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753384

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date	18/07/2017
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	Pensioners: Christmas Bonus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners received a £10 Christmas bonus in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	5770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The number of people who receive the Christmas Bonus is published in DWP’s Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables (Table_2c):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/07/2017 09:24:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

753606

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Students
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 made an assessment of the effect on disabled full-time students of the introduction of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	5743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Most full time students including disabled students and those with health conditions are not entitled to UC because financial support is available through various loans. As such, the rules are designed so that a person in receipt of UC because of disability or ill health is not discouraged from taking up education that may help them in the future.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/07/2017 11:45:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

753609

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: 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 applicants have appealed the level of personal independence payment awarded in (a) Aberdeen North constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since April 2013; and how many of those applications were awarded less at tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	5659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/07/2017 15:29:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

753610

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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, how many applicants moving from disability living allowance to personal independence payment have been awarded less than they were receiving through disability living allowance in (a) Aberdeen North constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	5664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of applicants moving from disability living allowance to personal independence payment who were awarded less than they were receiving through disability living allowance between April 2013 and October 2016, the latest date for which figures are available.</p><p> </p><p>Table – decreased awards following reassessment for PIP in Aberdeen North, Scotland and Great Britain</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Aberdeen North</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan to Dec 2013</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan to Dec 2014</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>16,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan to Dec 2015</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>6,500</p></td><td><p>65,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan to Oct 2016</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>13,500</p></td><td><p>149,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>20,800</p></td><td><p>230,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>‘#’ used for instances where there are less than 10 cases to avoid the release of confidential data.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/07/2017 13:14:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

753617

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2017 to Question 1063, if he will make it his policy to record the data necessary to calculate the average time between universal credit applicants making their initial application and receiving their first payment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	5940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 18 July 2017 to question 4898</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/07/2017 11:43:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

753726

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	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, how much his Department spent on advertising campaigns to alert women born in the 1950s of the changes proposed by his Department in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	5965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Following the Pensions Act 2011, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrote to those directly affected by the legislation (people born 6 April 1953 to 5 April 1960) to inform them of the change to their State Pension age. This involved mailing more than 5 million letters. Advertising campaigns have been used more widely to encourage people to find out more about their State Pension and the earliest they can claim it, by using online tools such as ‘Check your State Pension’, the State Pension age calculator and information at gov.uk. These campaigns supported the nationwide launch of the new State Pension and were not solely targeted to women or a specific age group.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/07/2017 11:41:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

753727

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the 10 costliest advertising campaigns undertaken by his Department were in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	5966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the 10 costliest advertising campaigns undertaken within the Department each year since 2010 is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/07/2017 13:17:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

753728

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	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, how many items of correspondence his Department has received on pension changes to pensions of women born in the 1950s from (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	5970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) receive thousands of items of correspondence relating to State Pension age. However we are unable to break down the correspondence as requested relating to changes to State Pension age for women born in the 1950s from, (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public in each year since 2011.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/07/2017 09:34:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

753730

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Social Security Benefits: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of (a) benefit sanctions, (b) the benefits cap and (c) the benefits freeze on the mental health of benefit claimants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	5995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>No assessment specifically has been made on the impact of benefit sanctions and the benefit freeze on claimants’ with mental health. We are committed to supporting those who cannot work, and those with additional needs. Decision Makers take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities, and any evidence of good cause into account before making a decision. Benefits for the additional costs of disability, and for carers, are exempt from the benefit freeze and will continue to be up-rated in the usual way</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation of the original benefit cap found that capped households were 41% more likely to go into work than similar uncapped households. Encouraging more households to move into work would also help increase the household’s income and improve their well-being. Research shows for people without work, re-employment leads to improvement in health and well-being whereas further unemployment leads to deterioration. We therefore expect the reduction of the benefit cap to have a positive impact on households moving into work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/07/2017 09:31:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley