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1588341

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total budget allocated for the Flexible Support Fund was in each of the five financial years up to 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	150490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The most recent completed allocations are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>88.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>48.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>37.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>40.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>37.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest £0.1m</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/02/2023 16:48:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1588349

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Flexible Support Fund
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 20 February 2023 to Question 142712 on the Flexible Support Fund, what information his Department holds on funding allocated through the Flexible Support Fund.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	150491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Funding information for the Flexible Support Fund is held at Area level and not collated centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/02/2023 16:47:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1587662

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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, if he will take steps to ensure that people who are eligible for Universal Credit but receive a nil award as a result of a sanction are not prevented from accessing other benefit payments.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	149521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>This depends on the individual eligibility criteria for other benefits.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/02/2023 14:55:15 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1587891

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing benefits in line with (a) inflation and (b) the cost of living; and if he will review his Department's processes for recovering social security debt.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	149489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>State pensions and benefits will increase by 10.1% in April 2023. This is in line with the increase in the cost of living as measured by the Consumer Prices Index in the year to September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the current exceptionally high cost of living, which is why, in addition to the £37 billion of support we have provided for cost of living pressures in 2022/23, we are acting now to ensure support continues throughout 2023/24. Subject to passage of the necessary legislation, this will include further Cost of Living Payments of up to £900 for households in receipt of qualifying means-tested benefits and £150 for people in receipt of qualifying disability benefits. In addition, eight million pensioner households will receive a further £300 Pensioner Cost of Living Payment as a top-up to their Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also continue to provide support to all households through the Energy Price Guarantee, which caps the price paid for each unit of energy. From April, the typical household will now pay on average £3,000 a year.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to the Department’s processes for recovering social security debt, anyone who is repaying a benefit overpayment and feels they cannot afford the proposed rate of recovery is encouraged to contact the Department to discuss their situation. The Department has a well-established process for working with individuals to support them to manage their debts.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/02/2023 14:31:33 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1587920

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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	Jobcentres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefit claimants with work search requirements who have been out of work for at least 13 weeks in the four pilot areas for the two-week daily face-to-face Jobcentre appointments programme have participated in that programme.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	149499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Four sites begun operating a small Proof of Concept to assess the feasibility of delivering a programme of Additional Jobcentre Support to claimants out of work for at least 13 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot rollout started on 27<sup>th</sup> February (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-02-27/hcws582" target="_blank">Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament</a>).</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 149500 149501 question first answered 27/02/2023 17:16:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1587921

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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	Jobcentres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefit claimants with work search requirements who have been out of work for at least 13 weeks in the four pilot areas and participated in the two-week daily face-to-face Jobcentre appointments programme have started a job.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	149500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Four sites begun operating a small Proof of Concept to assess the feasibility of delivering a programme of Additional Jobcentre Support to claimants out of work for at least 13 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot rollout started on 27<sup>th</sup> February (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-02-27/hcws582" target="_blank">Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament</a>).</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 149499 149501 question first answered 27/02/2023 17:16:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1587922

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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	Jobcentres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefit claimants participating in the two-week daily face-to-face Jobcentre appointments programme pilots have received a sanction.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	149501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Four sites begun operating a small Proof of Concept to assess the feasibility of delivering a programme of Additional Jobcentre Support to claimants out of work for at least 13 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot rollout started on 27<sup>th</sup> February (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-02-27/hcws582" target="_blank">Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament</a>).</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 149499 149500 question first answered 27/02/2023 17:16:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1587923

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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	Jobcentres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether additional resources have been allocated to support the conduct of daily face-to-face appointments in each of the four pilot areas for the two-week daily face-to-face Jobcentre appointments programme.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	149502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Pilot is being delivered using our existing Jobcentre resource within each of the pilot areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 149503 question first answered 24/02/2023 14:30:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1587924

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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	Jobcentres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre staff have been reallocated from pre-existing projects to provide capacity for the two-week daily face-to-face Jobcentre appointments programme in the four pilot areas.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	149503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Pilot is being delivered using our existing Jobcentre resource within each of the pilot areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 149502 question first answered 24/02/2023 14:30:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1587130

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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: EU Nationals
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 make it his policy to lift the stay of decisions on Universal Credit claims by EU citizens with pre-settled status who notify his Department that they are not able to meet their basic needs as a result of that stay.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	148526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>Where an appeal is pending in a lead test case, as there is in relation to EU citizens with pre-settled status in scope of <em>SSWP v AT (AIRE Centre and IMA Intervening) [2022] UKUT 330 (AAC)</em>, then under Section 25 of the Social Security Act 1998, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has the power to stay making decisions on any lookalike claims.</p><p> </p><p>A stay may be lifted where there is application on hardship grounds. Each application is considered on its merits.</p><p> </p><p>We are not staying any cases where a right to reside has been identified for those with pre-settled status, and in such cases, the grant of UC should follow subject to the usual eligibility criteria being met.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/02/2023 14:31:30 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms