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723056

registered interest
date	20/04/2017
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 and Support 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 average reduction in an individual claimant's personal outgoings he expects to arise from social tariffs for which a claimant of employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group is eligible.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	71517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>There has not been any analysis of average savings from social tariffs for claimants of employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/04/2017 11:48:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

722569

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
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 and Support Allowance: Social Tariffs
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 oral contribution of the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work of 18 April 2017, Official Report, columns 650-51, which suppliers of (a) telecoms and (b) energy offer social tariffs to claimants of employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	71359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>BT (and KCom in the Hull area) offer a social tariff for home phone and broadband under EU and domestic legislation. Whilst no specific tariffs are offered by the main energy providers, the Money Advice Service found that people could save money by switching. There has been an improvement in the switching infrastructure to help customers and Work Coaches are now able to direct claimants to switching services through the new “managing you money” leaflet.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 15:55:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

722155

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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 and Support Allowance: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to safeguard sensitive personal data potentially discussed in the proposed new health and work conversation for employment and support allowance claimants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	71091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Claimants will not be required to disclose sensitive personal data as part of the (HWC). The paperwork from the HWC is taken away by the claimant at the end of the conversation. DWP staff will update records to show that the HWC has taken place, record any voluntary actions and any support offered by DWP.</p><p> </p><p>The Department treats the protection of sensitive personal data extremely seriously and safeguards such data in compliance with the Data Protection Act and in accordance with Departmental security policies and standards;</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 11:07:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

722277

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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
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 January 2017 to Question 60322, on what date the final referrals to Work Choice will be made.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	71151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>We are extending Work Choice in England and Wales to ensure ongoing specialist provision for disabled customers ahead of the Work and Health Programme which is expected to be implemented from November 2017 to March 2018</p><p> </p><p>Referrals to Work Choice will continue until at least 30<sup>th</sup> September 2017 with a current planned delivery period up until at least 31<sup>st</sup> March 2019. Final Work Choice referral and delivery end dates will be reviewed once the details of the implementation of the Work and Health Programme are finalised.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 13:18:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

715799

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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, what steps he has taken to inform parents receiving universal credit who have two or more children that if another child is conceived that child will not qualify for the child element of universal credit from 6 April 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	69954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Changes to Universal Credit policy were announced on gov.uk, in 2015. Further details were published as part of the consultation in October 2016 and in response to the consultation in January 2017.</p><p> </p><p>To further support claimants we have published detailed UC claimant guidance. We have also advised stakeholders who will then advise their customers about the changes.</p><p> </p><p>Support is also being offered to claimants through our Jobcentres, by trained staff, as needed. The changes have been communicated to operational staff through implementation updates, learning and development products, and updates to operational guidance in advance of the implementation date.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/04/2017 16:09:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

715800

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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, whether a person unable to plan and follow journeys as a result of psychological distress, but not otherwise impaired, will qualify for the enhanced rate of personal independence payment after the coming into force of the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	69955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Psychological distress is not itself a “mental condition” or “impairment”, but rather a symptom which may come and go at different times and with varying frequency or causes depending on the individual. There are circumstances in which someone with a mental condition may get the enhanced rate mobility component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP). However, PIP claimants who cannot undertake any journey because of overwhelming psychological distress alone, that is without any other symptom associated with their condition or conditions which may affect their ability to plan and follow a journey or move around, will continue to be entitled to the standard rate of the mobility component.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/04/2017 16:15:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

714680

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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 and Support Allowance
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 oral contribution of the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work of 27 March 2017, Official Report, column 9, what hardship funds are available to support claimants of employment support allowance in the work-related activity group.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	69602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Social Fund is a mechanism which helps claimants of income-related support with certain one-off or occasional expenses</p><p> </p><p>Through this Fund, eligible claimants can access Budgeting Loans to cover unexpected hardships. These are interest-free loans which are repayable from benefit awards. They are designed to help people, who have been in receipt of a qualifying benefit for at least six months, with intermittent expenses that are considered difficult to budget for such as furniture, clothes and shoes, rent advances, and travel expenses. Also part of the Social Fund is the Cold Weather Payments scheme. This provides help to people in meeting their additional heating costs during periods of extreme cold who are in receipt of certain income related benefits and satisfy other conditions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/04/2017 14:19:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

714694

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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 and Support Allowance: Social Tariffs
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 oral contribution of the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work of 27 March 2017, Official Report, columns 23-24, what progress his Department is making on the use of social tariffs to support claimants of employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	69598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>My response on 27 March noted that the work on social tariffs was about enabling people to have the right tools and information to reduce their household outgoings and give budgeting support.</p><p> </p><p>Work Coaches will have information available to support claimants to manage and reduce their household outgoings.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/04/2017 13:20:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

714700

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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 and Support Allowance
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 oral contribution of the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work of 27 March 2017, Official Report, column 9, what plans he has to use the Flexible Support Fund to support claimants of employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	69601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Additional funding is being added to the Flexible Support Fund over the next two years, which will be available to support new claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance Work-Related Activity Group.</p><p> </p><p>The Flexible Support Fund may be used for a wide range of activities at the discretion of Jobcentre Plus District Managers and Work Coaches. Whilst not exhaustive, some of the activities that may be undertaken include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>support for Partnership activity, which is determined locally;</li><li>purchasing support to meet one-off claimant needs, for example funding travel to interview costs, equipment or clothing to start employment;</li><li>paying for replacement adult or child care to enable a claimant to undertake training, attend interviews or start work;</li><li>procure activities to enable claimants to either enter sustained employment or move closer to the labour market;</li><li>paying for adaptations to help a disabled claimant to access work placements;</li><li>training allowances for claimants undertaking some types of full time training, such as those attending a sector based work academy.</li></ul> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/04/2017 16:44:36 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

714701

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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 and Support Allowance
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 oral contribution of the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work of 27 March 2017, Official Report, column 9, what elements of the support offer are already in place for claimants of employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	69599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Improving Lives The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, we will be introducing a new Personal Support Package (PSP) for people with health conditions from April 2017. This is in line with our ambition to provide a support system which can be tailored to individuals’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the PSP, we will begin to roll-out a £330m package of employment support for new ESA Work Related Activity Group and UC Limited Capability for Work claimants, from April 2017, which will deliver a broad range of employment and health support.</p><p> </p><p>The Personal Support Package will be in place to offer support to those affected by the Work Related Activity Component removal and newly placed in the Work Related Activity Group and its Universal Credit equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to this, we have already</p><p>- Recruited 300 new Disability Employment Advisers who have the expertise to compliment work coaches and better support claimants’ needs,</p><p>- Begun the Health and Work Conversation test and learn phase with 20 Job centres so far</p><p>- Have guaranteed additional places on Work Choice and Work and Health Programme as well as additional places on Specialist Employability Support Programme and Access to Work</p><p>- To date, we have received over 2,500 Community Partner applications from individuals who have either a lived experience or expert knowledge of disability</p><p>- Allocated £15m to the Flexible Support Fund</p><p>- Made changes to the permitted work rules</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/04/2017 13:48:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms