Asked by: Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat - St Austell and Newquay)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for an Atos medical assessment in (a) Cornwall and (b) the UK.
Answered by Lord Harper
The information requested on ESA is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Statistics on the time taken to process Personal Independence Payment cases are intended for future publication. The Department's analysts are currently considering what information will be included in the release. The release will be pre-announced in line with UK Statistics Authority protocols.
Asked by: Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat - St Austell and Newquay)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were temporarily exempt from the benefit cap due to their housing benefit being reduced were in temporary accommodation between April 2013 and January 2014.
Answered by Esther McVey
The information requested is not available. People whose housing benefit entitlement is reduced such that their overall benefit falls below the cap threshold are not subject to the cap.
Asked by: Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat - St Austell and Newquay)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional households in temporary accommodation became subject to the benefit cap on flow in each month between May 2013 and January 2014.
Answered by Esther McVey
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat - St Austell and Newquay)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in temporary accommodation were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.
Answered by Esther McVey
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat - St Austell and Newquay)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) employment and support allowance were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.
Answered by Esther McVey
The information requested is not readily available and can only be be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat - St Austell and Newquay)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single parents with a child under the age of five years old were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.
Answered by Esther McVey
The information requested is not readily available and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.