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1387124

registered interest
date	13/12/2021
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	Kickstart Scheme: Rutherglen and Hamilton West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate she has made of the number of jobs created by the Kickstart scheme in Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	904721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given for PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-19/58900" target="_blank">58900.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/12/2021 16:03:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1387125

registered interest
date	13/12/2021
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	Pensioners: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support British pensioners overseas during winter 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	904723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>As with previous winters, the Government is supporting overseas pensioners during winter 2021-22. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide. Additionally, Winter Fuel Payments are payable to those in eligible EEA countries, and Switzerland, providing they have a genuine and sufficient link with the UK and meet the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/12/2021 15:48:41 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1386227

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
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	Fuel Poverty
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 implications for her policies of Age UK's recommendation that in order to tackle fuel poverty, especially amongst older people (a) the Household Support Fund should be doubled and (b) persons eligible for the Cold Weather Payment should be provided with a £50 one-off payment in winter 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	89676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed to keeping the Winter Fuel Payment, which helps older people with the cost of heating their homes in the winter. The payment gives reassurance to pensioners that Government assistance is available and that they can keep warm during the colder months. Over 11 million pensioners benefit from Winter Fuel Payments at an annual cost of £2bn which is a significant contribution to winter fuel bills. We will continue to pay £200 for households with somebody who has reached State Pension age and is under age 80; or £300 for households with somebody aged 80 and over.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided £500 million to help vulnerable households across the country with essentials this winter. The Household Support Fund will provide £421 million to help vulnerable people in England with the cost of food, utilities and wider essentials. The Barnett Formula will apply in the usual way, with the devolved administrations receiving almost £80 million (£41m for the Scottish Government, £25m for the Welsh Government and £14m for the NI Executive), for a total of £500 million.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities in England have discretion to design their own bespoke local schemes, within the overall parameters of the Household Support Fund, with help primarily focused on food and utility bills. Up to 50% of the fund is available for councils to use on households without children. Local Authorities will use their resources to identify vulnerable households who are in most need in their area and can apply their own discretion to eligibility and the size of the award. This funding covers the period 06 October 2021 to 31 March 2022 inclusive.</p><p> </p><p>The Cold Weather Payment scheme helps vulnerable people in receipt of certain income-related benefits to meet the additional costs of heating for every week of severe cold weather, between 01 November and 31 March each year. A payment of £25 is made when the average temperature has been recorded as, or is forecast to be, 0 degrees C or below over seven consecutive days at the weather station linked to an eligible person’s postcode. It is paid automatically within 14 working days of a trigger to ensure claimants receive payments at the time of need. Between 01 November 2020 and 31 March 2021 the Government made £98.8 million in payments to those in need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/12/2021 16:43:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1386257

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
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, with reference to the Universal Credit Programme Board minutes, UCPB140519 Paper 1, deposited in the House of Commons Library on 28 October 2021, whether her Department met its three core learning objectives for the managed migration pilot of testing (a) ability to be able to calculate, explain, pay and erode Transitional Protection, (b) engagement and effective mobilisation to successfully claim universal credit at the right time and (c) the support mechanisms particularly identifying and supporting complex and vulnerable claimants through their journey.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	89500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The pilot that had been active in Harrogate was suspended as the Department focused on delivering its part of the Government’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department will make an announcement in due course on the plan for Move to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 89501 89502 89503 question first answered 13/12/2021 17:27:12 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1386258

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
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, with reference to the Universal Credit Programme Board minutes, UCPB140519 Paper 1, deposited in the House of Commons Library on 28 October 2021, whether sufficient confidence in the Department's three core learning objectives for the managed migration pilot has been established to allow the approach to be extended.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	89501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The pilot that had been active in Harrogate was suspended as the Department focused on delivering its part of the Government’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department will make an announcement in due course on the plan for Move to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 89500 89502 89503 question first answered 13/12/2021 17:27:12 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1386259

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
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, with reference to the Universal Credit Programme Board minute, UCPB160719 Paper 1, deposited in the House of Commons Library on 28 October 2021, whether her Department has cancelled plans for a Learn How to Grow phase of managed migration.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	89502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The pilot that had been active in Harrogate was suspended as the Department focused on delivering its part of the Government’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department will make an announcement in due course on the plan for Move to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 89500 89501 89503 question first answered 13/12/2021 17:27:12 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1386260

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
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, with reference to the Universal Credit Programme Board minute, UCPB160719 Paper 1, deposited in the House of Commons Library on 28 October 2021, whether it remains her Department's policy to proceed with the Trusted Partner Approach for managed migration.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	89503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The pilot that had been active in Harrogate was suspended as the Department focused on delivering its part of the Government’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department will make an announcement in due course on the plan for Move to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 89500 89501 89502 question first answered 13/12/2021 17:27:12 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1386263

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
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	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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 impact of the end of support under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on levels of child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	89581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>Official child poverty statistics covering the period 2020/21, will be published in March 2022, as part of the Department’s (a) Children in Low Income Families and (b) Households Below Average Income publications, subject to the usual checks on data quality.</p><p> </p><p>This Government believes work is the best route out of poverty. Our approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment - particularly where it is full-time – in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children. In 2019/20, children in households where all adults were in work were around six times less likely to be in absolute poverty (before housing costs) than children in a household where nobody works. Compared with 2010, there were almost 1 million fewer workless households and almost 580,000 fewer children living in workless households in the UK in September 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, our multi-billion-pound Plan for Jobs, which has recently been expanded by £500 million, will help people across the UK to find work and to boost their wages and prospects.</p><p> </p><p>However, we recognise that some people may require extra support over the winter as we continue our recovery from the impacts of the COVID pandemic, which is why vulnerable households will be able to access a new £500 million support fund to help them with essentials. This includes £421 million for the Household Support Fund, which will help vulnerable people in England with the cost of food, utilities and wider essentials.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/12/2021 17:47:35 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1386266

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
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	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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 impact of the end of support under the Coronavirus Job retention Scheme on the level of demand for appointments at jobcentre plus centres.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	89583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was a temporary measure that supported businesses and workers affected by the pandemic that came to an end on 30<sup>th</sup> September 2021.</p><p> </p><p>As the UK economy has reopened, employment and demand for workers have consistently grown. Vacancies are at a record high of over 1.1 million. The number of employees on payroll in October 2021 is 235,000 above the pre-COVID level, growing by 160,000 people between September and October 2021. In October 2021 the claimant count fell by 15,000 – the eighth month in a row the number of unemployment-related benefits claimants has fallen.</p><p> </p><p>That is why it is right the Government continues to wind down its temporary pandemic support, while continuing to support businesses to invest in the recovery and support people into work.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/12/2021 17:59:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1386293

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
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	Restart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to compel benefit claimants to participate in Restart placements.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	89595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>Once a Universal Credit claimant has been referred to the Restart programme, participation on the programme is mandatory as part of their claimant commitment. Restart programme providers’ interactions must reflect their personal circumstances and preferences of each participant. All activities should be agreed together to encourage participants to complete them voluntarily, using a variety of methods and approaches to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>Providers may consider using mandation, where attempts to engage with participants have not been successful.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/12/2021 17:56:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle