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147651

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts signed by his Department with suppliers of services or consultants include a clause providing that if the contract is abrogated by the Government, the provider or consultant will be compensated for lost income since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	214019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>This information is not collated centrally. However, since January 2011, as part of the Government’s transparency programme, details of procurement opportunities, tender documents and contracts worth over £10,000 are published online on Contracts Finder (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>), and the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) also publishes details of its contracts on its web site (<a href="http://ccs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://ccs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/11/2014 14:27:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

147652

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes: Bolton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding was allocated to Bolton Council in 2014-15 for local welfare assistance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	213962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The funding for Bolton Council is shown in the table below. This information can be found on page 35 of the “Local welfare provision review”, published on 5th November 2014, which is available in the House Library, as well as on the Gov.uk website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-welfare-provision-review" target="_blank">Local welfare provision review - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2013/14</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Programme Funding (AME)</p></td><td><p>Admin Funding (DEL)</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>Programme Funding (AME)</p></td><td><p>Admin Funding (DEL)</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>£1,017,045</p></td><td><p>£214,909</p></td><td><p>£1,231,954</p></td><td><p>£1,017,045</p></td><td><p>£196,987</p></td><td><p>£1,214,032</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 11:49:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

147653

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities his Department consulted during the review of local welfare assistance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	213963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>We consulted all 150 local authorities that received funding. A questionnaire was sent to them. We received 106 replies. This was followed up with in-depth interviews with twelve local authorities from across the country. The “Local welfare provision review”, published on 5th November 2014, is available in the House Library, as well as on the Gov.uk website.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-welfare-provision-review" target="_blank">Local welfare provision review - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 11:53:59 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

147654

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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 steps he is taking to ensure that all universal credit claimants are informed of their options for budgeting support, advance payments and alternative payment arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	213972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The recent UC at Work publication (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-at-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-at-work</a>) sets out how Universal Credit is working and our continued approach to delivering Universal Credit safely and securely, testing and learning from experience, and driving continuous improvement of the service for our claimants, and overall benefit to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 213974 213975 213976 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:11:00 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

147655

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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: 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 information on claimants and their circumstances and partners is shared automatically between his Department and relevant partners.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	213973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP shares information on customers and their partners with third parties only where it is lawful and appropriate to do so. Therefore DWP does not automatically share information about its customers or their partners with anyone. Appropriate claimant details are regularly given to providers delivering services associated with benefit claims, including health assessment and employment programmes.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 11:48:22 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

147656

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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 steps he has taken to ensure that IT systems for universal credit will not increase levels of error and delays in processing claims, payments and changes of circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	213974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The recent UC at Work publication (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-at-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-at-work</a>) sets out how Universal Credit is working and our continued approach to delivering Universal Credit safely and securely, testing and learning from experience, and driving continuous improvement of the service for our claimants, and overall benefit to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 213972 213975 213976 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:11:00 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

147657

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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 estimate he has made of the cost of manual processes for identifying and rectifying system errors in universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	213975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The recent UC at Work publication (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-at-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-at-work</a>) sets out how Universal Credit is working and our continued approach to delivering Universal Credit safely and securely, testing and learning from experience, and driving continuous improvement of the service for our claimants, and overall benefit to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 213972 213974 213976 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:11:00 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

147658

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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: Housing
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 publish an evaluation of the impact of (a) universal credit and (b) new claims with a housing cost element in current Pathfinder areas.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	213976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The recent UC at Work publication (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-at-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-at-work</a>) sets out how Universal Credit is working and our continued approach to delivering Universal Credit safely and securely, testing and learning from experience, and driving continuous improvement of the service for our claimants, and overall benefit to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 213972 213974 213975 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:11:00 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

147659

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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	MAXIMUS Health and Human Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what investigations his Department undertook into the work of Maximus before the award of the work capability assessment contract.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	214039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We are confident in MAXIMUS’s ability to deliver this contract after a thorough evaluation process of their performance on major contracts.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 20/11/2014 11:42:51 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

147660

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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	Post Office Card Account
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accounts paid into a Post Office card account there are in each (a) constituent part of the UK and (b) constituency.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	214053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There were 129,916,212 payments paid into Post Office card accounts from April 2013 to March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The information regarding volumes of payments paid into Post Office card accounts by constituent part of the UK and constituency is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 11:41:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell