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432629

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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 estimate he has made of the effect on the income of a new claimant of universal credit who is not migrating from a legacy benefit of the Government's proposed changes to universal credit announced in the Summer Budget 2015 in each of the next four financial years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	17941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost</p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 17882 17883 18029 question first answered 01/12/2015 14:50:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

432631

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Scotland
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 people in the social housing sector in Scotland will be affected by changes to the levels of housing benefit; and what the cost of such changes will be to the average household in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	18018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>This policy was introduced because in some areas, increases in social rents have outstripped the increase in private rents.</p><br /><p>The policy to cap social sector rents at the relevant Local Housing Allowance rate for the area from April 2018 only applies to a new tenancy or a tenancy that is renewed after April 2016. As such it isn’t possible to accurately estimate the proportion of those in receipt of Housing Benefit in the social sector that will be affected by this policy, as it relies on the choice of those taking out new tenancies.</p><br /><p>The Discretionary Housing Payment scheme will be available to Local Authorities to protect the vulnerable.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/12/2015 15:19:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

432863

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Jobcentre Plus: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedure his Department has for responding to whistle-blowing reports from staff at Jobcentre Plus.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	17852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>DWP operates the standard Civil Service whistleblowing policy, but the Department’s procedures go further by also enabling staff to raise concerns via a dedicated hotline operated by an Internal Investigations team.</p><br /><p>DWP is committed to ensuring high standards of conduct in all that it does. For civil servants, these standards are reinforced by the Civil Service Code and the Department’s Standards of Behaviour.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/12/2015 15:26:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

432864

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Workplace Pensions: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on pensions auto-enrolment to small and micro businesses; and if he plans to complete that auto-enrolment for those businesses by 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	17853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has been a great success to date, with 5.57 million people automatically enrolled into a workplace pension by 67,892 employers.</p><p>From June 2015 onwards, small and micro employers with 49 or less workers began enrolling all eligible workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme.</p><br /><p>We remain on track to complete the roll out of automatic enrolment to all employers from 2012 to 2018.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/12/2015 15:30:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

432865

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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 it is his policy that a claimant of employment and support allowance (ESA) in the Support Group who transfers to the Work Related Activity Group will receive the current rate of ESA, as an existing claimant, or the reduced rate of ESA proposed in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	17829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Existing claimants, whether in the work-related activity group or the support group, who undergo a work capability assessment after April 2017 and are placed in, or remain in, the work-related activity group, will continue to receive the work-related activity component.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/12/2015 15:04:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

432866

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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, if he will establish a team in his Department to champion the interests of universal credit claimants as recommended in the report entitled Waiting for Credit: the delivery of universal credit experienced by Citizens Advice Bureau claimants in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	17813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring all claimants receive the best possible support. All policies are kept under review to ensure this is the case.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/12/2015 14:58:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

432867

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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 estimate he has made of the potential effect on the income of a family with one earner and two children that starts a claim for universal credit and is not migrating from a legacy benefit of the proposed reforms to universal credit in the Summer Budget 2015 in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-10.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	17882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost</p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 17883 17941 18029 question first answered 01/12/2015 14:50:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

432868

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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 estimate he has made of the potential effect on the income of a family with one earner and three children that starts a new claim for universal credit and is not migrating from a legacy benefit of the proposed reforms to universal credit in the Summer Budget 2015 in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-10.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	17883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost</p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 17882 17941 18029 question first answered 01/12/2015 14:50:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

432869

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the use of alternative currencies for benefits payments.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	17885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Customers living abroad and in receipt of payments delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions can have their payments made either:</p><br /><ul><li>Direct into a UK bank or building society account in sterling; or</li><li>Direct into an overseas account in the local currency;</li></ul><br /><p>All payments made to overseas customers, whether in sterling or local currency, are subject to fluctuating exchange rates. However, for payments made directly to overseas accounts in the relevant local currency, the Department has negotiated a competitive exchange rate which is more favourable that that available on the open Market.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/12/2015 15:11:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

432874

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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: Oldham
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) disabled people and (b) families with children will experience a reduction in universal credit in 2016-17 as a result of changes to the work allowance in (i) Oldham Local Authority area, (ii) Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency and (iii) Oldham West and Royton constituency.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	18029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost</p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 17882 17883 17941 question first answered 01/12/2015 14:50:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams