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1064355

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households have been affected by each reform to working-age benefits and tax credits since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	223829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/02/2019 16:28:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1064356

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants have not been in receipt of any benefits in the 180 days following a sanction decision.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	223830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/02/2019 16:31:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1064371

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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: Appeals
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 cost to the public purse is of each universal credit appeal.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	223845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/02/2019 16:27:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1064372

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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: Appeals
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 appeals her Department has challenged in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	223846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of Universal Credit appeals that the Department has challenged in each year since its introduction can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The above information has been provided on the assumption that the reference to “challenged” means “asked the First-tier Tribunal to either set their decision aside, or to grant permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal” and that “appeals” refers to “decisions of the First-tier Tribunal, adverse to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions”.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/02/2019 16:22:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1064374

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit appeals her Department has lost in each year since the introduction of that benefit.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	223848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on the number and proportion of Universal Credit appeals cleared at a hearing where the decision was in favour of the claimant, are published in Table SSCS_3 of the quarterly statistical publication, “Tribunals and gender recognition certificate statistics quarterly: July to September 2018”, published by the Ministry of Justice and available here:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/02/2019 16:12:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1064401

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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: Medical Examinations
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 number of days have been for her Department to re-assess entitlement to employment and support allowance from that allowance being granted in (a) Barnley, (b) south Yorkshire and (c) nationally in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	223926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/02/2019 15:21:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1064418

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Carers: Females
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 an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the retirement age for part-time female workers that are carers for (a) older people and (b) family members with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	223943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Since the removal of the Default Retirement Age in 2011, there is no formal retirement age, and people are encouraged to work for as long as they wish and are able. This will ensure as people live longer healthier lives that they can build the income they need for a secure future.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the time people leave the labour market will differ between individuals, and will be affected by a host of factors, including health, caring responsibilities and other factors. It would be impossible to take account of all factors in setting the State Pension age.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government’s 2016 State Pension age Review, Independent Reviewer John Cridland, concluded that disadvantaged groups should be assisted through the working age benefit system rather than through changes to the State Pension age.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/02/2019 14:03:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1064445

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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: Fraud
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 has any (a) formal and (b) informal sharing agreements with police forces in relation to referrals relating to suspected benefit fraud.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	223970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) National Disclosure Unit provides a service for the whole of the UK, handling all requests to disclose information to police forces and other law enforcement agencies. This service is provided under the Data Protection Act, Section 29 (3) for the purposes of preventing and detecting crime, and is done to a standard set out in a Memorandum of Understanding agreed with the Association of Chief Police Officers.</p><p> </p><p>If, during the course of a Police investigation there is a suggestion of a DWP related offence, as with any third party, there is an established gateway in place for the Police to refer this information to DWP.</p><p> </p><p>Evidence received from a 3<sup>rd</sup> party can be used as a starting point for an investigation. However, DWP takes great care to corroborate any information received to substantiate (or otherwise) any allegation to ensure DWP is directing its resources appropriately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/02/2019 15:13:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1064461

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) EU and (b) Irish citizens that have worked in the UK will continue to have their pensions uprated in line with UK pensioners in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	223986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As the Government set out in its Policy Paper ‘Citizens’ Rights – EU citizens in the UK and UK Nationals in the EU’ we wish to secure continued reciprocal arrangements covering the up-rating of State Pensions even in the event of a no deal exit. UK State Pensions will be uprated, as they are currently, for those recipients living in EU countries including Ireland for 2019/2020.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/02/2019 13:55:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1064463

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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, how much has accrued to the public purse of deductions from universal credit claimants' standard allowance.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	223988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the deductions policy in Universal Credit is to protect vulnerable claimants from eviction and/or having their gas, electricity and water cut off, by providing a last resort repayment method for arrears of these essential services. Deductions can be taken from a claimant’s payment of Universal Credit as set out in legislation and can also include monies owed to the public purse, such as repaying a Social Fund loan, or recovering arrears of Council Tax.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/02/2019 16:38:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George