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808809

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Memo ADM 30/17 paragraph 7, what evidence is used to inform a LEAP exercise review of a claimant's Personal Independence Payment award.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	119918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We will use existing evidence that we hold for claimants. Where this is insufficient, we will seek further evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 10:51:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

808944

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Incentives
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 set out the total sum disbursed on bonuses to staff in his Department in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	120053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP currently operates a number of award schemes; end of year performance awards and in-year reward and recognition.</p><p> </p><p>A total of £41.8m, which is less than 2% of the overall DWP annual pay bill, has been paid between January 2017 and November 2017, this breaks down as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£37.4m - End of Year Performance Awards.</li><li>£4.4m – In Year Reward and Recognition</li></ul> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/12/2017 11:04:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

808947

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: Medical Records
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' medical documents submitted to his Department are known to be missing which relate to claims for (a) employment support allowance, (b) personal independence payment, (c) universal credit work capability assessments and (d) disability living allowance.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	120056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP does not record the number of medical documents reported as missing which relate to claims for benefits.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 11:02:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

808950

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many in-work claimants have experienced a (a) sanction and (b) suspension of their universal credit claim by length of sanction and suspension in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	120059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Universal Credit provides us with the opportunity to support people to progress, and we are building the evidence about what works, most substantially through a large-scale Randomised Control Trial (RCT).</p><p> </p><p>This trial tests different degrees of in-work support and conditionality by supporting people to progress by providing work coach support and setting mandatory requirements to make sure that individuals take reasonable action that should help them to earn more where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following link provides figures for the data collected so far on sanctions for in work claimants.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/in-work-progression-trial-update-april-2015-to-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/in-work-progression-trial-update-april-2015-to-october-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>This showed that up to November 2016, 319 sanctions had been applied to 15,455 trial participants, approximately 2%.</p><p> </p><p>Further statistical information regarding the number of sanctions and suspensions for in-work claimants within the randomised control trial cannot be provided until they are published in summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/12/2017 11:56:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

808952

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	Unemployed People: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to implement its report, Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	120061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families sets out a framework for improving outcomes for disadvantaged children, now and in the future. The Department for Work and Pensions continues to work with key stakeholders and with other departments to take forward the four policies set out in the paper and has made good progress. Public Health England will, for example, run a trial of the Individual Placement and Support approach, starting in spring 2018, and our vital work on reducing parental conflict is boosted by the Chancellor’s budget announcement to increase available funds up to £39m until 2021.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/12/2017 11:07:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

808958

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: Prescriptions
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 ensure that a box is ticked on universal credit statements and assessment pages to show whether or not the claimant is eligible for free prescriptions during the period in question.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	120067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We are enhancing claimant statements with key messages and support, in response to user research. This will include indicating claimants’ entitlement to other support.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/12/2017 12:00:25 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

808963

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) universal credit, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) employment and support allowance claimants have had a (i) sanction or (ii) suspension on their claim in the most recent 12 month period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	120072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The latest available information on proportion of Universal Credit, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance claimants receiving less benefit because they were sanctioned up to June 2017 is published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-2017</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the proportion of these benefit claimants who have had their benefit suspended for other reasons is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/12/2017 12:02:19 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

808974

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: Bradford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Bradford will be affected by the benefit cap following the recent welfare payment uprating.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	120083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The eligible benefits which are considered when calculating whether an individual has their benefit capped are frozen for 2018/2019. As such no additional households will be brought into scope of the cap through benefit uprating.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of households capped, including those with children, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 120084 120085 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:12:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

808975

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households that will be affected by the benefit cap after the recent welfare payment uprating.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	120084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The eligible benefits which are considered when calculating whether an individual has their benefit capped are frozen for 2018/2019. As such no additional households will be brought into scope of the cap through benefit uprating.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of households capped, including those with children, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 120083 120085 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:12:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

808976

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department assessed the number of households that would be affected by the benefit cap after the most recent welfare payment uprating before it made that uprating.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	120085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The eligible benefits which are considered when calculating whether an individual has their benefit capped are frozen for 2018/2019. As such no additional households will be brought into scope of the cap through benefit uprating.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of households capped, including those with children, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 120083 120084 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:12:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain