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386815

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	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 work capability assessments have found the claimant to be fit for work in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The available information in respect of work capability assessments since 2008 is published, and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-september-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/07/2015 08:53:38 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386802

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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, how many households have been exempted from the benefits cap as a result of a new personal independence payment or disability living allowance claim.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4983 question first answered 06/07/2015 14:49:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386806

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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 has been made of the potential effectiveness of voice recognition technology in reducing fraud and error in payment of benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP has started considering the value of Voice Biometrics to support the move to digital self-service with Cabinet Office GDS and Open Identity Exchange (OIX).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 14:58:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386801

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in the West Midlands region live in poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low-income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis by region is presented as three-year averages as single-year estimates are considered too volatile. Figures are presented in financial year estimates and are available up to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/07/2015 14:14:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

386539

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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: 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 his policy is on restricting housing benefit for young people who are aged between (a) 18 and 21 and in work, (b) 18 and 21 and claiming an out-of-work benefit that is not jobseekers' allowance and (c) 22 and 25.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 15 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-09/1696/" target="_blank">UIN1696</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2015 10:23:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

386811

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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, how many employment and support allowance claimants have had low mood cited as the principal condition for incapability to work.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not categorise claimants using the term, “low mood”. Therefore the requested data is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and Support Allowance is not based on a person’s health condition, but on the way that the condition limits their ability to function. The Work Capability Assessment, which determines eligibility for the benefit, assesses claimants against a number of descriptors covering physical, mental, cognitive and intellectual functions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4996 4997 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:42:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386810

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of Access to Work claiming in excess of £40,800 have motor neurone disease; and what support his Department will provide for recipients in need of a grant in excess of £40,800 in order to remain in work.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of Access to Work customers with motor neurone disease.</p><p> </p><p>The limit of £40,800 will apply to new customers from October 2015, and from April 2018 for existing customers whose awards are above this limit in October 2015, provided their needs remain the same.</p><p> </p><p>Customers’ progress towards meeting the cap will be monitored at their annual review points when they and their employers will receive support from teams of specialist advisers. These specialist advisers will work with customers and employers to explore how the maximum support can be deployed to greatest effect.</p><p> </p><p>Advisers are able to discuss reasonable adjustments with employers and provide advice on additional cost effective ways of support employers may not have considered – for example on the latest technology which our advisers are made aware of from dedicated technology awareness sessions. They will also offer advice to customers on managing personal budgets when they are rolled out later in 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2015 10:27:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

386800

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	Income Support: Lone Parents
	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 estimate the number of income support lone parent claimants who have a subsequent child by the same father.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/07/2015 08:47:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386804

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	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 (a) in the UK and (b) resident in overseas countries over the age of 100 received the state pension; and how many such people lived in each such overseas country.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 16:27:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386803

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	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 recent estimate he has made of the number of households in receipt of two payments of carer's allowance in order that each person can care for the other.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 14:41:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies