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1484222

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Suicide
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 takes to mitigate against and prevent death by suicide linked to benefit claims.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	26850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department has a detailed mental health training package which includes modules on supporting customers at risk, for all customer facing staff, providing colleagues with learning that they can then apply in different scenarios. Comprehensive staff guidance is available on how to support customers who express thoughts of self-harm and suicide. Where this is identified, staff follow a six-point plan that helps them take the right action at the right time; this could include alerting the emergency services where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is constantly learning, and work is ongoing to strengthen guidance and training as part of continuous improvement activities, ensuring colleagues have the necessary tools and confidence to support these customers.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not have a statutory safeguarding duty, but we recognise the positive impact that a joined-up approach can have on customers with safeguarding concerns. The Department has appointed more than 30 Advanced Customer Support Senior Leaders across Great Britain. They proactively engage with external organisations and if our customers are experiencing crises or are at risk of abuse or harm, assist them in getting the help they need.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/07/2022 16:26:51 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1484338

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) collect and (b) evaluate evidence in order to understand the reasons for successful Mandatory Reconsiderations.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	26854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The reasons for successful Mandatory Reconsiderations are not collated centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst evaluation does take place at a local level on a case by case basis, and we will continue to build on this, the Department’s overarching focus at the MR stage is on ensuring that each application is thoroughly reviewed, including as necessary contacting the claimant, so that it achieves its goal of making the right decision at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/07/2022 15:54:02 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1484343

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Appeals
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 make an estimate of the proportion of decisions on Personal Independence Payment awards that were reversed as a result of mandatory reconsideration in the past year; and if she will make an assessment of the principal reasons for the reversal of those decisions.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	26855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The proportions of decisions on Personal Independence Payments that were reversed as a result of mandatory reconsideration in the past year is available on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. In particular, see the ‘PIP MR Clearances’ table and the column “New Decision – Award Changed” for reversed decisions. To calculate the proportions, divide the values in this column by the total values of all decisions in the time period of interest.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The principal reasons for reversal are not collated centrally.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/07/2022 15:57:19 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1484346

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who has responsibility for holding data relating to mandatory reconsideration of benefit decisions.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	26856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Various divisions within the Department hold responsibility for the recording, use, and management of these data items.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/07/2022 16:00:20 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1472501

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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: Consultants
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 external consultants in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	23413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) publishes details about headcount and payroll costs for permanent staff and contractors on GOV.UK, monthly.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-workforce-management-information" target="_blank">DWP workforce management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The DWP consultancy spend for the financial years ending 2018 through to 2022 is shown below.</p><p> </p><p>2017/18 £7,200,259</p><p>2018/19 £4,446,169</p><p>2019/20 £4,570,665</p><p>2020/21 £1,284,861</p><p>2021/22 £1,041,058</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/07/2022 13:40:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1469136

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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	Food Banks: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date she last visited a foodbank.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	15386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>As Minister, I have engaged through visits and meetings with a wide range of food security charities and projects, and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/06/2022 14:59:29 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1466482

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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
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 her Department's publication entitled Benefit Expenditure and caseload tables 2022, what the level of expenditure on Category D retirement pensions is in each year from 2019-20; what estimate she has made of the level of fluctuations from year to year in the total amount paid; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	10014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the total level of expenditure on Category D retirement pensions for each financial year from 2019/20 to 2026/27. The year-on-year change is also included in the table to show the fluctuations in total Category D expenditure over this period. The increase in outturn in 2020/21 relates to the Department’s estimated liability due to underpaid Category D State Pension. The increase in forecast in 22/23 reflects the increased expenditure for the year in which it will be repaid to customers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>£ million, nominal terms</p></td><td><p>19/20</p></td><td><p>20/21</p></td><td><p>21/22</p></td><td><p>22/23</p></td><td><p>23/24</p></td><td><p>24/25</p></td><td><p>25/26</p></td><td><p>26/27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension (non contributory 'Category D')</p></td><td><p>£119</p></td><td><p>£275</p></td><td><p>£149</p></td><td><p>£271</p></td><td><p>£187</p></td><td><p>£174</p></td><td><p>£180</p></td><td><p>£188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year on year change</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£156</p></td><td><p>-£126</p></td><td><p>£122</p></td><td><p>-£84</p></td><td><p>-£13</p></td><td><p>£6</p></td><td><p>£8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p /><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2022" target="_blank">Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/06/2022 14:48:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1453538

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact on the finances of unpaid carers of uprating Carer's Allowance by 3.1 per cent in the context of a predicted increase in inflation of 7.25 per cent.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	145978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to the answer I gave on 24 March 2022 to Question Number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-17/142004" target="_blank">142004</a>. <br> <br></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2022 15:21:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1438890

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
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	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to identify those entitled to pension credit who have not taken it up in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	136660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Pension Credit take-up statistics cannot be broken down to regional level.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has undertaken a range of actions to raise awareness of Pension Credit, encourage pensioners to check their eligibility, and to make a claim. This has included a Pension Credit media day of action in June last year as well as setting up a Pension Credit working group, which is made up of a diverse range of organisations and tasked with identifying new practical initiatives that we can work on together to help increase Pension Credit take up. We continue to use opportunities to promote Pension Credit using proactive press activity and social media to reach potential recipients, their families and friends.</p><p> </p><p>Our initial internal management information suggests new claims for Pension Credit in the past twelve months to December 2021 were around 136,000, representing an increase of around 30% compared to the 12 months to December 2019 when they were around 105,000. It also suggests that we have been receiving consistently high volumes of claims over recent months, at around 3,300 per week.</p><p> </p><p>This management information has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics but are provided here in the interests of transparency.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of these claim volumes on numbers of successful awards and on Pension Credit take-up will take longer to establish given the usual cycle involved in producing those statistics.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/03/2022 14:34:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1438891

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
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: Scotland
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 effectiveness of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 benefit take-up strategy.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	136661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/03/2022 14:28:40 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain