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871711

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to strengthen families.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	904566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP takes a range of steps to strengthen families. This includes helping families meet their eligible childcare costs when claiming Universal Credit; and providing Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance. Our child maintenance reforms and new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme also aim to help parents collaborate, whether they are together or separated.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2018 16:23:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

871712

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people in progressing at work and increasing their earnings.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	904567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit provides us with the opportunity to support people to progress in work and we are currently developing the evidence base on how best to do this.</p><p> </p><p>Building on our existing suite of trials, which includes a large scale Randomised Control Trial on in-work progression, we have committed an additional £8m to testing different approaches to supporting people to progress.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/03/2018 16:15:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

868457

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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	Universities Superannuation Scheme
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 Universities UK on the decision to close the defined benefit portion of the Universities Superannuation Scheme to all future service.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	133677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Subject to the requirements of automatic enrolment, pension arrangements are a matter between employers and their workforce. Neither Ministers nor officials in my Department have received any approach from UK Universities.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/03/2018 13:57:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

868584

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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	Universal 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 20 November to Question 113079, what steps he is taking to inform claimants that they can offset unreimbursed work expenses against the income reported to her Department through real-time information in order to obtain a higher payment of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	133803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>We are in the process of updating our external communications and our guidance products for staff, to ensure that claimants are made aware that unreimbursed work expenses can be offset against the income.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/03/2018 14:01:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

868588

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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	Universal Credit
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 will deduct pension contributions from reported income in order to calculate a claimant's universal credit award.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	133807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>When calculating earned income, Universal Credit disregards any money that a claimant has invested, or will invest, in a personal or occupational pension.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/03/2018 14:10:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

867405

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
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 21 February 2018 to Question 128306, if he will place the evidential basis for the predicted saving of over £160m per year to the taxpayer through the introduction of SMI loans in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	133380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on savings associated with this policy is provided here: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/725/impacts" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/725/impacts</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2018 16:23:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

866985

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
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, what assessment she has made of the levels of satisfaction of claimants at the assessment stage of the personal independence payment claims process in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	133103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions monitors overall levels of satisfaction for most benefits, including Personal Independent Payment (PIP), via the Claimant Service and Experience Survey. The survey includes PIP claimants who have had contact with DWP in the three months prior to interview. The latest overall satisfaction figure for PIP was 87% in 2016/17 (76% in 2015/16). The research is available at:</p><p><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><p>In relation to satisfaction levels of the Assessment Stage of PIP, it is a contractual requirement for PIP Assessment Providers to undertake regular claimant satisfaction reviews. Claimant satisfaction reviews are undertaken by a third party on behalf of Capita and Independent Assessment Services, and only after the case has been returned to the Department. Both Assessment Providers have exceeded the quarterly 90% target for Customer Satisfaction scores since the measure was introduced in autumn 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has also undertaken an extensive independent three wave evaluation (PIP Claimant Experience Evaluation) examining individuals’ experiences of all stages of the PIP journey. In total over 3,600 individuals have been interviewed. Findings show that individual’s experiences of the Assessment Stage were mainly positive, with 89% of claimants agreeing the assessor treated them with respect and dignity and 81% agreeing they understood what was being asked of them in the assessment. Results from this stage of the evaluation were published on 18th December 2017 and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-evaluation-wave-2-claimant-research-interim-findings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-evaluation-wave-2-claimant-research-interim-findings</a>.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/03/2018 15:35:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

866995

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
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, how many complaints (a) ATOS and (b) Capita received from blind and partially sighted applicants in respect of personal independence payments assessments in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	133113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Capita and Independent Assessment Services do not categorise complaints by health condition or impairment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/03/2018 16:01:48 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

867119

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
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, what support is available for people with memory loss to undertake a personal independence payment assessment.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	133237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Claimants to Personal Independence Payment with memory problems, a severe mental health or behavioural condition, learning difficulty or developmental disorder and with no support network in place, can be provided with additional support during the claiming process if they need it. That support can include help with filling in the claim form or the questionnaire and additional protections for failing to return the questionnaire or for failing to attend a face-to-face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that attending any face-to-face assessment can be a stressful experience for some people, which is why we do not carry out face-to-face consultations where there is enough existing evidence to determine benefit entitlement. Furthermore, where a face-to-face consultation is required, we and our Assessment Providers encourage claimants to bring another person with them to consultations where they would find this helpful, for example, to reassure them or to help them during the consultation. The person chosen is at the discretion of the claimant and might be, but is not limited to, a parent, family member, friend, carer, or advocate.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/03/2018 16:10:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

867124

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Cycle to Work Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants within his Department made use of a Cycle-To-Work Scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	133242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not have a Cycle to Work Scheme currently.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are working with a supplier with the intention of implementing a DWP Cycle to Work scheme in the next financial year.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/03/2018 17:20:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham