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1132141

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 259875 on Universal Credit, how many individual claims are represented by each percentage figure given.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	264333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is available in the attached document for both new claims and existing claims. The Limited Capability for Work (LCW) addition is no longer payable on new claims to Universal Credit (UC) since 3rd April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of claims paid in full on time is subject to fluctuation. This particularly effects the figures for LCW in the first assessment period which are subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants in the Limited Capability for Work and Work Related Activity (LCWRA) group may not receive their additional element within the first assessment period due to the additional element being calculated based on the outcome of their Work Capability Assessment (WCA) which, due to the need for medical evidence and assessment, may not be complete by the end of the first assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who naturally migrate to UC from Employment and Support Allowance, and are currently receiving the LCW / LCWRA addition, will continue to receive it on their UC claim from day 1 as long as there has been no break in their claim and they have declared the same health condition when they moved across to UC.</p><p> </p><p>UC payment timeliness has continued to improve during its rollout, we are also continually introducing improvements to its design, for example most recently, by making childcare and housing verification easier. These improvements are not yet fully reflected in the data supplied.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/06/2019 14:07:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma attachment 1 file name PQ264333 - data tables.xlsx title Data Tables
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1132142

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
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, on how many occasions inaccurate returns from Real Time Information has affected claims for universal credit in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	264334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department has been working closely with HMRC since Universal Credit went live in 2013 to support and inform employers who report earnings to emphasise the importance of timely reporting via the Real Time Information (RTI) system.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have updated their guidance to reiterate to employers the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles; the Financial Secretary to the Treasury is also working closely with HMRC and employers to do this.</p><p> </p><p>RTI concerns, questions and complaints data is not centrally collated and could only be supplied at disproportionate to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Department received over 31 million RTI notifications from employers for Universal Credit claimants in the last 12 months (17 June 2018 to 16 June 2019). These records were used to produce over 18.5 million individual earnings calculations and 77,952 of those calculations were disputed by claimants, of which around a fifth were upheld.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 264335 question first answered 21/06/2019 13:28:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1132143

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
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, how many occasions universal credit claimants have registered concerns, questions, or complaints on Real Time Information in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	264335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department has been working closely with HMRC since Universal Credit went live in 2013 to support and inform employers who report earnings to emphasise the importance of timely reporting via the Real Time Information (RTI) system.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have updated their guidance to reiterate to employers the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles; the Financial Secretary to the Treasury is also working closely with HMRC and employers to do this.</p><p> </p><p>RTI concerns, questions and complaints data is not centrally collated and could only be supplied at disproportionate to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Department received over 31 million RTI notifications from employers for Universal Credit claimants in the last 12 months (17 June 2018 to 16 June 2019). These records were used to produce over 18.5 million individual earnings calculations and 77,952 of those calculations were disputed by claimants, of which around a fifth were upheld.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 264334 question first answered 21/06/2019 13:28:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1132144

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Explosives: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to her Department's archived document entitled British Isles Explosive Dumping Grounds, what records her Department holds on explosives dumped at the following areas and positions (a) Off the Continental Shelf 48 20 00 N 13 40 00 W (b) Beauforts Dyke 54 54 00 N 05 23 00 W (c) Beauforts Dyke 54 54 00 N 05 05 00 W (d) Inner Sound 57 19 00 N 05 51 00 W (e) Isle of May, Firth of Forth 56 10 45 N 02 30 15 W (f) Hurd Deep 49 30 00 N 03 34 00 W (g) St Catherines Deep 50 34 00 N 01 12 00 W (h) East of Orford Ness 52 07 00 N 01 55 00 E (i) East Swin (Kings Channel) 51 47 30 N 01 30 00 E (j) NW of Alderney 49 50 00 N 02 18 00 W (k) NW of Alderney 49 47 00N 02 17 00 W (l) SSW Guernsey 49 18 00 N 02 42 00 W (m) Whitesand Bay (Plymouth) 50 18 45 N 04 16 00 W (n) Milford Haven 51 34 30 N 05 01 00 W (o) Milford Haven 51 38 00 N 05 20 00W (p) Milford Haven 51 43 30 N 05 33 45 W (q) Beauforts Dyke 54 45 00 N 05 15 00W (r) Sound of Mull 56 30 00 N 05 37 00 W (s) Isle of May (Firth of Forth) 56 11 24 N 02 29 00 W (t) East of Aberdeen 57 09 00 N 01 58 30 W (u) Loch Linnhe 56 30 00 N 05 37 00 W.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	264427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The last at-sea disposal of explosives on the UK continental shelf took place in 1976. The last disposals of chemical weapons off the continental shelf took place in 1957 while disposals of munitions off the continental shelf ended in 1992. Information relating to events prior to 1989 has been destroyed or transferred to the National Archives in accordance with the Public Records Act. No information relating to later events is known to be held in Ministry of Defence archives. No central record exists of such information and to search for any previously unidentified information would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 265540 question first answered 20/06/2019 16:19:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1132145

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of Civil and Family Court cases where decisions were taken on the basis of manipulated forensic testing provided by (a) Randox and (b) Trimega.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	264435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>Greater Manchester Police are undertaking an ongoing, expansive criminal investigation into alleged manipulation of toxicology results by individuals who were employed at Trimega, and later Randox Testing Services (RTS) after Trimega’s liquidation in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The investigation will seek to determine how many cases may have been affected and retesting of samples continues at pace. As such, it is not possible to provide an estimate of the number of cases affected at this time.</p><p> </p><p>A bespoke court process has been implemented so that individuals who are concerned about the outcome of cases involving tests performed by Trimega can apply to the court to consider setting aside or changing their order.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2019 13:50:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132146

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard the electoral process in respect of postal voting.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	264295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Electoral Fraud is unacceptable on any level. We have processes in place to defend against electoral fraud and there is ongoing work with electoral administrators and Royal Mail to implement these. In response to the Pickles report on electoral fraud, the Government accepted recommendations to strengthen the postal vote system and, in line with our manifesto commitment, we are working to reform postal voting to ensure our elections are secure.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office coordinates cross-Government work to protect and secure our democratic processes and ensure those involved in delivering our elections receive cyber, physical and personnel security advice from experts at the National Cyber Security Centre and the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/06/2019 14:21:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

1132147

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Mentally Disordered Offenders: Prisoners' Transfers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for the transfer of offenders to mental health hospitals under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	264365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>We are determined to improve the process of transfer from prison to hospital under the Mental Health Act to ensure delays are reduced. We take the mental health of prisoners extremely seriously, which is why we have increased the support available to vulnerable offenders, especially during the first 24 hours in custody. We are updating the mental health training for prison officers and so far over 24,000 new and existing prison staff have completed at least one module of the revised suicide and self-harm prevention training. HMPPS is working with NHS England and Public Health England to improve and redesign services for people in prison with mental health needs. This includes revising approaches to secure hospital transfers under section 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act when a person needs to be in a hospital setting for their mental health assessment and treatment. HMPPS and NHS England have worked together to collect new evidence and have increased understanding of where transfers work well and how delays arise, identifying areas for improvement. NHS England are currently consulting on an updated version of DHSC’s good practice guidance on transfers and remissions, which will inform our approach. In addition, the independent review of the Mental Health Act, published in December 2018, made recommendations in relation to patients in the criminal justice system, which require detailed consideration in the context of transfers from prison to hospital and we will respond to these in due course. Officials in the Mental Health Casework Section (MHCS) in HMPPS issue transfer warrants on behalf of the Secretary of State. MHCS has an internal target to produce a transfer warrant within 24 hours of receipt of all necessary information. In the vast majority of cases (96%), transfer warrants are issued within 24 hours of MHCS receiving all necessary information. By holding partners to account where information is missing, MHCS has recently reduced the average time from initial notification to the issue of a warrant from 14 calendar days to 3 calendar days.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2019 13:49:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1132149

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pregabalin: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the study by Oxford University on links between pregabalin and epilepsy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the safety of the epilepsy drug pregabalin.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	264440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) continuously monitors the safety of all medicines on the market in the United Kingdom and seeks independent expert advice from the Commission on Human Medicines and its advisory groups on important new safety issues.</p><p>The MHRA is aware of the study by Molero et al published in the BMJ on 12 June 2019 which suggests that gabapentinoid medicines, pregabalin and gabapentin, are associated with an increased risk of suicidal behaviour, unintentional overdoses, head/body injuries and road traffic incidents and offences.</p><p>Pregabalin is authorised for the treatment of epilepsy, neuropathic pain and generalised anxiety disorder. Pregabalin is recognised to be associated with a range of possible side effects including dizziness, somnolence, loss of consciousness, confusion and mental impairment which could explain the increased risk of injuries and traffic accidents identified in this new study.</p><p>The product information for pregabalin currently contains relevant warnings regarding suicidal ideation and behaviour, possible side effects, as well as the possible effects on driving and operating machinery. The MHRA will carefully consider this new study and whether new advice needs to be issued to healthcare professionals and patients.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/06/2019 10:24:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1132150

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dementia: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis of dementia.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	264467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Challenge on Dementia 2020 sets out the ambition for two thirds of people with dementia to receive a formal diagnosis. This has been achieved and exceeded nationally. Our focus now is on reducing the variation in local diagnosis rates and NHS England have published guidance and put programmes in place to further improve the quality and timeliness of diagnosis across the country.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital collects data on the number of patients with a recorded dementia diagnosis in their clinical record and report this on a monthly basis, so that the National Health Service (general practitioners and commissioners) can make informed choices about how to plan their services around their patient’s needs. The data is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/recorded-dementia-diagnoses" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/recorded-dementia-diagnoses</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 264469 question first answered 20/06/2019 10:41:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1132152

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dementia: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of older people diagnosed with dementia.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	264469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Challenge on Dementia 2020 sets out the ambition for two thirds of people with dementia to receive a formal diagnosis. This has been achieved and exceeded nationally. Our focus now is on reducing the variation in local diagnosis rates and NHS England have published guidance and put programmes in place to further improve the quality and timeliness of diagnosis across the country.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital collects data on the number of patients with a recorded dementia diagnosis in their clinical record and report this on a monthly basis, so that the National Health Service (general practitioners and commissioners) can make informed choices about how to plan their services around their patient’s needs. The data is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/recorded-dementia-diagnoses" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/recorded-dementia-diagnoses</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 264467 question first answered 20/06/2019 10:41:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns