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431410

registered interest
date	20/11/2015
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	Parental Pay: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to review the rate at which small businesses can recover statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave pay.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	17108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Small employers, defined as those who have paid £45,000 or less in gross national insurance in the preceding tax year, can recover all of the Statutory Maternity, Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Pay they pay out plus an additional amount in compensation for the employer’s share of the National Insurance Contributions (NICs) due on the statutory payments.</p><br /><p>The current rate of compensation paid to small employers is 3%. The Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 1994 set out how compensation is calculated and, in addition, require it to be assessed annually which is done alongside the annual uprating of benefits.</p><br /><p>The rate derived for Statutory Maternity Pay is also applied to Statutory Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Pay.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/11/2015 15:21:36 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

431411

registered interest
date	20/11/2015
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of the Government as an employer and commissioner to increasing rates of employment among disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	17106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>All Government Departments have clear objectives to increase workforce diversity, including disabled people.<del class="ministerial"> I</del> <ins class="ministerial">We </ins>have been working with officials across Whitehall to assess the proportion of disabled people employed by Government, and to identify ways to improve those numbers.</p><br /><p>As at 31 March 2015, 8.9% of Civil Service employees declared their disability status, up from 7.6% in 2010 and 8.8% in 2014.</p><br /><p>With reference to commissioning, successful bidders for contracts in excess of 12 months are required to submit annual Diversity &amp; Equality Delivery Plans, workforce monitoring data and Contractor and any Sub-contractor’s policy/policies and procedures for preventing unlawful discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity in respect of a range of groups, including people with a disability. <del class="ministerial">We will continue to seek opportunities to encourage, and offer support to, employers to employ more disabled people.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This Government is committed to being an exemplar employer and will continue to support employers and disabled people to create opportinities and increase disability emplyment.</ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2015 15:29:01 question first ministerially corrected 26/11/2015 16:59:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 32296 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

429325

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	Employment: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment the Government has made of the benefit to businesses of a healthy workforce.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	16968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>There is a good evidence base for the benefits to business of a healthy workforce, for example, workers who are in good health can be up to three times as productive as those in poor health. Conversely there are high costs to business from ill health: ‘Health at Work – an independent review of sickness absence’ found that the costs to employers of sick pay were £9bn per year.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/11/2015 10:35:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

429450

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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
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 10 November 2015 to Question 14680, on state retirement pensions, how many non-live cases there have been in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	17086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2015 answer text <p>The requested information as of September 2012, 2013 and 2014 is within the table below.</p><br /><p><strong>Number of non live cases for SP claimants aged 100 and over</strong></p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of non-live cases…</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>…of which number not suspended</p></td><td><p>10,500</p></td><td><p>10,500</p></td><td><p>11,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>…of which number suspended</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><strong><em>Source:</em></strong></p><p><em>DWP 5% data</em></p><br /><p><strong><em>Notes:</em></strong></p><p><em>1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</em></p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 17087 question first answered 27/11/2015 12:57:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

429451

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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
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 10 November 2015 to Question 14680, on state retirement pensions, how many of those cases have been suspended in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	17087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2015 answer text <p>The requested information as of September 2012, 2013 and 2014 is within the table below.</p><br /><p><strong>Number of non live cases for SP claimants aged 100 and over</strong></p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of non-live cases…</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>…of which number not suspended</p></td><td><p>10,500</p></td><td><p>10,500</p></td><td><p>11,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>…of which number suspended</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><strong><em>Source:</em></strong></p><p><em>DWP 5% data</em></p><br /><p><strong><em>Notes:</em></strong></p><p><em>1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</em></p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 17086 question first answered 27/11/2015 12:57:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

429452

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	Carers: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on establishing pilot schemes to support carers to stay in work in North Tyneside, Northamptonshire, Cheshire West, Gateshead, Bury, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Staffordshire and Stoke and Sefton.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	17088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Government has provided £1.6 million of funding for nine Carers in Employment pilots in North Tyneside, Northamptonshire, Cheshire West, Gateshead, Bury, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Staffordshire and Stoke and Sefton, to explore how carers can be supported to stay in, or return to paid work alongside their caring responsibilities. They began running in all nine Local Authorities from April 2015. These pilot projects support local businesses to make the best use of flexible working arrangements, maximise the use of assistive technology; improve carers’ access to information and resources, and support carers to set up micro-businesses that will expand the local care market.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/11/2015 15:00:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

429453

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	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, what estimate he has made of the age-standardised mortality rate of people declared fit for work by his Department since December 2011.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	17089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/11/2015 10:23:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

429454

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of tenants in the private rented sector were in receipt of housing benefit in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	17032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The information from 2008 to 2015 is available and is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><br /> <br /><p>Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit caseload data prior to 2008 can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107093842/http:/statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/hb_ctb/index.php?page=hbctb_arc" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107093842/http:/statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/hb_ctb/index.php?page=hbctb_arc</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2015 14:38:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

429455

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	Habitual Residence Test
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the habitual residence test on UK citizens returning to the UK from working overseas.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Marie Rimmer
uin	17078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Sheffield Central on 9 September 2015 to Question 8901:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-09-04/8901/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-09-04/8901/</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/11/2015 10:08:03 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

429456

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	Employment Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to improve employment support for people who are classed as economically inactive due to long term sickness or disability.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	16994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>In the Autumn Statement on Wednesday 25 November, the Chancellor announced a real terms increase in funding to help people with health conditions and disabilities including those in receipt of the support component of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), return to, and remain in, work.</p><br /><p>Government will be launching a new ‘Work and Health Programme’ - restructuring our current provision so that it provides the best possible support for people with health conditions or disabilities, including those classed as economically inactive due to long term sickness or disability.</p><br /><p>At least £115m of funding will go to the Work and Health Unit, including a work and health innovation fund to test new ways to join up health and employment to help people with disabilities and health conditions to return to and stay in work.</p><br /><p>Government will publish a White Paper in the New Year that will set out further reforms to improve support for people with health conditions and disabilities and further reduce the disability employment gap.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 16955 question first answered 30/11/2015 11:41:27 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry