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539220

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	Low Incomes: Statistics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Department for Work and Pensions report of the Household Below Average Income Statistics was over 100 pages in length in previous years and this year is 13 pages in length; and why this year's report contains details published in Excel tables only.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL1296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The change in publication format for the 2014/15 Households Below Average Income (HBAI) National Statistics release was made to bring this report into line with the new standard DWP Statistics template, with the aim of giving more focussed and accessible publications, without sacrificing the breadth of statistical analysis previously published.</p><p> </p><p>No information has been lost from this publication, rather this restructuring is intended to allow the lay user to better understand these important statistics.</p><p> </p><p>This approach is in line with the UK Statistics Authority’s “Better Statistics, Better Decisions” strategy and the specific change in format for HBAI was trailed in a Statistical Notice released in April 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/07/2016 14:07:37 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

539653

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	Refugees: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to make financial support available to refugees and people in Britain with humanitarian protection status who are disabled.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	43212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Refugees and people in Great Britain with humanitarian protection status who are disabled and in need of financial support are entitled to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment Support Allowance or Universal Credit, and Personal Independence Payment, providing they meet all the necessary conditions of entitlement set out in regulations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2016 12:27:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

539711

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support young people with (a) disabilities and (b) long-term health conditions to find permanent employment.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	43120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to halving the disability employment gap between disabled and non disabled people and have introduced a number of measures to further the support available to young people with disabilities, and long-term health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>A Taskforce, led by Paul Maynard MP, has been looking at issues around apprenticeships for people with learning difficulties or disabilities. On 11 July the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Business, Innovation &amp; Skills and the Department for Education published their response to the task force accepting all their recommendations including adjustments in English and maths requirements for those with learning disabilities. The publication can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-improving-access-for-people-with-learning-disabilities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-improving-access-for-people-with-learning-disabilities</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This Department has also developed a portal for young people with disabilities and health conditions to signpost them to available support. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-and-support-for-young-disabled-people-to-find-and-stay-in-work/help-and-support-for-young-disabled-people-to-find-and-stay-in-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-and-support-for-young-disabled-people-to-find-and-stay-in-work/help-and-support-for-young-disabled-people-to-find-and-stay-in-work</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Young disabled people and those with health conditions may also be supported by DWP’s specialist disability employment programmes such as Work Programme, Work Choice, Specialist Employment Support and Access to Work, subject to meeting eligibility criteria. Access to Work can provide support for young people participating on Traineeships or Supported Internships as well as those in work including apprenticeships. In 2015/16 Access to Work supported 2,830 young people aged 16-24, An increase of 12.7% over the previous year and the highest number since 2007/08 (beginning of our current records).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have expanded Access to Work’s Mental Health Support Service to conduct a two-year trial of targeted support for apprentices with mental health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2016 13:16:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

539712

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people resident in Britain with (a) refugee or (b) humanitarian protection status can claim (i) personal independence payments and (ii) employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	43216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Refugees and people in Great Britain with humanitarian protection status who are disabled and in need of financial support are entitled to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment Support Allowance or Universal Credit, and Personal Independence Payment, providing they meet all the necessary conditions of entitlement set out in regulations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2016 15:40:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

539713

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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: Bury St Edmunds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants there were in Bury St Edmunds constituency in (a) June 2015, (b) December 2015 and (c) the latest month for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
uin	43031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is available in the official Universal Credit statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/07/2016 13:05:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

539716

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on introducing a secure online portal through which new claimants of working-age benefits can submit supporting evidence and documents.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	42985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Allowing claimants to upload evidence and supporting documentation safely and securely is a crucial element as we build and develop the full online Universal Credit Service; for example, claimants can already upload CVs and covering letters for their work coach to review, and this facility will be expanded to include other documents as the service rolls out.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/07/2016 12:54:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

539717

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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 a public consultation will form part of the 30-month review of the introduction of child maintenance service changes.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	42974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to conduct a public consultation as part of the 30 month review. The Review will draw on information from externally commissioned qualitative and quantitative surveys conducted with those who use the Child Maintenance Service, as well as analysis of national data on separated families, including those who have chosen not to make maintenance arrangements through the statutory systems. We have also engaged with a number of relevant external stakeholder organisations who have been invited to provide a written response to a series of questions on charging.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/07/2016 12:42:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

539719

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on backdating payments for personal independence payment applicants who receive an uprating as a result of a tribunal ruling; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	43074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The general rule is that a tribunal’s decision will take effect from the same date as that of the decision under appeal – as determined by the Secretary of State. However, as a tribunal considers all appealed decisions afresh, it may decide that a different date is more appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2016 13:11:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

539720

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	Jobcentre Plus: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the minimum requirements set by his Department are for Jobcentre Plus to ensure that it is not neglectful in its duty of care towards a claimant who has (a) been attending a psychiatric unit, (b) has a known history of mental illness or (c) has a social worker designated to them; and what guidance his Department provides to Jobcentre Plus on providing such duty of care.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	43098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) demonstrates a duty of care throughout all its customer services and which it expects its staff to follow through instructions and learning.</p><p>The Department has an established approach to identifying and providing an appropriate level of support to all its customers who are vulnerable, including those with mental health conditions. DWP identifies any “individual who is identified as having complex needs and/or requires additional support to enable them to access DWP benefits and use our services” as being vulnerable. This definition ensures that we have consistency and continuity in the type and level of service which is being offered and that it supports the customer appropriately whatever their needs.</p><p>DWP’s approach for dealing specifically with customers experiencing mental health conditions has been developed in consultation with its Work Psychologists to ensure that staff are able to develop a thorough understanding of the various different mental health conditions which exist, including hidden impairments and how they impact on an individual. This knowledge is reflected in both DWP instructions and in its learning and development.</p><p>Where DWP staff are satisfied that a customer faces clear and significant risks to their welfare or safety, then those staff are explicitly empowered by DWP to take any reasonable steps which are felt necessary, including liaising with relevant organisations, in order to address these risks without undue delay.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/07/2016 16:19:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

539810

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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, how many families accessed support from the Child Support Agency in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) the East of England and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
uin	43249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>We do not have information on the number of families who accessed support. Information has been provided in the table on the caseload at the end of the year, which will differ from the number of families supported as multiple cases may be linked to the same family.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury St Edmunds</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,690</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>94,800</p></td><td><p>94,600</p></td><td><p>115,700</p></td><td><p>111,400</p></td><td><p>104,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England and Wales</p></td><td><p>1,035,500</p></td><td><p>1,010,600</p></td><td><p>1,231,900</p></td><td><p>1,185,200</p></td><td><p>1,111,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures rounded to the nearest 10 for Bury St Edmunds constituency and nearest 100 for the East of England, England and Wales.</li><li>Figures are the number of live and assessed cases.</li><li>Figures are as at December 2011 and 2012.</li><li>The methodology for estimating the overall caseload changed in December 2013 and information after this date will not be comparable.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/07/2016 13:39:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill