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425783

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: 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 of the welfare budget was spent on jobseeker's allowance claimants in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	14558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Total Jobseeker’s Allowance expenditure in 2014/15 was £3,065m.</p><p>Detailed information on benefit expenditure is available in our Benefit Expenditure tables which can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/11/2015 15:50:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

425784

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Jobcentre Plus: Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Trussell Trust on the placement of Jobcentre Plus advisers in foodbanks.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	14588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches already undertake outreach work every day in local communities. Work Coaches recently began offering back-to-back support in the Lalley Centre in Manchester. Early feedback has been positive. We will reflect on this, and consider if there is potential for expansion</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 14524 question first answered 06/11/2015 14:40:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

425785

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Jobcentres: Plaistow
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 establish whether more senior staff were involved in fraudulent misuse of the Flexible Support Fund since the dismissal of two staff from Plaistow Jobcentre in May 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	14591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Allegations of misuse of the Flexible Support Fund at Plaistow Jobcentre during 2013 and 2014 were investigated fully by the Department's investigators. Investigators also undertook further work, completed in July 2014, which examined whether there was any evidence of wider misuse of the Flexible Support Fund at this office or other offices in the immediate area. Disciplinary action was taken in all cases where evidence of the misuse of the Flexible Support Fund was proven; there was no evidence of misuse by senior officers.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/11/2015 14:42:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

425786

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Jobcentres: Plaistow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014 Plaistow Jobcentre paid from the Flexible Support Fund for a jobseeker's two month Zone 1-4 Transport for London Travelcard.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	14592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>The information is not collated centrally as to specific purchases on Flexible Support Fund and would require detailed analysis of transaction reports within London and Greater London. To provide this information could only be done so at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/11/2015 14:41:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

425787

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	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, how many households who have claimed universal credit have also applied for an alternative payment arrangement for their housing costs; and how many such applications have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	14594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for UC therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future. These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.</p><p>The latest official experimental statistics on UC and the Departments release strategy can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2015 14:13:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

425788

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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: 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 of the welfare budget was spent on employment and support allowance, incapacity benefit and income support claimants or universal credit claims with sickness or disability elements in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	14568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The benefit expenditure for 2014/15 is in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Benefit</td><td>2014/15 expenditure £m</td></tr><tr><td>Employment &amp; Support Allowance</td><td>12,827</td></tr><tr><td>Incapacity Benefit</td><td>245</td></tr><tr><td>Income Support incapacity</td><td>389</td></tr><tr><td>Severe Disablement Allowance</td><td>735</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>14,196</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Severe Disablement Allowance is a non-contributory version of Incapacity Benefit and is included here for completeness. Information on the sickness or disability element of Universal Credit is currently unavailable.</p><p>Detailed information on benefit expenditure is available in our Benefit Expenditure tables which can be found at: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/11/2015 15:41:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

425789

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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: 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 of the welfare budget was spent on the state pension in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	14569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Total State Pension expenditure in 2014/15 was £86,516m.</p><p>Detailed information on benefit expenditure is available in our Benefit Expenditure tables which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/11/2015 14:43:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

425791

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants in 2014-15 were not British citizens.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	14571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The information as requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/11/2015 15:22:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

425793

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Digital Technology
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 28 October 2015 to Question 13246, what payment is given to libraries to partner with the Department on digital inclusion.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	14668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not make any direct payments to libraries in relation to partnering on the delivery of digital inclusion.</p><p>DWP is working with Local Authorities through ‘Universal Support’ to build claimants’ digital capability. Libraries are one potential route for delivering this support, where deemed appropriate by our Local Authority partners.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2015 14:18:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

425794

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Digital Technology
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 28 October 2015 to Question 13246 on digital technology, what support universal credit provides for people without digital skills to gain them.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	14669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Those people without digital skills will be offered support through Universal Credit (UC) to make and manage their claims on-line, and also to acquire and improve their digital skills.</p><p>DWP is also working with Local Authorities to build claimants’ digital capability.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2015 14:07:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah