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1105139

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times a request for a Statement of Reasons pertaining to the allocation of universal credit (limited capability to work) has not been delivered within the statutory time limit of 14 days in each of the last three years for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	237116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 237196 question first answered 02/04/2019 14:44:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1105331

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many active universal credit (work capability) decisions, which have been appealed to Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, are now subject to an order of the tribunal asking her Department to respond within 21 days.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	237196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 237116 question first answered 02/04/2019 14:44:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1064735

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason (a) child maintenance payments are allocated first to (i) enforcement charges and (ii) debt and then to children and (b) there is no provision to retrieve payments which have been allocated incorrectly by the system or manually.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	224360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>(a)The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not prioritise the collection of enforcement charges over on-going maintenance and arrears. Only when all the money due to children, along with any associated collection fees, has been collected, will the CMS collect the remaining charges associated with the case, including enforcement charges. The only exception would be where an enforcement charge forms part of a liability order, which would be collected alongside the other debt associated with that order.</p><p>(b)The system does have the Manual Allocation capability, which enables a caseworker to allocate money received across any outstanding liability on a case</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/02/2019 10:41:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1005692

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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service allocates an individual's payments first to their historical collection charges and then to their existing child maintenance liabilities.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	190514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>On-going maintenance liability and current/existing collection charges will be satisfied before any historical collection charges.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/11/2018 17:01:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

968108

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165149, on Social Security Benefits: Scotland, how many claimants have outstanding benefit overpayment debts that are to be devolved to Scotland which are attributable to (a) overpayment and (b) fraud debts.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	170770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Current data shows that there are 16,457 claimants with overpayments debts that are due to be devolved to Scottish Government. Of this total, 1,079 have overpayment debts classified as Fraud.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:03:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

942945

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2018 to Question 156480, on Social Security Benefits: Scotland, how many claimants the total value of outstanding benefit overpayment in Scotland is attributable to.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	165149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Current data at 17 July 2018 shows that the total value of outstanding benefit overpayments to be devolved to the Scottish Government is £29.2m. This debt is attributable to 17,000 claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The actual amounts devolved to the Scottish Government will be subject to the value at the point of transfer and accounting agreements between the two governments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 12:53:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

928686

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	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 the value is of outstanding benefit (a) over-payments and (b) fraud debts to be transferred to the Scottish government when social security powers are devolved to that government.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	156480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Current data shows that the total value of outstanding benefit overpayments to be devolved to the Scottish Government is £29.3m. Of this total, £5.4m has been classified as fraud. The actual amounts devolved to the Scottish Government will be subject to the value at the point of transfer and accounting agreements between the two governments.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/06/2018 10:16:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

928687

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	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, how many claimants in Scotland have an outstanding benefit (a) overpayment or (b) fraud debt to be recovered by her Department.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	156481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Current data shows that in Scotland there are approximately 121,000 claimants with an outstanding benefit overpayment. Of this total, approximately 8,000 are classified as fraud related overpayments.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/06/2018 13:41:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

927900

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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	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 the total value is of outstanding benefit (a) overpayments and (b) fraud debts owed by claimants in Scotland that are due to be recovered by her Department.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	155918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Current data shows that the total value of outstanding benefit overpayments for claimants living in Scotland is £278m. Of this total, £41m is for debts classified as fraud.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/06/2018 11:30:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

850065

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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: Visual Impairment
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 the personal independence payments application process is accessible to people with sight loss.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	129633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The initial part of a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim is generally made over the telephone. We also have a variety of reasonable adjustments. Someone can telephone on behalf of the claimant but the claimant must be present when the call is made.</p><p>Where our customers advise us that they need assistance to access our services and information, we make reasonable adjustments to meet their individual needs. This means the Department communicates with customers in a variety of different formats such as Braille, audio, large print, through third party interpreters or by arranging for a member of staff to visit the customer in their home.</p><p> </p><p>Forms are available as a reasonable adjustment in electronic formats compatible with assistive software such as JAWS, Dragon, NVDA, Read &amp; Write, and Zoomtext.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/03/2018 15:16:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield