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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

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

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

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

93367

	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
	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 21 July 2014 to Question 205882, what the full cost, including apportioned indirect costs, is of initiating payment of employment and support allowance (ESA) at the assessment rate; what the full cost is of an ESA change; and how many changes ESA claimants require on average per year.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Please see the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Operational Operating Costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unit Cost</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total DWP</strong></p><p><strong>Operating Costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unit Cost - Total Costs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ESA</strong><strong> Claims</strong></p></td><td><p>£21,639,678.74</p></td><td><p>£25.09</p></td><td><p>£59,680,390.98</p></td><td><p>£66.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ESA</strong><strong> Changes (Incl WCA)</strong></p></td><td><p>£61,465,559.37</p></td><td><p>£12.74</p></td><td><p>£143,414,434.36</p></td><td><p>£28.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Customers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA</strong><strong> Changes Processed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Number of Changes</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ESA</strong><strong> Changes</strong></p></td><td><p>1,880,822</p></td><td><p>5,028,874</p></td><td><p>2.67</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cost of initiating payment of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) at the assessment rate is provided in ESA Claims. We have provided the annual costs for 13/14 and the Unit Costs. The Unit Cost is the average cost of one ESA Claim through the process.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided the annual cost for ESA changes 13/14 and the unit costs. The Unit Cost is the average cost of one ESA change being made.</p><p> </p><p>We have calculated the average number of changes required by ESA claimants in 13/14 by dividing the number of ESA changes processed by the number of ESA customers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/10/2014 12:59:08 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

93245

	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	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, under what circumstances a deaf person can be provided with an interpreter under the Access to Work Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>All Access to Work applications are looked at on an individual basis and support is awarded based on a person’s disability, their job role and tasks alongside the barriers they face at work. An Access to Work adviser would work closely with the applicant and their employer to identify the type, extent and appropriate level of communication support required.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/10/2014 11:04:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

93304

	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	Life Imprisonment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in UK prisons are serving life sentences with no possibility of parole.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>As of 1 October 2014 there were 55 offenders in England and Wales who are serving a life sentence without a minimum term, thereby requiring them to remain in custody for the rest of their lives with no possibility of parole.</p><p> </p><p>50 of the prisoners were being held in Prison Service establishments, whilst the remaining five were detained in secure hospitals under the terms of the Mental Health Act 1983.</p><p> </p><p>These figures relate to England and Wales only. We do not hold data in respective of life sentence prisoners sentenced in Scotland or Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/10/2014 16:44:20 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

93391

	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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on ensuring that benefit claimants are not given conflicting appointments which carry non-attendance sanctions by both his Department and those authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP does not issue any guidance to local authorities around ensuring that benefit claimants are not given conflicting appointments.</p><p> </p><p>However, whenever a benefit claimant is required to attend an interview with a DWP adviser they are given information, verbally and/or in writing, which includes details about the interview itself and what they are required to do if they are unable to attend that interview.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/10/2014 13:26:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

93371

	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish data on the average wait for an assessment for a personal independence payment.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance times and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of PIP system performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published once/when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 210331 question first answered 17/10/2014 11:29:05 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher