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100913

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Five local authorities in Wales spent less than their 2013-14 Government contribution in Discretionary Housing Payments. These were:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Local Authority Government Contribution Amount Unspent</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>£324,933</p></td><td><p>£290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conwy</p></td><td><p>£267,700</p></td><td><p>£1,498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwynedd</p></td><td><p>£605,141</p></td><td><p>£20,072</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>£343,870</p></td><td><p>£1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>£193,940</p></td><td><p>£4,176</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Details for all 240 local authorities in Great Britain which spent less than their 2013-14 Government contribution in DHP are provided in the attached annex.</p><p /> <p /> <p>For the remaining 140 local authorities across Great Britain, of which 17 were in Wales, DHP expenditure in 2013-14 either matched or exceeded the Government contribution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 29/10/2014 16:10:27 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb attachment 1 file name UnspentDHPGB.PDF title Unspent DHP GB
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61025

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	Help to Work Scheme: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many companies (a) expressed an interest in and (b) tendered for the Help to Work scheme in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP received expressions of interest from three organisations and three organisations tendered for the Community Work Placement (Help to Work) contract in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/06/2014 14:02:12 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61027

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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 he is taking to expand the PAYE reporting in real time to Child Support Agency claims.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since 25 November 2013, all new applications for child maintenance are made to the 2012 Scheme, which is run by the Child Maintenance Service. The Child Support Agency (CSA), which administers the 1993 and 2003 Schemes, is now closed to new applications and there are plans in place to gradually end liabilities on these schemes over a three year period starting this summer.</p><p> </p><p>Unlike 1993 and 2003 Scheme cases, 2012 Scheme maintenance calculations are based on historic data supplied by interfaces with HMRC and Jobcentre Plus IT systems. In the vast majority of applications these interfaces return information to allow a calculation to be made. This is reviewed on an annual basis or where there are in-year changes of at least a 25 per cent change in the level of income. This simplified approach provides parents with greater certainty over the level of maintenance payable. In instances where HMRC information is not available our process involves gathering current income information from the paying parent or employer. It is for these 2012 Scheme cases that we are currently exploring opportunities to access and use real time earnings information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 10:33:26 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61024

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is due to be published shortly as part of wider analysis on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2013/14.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 15:38:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61023

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned unused discretionary housing payment to his Department in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is due to be published shortly as part of wider analysis on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2013/14.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 15:32:26 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61026

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in Wales applied for additional financial assistance to cover discretionary housing payments in 2013-14; and what assistance such local authorities received.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The three local authorities in Wales that applied for additional Discretionary Housing Payments from the additional £20 million reserve fund provided by the Government are detailed on the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>£63,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conwy</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information was published on 24 March 2014 in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) subsidy circular S3/2014. Please find attached a link where the information can be found.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/06/2014 14:39:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

147434

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in (a) Wales, (b) North Wales and (c) Aberconwy constituency are exempted from paying employer national insurance contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>A publication on take-up of the Employment Allowance was published on Friday 7<sup>th</sup> November and is available on the GOV.UK website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/employment-allowance-take-up-2014-to-2015-mid-year-estimate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/employment-allowance-take-up-2014-to-2015-mid-year-estimate</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This contains mid-year estimates for 2014-15 of the number of employers benefitting from the Employment Allowance including breakdowns by region, sector, constituency and employer size.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics show that take-up has been very positive with 68% of all eligible business and charities across the UK having claimed the allowance so far.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 213965 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:12:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

147436

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of employers in (a) Wales, (b) North Wales and (c) Aberconwy constituency who have not yet claimed employment and support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>A publication on take-up of the Employment Allowance was published on Friday 7<sup>th</sup> November and is available on the GOV.UK website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/employment-allowance-take-up-2014-to-2015-mid-year-estimate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/employment-allowance-take-up-2014-to-2015-mid-year-estimate</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This contains mid-year estimates for 2014-15 of the number of employers benefitting from the Employment Allowance including breakdowns by region, sector, constituency and employer size.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics show that take-up has been very positive with 68% of all eligible business and charities across the UK having claimed the allowance so far.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 213964 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:12:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

105837

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been awarded employment allowance in (i) Wales and (ii) England.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional and constituency data was published on the 7<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics show that up to October 5<sup>th</sup> 2014, midway through the 2014-15 tax year, 35,000 employers in Wales and 728,000 employers in England had claimed and benefitted from the Employment Allowance. Employers automatically benefit from the allowance if they make a claim and have an employer Class 1 National Insurance Contribution bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So far 900 employers in Aberconwy and 6,400 employers in the North Wales constituencies have benefitted from the Employment Allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the costs of employment for small businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 212969 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:56:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

105842

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been awarded employment allowance in (i) Aberconwy, (ii) Conwy and (iii) North Wales in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional and constituency data was published on the 7<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics show that up to October 5<sup>th</sup> 2014, midway through the 2014-15 tax year, 35,000 employers in Wales and 728,000 employers in England had claimed and benefitted from the Employment Allowance. Employers automatically benefit from the allowance if they make a claim and have an employer Class 1 National Insurance Contribution bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So far 900 employers in Aberconwy and 6,400 employers in the North Wales constituencies have benefitted from the Employment Allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the costs of employment for small businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 212884 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:56:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb