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1714934

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date	30/04/2024
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 Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made towards the full rollout of the Universal Support programme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	24266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Universal Support will be delivered through around 50 Local Authority led delivery areas, covering all of England and Wales. We expect areas will go live with Universal Support in a phased way from Autumn 2024. We will shortly publish a Universal Support prospectus, which will provide an overview of the expectations for the programme. We aim to publish the Grant Guidance and associated materials before the summer recess. We will work collaboratively with delivery areas to agree their delivery plans and implementation timetables.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/05/2024 16:31:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1714935

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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 Support: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people have been supported into work by the Universal Support programme as of 30 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	24267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Members to the answer given on 24 April 2024 to PQ<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-18/22549" target="_blank">22549</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24192 24196 question first answered 07/05/2024 15:51:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1714936

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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	Employment Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what national specialist employment support his Department plans to provide for disabled people, in the context of the planned ending of funding for the Work and Health Programme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	24268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The government’s £2.5 billion Back to Work Plan will support over a million people to break down barriers to finding and staying in work through the use of NHS Talking Therapies, Individual Placement and Support, Restart and Universal Support which aims to support up to 100,000 disabled people, people with health conditions and people with additional barriers to employment per year, once fully rolled out, helping them to find, enter, and remain in work.</p><p> </p><p>Any further announcements regarding the Work and Health Programme will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/05/2024 16:23:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1714979

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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: Children
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 (a) Disability Living Allowance and (b) the Personal Independence Payment were made for children in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	24176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>There were 199,000 new claims made in the last 12 months (Apr 2023 to March 2024 inclusive), for DLA Child in Great Britain. This figure includes claims made under normal rules and special rules, rounded to the nearest 1,000. The figure is sourced from unpublished internal data, and therefore have been quality assured to a different standard compared to official data publications by DWP.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment claims can be found <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">here.</a> The requested data can be found in the ‘PIP Clearances’ dataset by going to ‘Age (bands and single year)’ and selecting the relevant age range.</p><p> </p><p>Children are not eligible to claim PIP until they are 16 years old. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is available for those under 16.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">here.</a> An account is not required to use Stat- Xplore, the ‘Guest Login’ feature gives instant access to the main functions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/05/2024 16:15:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald