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93375

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many scooters have been allocated under the mobility element of personal independence payments in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	210519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Motability is an independent registered charity. The Department works closely with Motability and facilitates the transfer of benefit to Motability on behalf of those claimants who have chosen to join the Motability schemes.</p><p>Responsibility for the charity’s policies and operational strategy falls to the Governors and Director of Motability. Motability is wholly responsible for the administration of the Motability scheme including collating its own management information. Questions about the number of cars and scooters allocated by Motability can be sent to: Declan O'Mahony, Director, Motability, Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow, Essex CM19 5PX.</p><p>Information about complaints received about Motability is not available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 210520 210550 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:39:24 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

93376

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cars have been allocated under the mobility element of personal independence payments in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	210520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Motability is an independent registered charity. The Department works closely with Motability and facilitates the transfer of benefit to Motability on behalf of those claimants who have chosen to join the Motability schemes.</p><p>Responsibility for the charity’s policies and operational strategy falls to the Governors and Director of Motability. Motability is wholly responsible for the administration of the Motability scheme including collating its own management information. Questions about the number of cars and scooters allocated by Motability can be sent to: Declan O'Mahony, Director, Motability, Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow, Essex CM19 5PX.</p><p>Information about complaints received about Motability is not available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 210519 210550 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:39:24 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

93377

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 209233 for what reason the information is not available.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions publishes monitoring returns from local authorities that give a breakdown of Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) awards by broad category, including to recipients of Housing Benefit subject to Local Housing Allowance calculations. Further detail, for example awards to those subject to the Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR), is not available. Returns are voluntary and information is not provided by all local authorities. The returns give the number of awards, which may not equate to the number of people receiving them; some people may receive more than one award over the period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the following weblink:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s housing benefit administrative database, compiled from electronic data supplied by local authorities, identifies by gender and age those Housing Benefit claimants that are assessed by the SAR in the given area. These data are taken from scans of local authority systems. They also hold some information on whether a DHP is being made to the claimant at that time. The recording of this information on the electronic data is incomplete and not reliable.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 15:18:33 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

93378

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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 measures he uses to assess the timeliness of payments in the benefits system.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	210464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The department uses a range of metrics to track and manage timeliness of payments within the benefits system.</p><p> </p><p>Our transparency indicators also include an overall productivity measure.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:47:58 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

93379

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Torbay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many visits were made by Ministers of his Department to Torbay constituency in the 12 months to 14 October 2014; whom the invitation for each such visit was issued by; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such visit.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	210486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the ministers of his Department have made no visits in the 12 months to October 2014 to the Torbay constituency in a ministerial capacity. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 14:01:59 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

93380

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made to the benefits sanctions regime since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	210487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>For most recent changes please see the following link for the Government response to Matthew Oakley’s Review of Sanctions:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions-independent-review-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions-independent-review-government-response</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/10/2014 14:48:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

93381

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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: Warrington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants in Warrington have been sanctioned for failure to attend a mandatory work placement after they have reported a change of circumstances but before they are advised of their entitlement to another benefit.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	210534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:49:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

93382

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: 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 people aged 18 to 21 claimed jobseekers allowance in Scotland; what total amount was claimed in each of the last three years; and what the average amount claimed per person was in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	210490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information is in the table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Jobseekers Allowance for 18-21 year-olds in Scotland</p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimants (thousands)</p></td><td><p>25,900</p></td><td><p>23,400</p></td><td><p>18,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expenditure (nominal, £m)</p></td><td><p>£74</p></td><td><p>£69</p></td><td><p>£52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average payment per week</p></td><td><p>£54.43</p></td><td><p>£57.23</p></td><td><p>£57.39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p> </p><p>1. Estimates are based on the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, Quarterly Statistical Enquiry and expenditure data for Jobseeker’s Allowance.</p><p>2. Caseload and average amounts paid are averaged over each financial year.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/10/2014 15:15:15 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

93383

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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, if he will take steps to ensure that the gainful self-employment test under universal credit takes into account (a) the freelance status of performers and (b) the irregular work patterns of performers when applied to those applicants.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	210489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In Universal Credit a claimant is gainfully self-employed where:</p><p>· They are carrying on a trade, profession or vocation as their main form of employment;</p><p>· Their earnings from the trade, profession or vocation are self-employed earnings;</p><p>· The trade, profession or vocation is organised, developed, regular and carried on in expectation of profit.</p><p> </p><p>The freelance status of performers would not affect their eligibility for Universal Credit, or whether they meet the definition of gainful self-employment .</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the self-employment must be regular, neither the work patterns nor the claimant’s earnings need to be so. The Department recognises that self-employment work patterns often vary and a range of factors can influence the amount and duration of self-employed work.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is assessed and paid monthly, which enables it to adjust quickly to take account of changes in earnings, ensuring claimants receive the right level of support at the right time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/10/2014 16:58:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

93384

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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: Warrington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken by Warrington Jobcentre Plus is to review the conditionality group of a universal credit claimant who reports a change of circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	210535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is currently not available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:52:28 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones