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386981

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the benefit cap on levels of homelessness in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In December 2014 DWP published a suite of evaluation reports available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation</a>. These found very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small number of capped households who have been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons (beyond the cap) for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 13:44:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387128

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates
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 contribution by the Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 10 June 2015, Official Report, column 136WH, on organophosphate sheep dip, in what ways the Health and Safety Executive made the report referred to in that contribution and its content publicly available.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	5192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs made reference to the 1991 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report that presented the findings of a 1990 survey of sheep dipping. The report was published by HSE as an internal document in May 1991.</p><p> </p><p>The report was discussed at a meeting of the then Health and Safety Commission’s Agricultural Industry Advisory Committee (AIAC) working group, Chemicals In Agriculture (ChemAg), on 10 July 1991. The ChemAg working group membership included HSE, the Confederation of British Industry, the Trades Union Congress and other industry organisations.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to say with certainty what wider dissemination of the report there was, however, the September 1991 version of HSE’s published advisory leaflet “Sheep Dipping, Protect your health” (see attached) gives advice about the measures necessary to use dips safely and reflects the findings of the 1990 survey.</p><p>The 1990 survey also proposed additional work to further quantify the problems identified. This work was referred to in a press release (attached), issued in July 1993 that sets out the poor practice identified on farms using sheep dips and gives a summary of the sheep dip study findings.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson attachment 1 file name Sheep Dipping - Protect Your Health - AS29 - 1991.pdf title Sheep Dipping, Protect your health 2 file name Press release issued in 1993 on HSE survey and summary of results (also ChemAg) agenda item.pdf title Press release question first answered 06/07/2015 14:07:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

387130

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what employment support initiatives his Department plans to fund from savings arising from implementation of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015; and when he plans to commence those initiatives.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The principle behind the waiting days is that benefits are not designed to provide cover for brief spells of unemployment. We expect savings of around £150m per annum which will be used to fund measures to get people off benefit and into work and will particularly help those who are likely to be long- term benefit recipients.</p><p> </p><p>These include English Language Training, targeting those for whom language is a barrier to work, and additional voluntary support for lone parents with children aged 3-4.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/07/2015 16:30:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

387135

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of families with children affected by the benefit cap have a child under (a) one year old, (b) two years old, (c) three years old and (d) four years old.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</del><ins class="ministerial">DWP statisticians are currently assessing the viability of publishing further age breakdowns for children in households subject to the benefit cap alongside suitable context and commentary. If the analyses prove to be sufficiently robust the results will be published at the earliest opportunity according to the Code of Practice for statistics.</ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 16:57:41 question first ministerially corrected 10/07/2015 11:42:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 11479 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386799

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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: Public Appointments
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 place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by his Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	4974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Under the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies (April 2012), Government Departments are required to publicise successful appointments. Announcements about public appointments are made on GOV.UK or the individual body’s website.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 15:45:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

386801

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in the West Midlands region live in poverty.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	4927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low-income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis by region is presented as three-year averages as single-year estimates are considered too volatile. Figures are presented in financial year estimates and are available up to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/07/2015 14:14:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

386802

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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
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 have been exempted from the benefits cap as a result of a new personal independence payment or disability living allowance claim.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4983 question first answered 06/07/2015 14:49:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386803

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in receipt of two payments of carer's allowance in order that each person can care for the other.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 14:41:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386805

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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
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) benefit and (b) pension claims are paid into Coutts bank accounts.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 14:25:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386806

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential effectiveness of voice recognition technology in reducing fraud and error in payment of benefits.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP has started considering the value of Voice Biometrics to support the move to digital self-service with Cabinet Office GDS and Open Identity Exchange (OIX).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 14:58:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies