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383956

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the usability of the Stat-Xplore website.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Richard Arkless
uin	3115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Stat-Xplore forms part of the package which is used within the Department when publishing Official Statistics. It is used in conjunction with a Statistical First Release and set of summary statistical tables, with Stat-Xplore allowing users to construct their own bespoke statistical tables at very detailed level.</p><p>Stat-Xplore was updated in May 2015 to include new features and improvements, based on feedback from users.</p><p> </p><p>A comprehensive user guide is available within the Stat-Xplore system which guides users through all the features of Stat-Xplore. In addition, a dedicated Stat-Xplore e-mail address allows users to send queries or requests for help in relation to Stat-Xplore.</p><p> </p><p>Over 3,100 people have registered to use Stat-Xplore, and over 40,000 tables have been produced and downloaded by users since Stat-Xplore was launched in April 2013.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 15:24:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4387 label Biography information for Richard Arkless

383958

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness
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 claimants receiving benefits pertaining to a mental health condition who have been given an assessment of whether they are fit to work based only on their physical health.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
uin	3126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available. The Work Capability Assessment assesses claimants for Employment and Support Allowance against a number of descriptors covering physical, mental, cognitive and intellectual functions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/06/2015 14:21:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

383959

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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, what assessment he has made of the number of children in the borough of Walsall living in poverty in (a) households including a person who is in employment and (b) other households.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	3076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government does not produce child poverty statistics at a local authority level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/06/2015 11:48:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

383962

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been awarded in discretionary housing payments by each local authority in London (a) in total, (b) to people affected by the household benefit cap, (c) to people affected by a reduction in local housing allowance rates and (d) to people affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department asks Local authorities to supply details of their use of Discretionary Housing Payments on a 6 monthly basis. Data for 2013/14 is provided at the link below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:08:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

383967

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	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, how many people affected by the household benefit cap who were placed by the local authority in temporary accommodation were placed outside their local authority area in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:04:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

383970

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment: Renfrewshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what average length of time applicants in Renfrewshire have waited for personal independence payment assessments since the start of their rollout.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	3137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The available information on average (median) waiting times, at a national level, has been published and is available from the Personal Independence Payment statistics home page: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is assessing the quality of the clearance time data at lower geographical levels and is considering the future release of such information into the public domain. These statistics will be published when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 15:10:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

383971

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	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 sanctions have been issued by each Jobcentre Plus in each month in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	3263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information available for the number and reason for referral, in respect of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance sanction decisions, by Jobcentre Plus, is published at:</p><p> </p><p><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> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/06/2015 14:11:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

383974

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Child Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will estimate how many people who would otherwise be eligible for universal credit who would not be so eligible if the child element was reduced in real terms to the 2003-04 level of the child element of child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>It is not possible to provide estimates around a scenario that does not reflect current policy or plans.</p><p> </p><p>Once fully rolled out Universal Credit will mean around 3.2 million households will be better off by an average of £178 a month.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/06/2015 11:40:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

383975

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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, what assessment he has made of the pilot schemes aimed at in-work claimants.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	3192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The trial commenced on 20 April 2015 and therefore it is too early to make an assessment at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/06/2015 11:42:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

383977

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: East Lothian
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 had their benefits sanctioned in East Lothian in each of the last 12 quarters for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	George Kerevan
uin	3190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The latest available information on sanctions, up to December 2014, is published at:</p><p><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> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/06/2015 11:52:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4416 label Biography information for George Kerevan