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657277

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Jobcentres: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which companies or organisations (a) hold and (b) own the lease for each of the 16 jobcentres in Glasgow; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	57273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Since 1998 the Department occupies the majority of its accommodation under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) known as the PRIME contract. Under the terms of this 20-year PFI, the Department contracts to occupy fully serviced accommodation from its private sector partner, Telereal Trillium.</p><p> </p><p>The leases for the buildings in question are included within the provisions of this PFI arrangement and are therefore not held by DWP. Therefore we are unable to supply the information requested.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/12/2016 16:10:22 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

657279

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Housing Benefit: Young People
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 make an estimate of the number of people aged under 21 who will be affected by the planned removal of the housing benefit element of universal credit who have a mental health issue.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	57250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Current estimates suggest that 10,000 people will be affected by the policy in total. The Department does not hold information which estimates how many of those have a mental health issue. Nonetheless, the Department has worked in collaboration with a range of stakeholders to make sure the policy includes the right exemptions to protect the most vulnerable people; including those who have a mental health issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/12/2016 15:37:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

657280

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been sanctioned by his Department in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) the North East of England and (c) the UK in the last (i) six months and (ii) three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	57281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The available information on Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance sanction decisions in Great Britain is published and can be found at:</p><p><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.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at: <a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/12/2016 11:31:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

657283

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2016 to Question 55249, by what date the Government anticipates that the Real Time Information function of universal credit will make it possible to track claimant earnings.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	57078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Since the start of Universal Credit the Real Time Information (RTI) system has been helping to ensure that we get Universal Credit claims right by providing us with accurate and timely details of earnings payments from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>The system is working well with over 99% of individual employment records now being reported in real time. We expect the number of working claimants with earnings reported via RTI to increase as Universal Credit continues to roll out and claimant numbers increase accordingly.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/12/2016 15:58:19 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

657284

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Housing Benefit: Young People
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 effect of future changes to housing benefit for claimants under 21 years of age on (a) claimants' labour mobility and (b) the wider economy.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	57084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>This policy will not affect Housing Benefit claimants; rather it will affect new claims to Universal Credit Full Service from 1 April 2017. This policy will also be implemented alongside the Youth Obligation – a new and intensive package of labour market support for 18-21 year-olds looking to get back into work.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/12/2016 15:35:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

657285

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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: 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 plans his Department has to publish information on the gender pay gap among its employees.
tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
tabling member printed	Jake Berry
uin	57160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Our department has reported mean and median gender pay gap data since 2008 as part of the annual release of Civil Service Statistics by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest gender pay gap data (published in October earlier this year) can be found on the Office for National Statistics website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016</a></p><p> </p><p>In October 2015, the then Prime Minister announced that new gender pay gap reporting measures being introduced across the private and voluntary sector from April 2017 would be extended to also apply across the public sector. We are actively working to ensure the gender pay gap data we report in future fully mirrors these new requirements.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/12/2016 11:15:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

657286

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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 the monthly average response time was for calls to universal credit helplines in each year since the introduction of that credit; what the longest response time was in that period; how many such calls were recorded as abandoned; and how many complaints about response times for those helplines were made in that period.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	57177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>We do not capture data specifically on complaints about response times for answering Universal Credit helplines. The other information requested is not collated centrally and could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/12/2016 16:14:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

657287

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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, what measures his Department has in place to support those of its staff who have mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	57139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>DWP is committed to creating an environment with parity of esteem for both mental and physical ill health; where mental health can be discussed honestly and openly without fear of discrimination.</p><p>The Department holds the status of Mindful Employer and is also a disability confident employer.</p><p>All staff and Line managers have access to comprehensive support via Occupational Health, Employee Assistance Provision, The department also has membership with organisations offering employees access to a wealth of practical advice and support on all aspects of disability, including mental health.</p><p>Mental health remains a top priority under the new departmental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, ‘Working Well Together’, fully endorsed by Debbie Alder, executive level Disability, Health and Wellbeing Champion.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/12/2016 10:51:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

657288

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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 disability living allowance claimants in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) North East England and (c) the UK who have reapplied for personal independence payment have been unsuccessful in their applications.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	57186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The available data on clearances of claims by type (i.e. awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), by a range of breakdowns including whether they were new claimants or Disability Living Allowance to PIP reassessment claimants and to a range of geographical levels within Great Britain, is available from Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>. Information regarding Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Office.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/12/2016 13:14:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

657290

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Jobcentres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have used the services of jobcentre offices in (a) the UK, (b) Greater London, (c) the London Borough of Newham and (d) East Ham constituency in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	57170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not measure the number of people visiting its network of Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the claimant count, which show the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit claimants by geography, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/12/2016 16:24:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms