Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1626947

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
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	National Insurance
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 has made an assessment of the potential impact of the change to the national insurance credit system from a manual to automated system on the accuracy of NI figures distributed to recipients.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	184648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>HMRC are responsible for the National Insurance Recording System.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/05/2023 11:25:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1627082

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
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: Fraud
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 the Fraud and error in the benefit system Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2023 statistical release, published on 11 May 2023, what information his Department holds on how much of the £6.4 billion overpayment due to fraud in the benefits system in 2022-23 can be attributed to organised crime.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	184663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The department’s view is that serious and organised crime accounts for only a small minority of the total fraud reported for 2022/23, with the vast majority being individual claimants who have misrepresented their own personal circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The department has a strong counter-fraud function, which includes specifically targeting serious and organised crime, including cyber-crime, which identifies and stops illegal activity and saves money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>Current estimates are that serious and organised crime accounts for no more than 5% of the £6.4 billion of benefit fraud reported in the 2022/23 statistics, as it is most likely captured in the Abroad and Conditions of Entitlement (Identity) categories of fraud reported there.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/05/2023 12:36:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1627103

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
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: Underpayments
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 the Fraud and error in the benefit system Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2023 statistical release, published on 11 May 2023, what information his Department holds on how much of the £680 million underpaid to Universal Credit recipients in 2022-23 was underpaid to households claiming the limited capability for work element or the limited capability for work and work-related activity element.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	184664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The total amount underpaid on Universal Credit in the FYE 2023 was estimated to be £680m (with a confidence interval of (£550m, £810m)). We estimate that £100m (with a confidence interval of (£50m, £160m)) was underpaid to households claiming the limited capability for work element, or the limited capability for work and work-related activity element.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s fraud and error statistics are based on a sample of benefit reviews that are carried out throughout the year, therefore there is a level of uncertainty that is associated with them. The figures quoted in this publication are the central estimates, which are calculated from the sample. A range around the central estimates, called a confidence interval, is also calculated. This expresses the uncertainty associated with the central estimate.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/05/2023 12:34:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1626528

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	Disability: Costs
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 the Scope report entitled Disability Price Tag 2023: the extra cost of disability, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that report's findings on additional costs for disabled households.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	184292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>There have been many studies estimating the costs of disability, including the Scope report. The findings vary due to the definitions of disability and the method being used.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures people, including those who are disabled, are facing with the cost of living and has taken further, decisive action to support people with their energy bills. We are providing extensive support to disabled people, and those with a long term health condition, to help them live independent lives. In 2023/24, we will spend around £78.6bn on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>In April, we uprated benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%. In order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions, the benefit cap levels are also increasing by the same amount.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, for 2023/24, households on eligible means-tested benefits will get up to £900 in Cost of Living Payments. This will be split into three payments across the 2023/24 financial year, with the first payment of £301 being made between 25 April and 17 May. A separate £150 payment will be made to individuals in receipt of eligible disability benefits in the summer. Further to this, the Energy Price Guarantee will be extended from April 2023 until the end of March 2024, meaning a typical household bill will be around £2,500 per year in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The Household Support Fund will continue until March 2024. This year long extension allows local authorities in England to continue to provide discretionary support to those most in need with the significantly rising cost of living. The guidance for local authorities for this next iteration has now been published and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-guidance-for-local-councils/1-april-2023-to-31-march-2024-household-support-fund-guidance-for-county-councils-and-unitary-authorities-in-england" target="_blank">1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024: Household Support Fund guidance for county councils and unitary authorities in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The devolved administrations will receive consequential funding as usual to spend at their discretion.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/05/2023 09:04:12 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1626530

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to increase state pension rates for (a) men born before 6th April 1951 and (b) women born before 6 April 1953.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	184293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>In April, the full basic State Pension, for people reaching State Pension age before 6 April 2016, was increased by 10.1% to £156.20 per week. This is the highest ever increase in the State Pension and means that the basic State Pension has increased by over £3,000 in cash terms since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the basic State Pension, most people reaching State Pension age before 6 April 2016 will also either receive an amount of additional State Pension or have benefitted from membership of a contracted-out private pension. Rates of additional State Pension also increased by 10.1% in April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 16/05/2023 12:30:25 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1626653

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Holiday Leave
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 implications of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling in the 2017 case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts & Ors for the calculation of holiday pay entitlement for staff in her Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	184423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The DWP is committed to making statutory holiday payments in respect of relevant overtime payments to colleagues and significant work is being undertaken to implement a solution to include relevant overtime payments in holiday pay calculations for affected staff.</p><p> </p><p>We are working at pace with our payroll provider and other partners and whilst progress is being made, I acknowledge this is taking longer than expected and understand that the delay is causing concern. We will confirm to colleagues when it is able to implement the anticipated changes. Finally, I would like to reassure you that the Department is doing all that it can to implement a solution as soon as is practicable.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/05/2023 16:20:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1625997

registered interest
date	05/05/2023
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: Chronic Illnesses and Disability
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 04 May to Question 182901 on Social Security Benefits: Chronic Illnesses and Disability, if he will publish copies of the consultation responses.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	183919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>We responded to the results of the Green Paper consultation through <em>Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper </em>on 15<sup>th</sup> March 2023<em>.</em> The White Paper explains what we heard and how the responses to our Green Paper consultation shaped the development of our proposals<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p>As this is set out in the White Paper, we have no plans to publish the responses to the consultation further to this.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/05/2023 12:33:10 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft