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969112

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the criteria is for placing a person in the Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work category without attending a work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	171353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) advises DWP Decision Makers on whether a claimant has limited capability for work. CHDA can make its assessments based on scrutiny of available written information, including a questionnaire that the claimant is asked to complete, giving details of how their health condition or disability impacts on their day-to-day activities.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are only asked attend a Work Capability Assessment where CHDA finds the available written information is inconclusive and is unable to advise, based on that evidence, how the claimant’s condition may impact upon their capability for work.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/09/2018 13:44:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

969151

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Service Requests for (a) a new child maintenance scheme claim, (b) a change of circumstances, (c) a variation request, (d) chasing arrears, and (e) undertaking enforcement action remain outstanding in the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme computer system.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	171426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>As at the end of August 2018 the following CMS case SRs remained outstanding;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>8,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change of Circumstances</p></td><td><p>89,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Variations</p></td><td><p>4,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arrears</p></td><td><p>38,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enforcement</p></td><td><p>36,975</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2018 13:49:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

969152

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours the Child Maintenance System has been (a) unavailable to staff and (b) working with reduced performance in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	171427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>We record all incidents where the 2012 Child Maintenance Service has not been available for staff. Over the last six months, this has been:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Minutes lost</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hours Lost</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Availability</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>1230</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>97.73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>1.72</p></td><td><p>99.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>99.93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>99.91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>99.62%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Although we manage periods of reduced performance as incidents, there is no formal measure for degraded service as these may impact sub-sets of system users differently.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2018 11:55:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

969153

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many processing hours for Child Maintenance service requests were lost as a result of (a) technical and (b) IT faults in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	171428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>We record all incidents where the 2012 Child Maintenance System has not been available to staff but we are unable to analyse this data by technical and IT faults. On average over the last six months, the hours lost have been 4.37 hours per month.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2018 12:06:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

969154

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to undertake an assessment of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Scheme computer system; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	171429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The effectiveness of the Department’s systems including the 2012 Child Maintenance System is continuously reviewed. A service improvement programme was established in April 2018 and has resulted in better performance, more stability, fewer incidents and a reduction in known problems.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2018 12:11:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

968095

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of youth unemployment was in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018 to date.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	170763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The level of unemployment amongst people aged 16-24 years old has fallen to a record low. In the three months to July 2018 youth unemployment was 488,000 - down 451,000 (48%) from 939,000 before the 2010 election.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/09/2018 11:59:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

968297

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the money that will accrue to the public purse of the (a) fee charged for applications to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), (b) collection fee for paying parents using the CMS Collect and Pay service, (c) collection fee for receiving parents using the CMS Collect and Pay service and (d) enforcement fees levied on paying parents in (i) 2019-20 and (ii) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	170882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are not able to provide details of estimates for receipts to the public purse from Child Maintenance Service charges for 2019-20 and 2020-21 as these figures will comprise part of the Spending Review which has yet to be agreed.</del><ins class="ministerial">Details of estimates for receipts to the public purse from Child Maintenance Service charges are not yet available. We expect to have estimates for 2019-20 early in 2019. Estimates for 2020-21 will form part of the next Spending Review.</ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 16:19:10 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2018 10:07:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 74187 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

968338

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Pensioners: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that British citizens receiving a UK pension while living elsewhere in the EU continue to receive that pension after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	170750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK State Pension will remain payable worldwide under domestic legislation following our departure from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/09/2018 13:48:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

968339

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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, whether she plans to reduce waiting times for payments of universal credit to help ensure that tenants do not fall into rent arrears.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	170751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Research carried out by the National Federation of ALMOs shows over three quarters of their tenants come onto Universal Credit with pre-existing rent arrears.</p><p>Arrears are usually temporary and the majority of claimants do succeed in paying their rent, managing their monthly payments and clearing their arrears over time. However, this year following the Autumn 2017 Budget, we have abolished waiting days and now provide 2 weeks of extra housing support to claimants moving to Universal Credit from Housing Benefit.</p><p>The assessment period and payment structure of Universal Credit is integral to the overall design, which requires an assessment period of a month to assess earnings. Support is available in the first assessment period through the system of advances. We have also made changes to improve advances, and they can now be repaid over a course of 12 months and can consist of up to 100 per cent of the indicative monthly award from day one.</p><p> </p><p>Around 80 per cent of new claims are paid in full and on time. In many cases where full payment is not made on time, it is due to unresolved issues such as: claimants not accepting their Claimant Commitment or passing identity checks, or having outstanding verification issues, such as housing costs and self-employed earnings. Whilst their verification is on-going, many claimants receive a part payment for those elements of the claim that have been resolved.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/09/2018 14:21:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

968341

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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, what the planned timescale is for the transitional protection period for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	170753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>Transitional Protection will not be awarded for a fixed period, but will remain in place until the underlying Universal Credit entitlement increases, which will bring claimants’ entitlement into line with that of those making new claims. Transitional Protection will end, however, if the claimant has a significant change of circumstance.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to Parliament approving the necessary legislation, which we have announced will be brought forward in the autumn, we will be starting managed migration of existing benefit claimants to Universal Credit in 2019 and plan to complete this process in 2023. It is estimated this legislation will bring in £2.6 billion of transitional protection by 2023 (OBR Welfare Trends report January 2018) boosting the incomes of around 1 million Universal Credit households. The regulations also include additional transitional protection arrangements for all approximately 500,000 claimants eligible for a Severe Disability Premium.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/09/2018 14:42:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson