adjustment redundancies - the fund is therefore designed to add to national, regional and local assistance.</p><p>The UK already offers a broad range of personalised support to workers made redundant through its Rapid Response Service and Jobcentre Plus, which could not be duplicated or substituted by EGF.</p><p>The Rapid Response Service and the Jobcentre Plus Core Offer are effective reintegration tools which represent good value for money and are our primary and most effective means of response to support the industry.</p><p>In addition to this, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has also announced packages of support worth up to £80 million for SSI in Redcar and up to £9 million for TATA Steel in Scunthorpe.</p><p>Only if more support is necessary other suitable sources of support will be considered.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/11/2015 14:48:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

425491

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
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: Stationery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each of the last five fiscal years; and what the cost was of replacing such stationery.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	14379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available, as there is no central record kept of lost or stolen stationery.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/11/2015 15:20:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

425497

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
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 delays to benefit payments there were in (a) Gloucester, (b) the South West and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	14329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/11/2015 14:28:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

425054

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in its report, Is Britain Fairer, published in October 2015, that the employment gap between the oldest and youngest age groups has increased.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	14195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The employment rate of young people who have left full-time education is 73.9% – its highest level in more than a decade and above the UK working age average. The rate for young people not in full-time education is the highest for over ten years</p><p><br>Over time participation in education has grown, and the majority of young people in full-time education are outside the labour force. The proportion of all young people who have left full-time education and are unemployed is 6.2% - below where it was before the recession and close to the lowest on record. The UK performs well internationally, with the fourth highest youth employment rate in the European Union.</p><p>The employment rate for young people fell during the recession and, as a result, unemployment rose. The EHRC report did not take full account of the recovery in the labour market, including the youth labour market that has since taken place.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 14203 question first answered 09/11/2015 15:40:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

425058

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Employment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 5.2 of the Equality and Human Rights Commission report, Is Britain Fairer, published October 2015, what steps he plans to take to address that report's conclusion that the employment rate for young people has fallen and the unemployment rate has risen, even accounting for increased participation in education.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	14203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The employment rate of young people who have left full-time education is 73.9% – its highest level in more than a decade and above the UK working age average. The rate for young people not in full-time education is the highest for over ten years</p><p><br>Over time participation in education has grown, and the majority of young people in full-time education are outside the labour force. The proportion of all young people who have left full-time education and are unemployed is 6.2% - below where it was before the recession and close to the lowest on record. The UK performs well internationally, with the fourth highest youth employment rate in the European Union.</p><p>The employment rate for young people fell during the recession and, as a result, unemployment rose. The EHRC report did not take full account of the recovery in the labour market, including the youth labour market that has since taken place.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 14195 question first answered 09/11/2015 15:40:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

425163

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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, for what reason the universal credit programme was subject to Project Assessment Reviews instead of Gateway Reviews.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	14167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department is following the procedures for the assurance and support of major projects outlined in ‘HM Treasury the Major Project approval and assurance guidance’ introduced from April 2011. More details can be found in the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/179763/major_projects_approvals_assurance_guidance.PDF.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/179763/major_projects_approvals_assurance_guidance.PDF.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/11/2015 17:07:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

425007

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
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 Capability Assessment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made in piloting reasonable adjustments to the work capability assessment for people with mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	14051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department has been working closely with its new provider, the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) to develop and test new processes for obtaining further evidence as part of the Work Capability Assessment. An initial test of these new processes should start by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/11/2015 16:07:29 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

425008

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
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	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 progress his Department has made in extending reassessment periods for claimants in the employment and support allowance support group (a) generally and (b) who have degenerative brain conditions.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	14120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>Despite routine re-assessments are currently suspended to focus on new claims, we have made an exception for deteriorating conditions where a repeat assessment can be requested. As a consequence no changes have been made to the re-referral periods for people in the Support Group.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/11/2015 16:52:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

425009

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals by claimants in the work related activity group of employment and support allowance have resulted in subsequent placement in the support group of employment and support allowance in each quarter since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	14048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>The information as 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 14049 14055 question first answered 03/11/2015 15:27:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

425010

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
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 Capability Assessment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of appeals against fit for work decisions since January 2013 have involved people whose primary medical condition is a mental health condition.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	14049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>The information as 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 14048 14055 question first answered 03/11/2015 15:27:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook