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911081

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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: Cryptocurrencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether other companies have been involved in the GovCoin contract to undertake trials on the use of blockchain technology for the welfare and benefits system; and whether any claimant information was shared with (a) those other companies and (b) GovCoin during the period of that contract.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	147916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, DWP ran a proof of concept pilot to explore GovCoin’s (DISC) capability. No other companies were involved in the pilot and no benefit or personal data was shared with GovCoin (DISC) on claimants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/06/2018 09:59:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

911096

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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 estimate she has made of the number of people in (a) Easington constituency and (b) England who are in receipt of universal credit and in rent arrears.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	147881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I provided to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-27/139031/" target="_blank">139031</a> on 8 May 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/06/2018 14:49:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

911112

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Offshore Industry: Divers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the basic training qualifications for industrial divers in the offshore oil and gas and wind sectors in enabling those employees to transfer their skills between the two sectors.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	147917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive has responsibility for enforcing the Diving at Work Regulations 1997, which apply to all diving carried out in Great Britain where at least one person who is taking part is at work. These regulations specify the requirement for divers to hold an approved qualification for the type of diving that is being conducted.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations are supported by 5 Approved Codes of Practice (ACOPs) which cover different dive industry sectors. The ACOPs were reviewed and revised in 2014 in consultation with the diving industry. The Commercial Diving Projects Offshore ACOP applies to all work associated with the oil and gas industry and some parts of the wind industry. The Commercial Diving Projects Inland/Inshore ACOP applies to all work in the wind sector that doesn’t fall under the Commercial Diving Projects Offshore ACOP.</p><p> </p><p>Diving qualifications are transferable between sectors if the type of diving being undertaken in the particular sector is covered by the diving qualification held. A diver with a qualification appropriate for working in the offshore oil and gas industry would be able to work in the offshore wind industry. However, a diver holding a qualification for certain work in the wind industry may find that they need extra training before they can work in the offshore oil and gas industry. This is due to the different types of diving techniques used.</p><p> </p><p>For further information on diving, please see HSE’s website: <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/diving/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/diving/index.htm</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/06/2018 13:30:02 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 61305 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

911137

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Director of the Child Maintenance Service plans to respond to the letter of 18 April 2018 from the right hon. Member for Warley.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	147808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We have urgently contacted the House of Commons office and we now have a copy of the letter of 18 April 2018 to which we will reply as a matter of urgency.</p><p> </p><p>We are also investigating the circumstances which gave rise to this delay.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/06/2018 15:30:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

911238

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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: 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 sanctions were made against claimants of universal credit in the last financial year; how many of those people sanctioned asked for a mandatory reconsideration; and how many decisions on those sanctions for which such a reconsideration was requested were upheld.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	147951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on the volume and outcomes of Universal Credit sanction decisions and mandatory reconsiderations up to January 2018, the latest available at the time of request, are published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance for users is available 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>We take a number of steps to make sure our decisions are fair. When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances into account, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good cause they have provided, before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p><p><strong> </strong>If a claimant disagrees with a decision, they can ask for the decision to be reconsidered and subsequently can appeal against the decision to an independent tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/06/2018 13:26:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

911239

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the value of the new bereavement support payment to affected families.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	147884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We intend to assess the impact of Bereavement Support Payment once sufficient evidence is available to assess all aspects of the policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/06/2018 14:47:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

911240

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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: 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 hardship payments have been made to universal credit claimants while they were under sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	147952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We have a well-established system of hardship payments available as a safeguard if a claimant demonstrates that they cannot meet their immediate and most essential needs, including accommodation, heating, food and hygiene, as a result of their sanction.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are provided with information about hardship payments when a sanction referrral is made to a Decision Maker and also following the application of a sanction. This includes assistance, if required, with applying for a hardship payment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/06/2018 13:24:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

911261

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Pension Protection Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to increase the level of compensation payable by the Pension Protection Fund.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	147872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Labour government set up the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to pay a meaningful level of compensation to DB scheme members where the sponsoring employer becomes insolvent.</p><p> </p><p>The PPF is fundamentally funded by a levy on eligible schemes. Therefore, any decision to increase either the level of compensation, or to provide inflation increases to pensions built up before April 1997, would result in significant increases to levy payers. It is not proposed to change the present law.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 147873 147874 question first answered 04/06/2018 10:53:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

911262

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Pension Protection Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing inflation-linked increases to the amounts payable by the Pension Protection Fund to people with pre-April 1997 pensionable service.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	147873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Labour government set up the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to pay a meaningful level of compensation to DB scheme members where the sponsoring employer becomes insolvent.</p><p> </p><p>The PPF is fundamentally funded by a levy on eligible schemes. Therefore, any decision to increase either the level of compensation, or to provide inflation increases to pensions built up before April 1997, would result in significant increases to levy payers. It is not proposed to change the present law.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 147872 147874 question first answered 04/06/2018 10:53:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

911263

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Pension Protection Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost of extending inflation-linked increases to the amounts payable by the Pension Protection Fund to people with pre-April 1997 pensionable service.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	147874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Labour government set up the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to pay a meaningful level of compensation to DB scheme members where the sponsoring employer becomes insolvent.</p><p> </p><p>The PPF is fundamentally funded by a levy on eligible schemes. Therefore, any decision to increase either the level of compensation, or to provide inflation increases to pensions built up before April 1997, would result in significant increases to levy payers. It is not proposed to change the present law.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 147872 147873 question first answered 04/06/2018 10:53:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith