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1220311

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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 many new applications for universal credit were made (a) online and (b) by telephone in June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	68398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The number of claims made between 01 June 2020 and 23 June 2020 are as follows:</p><p>(a) online 254,840</p><p>(b) telephone 4,280</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures provided to 23 June 2020 in line with published Universal Credit Management Information</p><p>2. Figures are GB and rounded to nearest 10</p><p>3. Based on claims declared between 01 June 2020 and 23 June 2020</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2020 13:29:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1220337

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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	Health and Safety: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has in place to support the extremely clinically vulnerable to covid-19 who have not been furloughed and are asked to return to work after 1 August 2020 in the event that they believe that their workplace is not covid-19-secure.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	68322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Guidance for the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for employers can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for employees (including links to advice services if a person is worried about going back to work) can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus/worker-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus/worker-support</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2020 14:07:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1220422

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 potential merits of retaining online and telephone assessments for benefit claimants as the covid-19 restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	68351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Assessments for health and disability benefits are not conducted online.</p><p> </p><p>Paper based reviews have always been a feature of Personal Independence Payment assessments and Work Capability Assessments, and wherever possible Assessment Providers will conduct a paper-based review, if there is sufficient evidence available to make a recommendation. Telephone-based assessments for suitable cases across health and disability benefits were introduced from 17 March due to Covid-19. Whether an assessment is conducted on the paper-based evidence alone or via a telephone consultation is a decision made by assessment providers based on the available evidence and ability to assess to health condition via these channels.</p><p> </p><p>Face-to-face assessments remain suspended but will be kept under review.</p><p> </p><p>We remain fully committed to making continuous improvements to the support we provide to people with health conditions and disabilities, and are evaluating the changes temporarily introduced to inform the approach taken to conducting assessments in the future.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 68352 question first answered 07/07/2020 14:04:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1220423

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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, what role (a) claimants, (b) work coaches and (c) assessment providers have in determining whether benefit assessments are conducted (i) online, (ii) by telephone and (iii) face to face.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	68352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Assessments for health and disability benefits are not conducted online.</p><p> </p><p>Paper based reviews have always been a feature of Personal Independence Payment assessments and Work Capability Assessments, and wherever possible Assessment Providers will conduct a paper-based review, if there is sufficient evidence available to make a recommendation. Telephone-based assessments for suitable cases across health and disability benefits were introduced from 17 March due to Covid-19. Whether an assessment is conducted on the paper-based evidence alone or via a telephone consultation is a decision made by assessment providers based on the available evidence and ability to assess to health condition via these channels.</p><p> </p><p>Face-to-face assessments remain suspended but will be kept under review.</p><p> </p><p>We remain fully committed to making continuous improvements to the support we provide to people with health conditions and disabilities, and are evaluating the changes temporarily introduced to inform the approach taken to conducting assessments in the future.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 68351 question first answered 07/07/2020 14:04:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1220424

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people waiting for an (a) online and (b) telephone benefit assessment as at 2 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	68353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>I am interpreting your question to relate to all benefits where an assessment is made to determine entitlement to benefit. The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2020 13:54:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1219796

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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: Fraud
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 25 June 2020 to PQ 62300 on Universal Credit: Fraud, at what stage her Department's investigations into cases of universal credit scams for claimants in the Borough of Halton are; and when those claimants will have their benefits restored.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	67552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not store information at a constituency level. As a result, providing the requested information would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>If an individual approaches DWP alleging they have had their identity fraudulently used, we will investigate the matter. We endeavour to ensure that these investigations are brought to a conclusion as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Where a person has had their details used to make a fraudulent claim for Universal Credit, the Department may consider the reinstatement of legacy benefits where it is clear they played no part in the making of the claim.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/07/2020 16:11:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1219860

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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: Wales
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 30 June 2020 to Question 64868, how many universal credit claimants in Wales are directly affected by the decision of the Court of Appeal of 22 June 2020 in the case Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart v the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	67584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/07/2020 14:11:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1219876

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the number of DS1500 forms issued during March to June (a) 2020 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	67692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>The DS1500 is not issued by DWP. It is completed by a terminally ill patient’s doctor or other healthcare professional and returned to DWP. The doctor or healthcare professional provides information about their patient’s condition, including its clinical features and ongoing or planned treatment on the DS1500.</p><p> </p><p>The DS1500 is not a claim form in itself and is not a requirement to support a claim under the special rules for terminal illness but it remains the quickest and most appropriate route to gather evidence to support entitlement in these cases.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for Healthcare Professionals can be found here</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-factual-medical-reports-guidance-for-healthcare-professionals/dwp-medical-factual-reports-a-guide-to-completion" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-factual-medical-reports-guidance-for-healthcare-professionals/dwp-medical-factual-reports-a-guide-to-completion</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2020 14:07:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1219971

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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: Staff
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 number of whether additional staff will be required to process social security cases once claimant conditionality is reintroduced, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	67691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Jobcentres have remained open throughout, providing support to our most vulnerable customers. In line with the easing of restrictions in England, from 1<sup>st</sup> July, people will be able to make an appointment with their Work Coach if they can’t get the help they want online or over the phone. Work Coaches, as part of the individualised approach, will be calling all claimants to engage with them. We will continue to be align with current guidance from Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is continually assessing the service being offered to customers and we continue to keep staff numbers under review as part of our response to the impact of COVID-19 on the labour market. We have already committed to increasing the number of Work Coaches and Case Managers and recruitment is already underway.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/07/2020 16:08:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1219976

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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: 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 direction notices have been served on her Department (a) where her Department has not submitted a response to an appeal within the statutory timescale and (b) after her Department has received a reminder of its obligation to submit such a response since 2015; and if she will publish that information by type of appeal.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	67784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2020 14:13:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper