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860537

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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, whether her Department has allocated contingency funding to pay people who are having their personal independence payment claim reviewed by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	131894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the statement made by myself, <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-01-30/debates/F35E85CB-FF67-467E-AD63-1C13EB1EC32B/PIPBackPayments" target="_blank">Official Report</a>, 30 January 2018, Column 703.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/03/2018 13:56:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

860700

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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 Pension, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow North of 13 December 2017 on his constituent's employment and support allowance application and concerns about a lack of consideration given to mental health and autistic spectrum medical conditions.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	132057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Despite an extensive search, we have been unable to locate the letter. I will of course respond to any future correspondence we receive.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/03/2018 13:53:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

858557

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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: Scotland
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 are included on universal credit claims in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	131812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The information for all Universal Credit claims is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, I can inform the Hon. Member that as at June 2017, there were 51,000 households in Scotland on Universal Credit, of which 4,600 had child entitlement (these figures have been obtained from stat xplore, which can be accessed at</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>)</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/03/2018 16:54:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

858558

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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: Scotland
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 Scotland receive a child element under universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	131813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of households in receipt of additional Universal Credit support for parents is published and can be accessed 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.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/03/2018 13:16:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

858559

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on the use of universal credit split payments; and if she has supplied the Scottish Government with indicative costs.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	131814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP and the Scottish Government have had early discussions about the Scottish Government’s split payment policy and will be holding an initial workshop in the near future. Currently, Universal Credit Alternative Payment Arrangements for split payments are available for vulnerable claimants.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide indicative costs until the design has been agreed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/03/2018 15:05:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

857731

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Welfare Tax Credits: West Midlands
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 are in receipt of (a) child tax credit, (b) working tax credit and (c) both child and working tax credit by income decile in (i) Coventry and (ii) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	131632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Decile</p></td><td><p>Child Tax Credit</p></td><td><p>Working Tax Credit</p></td><td><p>Both Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of individuals in receipt of tax credits is based on Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data sourced from the Family Resources Survey (FRS). A three year average (2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14) is used to support the small sample size at a regional level. The number in receipt of tax credits are not available at local authority or constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p> </p><p>In the FRS tax credit receipt is based on self-assessment and therefore may be subject to misreporting, and the FRS is known to undercount receipt of certain benefits. Therefore the numbers in the table have been produced by applying the proportion in each decile from HBAI to the overall number of families in receipt of child tax credit, working tax credit and both child tax credit and working tax credit, from administrative data. The tax credit administrative data is available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>The calculation of income deciles uses disposable household income, adjusted using modified OECD equivalisation factors for household size and composition. All estimates are based on survey data and are therefore subject to a degree of uncertainty. Small differences should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling error and variability in non-response. Numbers of individuals have been rounded to the nearest thousand individuals. Numbers that round to less than one hundred thousand have been suppressed (“-“).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 11:19:37 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

857797

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the ability of Support for Mortgage Interest claimants to afford financial advice on whether to take out a loan to replace the benefit that they are currently receiving.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	131698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department anticipates that many Support for Mortgage Interest claimants may not be able to afford commercial financial advice. All existing recipients of Support for Mortgage Interest will be contacted and given information about the changes. The information leaflet and Frequently Asked Questions booklet point claimants to organisations who can offer impartial, free support such as Money Advice Service. We believe that this will provide claimants with the information that they need to assess their options and make an informed decision on an SMI loan.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 17:13:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

856909

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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	Welfare Tax Credits
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 are in receipt of (a) child tax credit, (b) working tax credit and (c) both those tax credits by income decile.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	131421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Income</strong> <strong>Decile</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Child Tax Credit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working Tax Credit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Both Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>0.5m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>0.9m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>0.8m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>0.6m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>0.5m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>3.8m</p></td><td><p>2.2m</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of individuals in receipt of tax credits is based on Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data sourced from the 2015-16 Family Resources Survey (FRS). In the FRS tax credit receipt is based on self-assessment and therefore may be subject to misreporting, and the FRS is known to undercount receipt of certain benefits. The numbers in the table have been corrected for the undercount. They have been produced by scaling the proportion in each decile from HBAI to the overall number of families in receipt of child tax credit, working tax credit and both child tax credit and working tax credit, from administrative data. The tax credit administrative data is available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>The calculation of income deciles uses disposable household income, adjusted using modified OECD equivalisation factors for household size and composition. All estimates are based on survey data and are therefore subject to a degree of uncertainty. Small differences should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling error and variability in non-response. Numbers of individuals have been rounded to the nearest hundred thousand. Numbers that round to less than one hundred thousand have been suppressed (“-“).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 11:31:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

856971

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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	Workplace Pensions: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many private sector final salary schemes have been declared failed in every year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	131483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Following a qualifying employer insolvency event, a pension scheme undergoes a Pension Protection Fund ‘assessment period’, where the Pension Protection Fund determine whether it must assume responsibility for the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The table below lists the number of pension schemes that went into a Pension Protection Fund ‘assessment period’ in the last 12 years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Schemes that entered PPF assessment </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/03/2018 14:21:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

857024

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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	Leisure: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to regulate trampoline parks.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	131536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Businesses running trampoline parks have legal duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated regulations to protect the health and safety of their employees and customers. The legal duties are enforced by local authorities. If a local authority has evidence of poor health and safety performance at a particular trampoline park, it has the powers to investigate and take appropriate enforcement action to ensure compliance with the law.</p><p> </p><p>A British Standard, PAS 5000:2017 ‘Specification for the construction and operation of a fixed indoor trampoline park’ provides advice to trampoline park operators on how to comply with their legal duties.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 131290 question first answered 12/03/2018 12:10:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn