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455439

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of pay is for cleaners in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	28616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Since 1998 the Department for Work and Pensions has outsourced the provision and maintenance for the majority of its estate to Telereal Trillium under a 20 year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract that expires on 31 March 2018.</p><p>Under the terms of the contract, Telereal Trillium provides fully-serviced accommodation, for which we pay an all-inclusive annual charge. Engie are Telereal Trillium’s cleaning service provider.</p><p>The Engie base rate of pay for all cleaners within the M25 is £9.15 (London Living Wage) which will increase to the new London Living Wage of £9.40 by May 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Engie base rate of pay for all cleaners outside the M25 is £6.70 (or the scale appropriate to their age) which will change in April 2016 to the National Living Wage of £7.20 (or the scale appropriate to their age).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/03/2016 14:11:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

455440

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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: Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent from the public purse on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The cost of Employment Tribunals can be found within the HMCTS annual accounts published at<em>:</em></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433948/hmcts-annual-report-accounts-2014-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433948/hmcts-annual-report-accounts-2014-15.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided the link to the previous full financial year rather than the last 12 months of operation as the most recent 12 months of data has not been audited and does not contain the full overhead costs which are only applied at the end of the financial year and, as such, will not provide a like-for-like comparison with published data in prior years.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/03/2016 13:50:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455441

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consultants' contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what the cost of each such termination was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>No DWP Contracts let for the services of Consultants have been terminated earlier than the Contract end date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/03/2016 14:17:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455442

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) publications, (b) consultation documents and (c) circulars his Department has issued since August 2012; and what the title was of each such publication, consultation document or circular.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/03/2016 13:29:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455444

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	Universal Credit: Council Tax Reduction Schemes
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 2 February 2016 to Question 24803, whether Jobcentre work coaches are able to advise universal credit claimants of their eligibility for council tax reductions.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	28542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Due to minor variations between different Local Authorities’ council tax reduction schemes, only the individual local Authority can advise claimants on eligibility requirements for their scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/03/2016 17:41:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

455445

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	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 one-month reminder letters of CSA case closure have been issued in each month since November 2014 for cases in (a) segment 1, (b) segment 2, (c) segment 3 and (d) segment 4.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	28437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>We do not currently collate this data on a monthly basis.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 28438 28439 question first answered 01/03/2016 15:24:06 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

455446

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	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 six-month notice letters of CSA case closure have been issued in each month since July 2014 for cases in (a) segment 1, (b) segment 2, (c) segment 3 and (d) segment 4.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	28438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>We do not currently collate this data on a monthly basis.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 28437 28439 question first answered 01/03/2016 15:24:06 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

455447

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	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 final letters concerning CSA case closure have been issued in each month since January 2015 for cases in (a) segment 1, (b) segment 2, (c) segment 3 and (d) segment 4.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	28439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>We do not currently collate this data on a monthly basis.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 28437 28438 question first answered 01/03/2016 15:24:06 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

455448

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	Poverty: Greater Manchester
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 reduce the prevalence of child poverty in the Greater Manchester area.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	28473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to eliminating child poverty and improving life chances for all children, including those in Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p><p>We know that work is the best route out of poverty and we are already making progress, with the number of children in workless households across Greater Manchester down by 13,000 since 2010. Our investment in childcare, the National Living Wage and increases to the Personal Allowance will help people increase their hours, increase their earnings, and enable them to keep more of what they earn.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State will say more about the Government’s plan to tackle disadvantage and extend opportunity in a new Life Chances Strategy. This will be published in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/03/2016 12:31:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

455449

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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 Illness
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 with identified mental health needs have been (a) on the Work Programme and (b) helped into employment by that programme in each year since it began in (i) the UK and (ii) London.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	28449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/03/2016 16:10:03 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan