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1007135

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Zero Hours Contracts: 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 her Department's press release entitled Youth unemployment down 50% since 2010, published on gov.uk on 16 October 2018, what proportion of recorded employment was under a zero-hours contract.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	191422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) use the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to provide estimates for the number of people employed on zero hours’ contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS figures for people in employment on zero hours’ contracts broken down by age, do not go back to 2010 and are only currently available up to April-June 2018. Therefore no directly comparable figures to the youth unemployment statistics cited are available.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of young people are not employed on zero hours’ contracts. In 2018 (Apr-Jun) there were 261,000 16-24 year olds on a zero hours’ contracts – representing only 6.9% of employed 16-24 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>This is down from 299,000 young people (7.8% of employed young people) in 2017 (Apr-Jun), but a slight increase from the first comparable data available, which shows in 2014 (Apr-Jun) there were 235,000 young people on a zero hours’ contract (or 6.3% of employed young people).</p><p> </p><p>Many people in full-time education are employed on zero hours’ contracts, in part because of the flexibility they provide. 18.5% of all people in 2018 (Apr-Jun) on zero hours’ contracts were in full-time education – compared to 2.3% of people not on a zero hours’ contract.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS data shows that the majority of people on zero hours’ contracts are happy with the hours provided by their zero hours’ contract.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/11/2018 16:24:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 85857 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1007887

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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, how many and what proportion of people making a claim for universal credit do not have a bank account in the most recent period for which figures are available; and how many of those people have received help through universal support to open a bank account.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	191872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Less than 2% of people receiving Universal Credit did not have a bank account at the point of first payment, as of April 2018, according to departmental data. Those who do not have a bank account can be paid through a Post Office Card Account, or alternatively payments can be made into someone else’s bank account. Payments can also be made using the HM Government Payment Exception Service.</p><p> </p><p>We do not collect data on the number of people who received help through Universal Support to open a bank account.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/11/2018 14:49:45 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1007880

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Workplace Pensions: EU Law
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 8 November 2018 Question 186293 on Occupational Pensions, when the transposition table that is required by the EU Commission as part of the IORP2 Directive will be published.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	191898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Transposition Table for IORP II is being prepared and will be submitted to the EU Commission by the transposition date of 13 January 2019. There is no requirement in the Directive for publication by either the EU Commission or UK Government.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/11/2018 11:57:30 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1007149

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Fracking: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any staff of the Health and Safety Executive have visited the Preston New Road shale gas site since the four seismic events of greater than the red light 0.5ML threshold that occurred between 26 October 2018 and 4 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) closely scrutinises activity on the Preston New Road site, working with its fellow regulators. HSE visits sites on the basis of identified risk. HSE has made four site visits to the Preston New Road site before hydraulic fracturing commenced, including an inspection of the high-pressure equipment on 3 and 4 October 2018. HSE has not visited the site since 4 November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2018 11:30:30 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1006906

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government has taken in Budget 2018 to support self-employed people in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	191446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-01/187028/" target="_blank">187028</a> on 6 November.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/11/2018 12:37:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1007758

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for reassessment of child maintenance following a change in circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	191985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The processing of changes of circumstance remains a key priority for the Child Maintenance Service. The numbers of people working within the Child Maintenance Service is reviewed regularly to ensure we have sufficient resources to answer customer calls and progress cases.</p><p>So far in 2018, we have recruited 835 people into the Child Maintenance Service, with these people joining us between February 2018 and October 2018, and we have plans in place for a further 40 people to join the Child Maintenance Service between November 2018 and January 2019.</p><p>The performance and timeliness of progressing changes to circumstances is under regular review and forms part of our external publication offering. We continue to explore opportunities to introduce improvements and efficiencies within the Child Maintenance Service and we are currently in the process of implementing Real Time Information from HMRC which will ensure that we have access to the latest income information to make efficient changes to assessments.“</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/11/2018 16:33:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1007058

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September to Question 171273, what plans she has to publish data on the outcomes for people receiving support through the Youth Obligation.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department monitors requests we receive for new statistics and will consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is looking at this issue and considering what statistics could be produced.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/11/2018 16:31:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 85855 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1007793

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the Access to Work programme in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The amount spent on the Access to Work programme in the last ten financial years as detailed below:</p><p> </p><p>2008/09 £81.2m</p><p>2009/10 £98.0m</p><p>2010/11 £107.1m</p><p>2011/12 £93.0m</p><p>2012/13 £95.3m</p><p>2013/14 £107.9m</p><p>2014/15 £97.0m</p><p>2015/16 £96.5m</p><p>2016/17 £103.8m</p><p>2017/18 £110.8m</p><p> </p><p>Totals are to the nearest £0.1m.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2018 14:19:21 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1007827

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of personal independence payment assessments that have been video-recorded in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	191975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>There is currently no option available for Personal Independence Payment claimants to have their assessments video recorded. However, as part of our commitment to improve the Personal Independence Payment assessment process, we are progressing options to video record PIP face to face assessments. Following comprehensive work over the summer, we are designing a live pilot, due to begin later this year. The pilot will inform any wider full roll out decisions.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2018 14:28:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1006990

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Post Office Card Account
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of disability benefits, including universal credit, with the limited capability for work element receive their payments into a Post Office account.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	191430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2018 09:55:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes