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155580

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many buildings his Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	214227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In 1998, the Department sold all property interests as part of a PFI arrangement with Telereal Trillium. Since that date we have leased back fully serviced accommodation as part of the PRIME contract. In consequence, the Department does not own any buildings.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 13:28:22 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

155581

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 44 of Information about Secondary Legislation Arising from the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill, published by his Department in January 2008, if he will publish the report of the evaluation to test the links between payments of child maintenance and client behaviour concerning the repayment of other financial commitments.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	214209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The report ‘Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill: Disclosure of Information to credit reference agencies - exploratory analysis’ was published by the Department in 2008 and a copy is attached.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 12:22:06 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb attachment 1 file name PQ214209 - Disclosure of Information to Credit Reference Agencies Exploratory Analysis.pdf title Disclosure Information/ Exploratory Analysis
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

155582

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Poverty: Greater London
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 in each parliamentary constituency in London and Greater London are classed as living in poverty; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	214309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the total number of individuals living in poverty at a regional level are available from the latest Households Below Average Income publication in table 3.6db which can be accessed here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201213</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/11/2014 17:46:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

155583

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Personal Independence Payment: Motherwell and Wishaw
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 in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency have been migrated from disability living allowance to personal independence payments to date.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
uin	214296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of existing disability living allowance claimants who have been reassessed for and awarded personal independence payment, at parliamentary constituency level, has been 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 Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/11/2014 13:54:14 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

155584

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Pension Funds: Direct Marketing
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 make an assessment of the extent of the use of cold calling in relation to pension fund transfers.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	214235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency monitors trends in fraudulent activity, including cold calls, to help target action. Whilst we cannot put a precise figure on transfer-related activity initiated by cold calls it is apparent that cold calling is a route often used by scammers. The public and industry can do their bit to help develop the intelligence picture by reporting concerns to Action Fraud (<a href="http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More generally, both the Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority are running information campaigns (Scorpion and ScamSmart respectively) as part of Project Bloom to raise the profile of the threat posed by pension and investment scams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 14:18:15 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

155585

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	214286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>(a) This information has already been published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>(i) <a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm</a></p><p>(ii) <a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm</a></p><p>(iii) <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372</a></p><p> </p><p>(b) This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 15:00:29 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb attachment 1 file name Cost of Ministerial Cars for 2007-2010.doc title Cost of Ministerial Cars 2007-2010
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

155586

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
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 arrange for his Department's Permanent Secretary to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Cardiff West concerning Mr Robert Shafer.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	214331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Permanent Secretary wrote to the hon. Member on 12 November 2014.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 13:49:52 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

155587

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions were issued to Jobseeker's Allowance claimants in the past year; how many such sanctions were issued as a consequence of not participating in a training or employment scheme; and how many of those were a consequence of missing a single interview.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	214329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested in respect of Jobseeker’s Allowance sanctions by reason, is published and can found in table 1.5 at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>This includes those who are sanctioned for the reason “Failure to attend or failure to participate in an Adviser interview without good reason”. However information on how many of those were as a consequence of missing a single interview is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/11/2014 12:51:37 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

155588

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often his Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	214260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>My Department aims to respond to all correspondence within 20 working days in line with its published targets. Officials responsible for handling correspondence keep the processes constantly under review to ensure they are fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Current guidance on handling correspondence from Members of Parliament, Peers, Members of the European Parliament and Members of devolved Administrations is available online at the following link - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 14:51:08 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

155589

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	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, when his Department will publish the average waiting times for decisions on personal independence payment claims.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	214341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of personal independence payment performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/11/2014 11:54:34 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green