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101603

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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 recent progress he has made on rectifying benefit sanctions found to have been wrongly applied.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	905816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We get the vast majority of decisions right. All decisions are made by independent decision makers based on evidence provided at the time. A sanction will never be imposed if a claimant provides good reason and once sanctioned a claimant has rights to reconsideration and appeal. Hardship payments are also available and vulnerable claimants, including anyone with responsibility for a child, can receive payments immediately.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 13:03:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

101224

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has paid in personal independent payments in the London Borough of Southwark in each month since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	212149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not available. National expenditure on personal independence payment in 2013/14 was £155million<sup>1</sup>. No breakdown by local authority is available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables,</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212147 212148 question first answered 30/10/2014 14:29:59 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

101225

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individual personal independent payments have been awarded in the London Borough of Southwark since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	212150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Such information as is available on the number of cases in payment, and applications made, for personal independence payment has been published and is available from the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212151 question first answered 30/10/2014 14:25:11 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

101226

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independent payment applications his Department has received from people in the London Borough of Southwark since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	212151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Such information as is available on the number of cases in payment, and applications made, for personal independence payment has been published and is available from the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212150 question first answered 30/10/2014 14:25:12 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

101227

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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
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) pensioner households and (b) disabled people are in receipt of local housing allowance in (i) the UK, (ii) each region and (iii) each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	212145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested in respect of Housing Benefit (HB) claimants is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on those households containing someone registered as disabled is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 30/10/2014 14:36:03 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

101228

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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, when he plans that universal credit will be available to (a) couples and (b) households with children throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	212146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Official Report, 13th October 2014, Column. 16WS.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 30/10/2014 13:08:45 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

101229

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has awarded in personal independent payments in the London Borough of Southwark since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	212147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not available. National expenditure on personal independence payment in 2013/14 was £155million<sup>1</sup>. No breakdown by local authority is available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables,</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212148 212149 question first answered 30/10/2014 14:29:59 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

101230

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has paid in backdated payments for personal independent payments in the London Borough of Southwark since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	212148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not available. National expenditure on personal independence payment in 2013/14 was £155million<sup>1</sup>. No breakdown by local authority is available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables,</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212147 212149 question first answered 30/10/2014 14:29:59 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

101238

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Unemployment Benefits: East of England
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 have made at least one claim for out-of-work benefits in (a) Bury St. Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) the East of England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	211956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 13:09:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

101239

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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 Services: Suffolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (b) Suffolk to support older jobseekers in using online recruitment processes.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	211957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Bury St Edmunds Jobcentre and all Suffolk Jobcentres provide public computers with internet access for jobseekers to use. Staff are available to offer individual coaching and to support jobseekers completing online applications.</p><p> </p><p>Several partner organisations including New Careers Service and F1 Training support jobseekers through online job applications and up skill them to be self-sufficient in online recruitment processes. FiftyON East and TCHC also offer this support specifically for older jobseekers.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 13:16:29 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley