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1007792

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on promoting Access to Work in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member for east Ham to written question 188910, answered on 16 November 2018: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-06/188910" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-06/188910</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:33:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1007794

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department plans to spend on Access to Work in the 2018-19 financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Access to Work is a demand led scheme. As the amount spent reflects the number and nature of those demands we do not routinely publish forecast spend.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:42:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1007889

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making carer's allowance available to (a) pensioners and (b) students in full-time education.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	191917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises and appreciates the vital contribution made by informal carers who provide invaluable support for relatives, partners, friends and neighbours who may be ill, frail or disabled. We are already supporting carers in a number of ways, including through the benefit system. Since 2010 the rate of Carer’s Allowance (CA) has increased from £53.90 to £64.60 a week, meaning an additional £550 a year for carers. By 2022/23 we are forecast to spend £3.7bn a year on CA, a real terms increase of more than a third since 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>Access to CA for pensioners and full-time students reflect long-standing principles of the benefit system and we have no plans to change the rules.</p><p> </p><p>Although there is no age limit to claiming CA, it cannot normally be paid with the State Pension. CA replaces income where the carer has given up the opportunity of full-time employment in order to care for a severely disabled person, while State Pension replaces income in retirement. For this reason, social security rules operate to prevent them being paid together, to avoid duplicate provision for the same need. However, if a carer’s State Pension is less than CA, State Pension is paid and topped up with CA to the basic weekly rate of CA. Where CA cannot be paid, the person will keep underlying entitlement to the benefit. This gives access to the additional amount for carers in Pension Credit of £36.00 a week, and even if a pensioner’s income is above the limit for Pension Credit, he or she may still be able to receive Housing Benefit.</p><p>The Government thinks it is right that people in full-time education should be supported by the educational maintenance system, via its range of loans and grants, and not the social security benefit system. That is why, as a general principle, full-time students are usually precluded from entitlement to income-related and income-maintenance benefits. Part-time students may be able to claim CA though.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:52:21 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1005744

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants have been refused industrial injuries disablement benefit for prescribed disease D12 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	190497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The available information is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Industrial Injury Disablement Benefit - first diagnosed prescribed diseases all assessments and decisions following a new claim, in each quarter for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (formally known as chronic bronchitis/emphysema) (D12)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Total number of Assessments made in each month</p></td><td><p>Number of claims in payment after assessment</p></td><td><p>Number of claims disallowed after assessment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:49:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1005746

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the current occupational qualification to receive industrial injuries disablement benefit for prescribed disease D12 reflects current research into the industrial causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	190498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I am advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) which is a non-Departmental public body made up of independent experts, representatives of employers and employees on matters relating to the Industrial Injuries Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Council’s primary role is to make recommendations about which diseases should be included in the list of diseases covered by the Industrial Injuries Scheme and the prescription criteria for those diseases.</p><p> </p><p>The legal framework underpinning the Industrial Injuries Scheme makes it clear that compensation should not be paid for a disease unless a link between a particular occupation and the disease can be established or presumed with reasonable certainty. A link is presumed where there is evidence that, on the balance of probabilities, work in the prescribed job or occupational exposure doubles the risk of developing the disease.</p><p> </p><p>The Council keeps all occupational diseases under continuous review to ensure they are in line with current scientific evidence, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and is always prepared to receive and consider new robust evidence from any source.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:28:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1005789

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	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, with reference to page 53 of the Government's White Paper entitled Improving lives: the future of work, health and disability, in November 2017, what progress her Department has made with Initiative No.5 on reform of the work capability assessment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	190483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to assessing people with health conditions and disabilities fairly and accurately, helping people to access the right support. We made a clear commitment in <em>Improving Lives</em>: The Future of Work, Health and Disability to reform the Work Capability Assessment and recognise the importance of getting this right. We are therefore testing new approaches to build the evidence base for what works, and working with external stakeholders to inform future changes to the WCA. We have established a policy forum, with a focused group of academics, think tanks and disability charities to bring together evidence for reform options and will also gather views from wider stakeholder groups, including individuals with lived experience of disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:42:09 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1005790

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing a disability employment target that measures progress against employment levels of non-disabled people.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	190484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>We set out our continued commitment to improving employment rates for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>. We believe people should get the support they need whatever their health condition or disability, whether that’s from their employer, from the health system or from the welfare system.</p><p> </p><p>Too many people are missing the opportunity to develop their talents and connect with the world of work, which is why<em> Improving Lives</em> also set out our ambitious, specific and time-bound goal to see 1 million more disabled people in work by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>However, no single measure can capture everything that we want to achieve. <em>Improving Lives</em> made it clear that “alongside monitoring the number of disabled people in work, we will also consider other useful statistical indicators which give more information about how disability and employment change over this time period, and inform our actions”.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the ad hoc statistical update released on 1 November 2018, by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health and Social Care, included estimates of the number of disabled people in employment, their employment rate, and the gap between the employment rates of disabled and non-disabled people.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:35:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1005810

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will a publish a list of newspapers in which adverts on the change to the state pension age for women were placed since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	190376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>As reported in the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee report; <em>Communication of state pension age changes</em>, published in March 2016, there were more than 600 mentions of state pension age equalisation in the national broadsheet and tabloid press between 1993 and 2006 – an average of just under one per week – on “front pages, News and City sections as well as personal finance pages”, and most concentrated “in 1993-95 and again from 2005-06”.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not have any records that suggest it has used paid newspaper advertising since 2010 specifically to advertise State Pension age changes.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/11/2018 18:02:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1005834

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home assessments have been provided for universal credit claimants in the (a) London borough of Lewisham and (b) Lewisham Deptford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	190507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:43:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1005835

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home assessments have been provided for personal independence payment claimants living in the (a) London borough of Lewisham and (b) Lewisham Deptford constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	190508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:24:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft