Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will produce a reanalysis of the data collected in the National LGBT Survey to provide a regional breakdown of the responses to each question.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In line with the Government’s approach to open data, we will explore how best to make as much of the national LGBT survey data available as possible.
We will not share or publish any data from which individuals can be identified, but we will look to publish more aggregate-level, anonymous data which will be of use to the public at large.
We will be looking to publish more of the data later in the year, and as part of this release, we will look to provide regional breakdowns.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to make the anonymised raw data from the National LGBT Survey publically available.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In line with the Government’s approach to open data, we will explore how best to make as much of the national LGBT survey data available as possible.
We will not share or publish any data from which individuals can be identified, but we will look to publish more aggregate-level, anonymous data which will be of use to the public at large.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on investigating documents leaked from his Department.
Answered by Gavin Williamson
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 July 2018 to Question 159554 to the hon. Member for Llanelli (Nia Griffith).
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to provide a fair and appropriate remedy for those civil servants who received voluntary redundancy under the 2016 terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme as set out in the letter of March 2018 from the Minister for Implementation to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Government has given careful consideration to ensure it meets its obligations to provide fair and appropriate remedy for individuals that left on a payment under the 2016 Civil Service Compensation Scheme terms.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Funeral Expenses Payment claims there have been in each year since 2005.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Data on the amount claimed for Funeral Expenses Payments (FEPs) is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The number of FEP applications received by the DWP and awards as a proportion of FEP applications processed, in each calendar year since 2005, are given below in table 1. They are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. Figures are not given for 2018 as the calendar year is incomplete.
Due to the timing of application processing, figures on awards may relate to applications processed in the previous year.
Table 1: FEP applications received and proportion of FEP applications resulting in an award, Great Britain 2005 - 2017
Year | Applications received (000s) | Awards as a proportion of applications processed |
2005 | 68.5 | 62.5% |
2006 | 67.7 | 61.3% |
2007 | 63.8 | 61.3% |
2008 | 67.5 | 59.5% |
2009 | 68.9 | 58.3% |
2010 | 66.8 | 56.6% |
2011 | 71 | 54.6% |
2012 | 66.4 | 54.4% |
2013 | 62.2 | 56.3% |
2014 | 52.5 | 59.1% |
2015 | 46.6 | 62.5% |
2016 | 44.3 | 60.9% |
2017 | 41.8 | 61.7% |
Source: Social Fund Policy, Budget, and Management Information System
Notes:
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average amount claimed for each funeral expenses payment in each year since 2005.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Data on the amount claimed for Funeral Expenses Payments (FEPs) is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The number of FEP applications received by the DWP and awards as a proportion of FEP applications processed, in each calendar year since 2005, are given below in table 1. They are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. Figures are not given for 2018 as the calendar year is incomplete.
Due to the timing of application processing, figures on awards may relate to applications processed in the previous year.
Table 1: FEP applications received and proportion of FEP applications resulting in an award, Great Britain 2005 - 2017
Year | Applications received (000s) | Awards as a proportion of applications processed |
2005 | 68.5 | 62.5% |
2006 | 67.7 | 61.3% |
2007 | 63.8 | 61.3% |
2008 | 67.5 | 59.5% |
2009 | 68.9 | 58.3% |
2010 | 66.8 | 56.6% |
2011 | 71 | 54.6% |
2012 | 66.4 | 54.4% |
2013 | 62.2 | 56.3% |
2014 | 52.5 | 59.1% |
2015 | 46.6 | 62.5% |
2016 | 44.3 | 60.9% |
2017 | 41.8 | 61.7% |
Source: Social Fund Policy, Budget, and Management Information System
Notes:
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of funeral expenses payment claims were successful in each year since 2005.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Data on the amount claimed for Funeral Expenses Payments (FEPs) is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The number of FEP applications received by the DWP and awards as a proportion of FEP applications processed, in each calendar year since 2005, are given below in table 1. They are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. Figures are not given for 2018 as the calendar year is incomplete.
Due to the timing of application processing, figures on awards may relate to applications processed in the previous year.
Table 1: FEP applications received and proportion of FEP applications resulting in an award, Great Britain 2005 - 2017
Year | Applications received (000s) | Awards as a proportion of applications processed |
2005 | 68.5 | 62.5% |
2006 | 67.7 | 61.3% |
2007 | 63.8 | 61.3% |
2008 | 67.5 | 59.5% |
2009 | 68.9 | 58.3% |
2010 | 66.8 | 56.6% |
2011 | 71 | 54.6% |
2012 | 66.4 | 54.4% |
2013 | 62.2 | 56.3% |
2014 | 52.5 | 59.1% |
2015 | 46.6 | 62.5% |
2016 | 44.3 | 60.9% |
2017 | 41.8 | 61.7% |
Source: Social Fund Policy, Budget, and Management Information System
Notes:
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of Public Health Funerals arranged by local authorities or local hospitals in every year since 2005.
Answered by Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government does not collect the information requested. Figures on local authority expenditure on, and income from, the provision of cemetery, cremation and mortuary services, including closed churchyards and post-mortem services within mortuaries, are collected on the Revenue Outturn (RO) form available from:
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funeral expenses payment in covering average funeral costs.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Department has not carried out such an assessment. Funeral costs vary by circumstance, and the Funeral Expenses Payments scheme continues to make a significant contribution towards the cost of a simple funeral for claimants on certain income based benefits or tax credits.
The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment scheme meets the necessary costs of a cremation or burial for eligible claimants, with the average Funeral Expenses Payment increasing year-on-year to meet the necessary costs. We also provide up to £700 for other costs. In 2016/17, my department made approximately 27,000 Funeral Expenses Payments, costing around £38.6 million.
In addition to Funeral Expenses Payments, my department provides interest-free Social Fund Budgeting Loans to help meet additional funeral costs for eligible claimants.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2018 to Question 150254, what estimate she has made of number of face-to-face interviews which have taken place as a result of a claimant forgetting all of their their universal credit online login details.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
Password interviews and password reset only interviews are recorded under one interview type, and resets can also be conducted during any interview. Therefore quantifying and differentiating password reset interviews only is not possible.