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173488

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	Independent Living Fund: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the abolition of the Independent Living Fund on previous claimants of that fund in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	220599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The potential implications of closing the Independent Living Fund on 30 June 2015 are set out clearly in the Equality Analysis published on 6 March 2014.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-the-independent-living-fund-equality-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-the-independent-living-fund-equality-analysis</a></p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive is consulting on future arrangements for supporting Independent Living Fund users in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 16/01/2015 12:46:58 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

173490

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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, with reference to the Labour Market Statistics, table BEN01, published in December 2014, what assessment he has made of the reasons why the number of claimants of employment and support allowance and other incapacity benefits was higher in May 2014 than in May 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	220554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since May 2010, the ESA caseload has fallen by 5.5% or 143,000 claimants. The small increase of less than 1% from May 13 to May 14 was largely driven by WCA supplier capacity issues, which we have taken steps to address by removing and replacing the supplier appointed by the previous government.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 16/01/2015 11:30:46 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173491

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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 conclusions his Department has drawn from the Universal Credit in-work conditionality pilots which started in 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	220555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The initial trials shaped and informed the design of the larger-scale Randomised Controlled Trials that we plan to run in Universal Credit from April 2015, from which conclusions about effective in-work support will start to be drawn.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/01/2015 11:43:13 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173492

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sub-contractors were engaged in the Work Programme at the most recent stocktake of that programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	220556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>From the last published Stock take (Sept 2013 data published in November 2013), there are 858 organisations delivering 1,322 sub-contracts.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/01/2015 13:49:26 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173494

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Scotland
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 amount of annual housing benefit payments per applicant was in (a) Glasgow North constituency, (b) the city of Glasgow and (c) Scotland in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
uin	220572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>The information is in the tables below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Table 1: Housing Benefit expenditure, £millions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Nominal</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Real terms 2014/15 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expenditure £m</p></td><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>City of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>City of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>337.0</p></td><td><p>1,660.6</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>361.7</p></td><td><p>1,782.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>31.4</p></td><td><p>338.3</p></td><td><p>1,727.7</p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td><td><p>356.7</p></td><td><p>1,821.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>32.9</p></td><td><p>347.7</p></td><td><p>1,788.8</p></td><td><p>34.1</p></td><td><p>360.7</p></td><td><p>1,855.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>33.6</p></td><td><p>347.7</p></td><td><p>1,770.2</p></td><td><p>34.2</p></td><td><p>354.1</p></td><td><p>1,802.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract and Local Authority subsidy returns.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only.</p><p>2. Housing Benefit expenditure by Parliamentary Constituency is not available prior to 2011/12.</p><p>3. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Autumn Statement at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls</a></p><p>4. Information for the city of Glasgow and Scotland is available in the “Benefit Expenditure by Local Authority from 2000/01 to 2013/14” tables at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Table 2: Average annual Housing Benefit payment per applicant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Nominal</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Real terms 2014/15 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>City of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>City of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£3,670</p></td><td><p>£3,470</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£3,940</p></td><td><p>£3,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£3,630</p></td><td><p>£3,680</p></td><td><p>£3,550</p></td><td><p>£3,830</p></td><td><p>£3,880</p></td><td><p>£3,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£3,740</p></td><td><p>£3,760</p></td><td><p>£3,640</p></td><td><p>£3,870</p></td><td><p>£3,900</p></td><td><p>£3,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£3,800</p></td><td><p>£3,760</p></td><td><p>£3,610</p></td><td><p>£3,870</p></td><td><p>£3,830</p></td><td><p>£3,670</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. All amounts in this table have been rounded to the nearest £10</p><p>2. Housing Benefit information by Parliamentary Constituency is not available prior to 2011.</p><p>3. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Autumn Statement and published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 220641 question first answered 16/01/2015 15:09:45 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

173497

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	Housing Benefit: 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 housing benefit was paid to applicants in (a) Glasgow North constituency, (b) the city of Glasgow and (c) Scotland in each year from 2010 to 2014.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
uin	220641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is in the tables below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Table 1: Housing Benefit expenditure, £millions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Nominal</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Real terms 2014/15 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expenditure £m</p></td><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>City of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>City of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>337.0</p></td><td><p>1,660.6</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>361.7</p></td><td><p>1,782.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>31.4</p></td><td><p>338.3</p></td><td><p>1,727.7</p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td><td><p>356.7</p></td><td><p>1,821.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>32.9</p></td><td><p>347.7</p></td><td><p>1,788.8</p></td><td><p>34.1</p></td><td><p>360.7</p></td><td><p>1,855.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>33.6</p></td><td><p>347.7</p></td><td><p>1,770.2</p></td><td><p>34.2</p></td><td><p>354.1</p></td><td><p>1,802.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract and Local Authority subsidy returns.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only.</p><p>2. Housing Benefit expenditure by Parliamentary Constituency is not available prior to 2011/12.</p><p>3. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Autumn Statement at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls</a></p><p>4. Information for the city of Glasgow and Scotland is available in the “Benefit Expenditure by Local Authority from 2000/01 to 2013/14” tables at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Table 2: Average annual Housing Benefit payment per applicant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Nominal</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Real terms 2014/15 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>City of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>City of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£3,670</p></td><td><p>£3,470</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£3,940</p></td><td><p>£3,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£3,630</p></td><td><p>£3,680</p></td><td><p>£3,550</p></td><td><p>£3,830</p></td><td><p>£3,880</p></td><td><p>£3,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£3,740</p></td><td><p>£3,760</p></td><td><p>£3,640</p></td><td><p>£3,870</p></td><td><p>£3,900</p></td><td><p>£3,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£3,800</p></td><td><p>£3,760</p></td><td><p>£3,610</p></td><td><p>£3,870</p></td><td><p>£3,830</p></td><td><p>£3,670</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. All amounts in this table have been rounded to the nearest £10</p><p>2. Housing Benefit information by Parliamentary Constituency is not available prior to 2011.</p><p>3. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Autumn Statement and published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 220572 question first answered 16/01/2015 15:09:44 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

173501

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who will reach state pension age within 12 months from the start of the single tier pension who will be eligible to receive state pension at the full rate; and what proportion of the total number of recipients those people will be.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
uin	220631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I will respond to the Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 220632 question first answered 16/01/2015 14:54:22 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

173502

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men who will reach state pension age within 12 months from the start of the single tier pension who will be eligible to receive state pension at the full rate.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
uin	220632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>I will respond to the Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 220631 question first answered 16/01/2015 14:54:22 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

173506

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	Workplace Pensions: Fees and Charges
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 publish a list of the high charging pension schemes referred to by the Independent Project Board in its report, Defined contribution workplace pensions: The audit of charges and benefits in legacy schemes, published in December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
uin	220645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The recent audit of charges and benefits in legacy pension schemes was undertaken by an Independent Project Board, on which the Department for Work and Pensions was represented. The data collected as part of the legacy audit which was shared with members of the Independent Project Board was aggregated and anonymised. We do not therefore hold provider or scheme specific information.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/01/2015 14:17:40 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

173248

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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: Maintenance
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 appealed against child maintenance decisions since the introduction of the mandatory reconsideration period.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	220436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>For cases managed by the Child Support Agency (1993/2003 Schemes) figures on the number of people who have appealed against child maintenance decisions since the introduction of mandatory reconsideration is published in table 18 (page 46) of the latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-september-2014" target="_blank">Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics</a>, which contains data up to September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We are not yet in a position to release full statistics on the 2012 Scheme, administered by the Child Maintenance Service, but when system data become available and fully assured they will be released as part of a managed process, which will be pre-announced and in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/01/2015 14:11:10 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman