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386355

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 21015 to Question 1695, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to lower the benefit cap before his Department's impact assessment is published.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Details of the policy and impact assessment will be announced in due course. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4594 4598 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:50:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

385336

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 24 June (HL540), whether they plan to make such assessments in future; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Although data regarding claimant nationality is not currently recorded on benefit payment systems, Universal Credit will record such data, when EEA nationals are able to claim. The Department has no plans to make specific assessments regarding Polish nationals when such data becomes available. However, we will continue to monitor EEA nationals’ access to benefits more generally.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has made clear that further steps are needed to reform welfare to reduce the incentives which have led to mass immigration from the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 06/07/2015 11:59:13 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

385154

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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: Living Wage
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) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for his Department and its subsidiary agencies are paid less than the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	3647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>a) All staff directly employed by DWP and its arms length bodies are paid above the Living Wage.</p><p>b) DWP’s temporary agency staff are employed in line with Agency Workers Regulations which ensures parity with directly employed staff after 12 weeks.</p><p>c) There are currently 3,936 outsourced staff working for DWP contractors and their Service Partners who are paid at or below the Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 13:36:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

383975

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	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 assessment he has made of the pilot schemes aimed at in-work claimants.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	3192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The trial commenced on 20 April 2015 and therefore it is too early to make an assessment at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/06/2015 11:42:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

383977

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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: East Lothian
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had their benefits sanctioned in East Lothian in each of the last 12 quarters for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	George Kerevan
uin	3190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The latest available information on sanctions, up to December 2014, is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>:</p><p> </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><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/06/2015 11:52:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4416 label Biography information for George Kerevan

349407

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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: 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 he has made of the effect of lowering the overall benefit cap to £23,000 on expenditure on temporary accommodation in (a) London and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Details of the policy will be announced in due course. <strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1672 1673 question first answered 15/06/2015 16:24:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

349408

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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: 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 he has made of the effect of lowering the overall benefit cap to £23,000 on out of borough placements of homeless families by local authorities in (a) London and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Details of the policy will be announced in due course. <strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1671 1673 question first answered 15/06/2015 16:24:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

349409

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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: 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 he has made of the effect of lowering the overall benefit cap of £23,000 on levels of homelessness among families with children in (a) London and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Details of the policy will be announced in due course. <strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1671 1672 question first answered 15/06/2015 16:24:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

347983

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Oil Rigs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training standards are required for workers on North Sea oil rigs prior to their deployment on these oil rigs.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In respect of health and safety matters the law is goal setting, requiring workers to be provided with information, instruction and training necessary to ensure they are able to undertake their work safely. With respect to work offshore, the Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization (UK) has developed a wide range of training courses and standards that include safety information. HSE is an observer to the OPITO board.</p><p> </p><p>Two particular standards, the Minimum Industry Safety Training (MIST) and Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) courses cover the general safety knowledge required by all employees before working offshore in the oil and gas industry.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/06/2015 15:19:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

227189

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff directly employed by his Department at the Carer's Allowance Unit, Palatine House, Preston earn (a) more and (b) less than the national living wage.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	227408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>All 173 people directly employed by DWP in the Carer’s Allowance Unit, Palatine House, Preston are paid above the national living wage. The same is true for all people directly employed by DWP.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/03/2015 14:09:30 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick