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1063654

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people of retirement age are in receipt of both industrial injuries disablement benefit and constant attendance allowance.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	222641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>There were 1,040 people aged 65 or over who were in receipt of both Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit and Constant Attendance Allowance as of March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Department for Work and Pensions 100% extract data.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/02/2019 13:21:08 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1063752

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions
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 16 January 2019 to Question 207610 on Social Security Benefits, when she plans to provide a substantive Answer to that Question.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	222687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>I replied to the hon. Member’s <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-11/207610/" target="_blank">Question</a> on 18 February 2019</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/02/2019 12:41:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1062050

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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, what the overall satisfaction rate is among claimants for universal credit (a) full service and (b) live service.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	221994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer to the Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-13/220801/" target="_blank">220801</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We no longer differentiate between live and full service as the number of live service cases is reducing rapidly, and because both services operate within the same policy framework.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/02/2019 17:18:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1062111

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Working Links
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assurances she can provide to sub-contractors delivering Departmental services on behalf of Working Links (Employment) Limited on (a) outstanding money owed to them from Working Links (Employment) Limited and (b) the continuation of contracts held by sub-contractors of that company.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	222005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>All subcontractors delivering Departmental services have been issued a letter advising them that the Department is working with Working Links on the current position in relation to current contracts. It also includes details of the Administrator and advises sub-contractors to contact them should there be monies owed to them by Working Links, or if they want to take over all or part delivery of the contract(s).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/02/2019 10:54:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1062113

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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: Slough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many habitual residency tests have been carried out for universal credit claimants at the Slough Job Centre in each month since April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	222064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/02/2019 17:41:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1062114

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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, for what reason her Department requires owners of limited companies to provide company financial accounts when applying for universal credit; and if she will review that policy.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	222036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not require owners of limited companies to provide company financial accounts when applying for Universal Credit. Self-employed earnings are reported on a simplified 'cash accounting' basis, which asks for the total income from receipts into the business and details of payments out of the business under defined categories during the assessment period. The requirements were designed to be as simple as possible in order for self-employed claimants to easily report their earnings.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has therefore not made an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 222037 question first answered 20/02/2019 17:36:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1062115

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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, what assessment her Department has made of the practicality of requiring the owners of limited companies to provide company financial accounts when applying for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	222037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not require owners of limited companies to provide company financial accounts when applying for Universal Credit. Self-employed earnings are reported on a simplified 'cash accounting' basis, which asks for the total income from receipts into the business and details of payments out of the business under defined categories during the assessment period. The requirements were designed to be as simple as possible in order for self-employed claimants to easily report their earnings.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has therefore not made an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 222036 question first answered 20/02/2019 17:36:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1061007

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Terminal Illnesses: 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, what recent discussions she has had with Capita on ensuring timely payment to GPs for their completion of DS1500 forms that are required to process end-of-life benefits.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	909313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The DS1500 forms are completed by GP’s making an assessment of patients nearing end of life through a terminal medical condition. These forms are then sent to and authorised by DWP before being issued to Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) who process payment on behalf of DWP.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2019, SSCL reported that all properly completed and authorised payment requests were processed within their target of 5 days.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/02/2019 16:59:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1061018

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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: Dundee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants with unacceptable customer behaviour markings who were unable acquire a work capability assessment for universal credit from the Dundee service centre because the process for referring claimants was incorrect between September 2018 and January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	221787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 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 19/02/2019 16:55:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1061075

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 extent to which the descriptors used for Work Capability Assessments take proper account of the way that people can be affected by impairment of stamina, breathing or fatigue.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	221680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>All healthcare professionals who carry out Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) receive training on the assessment of claimants with fluctuating conditions associated with fatigue and breathlessness. Furthermore the WCA Handbook for healthcare professionals has a section dedicated to the assessment of variable / fluctuating conditions.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/02/2019 16:52:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood