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1283998

registered interest
date	04/02/2021
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 133065 on Social Security Benefits: Disability, if she will publish a list of the (a) disabled and deaf people's organisations and (b) other charities and organisations her officials have consulted with ahead of the forthcoming health and disability green paper to date.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	149287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>We have undertaken engagement with a range of stakeholders, disabled people’s organisations and disabled people ahead of the forthcoming publication of the health and disability Green Paper. This will ensure the Green Paper focuses on the issues that are important to those who use our services.</p><p> </p><p>This has included several consultation events, face to face prior to the pandemic and through video after, attended by disabled people, representatives from charities and disabled people’s organisations from across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We will produce the Green Paper in a range of accessible formats. Engagement will continue alongside the formal consultation after publication where we will maximise the way we engage using a variety of digital methods such as on-line video platforms and Citizen Space. There is not a fixed budget for the public consultation, but it will come from the Department’s existing funding allocation.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 149288 149289 question first answered 11/02/2021 14:04:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1283999

registered interest
date	04/02/2021
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 133065 on Social Security Benefits: Disability, if she will instruct her officials to explore opportunities to utilise digital technology to increase direct engagement with disabled and seriously unwell people during the formal consultation on the health and disability green paper.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	149288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>We have undertaken engagement with a range of stakeholders, disabled people’s organisations and disabled people ahead of the forthcoming publication of the health and disability Green Paper. This will ensure the Green Paper focuses on the issues that are important to those who use our services.</p><p> </p><p>This has included several consultation events, face to face prior to the pandemic and through video after, attended by disabled people, representatives from charities and disabled people’s organisations from across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We will produce the Green Paper in a range of accessible formats. Engagement will continue alongside the formal consultation after publication where we will maximise the way we engage using a variety of digital methods such as on-line video platforms and Citizen Space. There is not a fixed budget for the public consultation, but it will come from the Department’s existing funding allocation.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 149287 149289 question first answered 11/02/2021 14:04:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1284000

registered interest
date	04/02/2021
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 52280, whether her Department has set a budget for the formal consultation on the Health and Disability Green Paper.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	149289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>We have undertaken engagement with a range of stakeholders, disabled people’s organisations and disabled people ahead of the forthcoming publication of the health and disability Green Paper. This will ensure the Green Paper focuses on the issues that are important to those who use our services.</p><p> </p><p>This has included several consultation events, face to face prior to the pandemic and through video after, attended by disabled people, representatives from charities and disabled people’s organisations from across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We will produce the Green Paper in a range of accessible formats. Engagement will continue alongside the formal consultation after publication where we will maximise the way we engage using a variety of digital methods such as on-line video platforms and Citizen Space. There is not a fixed budget for the public consultation, but it will come from the Department’s existing funding allocation.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 149287 149288 question first answered 11/02/2021 14:04:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1284045

registered interest
date	04/02/2021
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Disability Unit has made of the potential merits of extending the £20 uplift to legacy benefit claimants.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	149186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting disabled people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The temporary Universal Credit Standard Allowance uplift was introduced to support those facing the most financial disruption due to the pandemic. There are no plans to extend this temporary uplift to legacy benefits. Claimants on legacy benefits can make a claim for Universal Credit if they believe that they will be better off.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants should check their eligibility before applying to Universal Credit as legacy benefits will end when they submit their claim and they will not be able to return to them in the future. For this reason, prospective claimants are signposted to independent benefits calculators on GOV.UK. There are special arrangements for those in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium, who are now able to make a new claim to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish the National Strategy for Disabled People this year taking into account the impacts of the pandemic on disabled people. The strategy will focus on the issues that disabled people say affect them the most in all aspects of life.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/02/2021 13:40:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1283489

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Disability Unit has made of the potential merits of extending the £20 uplift to universal credit to legacy benefit claimants.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	148832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting disabled people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The temporary Universal Credit Standard Allowance uplift was introduced to support those facing the most financial disruption due to the pandemic. There are no plans to extend this temporary uplift to legacy benefits. Claimants on legacy benefits can make a claim for Universal Credit if they believe that they will be better off.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants should check their eligibility before applying to Universal Credit as legacy benefits will end when they submit their claim and they will not be able to return to them in the future. For this reason, prospective claimants are signposted to independent benefits calculators on GOV.UK. There are special arrangements for those in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium, who are now able to make a new claim to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish the National Strategy for Disabled People this year taking into account the impacts of the pandemic on disabled people. The strategy will focus on the issues that disabled people say affect them the most in all aspects of life.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/02/2021 15:46:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1282398

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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: 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 27 January 2021 to Question 141547 on Social Security Benefits: Disability, what comparison her Department has made between the adequacy of (a) legacy benefits rates for disabled people and (b) universal credit following its £20 uplift.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	146965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been carried out. It should be noted we will spend over £55 billion this year (2020/21) on benefits to support people with health conditions and disabilities. This will increase by £1.6 billion to £57 billion in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to extend the temporary £20 uplift to legacy benefits. Claimants on legacy benefits can make a claim for Universal Credit (UC) if they think they will be better off and should check carefully their eligibility and entitlements under UC before applying, as legacy benefits will end when claimants submit their UC claim and they will not be able to return to them in the future. For this reason, prospective claimants are signposted to independent benefits calculators on GOV.UK. Neither DWP nor HMRC can advise individual claimants whether they would be better off moving to UC or remaining on legacy benefits. There are special arrangements for those in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium, who are now able to make a new claim to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 146966 question first answered 04/02/2021 17:16:20 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1282399

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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: 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 27 January 2021 to Question 141547 on Social Security Benefits: Disability, what plans her Department has to review the rate of legacy benefits for disabled people in response to the covid-19 outbreak and the £20 uplift to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	146966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been carried out. It should be noted we will spend over £55 billion this year (2020/21) on benefits to support people with health conditions and disabilities. This will increase by £1.6 billion to £57 billion in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to extend the temporary £20 uplift to legacy benefits. Claimants on legacy benefits can make a claim for Universal Credit (UC) if they think they will be better off and should check carefully their eligibility and entitlements under UC before applying, as legacy benefits will end when claimants submit their UC claim and they will not be able to return to them in the future. For this reason, prospective claimants are signposted to independent benefits calculators on GOV.UK. Neither DWP nor HMRC can advise individual claimants whether they would be better off moving to UC or remaining on legacy benefits. There are special arrangements for those in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium, who are now able to make a new claim to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 146965 question first answered 04/02/2021 17:16:20 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1279757

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the adequacy of benefit rates for disabled people on legacy benefits.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	911294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>We will spend over £55 billion this year (2020/21) on benefits to support people with health conditions and disabilities. This will increase by £1.6 billion to £57 billion in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/01/2021 16:45:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1280297

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of the Disability Benefits Consortium report on the benefit losses that disabled people experienced during the benefit freeze.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	142993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The benefit freeze was in place for 4 tax years from 2016/17 and ended in April 2020. During the freeze we excluded benefits and payments relating to the additional costs of disability and for carers. In April 2020 these rates were increased by 1.7% in line with inflation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is bringing forward the Health and Disability Support Green Paper which will explore how the welfare system can better meet the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions now and in the future. We will be considering the range of feedback we have had from stakeholders and disabled people through our engagement events whilst developing the Green Paper.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/02/2021 14:55:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1280298

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of benefit rates during the covid-19 outbreak for disabled people on legacy benefits.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	142994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>Department for Work and Pension Ministers and officials are in regular contact with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Treasury officials. We will spend over £55 billion this year (2020/21) on benefits to support people with health conditions and disabilities. This will increase by £1.6 billion to £57 billion in 2021/22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/02/2021 15:03:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth