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422800

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many families with three or more children born before 6 April 2017 they estimated would be affected by the proposed two-child limit for new claimants for Universal Credit in the calculations of the Budget policy costings for (1) 2017–18, (2) 2018–19, and (3) 2019–20.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available for publication.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 02/11/2015 14:28:55 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

422714

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
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: Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments in connection with claims for employment and support allowance have been carried out in (a) Lewisham Deptford constituency, (b) London Borough of Lewisham, (c) London and (d) England since 1 September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The total number of Work Capability Assessments completed from September 2014 to March 2015, were: 2,800 in the London Borough of Lewisham; 62,600 in London, and; 393,700 in England.</p><p>All figures have been rounded to the nearest 100 and include Employment and Support Allowance initial assessments, repeat assessments and, Incapacity Benefit reassessments.</p><p>The information requested by parliamentary constituency is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/10/2015 13:57:18 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

422715

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department were allocated to deal with representations from hon. Members to address constituents' concerns on 1 October (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013, (d) 2014 and (e) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	12615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>Many staff across the Department spend a proportion of their time working on ministerial correspondence.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/10/2015 13:52:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

422717

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
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	Welfare State: Reform
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 the contribution of the Minister of State for Disabled People to the debate on Welfare Reform (Sick and Disabled People) of 27 February 2014, what progress his Department is making on an assessment of the effect of welfare changes on disabled people and carers; and when his Department plans to publish that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	12639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>Cumulative impact assessment analysis published by HMT is the most comprehensive available, as spending is not the only way to help disabled people and carers. It is crucial that any assessment includes looking at further support including health spending, employment support, and investment in infrastructure, as well as the introduction of the National Living Wage, the extended childcare offer for working parents of three and four year olds and the increase to the personal allowance. HM Treasury’s analysis includes these wider impacts in its cumulative analysis.</p><br /><p>However, it is not possible to produce a cumulative impact assessment of policies on disabled people and carers using this model only.</p><br /><p>The Government has published analysis showing how the share of public spending that benefits households and the share of tax paid by households changes as a result of government policy.</p><br /><p>The richest fifth will be paying a greater proportion of taxes in 2017-18 than in 2010-11 as a result of government policy – and more than all other households put together.</p><p>The proportion of spending received by households in each quintile has not changed since 2010-11: around half of all spending on welfare and public services is still going to the poorest 40 per cent of households.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/10/2015 14:58:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

422718

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
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	Disability: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to close the pay gap between disabled workers and other workers.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	12631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all disabled people have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. Work is an important part of this, which is why we committed to halving the disability employment gap in our manifesto – we want to ensure that many more disabled people who can and want to work have that opportunity.</p><p>Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people (and other groups) from discrimination at work, including unequal pay (in relation to the disabled person's gender) and less favourable treatment, which may require the employer to provide a reasonable adjustment.</p><p>The National Living Wage - which will ensure that all low wage workers, including those with disabilities, can take a greater share of the gains from growth - will come into force from 1 April 2016.</p><p>Disability Confident works with an increasing number of employers to promote the benefits of employing disabled people, encouraging good practice, challenging prejudicial attitudes, increasing understanding of disability, removing barriers, and helping to ensure that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.</p><p>Access to Work provides support above and beyond employers’ reasonable adjustments. Every year, Access to Work supports tens of thousands of disabled workers to enter or retain employment and progress in their careers.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/10/2015 14:00:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

422719

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
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	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, what steps his Department is taking to increase the accuracy of initial personal independence payment (PIP) decision-making to address the rate of successful appeals of PIP.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	12674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department monitors the quality and accuracy of its decision making with a robust quality assurance framework where feedback is given to individual decision makers as required. When a decision is overturned by a tribunal, it does not necessarily mean that the original decision was incorrect. A reason for a decision being overturned could, for example, be the provision of additional written evidence that was not available to the original decision maker. That is why we reformed the system, with the introduction of mandatory reconsideration, which enables a further opportunity for evidence to be provided without need to go to appeal. Of course, the Tribunal can form a different view based on the same facts and medical evidence. We will continue to use feedback from the Tribunal to inform the Department’s approach to decision-making or consider onward challenge where that is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/10/2015 13:58:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

422720

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
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, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of people claiming, or applying for, Employment and Support Allowance, who are found fit for work, are then refused Jobseeker's Allowance because they are judged by Jobcentre Plus as being not fit for work.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	12696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/10/2015 11:45:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

422723

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
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	Jobcentre Plus
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 all Jobcentre Plus premises are fully accessible for people on the autism spectrum, in terms of both environment and staff awareness of autism; and what plans he has to evaluate the progress being made in achieving such accessibility.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	12543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting all customers so that they are fully able to access our services, and will do this by assessing their individual needs and providing tailored support.</p><p>We are continuing to progress the commitments detailed in the Think Autism Strategy and have undertaken a significant amount of work to improve our services for people with Autism/ Hidden Impairments. We are working with Autism Alliance UK to develop greater capacity when supporting people with autism; creating a more appropriate environment and supporting the identification of reasonable adjustment solutions.</p><p>The Hidden Impairment Toolkit, which I have sponsored, is available to all DWP staff. This resource helps staff to better understand how to support people with autism and associated hidden impairment conditions. I have attached a copy of this for ease of reference.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/10/2015 11:55:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson attachment 1 file name Uncovering Hidden Impairments Toolkit.pdf title Uncovering Hidden Impairments Toolkit
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

422086

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on work incentives of the changes to universal credit work allowances announced in the Budget.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL2706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>Universal Credit (UC) has been designed to reduce poverty and ensure work pays. This remains the case following the Summer Budget.</p><br /><p>The Budget made a number of changes that could have an effect on work incentives, such as introducing of the National Living Wage, that will help ensure this country moves from a low wage, high tax society to a high wage, low tax society.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 29/10/2015 12:40:48 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

422163

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
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 Schemes: 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 his Department's press release Hancock: Every young person should be earning or learning from April 2017, published 17 August 2015, (a) what the evidential basis is for the effectiveness of each of the proposals of the Earn or Learn taskforce referred to in that press notice; (b) what he plans the criteria for referral to the three-week programme referred to in that press notice to be; (c) by what measures the success of that programme will be assessed; (d) when he plans for contracts for that programme to be put out to tender; (e) if he will launch a consultation on the design of such contracts; (f) what additional funding he plans to make available for skills training for programme participants lacking basic qualifications; (g) how much his Department has set aside to fund that programme; and (h) whether he plans for funding for skills training to be ring-fenced within the overall grant made to providers.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	12462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The Youth Obligationfor 18-21 year olds includes a 3 week intensive activity programme at the start of the claim to Universal Credit. The detailed policy design is still under development.</p><p>All spending decisions on skills training for 2016-17 and beyond will be taken as part of the Spending Review, which is due to be concluded in November.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/10/2015 11:59:59 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry