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347231

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they define "full employment", as used in the Gracious Speech.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL95
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Prime Minister set out his bold aim of achieving full employment in the Conservative Manifesto.</p><p> </p><p>We are preparing the Full Employment and Welfare Benefits Bill for Introduction. That Bill creates a duty to report on progress towards achieving full employment and the Government will set out the definition when the first report on progress is published.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 08/06/2015 14:23:26 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

346781

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Terrorism: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many United Kingdom nationals who have returned from fighting for Islamic State in either Iraq, Syria, or both, or are currently believed to be fighting for Islamic State in those countries, were or are in receipt of state benefits whilst abroad.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL19
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available. In order to be eligible to receive state benefits, eligibility conditions usually require a claimant to be resident in the United Kingdom. We have strict rules that are designed to prevent people taking inappropriate advantage of our benefit system to protect the taxpayer and the benefit system from possible abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are required to tell DWP if they leave the country to travel abroad. If they move overseas without informing the Department then we investigate and can stop benefit payments.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 02/06/2015 11:26:07 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

346795

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Pensions and Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 19 January (HL4116), which public sector pensions and social security benefits will be exempt from reduction in September 2015 if price deflation continues until then; by how much such pensions and benefits will rise; and whether they will reduce pensions and benefits not so protected in line with the consumer price index.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL33
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The existing legislation does not provide for a reduction in the level of social security benefits and public service pension payments.</p><p> </p><p>Rates for 2016/17 will follow the publication of September’s price inflation later in the year.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 04/06/2015 13:26:22 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

346813

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Financial Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce financial inclusion support into programmes to reduce unemployment and benefit dependency.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
uin	HL51
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Work Programme allows providers the freedom to use a range of tools to support people into work, including providing financial inclusion support if they believe this would be beneficial. The Department is currently developing the next phase of the Work Programme . Evaluation of the existing programme will inform how the next programme best meets the needs of participants.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 04/06/2015 13:27:34 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

346814

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to consult publicly on the proposed scale of reductions in social security budgets and the form in which those reductions may be delivered.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
uin	HL52
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment to save £12bn from welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 02/06/2015 11:25:35 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

346815

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to make a statement on the adequacy of existing levels of Discretionary Housing Payments, and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
uin	HL53
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans for Her Majesty’s Government to make any statement on Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) at this time as the financial and monitoring returns analysis for 2014/15 will be published on the morning of 25<sup>th</sup> June 2015, on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to monitoring the allocation and use of DHPs and has published mid-year and annual reports using data provided by Local Authorities (LAs) which highlight over and under-spending LAs.</p><p> </p><p>The release of this analysis into the public domain demonstrates the Department’s continuing commitment to supporting LAs efforts to use existing housing stock more effectively as, since 2013, the Department has made available £470 million in Discretionary Housing Payment funding, of which a significant sum is returned by LAs each year.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 09/06/2015 12:25:14 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

346882

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what areas of his Department's expenditure spending reductions are planned.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	97
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government’s commitment to save £12bn from welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/06/2015 13:51:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346890

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Food Banks
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 Department's policies of recent figures from the Trussell Trust that one million people in Britain will soon be using its food banks; and what assessment he has made of whether there is a link between welfare spending reductions and food bank usage.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	85
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department recognises the extremely valuable work of civil society in supporting local communities. As the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Inquiry noted, the reasons why people use food banks can be complex and overlapping. Their use in this country can’t be attributed to a single cause.</p><p> </p><p>As promised the Department for Work and Pensions has done more to raise awareness of Short Term Benefit Advances for those in financial need at the start of a new benefit claim, including providing information on GOV.UK and posters and leaflets in Jobcentres. Guidance has also been updated and staff reminded of the process for considering STBA requests.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/06/2015 15:17:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346904

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Electric Cables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) children and young people and (b) the general public are aware of the danger of power lines.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	66
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Under an Agency Agreement with DECC, HSE leads on the regulation of the public safety aspects of DECC-owned legislation associated with the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity - the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 (ESQCR). ESQCR 2002 apply only to Great Britain. There is a separate legislative framework in Northern Ireland, the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, that are enforced by HSENI.</p><p> </p><p>These regulations place duties on companies involved in electricity generation and distribution to take proactive measures to advise the general public, including children and young people, of the hazards associated with power lines, and to educate them on how to avoid danger. There are no regulations in this area specifically targeted at children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>HSE holds regular meetings with the Energy Networks Association (ENA) that represent the distribution network operators (DNOs) for electricity and gas in the UK. These meetings are to encourage and support the industry’s health and safety management including compliance with ESQCR. HSE also has on-going regulatory contact with the individual DNOs to the same affect.</p><p> </p><p>Through such meetings HSE supports the ENA’s Public Safety Committee which concentrates on getting the safety message to all people that may get close to power lines. Further information and free public safety leaflets can be found at the following website:</p><p><a href="http://www.energynetworks.org/electricity/she/safety/safety-advice/public-safety-leaflets.html" target="_blank">http://www.energynetworks.org/electricity/she/safety/safety-advice/public-safety-leaflets.html</a></p><p> </p><p>HSE also supports individual DNO companies’ production and promotion of guidance on these matters, much of which is specifically aimed at school age children.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/06/2015 10:11:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

346937

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total annual spending on housing benefit and jobseeker's allowance is for people aged between 18 and 21; and what proportion of the total social security budget this figure represents.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Housing Benefit and Jobseeker's Allowance expenditure for 18 to 21 year olds, £millions in 2013/14, Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cash terms</p></td><td><p>Real Terms, 2014/15 prices</p></td><td><p>Proportion of total expenditure on DWP benefits and personal tax credits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total HB</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>696</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which also receiving JSA</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total HB and JSA</p></td><td><p>1,219</p></td><td><p>1,239</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study and Local Authority subsidy returns</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only. Information for 2014/15 full financial year is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>2. Figures are consistent with the published expenditure tables for Budget 2015. Full information on benefit expenditure is at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 13:08:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas