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845400

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the number of women in receipt of working age disability benefits has been affected by the rise in the state pension age from 60 to 65 between 2010 and 2018.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL5600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of women in receipt of the main working age disability benefits, Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP), has not been affected by the rise in state pension age.</p><p> </p><p>New claims for DLA are currently only available for children under the age of 16 since the introduction of PIP on 8 April 2013. However, before the introduction of PIP, DLA had an upper age limit for making a new claim set at the day before a claimant’s 65<sup>th</sup> birthday. This is also the upper age limit to make a new claim for PIP and will rise in line with increases in state pension age.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 23/02/2018 12:31:48 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

845599

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on job seekers allowance claimants being sanctioned for spelling mistakes in their CVs.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	128571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>Claimants will not be sanctioned for providing a CV containing spelling mistakes.</p><p> </p><p>However, it could be envisaged that, where in order to improve a claimant’s chances in the job market, a Work Coach may agree a requirement with the claimant to amend spelling mistakes on their CV (but would always support them to do so). If the claimant then fails to complete this agreed requirement without good reason they could be sanctioned, but it would be about the failure to deliver on an agreed ask, rather than a claimant’s initial spelling error on their cv. Decision Makers will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities, and any evidence of good reason into account before making a decision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/02/2018 11:10:28 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

845601

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Jobseeker's Allowance
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 was of job seeker's allowance as a percentage of average earnings in each of the last 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	128573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The value of Jobseeker’s Allowance as a percentage of average earnings in each of the last 15 years is available in Table 2.4 of the Annual Abstract of Statistics publication.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673039/abstract-of-statistics-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673039/abstract-of-statistics-2017-tables.ods</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/02/2018 11:17:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

845607

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	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, what the value was of the state pension as a percentage of average earnings in each of the last 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	128579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions annually publishes statistics on benefits and earnings information in the Abstract of Statistics publication on the gov.uk website. The latest release is the Abstract of Statistics 2017 which can be found at the following URL and contains the information that you require in table 2.1a.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abstract-of-statistics-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abstract-of-statistics-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/02/2018 12:21:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

845685

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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
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 5 February 2018 to Question 125988, for what reasons personal independence payment claimants are not given the full list of descriptors against which they are assessed; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	128657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>Claimants to Personal Independence Payment are not provided with a list of descriptors because the PIP2 questionnaire, “How your disability affects you”, was designed to allow claimants to tell us, in their own words, how their health condition or disability impacts them on a day-to-day basis. The questionnaire, which was co-produced with the assistance of disabled people, carers and organisations supporting them, is accompanied by a leaflet that helps claimants complete the form. The assessment activities and descriptors used in PIP can be found in part 2 of the PIP Assessment Guide available on www.gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/665635/pip-assessment-guide-part-2-assessment-criteria.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/665635/pip-assessment-guide-part-2-assessment-criteria.pdf</a></p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/02/2018 11:20:20 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

845709

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 oral contribution of the Minister for Disabled People on 13 December 2017, Official Report, column 188WH, whether the figure cited of 83 per cent of people being either satisfied or very satisfied with the work capability assessment included responses from people whose claims were disallowed.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	128681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Claimant Service and Experience Survey includes claimants who have had contact with DWP in the last three months, so there would be scope for inclusion in the survey each quarter, even if the claim for ESA was subsequently disallowed. The latest overall satisfaction figure for ESA is 82% in 2016/17 (from 83% in 2015/16) as published on 22 February 2018 and available at GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-claimant-service-and-experience-survey-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-claimant-service-and-experience-survey-2016-to-2017</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/02/2018 11:03:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

845726

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Free School Meals: Eligibility
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 20 February 2018 to Question 127402, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential effect of proposals relating to eligibility for free school meals on work incentives; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	128698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The responsibility for setting the eligibility criteria for each passported benefit sits with its parent Department, in this case the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has been working closely with the Department of Education to support delivery of their eligibility criteria for free school meals for Universal Credit claimants in England.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/02/2018 11:26:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

845780

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	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, what resources are provided by her Department to (a) Citizens Advice and (b) other welfare rights organisation for the provision of representation services as referenced in section 4 of the Social Security and Child Support appeal form SSCS1; and what other representation services are available to claimants if services are not available from those organisations.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	128752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not provide resources to welfare rights organisations for the provision of representation services. Claimants are still represented but funding support for that is not provided by DWP.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/02/2018 11:07:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah