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93378

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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he uses to assess the timeliness of payments in the benefits system.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	210464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The department uses a range of metrics to track and manage timeliness of payments within the benefits system.</p><p> </p><p>Our transparency indicators also include an overall productivity measure.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:47:58 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

93381

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	Universal Credit: Warrington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants in Warrington have been sanctioned for failure to attend a mandatory work placement after they have reported a change of circumstances but before they are advised of their entitlement to another benefit.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	210534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:49:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

93384

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	Universal Credit: Warrington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken by Warrington Jobcentre Plus is to review the conditionality group of a universal credit claimant who reports a change of circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	210535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is currently not available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:52:28 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

93018

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Housing Benefit: Brent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the London Borough of Brent who have had their benefits capped under the household benefit cap have subsequently moved out of that borough.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	210229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and can only be be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 10:54:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

92707

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Universal Credit
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 take steps to ensure that work search and work availability requirements under universal credit are applied in a way that respects the particular training, skills, work patterns and job search methodology of performers.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There is a general expectation on Universal Credit claimants subject to work search and work availability requirements to look for full-time work. These requirements can be limited as set out in Regulation 97 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013. Work-related requirements on claimants under Universal Credit will be tailored to the needs, experience and circumstances of the individual.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:48:58 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92709

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Entertainers
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 introduce sector-specific guidance to his Department's decision-makers on work patterns and job searching in the entertainment industry.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The department has robust guidance in place for decision makers which sets out the requirements for working patterns and job search. We have no current plans to issue sector specific guidance to decision makers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:52:13 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92712

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Universal Credit
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 take steps to ensure that private sector job search providers delivering under universal credit are aware of the typical work patterns and job search methodology of performers in the entertainment industry.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government believes that local providers are best placed to understand their local labour market and identify the most effective way of helping people into sustained work. They have been given the freedom to personalise support for an individual in a way that fits the local labour market.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 10:48:56 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92714

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Kent
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 in (a) Dartford constituency and (b) Kent have claimed jobseeker's allowance in each of the last five years; and if he will estimate the annual cost to the public purse of such claims.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	209883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is publicly available. Benefit expenditure for parliamentary constituencies and local authorities is published at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on Jobseeker’s Allowance caseloads is available at: <a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/wizpopular.asp" target="_blank">http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/wizpopular.asp</a> by choosing “claimant count with rates and proportions” and following the steps to select the required geography and time period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:56:55 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

92717

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Universal Credit
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 extend the start-up period under universal credit for entertainers and other groups whose chosen profession has a large lead-in time before they have an established business.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The DWP recognises the need for claimants who wish to establish themselves as self-employed within their chosen vocation to be given time to establish themselves and develop their business. This is why we have put in place the start-up period, which is a one year period that enables new enterprises to develop and provides them with the financial room to grow.</p><p> </p><p>Within this period claimants will receive their full entitlement to Universal Credit support.</p><p> </p><p>The Department believes that setting the start-up period at one year strikes the right balance between enabling enterprise to grow whilst protecting the taxpayer from supporting unviable businesses.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:51:39 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman