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65908

registered interest
date	04/07/2014
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, when he expects the independent evaluation of the Work Programme to be published.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	204108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Findings from the final stages of the Work Programme evaluation will be published once the evaluation is complete, currently expected to be at the end of 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/07/2014 13:31:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65909

registered interest
date	04/07/2014
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 steps he is taking to improve the performance of the Work Programme for people over 50 years of age; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	204109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Work Programme is continuing to offer tailored support to people over 50 and providers are continuing to design support based on each individual need.</p><p>Work programme performance has been improving. Providers are improving their own performance, in part driven by the Department's performance management regime.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/07/2014 13:43:02 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65797

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether debt accrued by non-resident parents transfers automatically to the Child Maintenance Service for enforcement when the Child Support Agency is abolished.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Natascha Engel
uin	203899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Our first priority is to collect money for children who will benefit from regular ongoing maintenance payments, rather than the pursuit of historic arrears in cases where the children have now grown up.</p><p> </p><p>However, where arrears of child maintenance are linked to an on-going child maintenance case on the 2012 scheme, we will move arrears in those cases to the Child Maintenance Service and pursue them as appropriate alongside the on-going maintenance case.</p><p> </p><p>In cases where the arrears are not linked to an on-going 2012 case, and a parent with care does not request that their arrears are written off, we will transfer them to the Child Maintenance Service and pursue collection as resources allow.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 07/07/2014 13:15:41 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1507 label Biography information for Natascha Engel

65798

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between claim and a decision on attendance allowance was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The data available in relation to this query is the Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT) which is the average time taken between an application being made and the date the customer was notified of the decision on their claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Actual Average Clearance Time (in working days) for Attendance Allowance cases over the previous 5 years, including the Year To Date average up to May 2014 can be found in the enclosed table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><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>Attendance Allowance AACT</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td><td><p>16.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 13:59:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65799

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between claim and a decision on attendance disabled living allowance for parents of children aged under 16 years was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We are unable to provide data on decisions for Disability Living Allowance for parents as decisions are made for the child under 16 and awarded to their parent, guardian or representative.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 16:33:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65800

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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, whether the contracts for personal independence payment assessment providers include performance related incentives or penalties; whether such measures have been used; and what the financial value of those measure is.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP's Personal Independence Payment (PIP) contracts are output based contracts which include a range of remedies for underperformance against a range of performance measures, including financial penalties in the form ofservice credits which the Department can apply as appropriate. Service credits have been applied to the contracts. Current details of the value of any service credits applied under the contracts are commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 14:28:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65801

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between claim and a decision on carer's allowance was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The data available in relation to this query is the Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT) which is the average time taken between an application being made and the date the customer was notified of the decision on their claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Actual Average Clearance Time (in working days) for Carers Allowance cases over the previous 5 years, including the Year To Date average up to May 2014 can be found in the enclosed table. This submission does not include data for the 2012/13 reporting year</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><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>Carers Allowance AACT</p></td><td><p>12.79</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 14:34:18 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65802

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	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 his Department has recorded as the main disabling condition of people under employment and support allowance and jobseekers' allowance benefit sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not collected for Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claimants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/07/2014 15:19:29 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65803

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in respect of Child Support Agency child maintenance owed to parents with care, how many arrears-only cases there are (a) where money is flowing and (b) where no money is flowing.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	203881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>At March 2014 there were 532,500 Child Support Agency cases which had arrears with no ongoing liability. Of those, there were 37,000 cases where money was flowing and 495,500 cases where no money was flowing.</p><p> </p><p>Note: This includes cases administered on the 1993 and 2003 Schemes only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 08/07/2014 11:30:11 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

65804

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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 many people whose main disability is cystic fibrosis are in receipt of the mobility award for personal independence payment at the (a) standard and (b) enhanced rate.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	203884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested to the level of detail asked for is not currently available. We intend to publish more detailed data on medical conditions in the future.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers of successful new claimants is available against a range of conditions, including respiratory conditions which will include those who have cystic fibrosis. The information is published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 203885 question first answered 09/07/2014 10:55:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell