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76890

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many off-payroll engagements for more than £220 a day and for a period of longer than six months were established in each of the last four years; and what the total cost of such payments has been.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In responding to this question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of interim staff who fall into the category above. This data is only available for the last 3 years under contract. Where the interim’s contract spans financial years the spend data is reported for the year in which spend was incurred, all figures are based on total charge rate exc VAT:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Contractors paid £220 or more, with a total contract length of more than 6 months</p></td><td><p>Spend in Financial Year from workers who have had contracts over 6 months in duration</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>£20,814,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>£23,792,142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>£26,152,415</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There are currently no off-payroll staff from whom assurances about their tax status are outstanding. We have made it absolutely clear to all relevant contractors that they must meet their tax and national insurance obligations. Any senior off-payroll workers who fail to provide assurances about their tax arrangements face having their contracts terminated.</p><p>We only use temporary staff to fulfil essential roles within the Ministry of Justice; these staff provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house.</p><p>Spend for this requirement has increased due to the demand of our priority programmes – which will deliver significant savings across the Ministry of Justice’s budget. It should be noted that since April 2010 the annual spend on interims as a whole has decreased by £10m.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:27:49 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

77455

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Media: Subscriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In response to Part A of the question “what magazine subscriptions his Department funds”.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no contracted provision to supply general magazines.</p><p> </p><p>In response to Part B of the Question “what television channels his department funds”.</p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service funded The Life Channel in a limited number of Prisons in 2013/2014. This service provides broadcast programming that is aimed at reducing reoffending and cascading general health information to prisoners and visitors.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/10/2014 14:13:07 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

93366

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	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	Income Support: Telephones
	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 commission survey research to make an estimate of the proportion of income support claimants who are aware of social tariffs available to help them access landlines.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Income Support provides extra money to help people on a low income. There are no plans to commission a survey to estimate the proportion of claimants who are aware of social tariffs available to help them access landlines.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/10/2014 14:29:17 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

100277

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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	Winter Fuel Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many in-work working-age households received winter fuel payments in 2013-14; what estimate he has made of how many such households will be claiming winter fuel payments in each of the next four financial years; and what assessment he has made of the effect of equalising the state pension age for men and women on the take-up of winter fuel payments.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information about how many in-work working-age households received Winter Fuel Payments in 2013-14 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of people aged under 65 receiving a Winter Fuel Payment and the associated expenditure in years 2009-10 to 2018-19 inclusive:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Caseload (000s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>640.8</p></td><td><p>3,358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>624.1</p></td><td><p>3,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>451.5</p></td><td><p>2,927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>385.4</p></td><td><p>2,484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>324.1</p></td><td><p>2,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>268.2</p></td><td><p>1,714</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>215.8</p></td><td><p>1,389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>157.1</p></td><td><p>1,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>85.8</p></td><td><p>563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>Numbers are for Winter Fuel Payments made to those eligible in Great Britain, European Economic Area and Switzerland aged 60-64: outturn to 2013-14; forecast 2014/15 onwards.</p><p>Winter Fuel Payments in 2009-10 and 2010-11 included one-off £50 payments for the under 80s.</p><p>One of the Winter Fuel Payment eligibility criteria is a person’s age in the qualifying week (the third full week in September). This age has been rising in line with the increase to the female State Pension age.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/10/2014 13:51:22 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

93373

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	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	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 people stopped claiming employment and support allowance (ESA) in 2013 after gaining insufficient points in a Work Capability Assessment; and how many such people were claiming jobseeker's allowance within four weeks of their ESA claim ending.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>It is possible to qualify for ESA through the application of Regulations 29(2)(b) and 35(2)(b) where insufficient points have been allocated in a Work Capability Assessment. It is thus not possible to answer the first part of this question.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in the second part is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/10/2014 10:40:27 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

99915

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review UK domestic violence sentencing guidelines.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Sentencing guidelines are produced independently of Government, by the Sentencing Council. The guidelines are available on the Sentencing Council website. Any decision to review the overarching sentencing guideline on domestic violence is a matter for the Sentencing Council.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The overarching sentencing guideline on domestic violence makes clear that because an offence has been committed in a domestic context there are likely to be aggravating factors present which make it more serious. The guideline sets out in some detail certain aggravating, and mitigating factors, which are of particular relevance to offences committed in a domestic context. All courts must take this guideline into account, and they must also follow sentencing guidelines for individual offences. This makes sure that the courts have a consistent approach to the task of determining the appropriate sentence in each case.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/10/2014 16:51:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

61895

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on agency workers to cover clerical staff in each month since January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In responding to each question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of temporary clerical staff and contracted supplier of temporary operational staff. As the data provided has been supplied by two different third parties there is a slight difference in the way that the answer to question 3 and 4 has been presented.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary operational staff relate to Operational Support Grades (OSGs) used within HM Prison Service. We have contracts in place to provide temporary OSGs to fill in gaps in requirements, for building projects or to fill vacancies short term. Temporary OSGs are a very small proportion of our staff complement.</p><p> </p><p>Uniform operational support staff are Operational Support Grades (OSGs).These are uniformed staff who undertake a wide range of duties in prisons, for example operating prison gates, working in security and managing stores areas. They also escort contractors and their vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>1) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on clerical agency staff across -</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £2,983,633.14 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £2,613,023.10 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £2,591,678.87 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £2,900,742.70 (5 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,398,053.57 (4 week period)</p><p>June 2014 - £658,700.28 (1 week period)</p><p> </p><p>2) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on uniform operational support staff –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £1,082,247 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £1,420,329 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £1,137,834 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £1,249,908 (4 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,282,468 (5 week period)</p><p> </p><p>The spend for May 2014 also includes the backdated annual pay rise for eligible workers from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>3) The following number of clerical agency staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 1571 (Average headcount)</p><p>February 2014 - 1634 (Average headcount)</p><p>March 2014 - 1624 (Average headcount)</p><p>April 2014 - 1578 (Average headcount)</p><p>May 2014 - 1644 (Average headcount)</p><p>June 2014 - 1674 (Average headcount)</p><p> </p><p>4) The following number of uniform operational support staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 697 (Peak worker number)</p><p>February 2014 - 845 (Peak worker number)</p><p>March 2014 - 867 (Peak worker number)</p><p>April 2014 - 853 (Peak worker number)</p><p>May 2014 - 855 (Peak worker number)</p><p>June 2014 - Peak worker number not available yet.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/10/2014 16:35:53 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

61896

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on agency workers to cover uniformed operational support staff in each month since January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In responding to each question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of temporary clerical staff and contracted supplier of temporary operational staff. As the data provided has been supplied by two different third parties there is a slight difference in the way that the answer to question 3 and 4 has been presented.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary operational staff relate to Operational Support Grades (OSGs) used within HM Prison Service. We have contracts in place to provide temporary OSGs to fill in gaps in requirements, for building projects or to fill vacancies short term. Temporary OSGs are a very small proportion of our staff complement.</p><p> </p><p>Uniform operational support staff are Operational Support Grades (OSGs).These are uniformed staff who undertake a wide range of duties in prisons, for example operating prison gates, working in security and managing stores areas. They also escort contractors and their vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>1) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on clerical agency staff across -</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £2,983,633.14 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £2,613,023.10 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £2,591,678.87 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £2,900,742.70 (5 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,398,053.57 (4 week period)</p><p>June 2014 - £658,700.28 (1 week period)</p><p> </p><p>2) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on uniform operational support staff –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £1,082,247 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £1,420,329 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £1,137,834 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £1,249,908 (4 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,282,468 (5 week period)</p><p> </p><p>The spend for May 2014 also includes the backdated annual pay rise for eligible workers from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>3) The following number of clerical agency staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 1571 (Average headcount)</p><p>February 2014 - 1634 (Average headcount)</p><p>March 2014 - 1624 (Average headcount)</p><p>April 2014 - 1578 (Average headcount)</p><p>May 2014 - 1644 (Average headcount)</p><p>June 2014 - 1674 (Average headcount)</p><p> </p><p>4) The following number of uniform operational support staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 697 (Peak worker number)</p><p>February 2014 - 845 (Peak worker number)</p><p>March 2014 - 867 (Peak worker number)</p><p>April 2014 - 853 (Peak worker number)</p><p>May 2014 - 855 (Peak worker number)</p><p>June 2014 - Peak worker number not available yet.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 200710 200711 question first answered 21/10/2014 16:31:41 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 2385 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

92326

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	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	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, what estimate he has made of the number of applicants for employment and support allowance who have had their benefit stopped for failing to attend a work capability assessment and who claim not to have received an appointment letter from Atos; and how many such cases have been submitted to a tribunal.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not hold the information described and therefore I cannot provide an estimate.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 11:12:03 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

99949

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much discretionary housing payment award he plans to give to each local authority in Scotland in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments that has been made available to each local authority in Scotland for 2014/15 is shown in the table below. Local authorities will inform us as to how much of this they will claim at the end of the financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments for 2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>£308,438</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeenshire</p></td><td><p>£480,948</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td><td><p>£357,857</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll and Bute</p></td><td><p>£409,580</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clackmannanshire</p></td><td><p>£176,383</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Comhairle nan Eilean Siar</p></td><td><p>£109,743</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries and Galloway</p></td><td><p>£732,662</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>£484,174</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>£322,608</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>£102,435</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lothian</p></td><td><p>£122,558</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p>£67,736</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>£1,533,120</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p>£258,058</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fife</p></td><td><p>£693,077</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>£2,724,843</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highland</p></td><td><p>£1,178,903</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p>£210,794</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p>£183,798</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moray</p></td><td><p>£228,368</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>£408,703</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>£692,677</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney</p></td><td><p>£50,592</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth and Kinross</p></td><td><p>£380,620</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p>£369,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Borders</p></td><td><p>£464,841</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shetland</p></td><td><p>£71,267</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>£305,618</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>£638,098</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>£420,609</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>£339,751</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lothian</p></td><td><p>£402,484</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/10/2014 13:12:51 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

99950

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much discretionary housing payment award was made to each local authority in Scotland in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments that was made available to each local authority in Scotland for 2013/14, alongside the amount of that funding claimed by each authority at the end of the year, is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments for 2013/14</p></td><td><p>Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments claimed in 2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>£369,125</p></td><td><p>£369,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeenshire</p></td><td><p>£594,825</p></td><td><p>£463,374</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td><td><p>£413,506</p></td><td><p>£413,506</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll and Bute</p></td><td><p>£370,656</p></td><td><p>£370,656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clackmannanshire</p></td><td><p>£258,323</p></td><td><p>£258,323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Comhairle nan Eilean Siar</p></td><td><p>£107,388</p></td><td><p>£91,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries and Galloway</p></td><td><p>£658,354</p></td><td><p>£658,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>£457,506</p></td><td><p>£457,506</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>£171,570</p></td><td><p>£171,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>£107,919</p></td><td><p>£107,919</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lothian</p></td><td><p>£137,196</p></td><td><p>£137,196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p>£83,222</p></td><td><p>£83,222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>£1,430,709</p></td><td><p>£1,430,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p>£179,720</p></td><td><p>£179,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fife</p></td><td><p>£974,985</p></td><td><p>£974,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>£2,892,818</p></td><td><p>£2,892,818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highland</p></td><td><p>£1,077,115</p></td><td><p>£1,077,115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p>£213,174</p></td><td><p>£213,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p>£231,483</p></td><td><p>£231,483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moray</p></td><td><p>£252,230</p></td><td><p>£181,444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>£429,823</p></td><td><p>£429,823</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>£587,526</p></td><td><p>£587,526</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney</p></td><td><p>£64,359</p></td><td><p>£64,359</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth and Kinross</p></td><td><p>£523,618</p></td><td><p>£260,198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p>£517,351</p></td><td><p>£517,351</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Borders</p></td><td><p>£450,553</p></td><td><p>£450,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shetland</p></td><td><p>£72,457</p></td><td><p>£72,457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>£262,150</p></td><td><p>£262,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>£742,570</p></td><td><p>£742,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>£400,324</p></td><td><p>£400,324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>£872,472</p></td><td><p>£872,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lothian</p></td><td><p>£364,648</p></td><td><p>£364,648</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/10/2014 13:23:33 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

100249

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Information Commissioner's Office: Powers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that the Information Commissioner has sufficient powers to enforce his rulings.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is committed to making sure that the Information Commissioner has sufficient resource to carry out its statutory duties.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice works closely with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to keep its enforcement powers under review.</p><p> </p><p>Further information about the ICO’s enforcement powers can be found on its website - www.ico.org.uk.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:44:23 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

100275

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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	Social Security Benefits: Payment Methods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost is to the Government for each transaction for (a) pension payments and (b) benefit payments paid into a (i) Post Office card account, (ii) bank account and (iii) simple payment scheme.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The cost to Government for making payments into a Post Office Card Account are £0.50, into a bank account £0.04497 and by Simple Payment £3.60. These costs are applicable to both pension and benefit payments.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 27/10/2014 14:05:05 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

93459

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	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	Workplace Pensions
	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 enrolled under automatic enrolment into workplace pensions scheme since the inception of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The latest information published by the Pensions Regulator on 9 October 2014 showed that more than 33,660 employers have completed the automatic enrolment process and 4.75 million eligible workers have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 11:45:21 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

91777

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2014
	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 and what proportion of local housing allowance claimants receive discretionary housing payments; what proportion of such claimants on the shared accommodation rate receive discretionary housing payments; and how many such shared accommodation rate claimants who were (a) female, (b) male and (c) persons aged over 25 years receive discretionary housing payments.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 10:32:48 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

93375

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	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	Motability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many scooters have been allocated under the mobility element of personal independence payments in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Motability is an independent registered charity. The Department works closely with Motability and facilitates the transfer of benefit to Motability on behalf of those claimants who have chosen to join the Motability schemes.</p><p>Responsibility for the charity’s policies and operational strategy falls to the Governors and Director of Motability. Motability is wholly responsible for the administration of the Motability scheme including collating its own management information. Questions about the number of cars and scooters allocated by Motability can be sent to: Declan O'Mahony, Director, Motability, Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow, Essex CM19 5PX.</p><p>Information about complaints received about Motability is not available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 210520 210550 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:39:24 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

93376

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	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	Motability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cars have been allocated under the mobility element of personal independence payments in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Motability is an independent registered charity. The Department works closely with Motability and facilitates the transfer of benefit to Motability on behalf of those claimants who have chosen to join the Motability schemes.</p><p>Responsibility for the charity’s policies and operational strategy falls to the Governors and Director of Motability. Motability is wholly responsible for the administration of the Motability scheme including collating its own management information. Questions about the number of cars and scooters allocated by Motability can be sent to: Declan O'Mahony, Director, Motability, Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow, Essex CM19 5PX.</p><p>Information about complaints received about Motability is not available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 210519 210550 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:39:24 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

61892

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency workers have been employed as cover for uniform operational support staff in each month since January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In responding to each question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of temporary clerical staff and contracted supplier of temporary operational staff. As the data provided has been supplied by two different third parties there is a slight difference in the way that the answer to question 3 and 4 has been presented.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary operational staff relate to Operational Support Grades (OSGs) used within HM Prison Service. We have contracts in place to provide temporary OSGs to fill in gaps in requirements, for building projects or to fill vacancies short term. Temporary OSGs are a very small proportion of our staff complement.</p><p> </p><p>Uniform operational support staff are Operational Support Grades (OSGs).These are uniformed staff who undertake a wide range of duties in prisons, for example operating prison gates, working in security and managing stores areas. They also escort contractors and their vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>1) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on clerical agency staff across -</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £2,983,633.14 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £2,613,023.10 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £2,591,678.87 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £2,900,742.70 (5 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,398,053.57 (4 week period)</p><p>June 2014 - £658,700.28 (1 week period)</p><p> </p><p>2) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on uniform operational support staff –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £1,082,247 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £1,420,329 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £1,137,834 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £1,249,908 (4 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,282,468 (5 week period)</p><p> </p><p>The spend for May 2014 also includes the backdated annual pay rise for eligible workers from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>3) The following number of clerical agency staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 1571 (Average headcount)</p><p>February 2014 - 1634 (Average headcount)</p><p>March 2014 - 1624 (Average headcount)</p><p>April 2014 - 1578 (Average headcount)</p><p>May 2014 - 1644 (Average headcount)</p><p>June 2014 - 1674 (Average headcount)</p><p> </p><p>4) The following number of uniform operational support staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 697 (Peak worker number)</p><p>February 2014 - 845 (Peak worker number)</p><p>March 2014 - 867 (Peak worker number)</p><p>April 2014 - 853 (Peak worker number)</p><p>May 2014 - 855 (Peak worker number)</p><p>June 2014 - Peak worker number not available yet.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 200709 200710 question first answered 21/10/2014 16:31:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 3227 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

61897

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency workers have been employed as cover for clerical staff in each month since January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In responding to each question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of temporary clerical staff and contracted supplier of temporary operational staff. As the data provided has been supplied by two different third parties there is a slight difference in the way that the answer to question 3 and 4 has been presented.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary operational staff relate to Operational Support Grades (OSGs) used within HM Prison Service. We have contracts in place to provide temporary OSGs to fill in gaps in requirements, for building projects or to fill vacancies short term. Temporary OSGs are a very small proportion of our staff complement.</p><p> </p><p>Uniform operational support staff are Operational Support Grades (OSGs).These are uniformed staff who undertake a wide range of duties in prisons, for example operating prison gates, working in security and managing stores areas. They also escort contractors and their vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>1) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on clerical agency staff across -</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £2,983,633.14 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £2,613,023.10 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £2,591,678.87 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £2,900,742.70 (5 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,398,053.57 (4 week period)</p><p>June 2014 - £658,700.28 (1 week period)</p><p> </p><p>2) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on uniform operational support staff –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £1,082,247 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £1,420,329 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £1,137,834 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £1,249,908 (4 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,282,468 (5 week period)</p><p> </p><p>The spend for May 2014 also includes the backdated annual pay rise for eligible workers from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>3) The following number of clerical agency staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 1571 (Average headcount)</p><p>February 2014 - 1634 (Average headcount)</p><p>March 2014 - 1624 (Average headcount)</p><p>April 2014 - 1578 (Average headcount)</p><p>May 2014 - 1644 (Average headcount)</p><p>June 2014 - 1674 (Average headcount)</p><p> </p><p>4) The following number of uniform operational support staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 697 (Peak worker number)</p><p>February 2014 - 845 (Peak worker number)</p><p>March 2014 - 867 (Peak worker number)</p><p>April 2014 - 853 (Peak worker number)</p><p>May 2014 - 855 (Peak worker number)</p><p>June 2014 - Peak worker number not available yet.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 200709 200711 question first answered 21/10/2014 16:31:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 3224 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

93341

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Media: Privacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department (a) has made or (b) plans to make any policy changes in response to the decisions in Weller vs. Associated News in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The case of <em>Weller v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2014] EWHC 1163</em> was a civil action in relation to the tort of misuse of private information as it applies to children. As the case illustrates, it is already possible for a civil action to be brought to protect the privacy of children. The remedies available include damages for the breach of privacy and an injunction to prevent any further publication. The Government has no plans to change the law in this area.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/10/2014 14:55:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

91779

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2014
	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, if his Department will provide longer-term discretionary housing payments to those affected by the extension of the shared accommodation rate who have not found suitable alternative accommodation to help with their housing costs.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The start and end dates of a discretionary housing payment are decided by local authorities on a case by case basis. The Government has allocated extra funding in 2014/15 to give local authorities the confidence to make long-term awards in any cases where they consider this is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 11:00:15 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

44954

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the working population of Rossendale and Darwen constituency is employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
	tabling member printed	Jake Berry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	193530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <blockquote><p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p></blockquote><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 193530 ONS 137.pdf title Working Population - ONS Letter
	tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

43581

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how disputed child tax credits claims will be managed under the universal credit system.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Mike Crockart
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>Currently the child element will be awarded to the parent with whom the child or qualifying young person normally lives. Where separated parents both share the care of a child or qualifying young person they are expected to jointly nominate which of them has the main responsibility.</p><p>Where parents are unable to come to an agreement themselves, a determination will be made. This will take account of where the child normally lives and who has the main day to day responsibility. </p><p>The proposed approach to Universal Credit was set out in a White Paper &quot;Universal Credit: Welfare that Works&quot; and in draft Regulations upon which a wide range of organisations responded to in the consultation exercise carried out by the Social Security Advisory Committee.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 192380 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3967 label Biography information for Mike Crockart

43582

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation his Department has had with groups representing separated parents on steps to ensure universal credit makes shared parenting a financially viable option for parents who do not have family-based financial arrangements in place.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Mike Crockart
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>Currently the child element will be awarded to the parent with whom the child or qualifying young person normally lives. Where separated parents both share the care of a child or qualifying young person they are expected to jointly nominate which of them has the main responsibility.</p><p>Where parents are unable to come to an agreement themselves, a determination will be made. This will take account of where the child normally lives and who has the main day to day responsibility. </p><p>The proposed approach to Universal Credit was set out in a White Paper &quot;Universal Credit: Welfare that Works&quot; and in draft Regulations upon which a wide range of organisations responded to in the consultation exercise carried out by the Social Security Advisory Committee.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 192385 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3967 label Biography information for Mike Crockart

42886

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued on the requirement to have £16,000 or less in savings for eligibility for income-based jobseeker's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>For Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), guidance on the requirement to have £16000 or less in capital and savings is in the JSA procedural guidance. Corresponding guidance for Decision Makers is in the Decision Makers Guide, chapter 29.</p><p> </p><p>Public facing communications are available via the:</p><p>· Government website <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>;</p><p>· information leaflet INF4: changes you must tell us about; and </p><p>· Jobseeker's Allowance: help while you look for work leaflet.</p><p> </p><p>There has always been a level above which income-based JSA was not payable if savings were held since 1996.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe