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64855

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	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 recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effect of universal credit on the self-employed.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There have been no recent meetings with Ministers but there have been extensive discussions between DWP officials and officials at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whilst designing the approach to supporting those who are self-employed in Universal Credit.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/07/2014 14:11:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

64856

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	UK Statistics Authority
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 plans to take to reduce the number of rebukes his Department receives from the UK Statistical Authority.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since May 2010 the DWP has led the way in openness and transparency of statistical releases by publishing over 770 releases and datasets. <br> Great care is taken to get things right, and in this time the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) has only written directly to DWP Ministers on two occasions about issues raised with it about DWP statistics. The Department has responded to these points and taken on board the UKSA suggestions.</p><p><br> DWP Statistical releases are produced and published separately to and independently from other Departmental comment or publications. <br> Great care is taken by DWP statisticians to ensure the Statistical releases are easy to read and understand, and are balanced and impartial.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/07/2014 16:33:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

64860

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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: 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 plans Jobcentre Plus has to work with the organisation Movement to Work.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Jobcentre Plus has been giving practical support to the employer-led Movement to Work initiative and continues to do so. It offers advice to employers who have Movement to Work opportunities to fill. Coaches in Jobcentres are able to refer young people to these opportunities where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Department of Work and Pensions has been supporting the initiative centrally. Most recently Movement to Work organised an event in June to encourage more employers to join. As an employer the Civil Service is contributing 6000 work experience opportunities to the Movement and my Department is offering 3000 of them.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/07/2014 16:43:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

64861

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department first submitted the Universal Credit Strategic Outline Business Case to HM Treasury.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The initial Universal Credit Strategic Outline Business Case was shared with HM Treasury in March 2011. Further iterations have been shared since, as is usual practice, and an updated draft of the overall Strategic Outline Business Case, covering the full life-time of the Programme up to 2023/24, was sent to HM Treasury in December 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has approved the UC Strategic Outline Business Case plans for the remainder of this Parliament (2014-15) as per the ministerial announcement (5 December 2013, Official Report, column 65WS)—link to WMS:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#column_65ws" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#column_65ws</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/07/2014 16:23:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 8039 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms