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65311

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	European Social Fund: Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on Cornwall's additional European social funding.
tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
tabling member printed	Sarah Newton
uin	203605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government has asked Local Enterprise Partnerships to work with local partners on a strategy for how the European Social Fund (2014-20) should be spent in their area. The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership has developed a comprehensive strategy, the themes of which the Government has incorporated into the draft Operational Programme which will be submitted to the European Commission this month to being the negotiating process.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 15:16:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton

65372

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my Rt.Hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), official report, 7 July 2014, column 5-6w.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 203314 question first answered 08/07/2014 12:13:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

65374

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Gas Masks
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 the Answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 126W, on gas masks, what progress he has made on preventing the continued on-line sale of Second World War gas masks containing asbestos.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	203585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>HSE has concluded its sampling exercise with online sellers. A number of the different types of gas mask available were analysed and most found to contain asbestos. The placing on the market, supply and transport of almost all items containing asbestos, including gas masks, is prohibited by the EU Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (EU1907/2006) (REACH).</p><p> </p><p>HSE and Trading Standards are working with the platform, which hosted the purchases of the gas masks involved in the study, on a policy to prohibit the sale of items that fall under REACH. <br> <br></p><p>HSE will continue work on a case by case basis with Local Authority Trading Standards, who are responsible for enforcement relating to sale to consumers, to take robust action against those who break the law on asbestos and unnecessarily put themselves and others at risk.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 16:45:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

65375

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Schools: Asbestos
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 monitor the standards of asbestos management in schools (a) under and (b) outside of local authority control.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	203583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Health and Safety Executive continues to be a member of the Asbestos in Schools Steering Group which aim to promote the effective management of asbestos in both local authority and non-local authority controlled schools. The steering group has representatives from the joint Union Asbestos Committee, education trade unions, local authorities and independent schools.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2014, HSE published the results of its latest inspection survey into the management of asbestos in schools covering those outside local authority control. This survey showed improved levels of awareness and a decrease in the level of enforcement action required in comparison with a survey of the same sector in 2010/11. HSE also completed a similar inspection exercise in 2010 on local authority controlled schools.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 16:49:26 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

65376

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the universal credit system will accept claims from those who are self-employed.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	203552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We announced our plans for the implementation of universal credit on 5 December, and these were set out in a written ministerial statement. The WMS can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#13120551000006" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#13120551000006</a></p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on universal credit were most recently published on 11 June and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-apr-2013-to-31-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-apr-2013-to-31-march-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 15:06:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

65377

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Widowed Parent's 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 claimants (a) received an overpayment of widowed parent's allowance and (b) were prosecuted for benefit fraud in respect of that allowance in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	203553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below represents the number of claimants in receipt of Widowed Parent's Allowance who received an overpayment and DWP recorded a prosecution outcome.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Claimants in receipt of Widowed Parents Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiscal Year</p></td><td><p>Number of claimants who received an overpayment</p></td><td><p>Number of cases with a Prosecution Outcome</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009 – 2010</p></td><td><p>1.42K</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 – 2011</p></td><td><p>1.48K</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 – 2012</p></td><td><p>2.01K</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 – 2013</p></td><td><p>2.59K</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 – 2014</p></td><td><p>2.61K</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 15:54:16 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

65378

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse
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 risk of a link between the introduction of universal credit and levels of domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	203595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>No such assessment is planned. There are safeguards in place in Universal Credit to ensure that we have the ability to split payments between partners in cases of domestic violence, allowing each claimant to receive a separate payment.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/07/2014 14:37:58 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

65379

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	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, how many decisions based on work capability assessments were overturned during the completion of the mandatory reconsideration period in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	203624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is collecting information to understand how the introduction of mandatory reconsideration (MR) is operating.</p><p> </p><p>However, this data is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available at this time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 14:22:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

65592

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	New Enterprise 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 (a) women and (b) men have applied for the new enterprise allowance.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Data on the number of applications for New Enterprise Allowance is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/07/2014 13:54:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65593

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	New Enterprise 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 single parents have set up businesses using the new enterprise allowance scheme; and of these, what proportion are female.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/07/2014 14:00:13 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero