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79122

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Buildings
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 review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP undertakes regular reviews of its estate to ensure it delivers the best service for claimants and employers whilst delivering best value for money for the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/09/2014 15:13:28 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

79123

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Civil Servants: Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2014, Official Report, columns 587-8W, on public expenditure, how many times and for what occasions senior civil servants had given express prior written permission for expenses to be claimed in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	206709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Personal expense claims are authorised in business areas across all the DWP operational and corporate units. This information could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost to the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 206711 question first answered 01/09/2014 15:54:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

79124

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many senior civil servants in his Department can authorise the purchase of alcohol for official purposes.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	206710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>There are currently 6 senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions who can authorise the purchase of alcohol for official purposes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/09/2014 15:58:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

79125

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Civil Servants: Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances senior civil servants are required to give express prior written permission for expenses; and what such expenses are.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	206711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Personal expense claims are authorised in business areas across all the DWP operational and corporate units. This information could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost to the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 206709 question first answered 01/09/2014 15:54:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

79126

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Independent Living Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 176W, on the Independent Living Fund, whether funding provided to local authorities and devolved administrations in 2015-16 to meet their additional responsibilities to former Independent Living Fund users will be ring-fenced for that purpose.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	206813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s position on how local authorities manage their finances is clear; local authorities need to be allowed to meet their statutory responsibilities in a flexible and responsive way and the ring-fencing of funding prevents this. Allowing local authorities the flexibility to manage their budgets locally means they can respond to local priorities to deliver more efficient services and better outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 01/09/2014 14:23:48 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

79127

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 722W, what information his Department (a) holds and (b) has commissioned on the number of jobseekers moving into zero-hours contract jobs.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Information on jobseekers moving into zero-hours contract jobs is not held nor has it been commissioned. Information published by the Office for National Statistics suggests zero-hours contracts make up a relatively small part of the overall labour market, accounting for about 2% of all people in work.</p><p> </p><p>Jobseekers claiming Jobseekers Allowance are not required to apply for zero-hours contract vacancies, they will not be sanctioned as a result of not applying. UC claimants who refuse to accept a zero hours contract job offer, without good reason, can be subject to a sanction. However a UC claimant will not be sanctioned for refusing to take a zero hours contract with an exclusivity clause.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit automatically adjusts benefit payments depending on the number of hours a person works – whatever the type of contract. Where Universal Credit claimants refuse to apply for role, including a Zero Hours Contract role when mandated to do so or refuse to accept a job offer, they can be sanctioned. People on Universal Credit will not be required to sign up to zero hours contracts which require exclusivity, so they will always have the opportunity to gain more hours elsewhere.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 16:26:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

79128

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average length of time claimants over 50 spent on jobseeker's allowance in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information we have for the number of Jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) claimants, aged 50 and over, by median duration of a completed spell of unemployment, in each year since 2009 is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>Median is a better measure of &quot;average&quot; than arithmetic mean for skewed</p><p>distributions such as duration of claim.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 15:42:58 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

79129

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many outstanding investigations for benefit fraud there were of over (a) three, (b) six or (c) 12 months duration in each region and constituent part of the UK on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	206784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>This information can only be provided by examining individual investigation files at disproportionate time and cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 01/09/2014 12:40:25 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

79130

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was transferred from his Department to HM Treasury as part of the Budget Exchange scheme in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£3.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£82.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£76.0m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/09/2014 16:12:28 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

79131

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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: Disqualification
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 is making on reducing the number of incorrectly completed sanction referral forms submitted by Work Programme providers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The vast majority of referrals are correct, however the Department is committed to driving best practice therefore in January 2014 the Department introduced a Provider Quality Assurance Framework to support providers in the completion of high quality and appropriate sanction referrals. To back this up in the autumn of 2014 the Department is starting a pilot in which Jobcentre Plus Labour Market Decision Makers will work directly with providers and provide on site coaching to help them eradicate inappropriate sanction referrals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 15:04:31 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms