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387631

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
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	Budgeting Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for budgeting loans in each month from June 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Table 1 shows the number of Budgeting Loan applications received monthly by the Department for Work and Pensions between June 2014 and May 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Budgeting Loan Applications, June 2014 to May 2015</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications<br> Received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-14</p></td><td><p>107,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-14</p></td><td><p>111,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-14</p></td><td><p>85,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-14</p></td><td><p>107,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-14</p></td><td><p>140,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-14</p></td><td><p>151,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-14</p></td><td><p>108,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-15</p></td><td><p>78,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-15</p></td><td><p>81,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-15</p></td><td><p>92,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15</p></td><td><p>100,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-15</p></td><td><p>89,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>· These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p> </p><p>· All figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 16:23:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387633

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
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	Budgeting Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for budgeting loans were approved in each month from June 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Table 1 shows the number of Budgeting Loan awards made monthly by the Department for Work and Pensions between June 2014 and May 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Budgeting Loan Awards, June 2014 to May 2015</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Initial<br> Awards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-14</p></td><td><p>79,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-14</p></td><td><p>92,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-14</p></td><td><p>63,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-14</p></td><td><p>74,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-14</p></td><td><p>109,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-14</p></td><td><p>112,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-14</p></td><td><p>116,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-15</p></td><td><p>52,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-15</p></td><td><p>65,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-15</p></td><td><p>77,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15</p></td><td><p>76,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-15</p></td><td><p>74,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>· These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p> </p><p>· These figures do not include awards made after review, reconsideration or appeal following an initial refusal.</p><p> </p><p>· These figures should not be compared directly with the number of applications received by the Department in these months. Some applications are withdrawn before a decision is made. In addition, cases take an average of 7 working days to be processed so an application and corresponding award may be recorded in different months.</p><p> </p><p>· All figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 16:16:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387634

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Living Wage
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 29 June 2015 to Question 2647, how many of the outsourced staff working for his Department's contractors and their service partners who are paid at or below the Living Wage are paid (a) the Living Wage and (b) less than the Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	5553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>All outsourced staff in our London locations are paid the Living Wage. We hope to replicate this across the country.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 16:24:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

387635

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
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	Industrial Health and Safety: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (General Duties of Self-Employed Persons) (Prescribed Undertakings) Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Between the 07 July and 31 August 2014 the Health and Safety Executive consulted on the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (General Duties of self-employed persons) (Prescribed Undertakings) Regulations 2015. The published responses to this consultation can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd273-responses.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd273-responses.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 09:42:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387486

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	Personal Independence Payment: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payments applicants in Preston had to travel to medical assessments in (a) Preston, (b) South Ribble, (c) Chorley, (d) other local authorities in Lancashire, (e) Merseyside and (f) Greater Manchester in 2014; which venues each such applicant attended; and how many such applicants attended each such venue.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	5272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available at local authority level and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 09:46:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

387132

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	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 proportion of families affected by the benefit cap placed in (a) temporary accommodation by a local authority and (b) other accommodation have moved into work.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of families affected by the benefit cap placed in (a) temporary accommodation by a local authority who have moved into work is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data on capped households in (b) other accommodation by family type, housing type and reason for moving off the benefit cap can be found on Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 09:22:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387134

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	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 of the households affected by the household benefit cap are in (a) social housing, (b) temporary and emergency accommodation and (c) private tenancies (i) in the UK and (ii) in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Data on the number of households affected by the benefit cap that are in (a) social housing and (c) private tenancies in (i) the UK and (ii) in each region in the UK can be found on Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Data on the number of households affected by the benefit cap in (b) temporary and emergency accommodation is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 08:58:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387138

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	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, what targets for call answering times he has set for his Department's telephone line for use by disability living allowance claimants switching to personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>DWP Operations and the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Programme have developed detailed profiles for the anticipated increase in call volumes as full PIP Rollout progresses. Resource plans have been developed to manage the increase.</p><p>Our current performance management processes will support the ongoing review of profiles throughout rollout and allow us to adapt our plans as and when necessary.</p><p>Current departmental internal performance measures will continue to be applied to these calls and monitored in the same way as they are currently.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 5082 question first answered 08/07/2015 08:41:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

387139

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	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, what preparations his Department has made for changes in the number of telephone calls to the Department when disability living allowance claimants are transferred to personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>DWP Operations and the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Programme have developed detailed profiles for the anticipated increase in call volumes as full PIP Rollout progresses. Resource plans have been developed to manage the increase.</p><p>Our current performance management processes will support the ongoing review of profiles throughout rollout and allow us to adapt our plans as and when necessary.</p><p>Current departmental internal performance measures will continue to be applied to these calls and monitored in the same way as they are currently.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 5081 question first answered 08/07/2015 08:41:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

386491

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	Access to Work Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the availability of Access to Work grants for those who especially need them to start working.
tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Access to Work grants are available for those who meet the eligibility criteria for the scheme including those who are about to start working. Access to Work has specialist teams to ensure more complicated cases are processed as quickly as possible and fast track applications for those who know their circumstances or have a prior assessment enabling support to be put in place quickly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 08/07/2015 11:37:14 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin