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44500

registered interest
date	21/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free school meals to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	193248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>Our broad estimate of extending entitlement to free school meals to all families in receipt of Universal Credit is that it would cost up to an extra £750 million per year. This is lower than previous estimates because of the implementation of the universal infant free school meals policy from September 2014.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

44501

registered interest
date	21/03/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to assistance with utility costs to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	193247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p>There is a range of assistance with energy costs available to low income and vulnerable consumers.</p><p> </p><p>Some policies offer automatic payments. For example, Cold Weather Payments provide £25 for each 7 day period of very cold weather to eligible households. The cost of this scheme is not only dependent on who is eligible but also on the number of consecutive days of very cold weather in a given winter.</p><p> </p><p>Other types of assistance are set at a given level of annual support, irrespective of the number of eligible consumers. For example, Affordable Warmth is estimated to deliver energy efficiency and heating measures worth around £350 million. Whilst a consumer needs to be claiming certain types of benefits to be eligible for the scheme, support is capped at a certain target level and therefore extending the scheme's eligibility criteria would not necessarily affect the cost of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>These examples highlight that the cost of assistance is dependent on a number of factors beyond simply whether a consumer is eligible for support. We estimate 8 million people will be receiving Universal Credit once it has been fully rolled out. However, the cost to the public purse of extending the eligibility of the assistance schemes will depend on which schemes are included (e.g. would Winter Fuel Payments be included?), the way eligibility is implemented (capped versus automatic) and external factors such as the weather.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

44512

registered interest
date	21/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to (a) assistance with civil and criminal legal aid, (b) remission for court fees and (c) access to the assisted prison visits programme to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	193245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I will write to the Rt hon. Member for East Ham regarding the issues he has raised on legal aid and remission of court fees. On the assisted prison visits, we are liaising further with the Department for Work &amp; Pensions.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

44476

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
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 reasons for the fall in Work Programme referral numbers reported in the Work Programme Official Statistics to December 2013; and what his forecast is for future referrals.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	193049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Work Programme referrals are likely to have declined due to the generally improving economic situation leading to lower numbers hitting the referral points. We plan to release our next estimates of referrals in April 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

44477

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to prevent the practice of creaming and parking in the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	193050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Unlike previous employment schemes, the Work Programme already pays more to providers for them to support those claimants furthest from the labour Market, ensuring that Providers are incentivised to help all claimants.</p><p>In addition, Minimum Service Levels act as a safety net to ensure all claimants, regardless of their barriers, can get the support they need to return to work. </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

44478

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
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 in (a) payment group 1, (b) payment group 2 and (c) payment group 6 have completed two years on the Work Programme since that programme started; and how many of those people secured a job outcome within two years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	193048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on how many people in the payment groups 1,2 and 6 have completed two years on the Work Programme and how many of those have secured a job outcome can be found using the ‘Monthly Completers' option at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

44482

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date his Department's statutory consultation on the transfer of staff to the Single Fraud Investigation Service began; when that consultation is due to end; and which trades unions are being consulted.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	193046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>DWP's legal advice states that Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) do not apply. As TUPE does not apply, there is no statutory consultation duty arising out of the TUPE provisions.</p><p>DWP wants to offer TUPE protections to local authority staff transferring to DWP and will affect the staff transfer by way of Section 38 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 (s38 ERA 1999). There is no statutory consultation requirement under s38 ERA 1999.</p><p> </p><p>In the absence of any statutory requirement, DWP have agreed a 6-week consultation period on the staff transfer scheme under s38 ERA 1999.</p><p>DWP started consultation on the transfer of staff on 3 March 2014 and is due to complete on 14 April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>DWP formally engaged with LA Trade Unions as a stakeholder on 7th March 2014 by sending Unite, GMB and Unison trades unions copies of their letter to Local Authority Chief Executives inviting comments on the transfer of staff. Further engagement will be scheduled to agree consultation arrangements going forward.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

44140

registered interest
date	19/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have received help from the flexible support fund to cover childcare expenses for up to five days in the seven days immediately before starting working in each year since the Fund's inception; and how much the Government has spent on such support in each such year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	192919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested cannot be supplied without incurring disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

44141

registered interest
date	19/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what information his Department draws in evaluating the performance of Work Programme prime providers in addition to published outcome data.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	192917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In addition to the published outcome data, the Department has put in place a programme of surveys and qualitative research to evaluate the performance and delivery of Work Programme providers.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

44143

registered interest
date	19/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants working less than 16 hours per week have received help in each year from the flexible support fund to cover childcare expenses, (childcare subsidy), in each year since its inception; and how much the Government has spent on such support in each such year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	192918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested cannot be supplied without incurring disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms