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387267

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4707, on social security benefits, if he will make it his policy to collect and publish data in Stat-Xplore on how many sanctions and appeals are related to claimants not performing online requirements such as job search; and if he will estimate the proportion of (a) sanctions and (b) appeals which are related to such requirements.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	5492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The available information in respect of Jobseeker’s Allowance, including for “Failure to participate in a supervised job search” and Employment and Support Allowance, sanction decisions and Appeals by reason, is published at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>:</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Individual jobseekers requirements are agreed with their Work Coach and are set out in their Claimant Commitment. The activities focus on what gives each individual the best prospects of finding employment and are varied dependant on individuals skills, abilities and the type of employment they are looking for.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/07/2015 15:33:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

387316

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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, when he now expects the number of claimants of universal credit to exceed (a) one per cent, (b) two per cent and (c) five per cent of all benefit claimants.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are on track with our plans for the national roll out of Universal Credit to single claimants, couples and families. The Department is not setting targets for numbers in receipt of Universal Credit at various points in time. Final numbers will vary according to a number of factors such as economic circumstances over time and the behavioural change of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/07/2015 15:26:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387317

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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, what progress has been made on the trials of support for in-work progression; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The trial commenced on 20 April 2015 and therefore it is too early to make an assessment at this stage</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/07/2015 15:27:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387318

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Poverty
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 define new targets for child poverty.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions made clear in his statement to the House on 1 July that Government is committed to eliminating child poverty, and improving children’s life chances. The Government’s new approach will focus on tackling the root causes of poverty, in particular worklessness and educational attainment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will introduce legislation to give effect to this approach and to remove the existing measures and targets in the Child Poverty Act. Details of the legislation and the action the Government will take will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/07/2015 15:23:19 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387319

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what requirements will be placed on Government agencies in the legislation which is proposed to replace the Child Poverty Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to working to eliminate child poverty and improving life chances for children – now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions announced on the 1<sup>st</sup> July that the Government will focus on tackling the root causes of child poverty.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will introduce legislation to give effect to this approach and to remove the existing measures and targets in the Child Poverty Act. Details of the legislation and the action the Government will take will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/07/2015 15:25:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387129

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential effect on the savings arising from implementing the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 of removing housing costs from the scope of those regulations.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested can be found at Paragraph 26 of the report by the Social Security Advisory Committee, attached here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434281/universal-credit-waiting-days-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434281/universal-credit-waiting-days-report.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/07/2015 17:00:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387130

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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, what employment support initiatives his Department plans to fund from savings arising from implementation of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015; and when he plans to commence those initiatives.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The principle behind the waiting days is that benefits are not designed to provide cover for brief spells of unemployment. We expect savings of around £150m per annum which will be used to fund measures to get people off benefit and into work and will particularly help those who are likely to be long- term benefit recipients.</p><p> </p><p>These include English Language Training, targeting those for whom language is a barrier to work, and additional voluntary support for lone parents with children aged 3-4.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/07/2015 16:30:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386800

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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: Lone Parents
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 estimate the number of income support lone parent claimants who have a subsequent child by the same father.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/07/2015 08:47:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386801

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in the West Midlands region live in poverty.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	4927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low-income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis by region is presented as three-year averages as single-year estimates are considered too volatile. Figures are presented in financial year estimates and are available up to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/07/2015 14:14:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

386807

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres in each region have had to ask applicants to travel to another jobcentre to make their universal credit claim due to problems with IT systems.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>We have been asking claimants in the Neston area to temporarily attend Ellesmere Port Jobcentre while we work to upgrade the service. This only affects a very small number of claimants, and all those affected have been reimbursed for any associated travel costs. We expect to resume the full service at Neston in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>No other jobcentre has been affected.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4918 question first answered 06/07/2015 13:40:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms