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479265

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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: Politically Exposed Persons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of its senior civil servants who will potentially fall under the provisions of the 4th EU Money Laundering Directive, 2015/849; and what assessment he has made of which of his Department's agencies or other public bodies will potentially be classed as holding a prominent public function for the purposes of that directive.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	31344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Under the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which will be transposed into national law by June 2017, a politically exposed person is one who has been entrusted with a prominent public function domestically or by a foreign country. This would include some senior civil servants, such as ambassadors and chargés d'affaires. The Government's view is that the Directive permits a risk-based approach to the identification of whether an individual is a politically exposed person and, when identified, the Directive enables the application of different degrees of enhanced measures to reflect the risks posed. The Government will be setting out this view in a consultation which will be published shortly.</p><p>The changes proposed under the Directive should not prevent any individual in this category from gaining or maintaining access to financial services. The Treasury regularly raises these issues with financial institutions and the regulator, and we encourage financial institutions to take a proportionate, risk-based approach when applying these measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/03/2016 16:40:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

479266

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's practice for staff not to action correspondence until six weeks after receipt; and if he will take steps to ensure that priority is given to correspondence remaining not actioned after four weeks.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	31348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Ministers aim to reply to correspondence from hon. Members within twenty working days. This also applies where officials are replying to correspondence to Ministers from members of the public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/03/2016 16:30:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

479267

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of winter fuel payments to eligible claimants were made automatically in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	31377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of Winter Fuel Payments are made automatically from information already held by the Department. We invite claims mainly from men under 65 who meet the eligibility criteria, as the largest group not identified and paid automatically. Claims can be made up to and including 31 March and are not accepted after that date.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 31378 31379 31389 question first answered 21/03/2016 14:42:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

479268

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Winter Fuel Payment
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 those eligible claimed winter fuel payments in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	31378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of Winter Fuel Payments are made automatically from information already held by the Department. We invite claims mainly from men under 65 who meet the eligibility criteria, as the largest group not identified and paid automatically. Claims can be made up to and including 31 March and are not accepted after that date.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 31377 31379 31389 question first answered 21/03/2016 14:42:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

479269

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Winter Fuel Payment
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 those eligible for winter fuel payments in 2014-15 received a letter informing them about their rights to claim this benefit.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	31379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of Winter Fuel Payments are made automatically from information already held by the Department. We invite claims mainly from men under 65 who meet the eligibility criteria, as the largest group not identified and paid automatically. Claims can be made up to and including 31 March and are not accepted after that date.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 31377 31378 31389 question first answered 21/03/2016 14:42:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

479273

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Winter Fuel Payment
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 retrospective claims for winter fuel payments agreed for 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	31389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of Winter Fuel Payments are made automatically from information already held by the Department. We invite claims mainly from men under 65 who meet the eligibility criteria, as the largest group not identified and paid automatically. Claims can be made up to and including 31 March and are not accepted after that date.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 31377 31378 31379 question first answered 21/03/2016 14:42:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

479276

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether unemployed 18 to 21 year olds will be referred to specialist employment support providers under the Youth Obligation from 2017 if they are unemployed after one year of claiming benefits.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	31456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>We will be introducing the Youth Obligation for all 18-21 year olds who are claiming Universal Credit and are in the All Work Related Activity Conditionality Group from April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>They will receive intensive support from Day 1 of their claim. After 6 months, if they have not found employment, they will be expected to apply for an apprenticeship, a traineeship, gain work-based skills employers value, or go on a work placement to give them the skills they need to get on in work.</p><p> </p><p>The detailed policy design is still under development. We will make further announcements over the coming months as we develop the policy detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/03/2016 14:23:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

479278

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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 and Health Programme: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to ensure the early referral of ex-offenders on day one of release onto specialist employment support provision under the proposed work and health programme from 2017.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	31457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The details of the policy for referral criteria and eligibility for the Work and Health Programme are still in development and we are looking to ensure that claimants with different circumstances receive the right support at the right time.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/03/2016 14:28:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

479280

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that Work Programme providers are alert to the mental health needs of clients.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	31453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Work Programme providers have the freedom to deliver tailored support appropriate to the individual needs of all participants. This includes participants with health conditions for whom many providers employ advisers with the relevant skills and knowledge to provide specialist support or otherwise engage specialist sub-contractors.</p><p> </p><p>The Department operates a robust performance management and checking regime to ensure all providers deliver the standards and performance we expect.</p><p> </p><p>To the end of December 2015, around 17,000 participants who were claiming Employment and Support Allowance at the time of referral and have declared a mental or behavioural disorder as their primary health condition have been supported into sustained employment through the Work Programme</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/03/2016 14:15:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

479281

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Average Earnings: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the median hourly pay was for (a) all employees aged 21 to 24 and (b) full-time employees aged 21 to 24 in (i) cash terms and (ii) adjusted for inflation in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	31433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Department pays monthly salaries and therefore does not record median hourly rates of pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/03/2016 16:34:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero