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91221

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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, how the costs of administering and providing personal independence payment decisions are monitored and value for money reviewed for improvement.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	208739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>We keep the costs under continuous review and this information will be used to support the future development of unit cost benchmarks.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/09/2014 10:14:16 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

91222

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time Health and Safety Executive officers were employed to monitor asbestos removal in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	208726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held. All HSE construction inspectors are trained to enforce the management and control of asbestos by duty holders and routinely deal with asbestos issues in their everyday work. The majority of construction inspectors are further trained to inspect notified licensed asbestos removal work. The table provides the average number of full-time equivalent operational inspectors who visited construction sites on a day-to-day basis for the years 2010/11 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/09/2014 10:43:19 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

91223

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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 estimate he has made of the average cost of a personal independence payment decision, including assessment costs and departmental administration.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	208738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The costs of administering the PIP assessment process were published in the NAO report in February 2014.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/09/2014 09:54:14 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

91224

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what records his Department holds on the number of occasions on which Health and Safety Executive asbestos removal inspectors have undertaken visits to sites outside normal business working hours.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	208728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text HSE does not hold records on the number of occasions when site visits occur outside normal business working hours. answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/09/2014 11:21:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

91330

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Affordable Housing
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 contribution of 5 September 2014 by the Minister of State for Disabled People, of 5 September 2014, Official Report, columns 554-64, if he will publish the evidential basis for the statement that implementation of the Affordable Homes Bill would cost £1 billion; when those calculations were made; and by whom they were calculated.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	208796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The calculation of the cost of about £1 billion for the Affordable Homes Bill was made on Thursday 4<sup>th</sup> September by Departmental Officials following an assessment of the potential effects of the provisions set out in the draft Bill at Second Reading.</p><p>The potential cost was estimated using administrative data (Single Housing Benefit Extract) and the department’s policy simulation model. The following assumptions were made:</p><ul><li>The bill in effect nullifies the removal of the spare room subsidy policy, which would negate the projected savings from being realised;</li></ul><ul><li>That Clause 2 as currently drafted would result in non-dependent deductions falling out of the calculation of Housing Benefit but would bring in ineligible service charges for all claimants who are social sector tenants (including pensioners) who meet the conditions described at Clause 2 (1) (a), (b) and (c) regardless of whether or not they are affected by the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/09/2014 10:01:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

91331

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a claimant refused Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by a decision maker on the grounds that their health had improved by the time of the decision, having obtained sufficient points to receive ESA in an earlier Work Capability Assessment, should be paid ESA in arrears for the period of their ill health; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text An Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimant will be paid at the assessment rate until a determination is made about their eligibility for the benefit. DWP Decision Makers make the final decision and as such no claimant will have obtained any points before the Decision Maker awards points as appropriate against the work capability assessment descriptors. Where an ESA claimant’s health improves to the extent that they are no longer entitled to the benefit, ESA will be paid at the appropriate rate up until the date of change. This is not a payment of arrears but the continuing amount rightly due. ESA claimants are expected to notify the Department when their condition improves to the extent that they are likely to no longer be eligible for ESA. answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/09/2014 11:10:23 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91332

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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 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 have made at least one claim for out of work benefits in each region and constituent part of the UK since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	208778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 11:36:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

91335

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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, what recent assessment he has made of local authority involvement in the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text The Department has commissioned external researchers to undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the Work Programme which includes surveys and qualitative research with providers, participants and DWP staff. The research asks providers some questions about their work with other agencies but it does not specifically ask about local authority involvement. answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 11:43:25 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91336

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Employment Schemes: 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 comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Contract Wage Incentive scheme in the 20 Hotspot areas and in other areas.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text We do not collect data in a form that allows it to be reported at the requested level and are therefore unable to make comparative assessments between areas. answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 11:52:50 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms