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1507193

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
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	Disability: Children
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 research by Sense entitled Complex disabilities in the UK which found that 318,000 children have complex disabilities, if her Department will take steps to help ensure that those children are supported financially in the context of rises in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	53423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>Children and young adults with a long-term health condition or disability can be entitled to receive up to £156.90 a week, tax free, from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP). DLA and PIP are uprated annually in line with inflation.</p><p> </p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and has taken further decisive action to support people with their energy bills. The new “Energy Price Guarantee” will mean a typical UK household will now pay up to an average £2,500 a year on their energy bill for the next two years from 1 October, saving the average household in Great Britain at least £1,000 a year based on current energy prices from October. This is in addition to the over £37bn of cost of living support announced earlier this year which includes the £400 non-repayable discount to eligible households provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p><p /><p>The £37 billion Cost of Living package includes UK-wide support to help disabled people with the particular extra costs they are facing, with 6 million people who receive non-means-tested extra-costs disability benefits, including DLA and PIP, due to receive a one-off Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 before the beginning of October. Households with more than one disabled child will receive a Disability Cost of Living Payment for each eligible child. In addition, households where someone is in receipt of a means-tested benefit will be eligible for up to an additional £650 in Cost of Living Payments.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 27/09/2022 10:24:45 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1507231

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
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: British Nationals Abroad
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 assessment of the impact of the freeze on the state pensions of people living abroad on levels of poverty amongst those people.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	53522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>DWP does not make such an assessment. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. Entitlement is based on an individual’s National Insurance record. The policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas is long-standing and has been supported by successive post-war Governments for over 70 years. We continue to up-rate UK State Pensions abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. There are no plans to change this policy.</p><p> </p><p>This Government continues to take the view that priority should be given to those living in the UK when drawing up expenditure plans for pensioner benefits.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/09/2022 13:13:24 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1506512

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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: Food Supply
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 number of foodbanks which (a) do not have enough food to meet demand as on 12 September 2022 and (b) will run out of food in the next three months.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is concerned by the data limitations in this area, and thus from April 2021 we introduced a set of questions into the Family Resources Survey (FRS) to measure and track food bank usage. The first results of these questions are due to be published in March 2023 subject to usual quality assurance. These questions will not tell us how much food is in food banks but will allow us to gauge where people in food security are seeking help and over time will allow is to build a time series on the scale of food bank usage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living. That is why we are introducing the new “Energy Price Guarantee.” This will mean a typical UK household will now pay up to an average £2,500 a year on their energy bill for the next two years from 1 October, saving the average household in Great Britain at least £1,000 a year based on current energy prices from October. This is in addition to over £37bn of Cost of living support announced earlier this year.</p><p> </p><p>Included within this £37bn is an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing total funding for this support to £1.5 billion. In England this will take the form of an extension to the Household Support Fund backed by £421m, running from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023. We will publish new guidance for Local Authorities for this latest extension shortly. The Devolved administrations will receive £79 million through the Barnett formula.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 27/09/2022 10:46:17 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506784

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2022 to Question 47660 on Pension Credit, if she will publish equivalent data on the number of people eligible for Pension Credit in the period since 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	51977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Data on the number of people eligible for Pension Credit in the period since 2019-20 is not available. The Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up Official Statistics series is suspended. Estimates will not be published for the financial year 2020 to 2021 due to data issues following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is affecting the methodology used to produce these statistics. We will provide an update on the financial year 2021 to 2022 publication when we have assessed if it will be possible to publish these statistics in line with the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 23/09/2022 14:02:02 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1506795

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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: Medical Examinations
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 is taking to ensure that accessibility requirements are fully taken into account when making a decision on the most appropriate Personal Independence Payment assessment method.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	51951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>It is important that all our claimants can access our services and that they do not face obstacles in applying and communicating with the department and its providers. The feasibility of a paper-based assessment will always be considered in the first instance for all cases. Where this is not possible the claimant will be invited to a telephone, video or face-to-face assessment. Before an invite to assessment is sent, consideration will be given to claimants who need a specific assessment channel due to their health condition or circumstances. In addition, before attending a face-to-face or telephone consultation, claimants are given the opportunity to alert their assessment provider of any additional requirements they may have, and the providers will meet any such reasonable requests.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants identified as being vulnerable (e.g. having mental health or learning disabilities) can access additional support at any point in the claim or assessment process.</p><p> </p><p>An audit criteria was introduced from 1 July 22 for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which will ensure claimants are allocated to the most appropriate assessment channel for their needs and circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 27/09/2022 10:18:02 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506816

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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 estimate her Department has made of the number and proportion of eligible households that did not receive Pension Credit in the 2021-22 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	51418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Estimates for the number of people eligible for Pension Credit are only available at the Great Britain level and are available in the “Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up” publication which can be found on the statistics section of gov.uk. The latest publication relates to the financial year 2019 to 2020.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 51419 question first answered 23/09/2022 14:04:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1506817

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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: West Midlands
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 number and proportion of eligible households who are not receiving Pension Credit in the West Midlands as of 20 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	51419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Estimates for the number of people eligible for Pension Credit are only available at the Great Britain level and are available in the “Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up” publication which can be found on the statistics section of gov.uk. The latest publication relates to the financial year 2019 to 2020.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 51418 question first answered 23/09/2022 14:04:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1506818

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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, how many claims for Pension Credit were made in each month since January 2022; and how many and what proportion of these new claims were successful.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	51420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of Pension Credit claims since January 2022 are available in four-weekly groupings. Data on the number and proportion of Pension Credit claims that lead to successful awards are not available. 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><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time Period</p></td><td><p>Number of PC Claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3<sup>rd</sup> January- 30<sup>th</sup> January 2022</p></td><td><p>13,111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31<sup>st</sup> January – 27<sup>th</sup> February 2022</p></td><td><p>15,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28<sup>th</sup> February – 27<sup>th</sup> March 2022</p></td><td><p>17,296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28<sup>th</sup> March – 24<sup>th</sup> April 2022</p></td><td><p>14,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25<sup>th</sup> April – 22<sup>nd</sup> May 2022</p></td><td><p>14,793</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23<sup>rd</sup> May – 19<sup>th</sup> June 2022</p></td><td><p>18,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20<sup>th</sup> June – 17<sup>th</sup> July 2022</p></td><td><p>22,205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18<sup>th</sup> July – 14<sup>th</sup> August 2022</p></td><td><p>26,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15<sup>th</sup> August – 11<sup>th</sup> September 2022</p></td><td><p>26,564</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/09/2022 08:25:15 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1506827

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Pensioners: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of pensioners who will be living in poverty during the winter of 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	51865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>It is not possible to produce a robust estimate of the number of pensioners who will be living in poverty during the winter 2022/23. Projecting poverty involves projecting forward the impact of the cost of living on every household’s income which is not possible to do with confidence.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to action that helps to alleviate levels of pensioner poverty.</p><p> </p><p>In 2020/21 there were 400 thousand fewer pensioners in absolute poverty in the UK (both before and after housing costs) than in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>We are forecast to spend over £134 billion on benefits for pensioners in 2022/23. This amounts to 5.4% of GDP. This includes spending on the State Pension which is forecast to be over £110bn in 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>On top of this, the government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and has taken further decisive action to support people with their energy bills. The new “Energy Price Guarantee” will mean a typical UK household will now pay up to an average £2,500 a year on their energy bill for the next two years from 1 October, saving the average household in Great Britain at least £1,000 based on current energy prices from October. This is in addition to the over £37bn of cost of living support announced earlier this year which includes the £400 non-repayable discount to eligible households provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a one-off payment to pensioners households of £300 through and as an addition to the Winter Fuel Payment from November.</p><p> </p><p>The government is providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of household essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing total funding for this support to £1.5 billion. In England this will take the form of an extension to the Household Support Fund backed by £421m. Devolved administrations will receive £79 million through the Barnett formula.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 23/09/2022 14:08:33 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1506832

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Farms: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspections were conducted by the Health and Safety Executive on farms in each of the past five annual reporting periods.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	51710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The fatality rate in agriculture is a concern to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which has a long-term strategy to drive industry ownership of the challenge and influence behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2018, HSE has run an annual programme of delivering training to farmers in advance of targeted proactive inspection. This sits alongside specific interventions on the management of cattle and, during 2022/23, the management of electrocution risk from overhead power lines.</p><p> </p><p>HSE continues engagement activity with a full range of stakeholders through the Farm Safety Partnerships. The latest activity includes work on child safety, management of cattle in fields with public rights of way, farm transport and the safe use of quad bikes. HSE also regularly holds formal consultations with the industry about its initiatives through the <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/agriculture-industry-advisory-committee.htm" target="_blank">Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HSE publishes an annual report detailing the main causes of fatal incidents in agriculture, forestry and fishing in Great Britain. The report covering the period of 2021/22 is available via HSE’s <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/pdf/agriculture-fatal-injuries-2022.pdf" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of agricultural inspections* conducted by HSE in each of the last five annual reporting periods (figures available from HSE systems as yearly figures):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year**</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022 (inspections ongoing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of inspections</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>572</p></td><td><p>772</p></td><td><p>706</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures have been provided for agriculture inspections. The number may include a small number of non-farm premises.</p><p>**HSE systems able to generate figures for each calendar year e.g., 2018 rather than work year e.g., 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 51711 question first answered 27/09/2022 14:54:48 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald