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1659442

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Act 2023
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date will the Child Support Collection Act 2023 enter into force.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	198582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Preventing domestic abuse within CMS remains a key priority for the department and we want to work at pace to tackle it. The Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Act 2023 requires secondary legislation before it can come into force. We will engage widely with stakeholders and other government departments to ensure the changes made are right.</p><p> </p><p>The department has already commenced a single caseworker pilot where there are cases of Domestic Abuse within CMS. The evaluation of this pilot will take place early next year. We have also implemented mandatory training for all CMS staff in how to respond to cases of domestic abuse and rolled out a complex needs toolkit which provides caseworkers with clear steps to follow where there are cases involving domestic abuse.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/09/2023 16:21:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1659629

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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 children were living in households subject to Universal Credit sanctions in each Parliamentary constituency for the most recent month for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	198769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/09/2023 10:47:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1659680

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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: Disability
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 ensure that people transferred onto the Adult Disability Payment while awaiting his Department's decision to increase their mobility rate who are subsequently deemed by Social Security Scotland to be eligible for an enhanced mobility rate receive a backdated payment for the period following their notifying his Department of their change in circumstances and their transition to Adult Disability Payment.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	198820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>These are matters for the Scottish Government.</p><p /> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/09/2023 10:49:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1659681

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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: Deductions
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 7 September 2023 to Question 196260 on Universal Credit: Deductions, what the (a) total and (b) average sum of Universal Credit deductions was for households with children; and what proportion of those sums was deducted to repay advance payments in each Parliamentary constituency in the most recent month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	198821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the separate spreadsheet and are subject to the following caveats:</p><p> </p><p>1. For low level geography: volumes have been rounded to the nearest 100, total amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1,000 and average amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1. For totals at GB level: volumes have been rounded to the nearest 100,000, total amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1,000,000 and average amount has been rounded to the nearest £1. Proportions have been rounded to the nearest percent.</p><p>2. The sum of individual low level geographies may not sum to the total figure due to rounding.</p><p>3. Deductions include advance repayments, third party deductions and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions.</p><p>4. Children are defined here as being people who are declared as living in the same household as the UC claimant(s) and who are under the age of 20. The number of children may not be equal to the number of dependent children in the household who are eligible for child element for various reasons. This includes children over the age of 16 in non-advanced full-time education, looked-after children and, other young people living in multigenerational households whose parents are not the claimant. Those affected by the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children may also have a larger number of children compared to the number of children entitled to the child element in their household.</p><p>5. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.</p><p>6. The ‘unknown' parliamentary constituency equates to 0.2% of all households and relates to households for which a constituency could not be determined due to incomplete postcode information.</p><p>7. Data for May 2023 has been provided in line with the latest available UC Household Statistics.</p><p>8. Claim numbers and number of children on UC will not match official statistics caseloads due to methodological differences.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/09/2023 11:11:46 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman attachment 1 file name Spreadsheet.xlsx title Spreadsheet
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1659367

registered interest
date	08/09/2023
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: North Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of inflation on pensioners in (a) Selby and Ainsty constituency and (b) North Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Keir Mather
uin	198553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and is taking action to help. Overall, we are providing total support of over £94bn over 2022/23 and 2023/24 to help households and individuals with the rising cost of bills. This includes 8.7m pensioner households who received a £300 Cost of Living Payment last winter as an addition to the Winter Fuel Payment. Pensioners will also receive a further £300 additional payment later this year in their Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 14/09/2023 10:57:23 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4993 label Biography information for Keir Mather

1659372

registered interest
date	08/09/2023
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	Household Support Fund
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 guarantee that the Household Support Fund will continue to be provided to county councils and unitary authorities in England after March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	198558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer given to PQ<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-09-01/196466" target="_blank">196466</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/09/2023 11:07:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1659056

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the context of married women who reach state pension age prior to 6th April 2016, whether it is his Department's policy for a woman who draws a category A state pension prior to her husband reaching pension age and who is widowed after her husband reaches pension age and draws his pension should be automatically assessed at the point of being widowed for a backdated category BL pension in the case where her category A pension is lower than the Category BL rate; and whether a woman over pension age with no entitlement to a category A state pension, and who is widowed after her husband reaches pension age and draws his pension should automatically be assessed at the point of being widowed for a deferred Category BL pension, with her date of claim treated as the date when her late husband first drew his pension.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	198410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>For married women who reach State Pension age prior to 6th April 2016 the Department’s policy is as follows.</p><p> </p><ul><li>For those in receipt of a Category A state pension based on their own National Insurance contributions and whose husband became entitled to his state pension on or after 17th March 2008, a Category BL pension will be paid automatically by the Department. There is a LEAP exercise currently underway to identify and correct some historical cases where this did not happen.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>For those in receipt of a Category A pension and whose husband became entitled to his state pension before 17th March 2008, including where someone is widowed, a claim is required in order for the Department to be able to assess entitlement to any Category BL pension.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Women who have not made a claim for and are not receiving a state pension at the point they are widowed must also make a claim to become entitled to a state pension based on their late husband’s National Insurance contributions. If it is their preference, they can get any Category BL pension backdated for a maximum of 12 months before their claim. They may also be entitled to a deferral payment (one-off lump sum or an additional weekly amount) for the time they have deferred their Category BL pension. <strong><em> </em></strong></li></ul> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 13/09/2023 11:10:00 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1659113

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
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	Attendance Allowance
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 adequacy of the requirement for people to wait six months following the onset of invalidity before they can claim Attendance Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	198418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>Entitlement to Attendance Allowance is based on the on-going need for frequent personal care and attention, or supervision to ensure personal safety, rather than on the individual’s medical condition. The six-month qualifying period helps establish that the disability and the resulting care or supervision needs are of a long-term nature, and ensures the benefit goes to those for whom it is intended. Claims made under the Special Rules for those with less than 12 months to live do not have to satisfy the six-month qualifying period.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 13/09/2023 11:29:18 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1659119

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
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 and what proportion of people claim (a) Attendance Allowance, (b) Personal Independence Payment and (c) Universal Credit in (i) each parliamentary constituency, (ii) the UK, (iii) Great Britain, (iv) England, (v) Scotland and (vi) North Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	198422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The latest available statistics on the number of people in Great Britain in receipt of Attendance Allowance (to February 2023), entitled to Personal Independence Payment (to April 2023), and on Universal Credit (to July 2023), by various geographical breakdowns including country, region and Westminster parliamentary constituency, are published monthly on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p><p> </p><p>Benefit statistics for Northern Ireland are published by the <a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics" target="_blank">Department for Communities</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Population estimates for Westminster parliamentary constituencies in Great Britain are published by the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/help/localstatistics" target="_blank">Office for National Statistics</a> on <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/contents.aspx" target="_blank">NOMIS</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/09/2023 11:02:42 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1659129

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
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	Attendance Allowance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has issued guidance to people affected by the transition from Attendance Allowance to Pension Age Disability Payment delivered by the Scottish Government.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	198431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Attendance Allowance was devolved to the Scottish Government in 2020. It is being delivered by DWP on behalf of the Scottish Ministers under an Agency Agreement until its replacement by Pension Age Disability Payment. Public communications on the transition from Attendance Allowance to Pension Age Disability Payment are a matter for the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p>DWP ministers and officials regularly meet with their Scottish Government counterparts to discuss the progress of the devolution programme, including the replacement of Attendance Allowance with Pension Age Disability Payment and the transfer of existing cases to Social Security Scotland. The Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare is the principal forum for discussion and decision-making in this respect. It will next meet on 19 September.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 198433 question first answered 14/09/2023 10:53:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey