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1272415

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions 2020 inquiry, published on 16 December, and (2) the finding of the report that the governments of Australia and Canada wnt to cooperate with them to end their policy of freezing state pension payments to British pensioners residing in those countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL11592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions 2020 inquiry or its findings. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. It is up-rated where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example, where recipients are living in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. The Government has no plans to change the policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas; the policy is longstanding and has been supported by successive Governments for over 70 years. The Government understands that people move abroad for many reasons and that this can have an impact on their finances. However, the decision to move abroad remains a personal choice. Advice that the UK State Pension is not up-rated overseas except where there is a legal requirement has been provided to the public for many years. Information is provided in leaflets and on gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL11593 HL11594 HL11595 question first answered 05/01/2021 11:38:30 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1272416

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions 2020 inquiry, published on 16 December, that half of pensioners residing abroad whose state pension payments are frozen receive a UK state pension of £65 per week or less.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL11593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions 2020 inquiry or its findings. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. It is up-rated where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example, where recipients are living in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. The Government has no plans to change the policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas; the policy is longstanding and has been supported by successive Governments for over 70 years. The Government understands that people move abroad for many reasons and that this can have an impact on their finances. However, the decision to move abroad remains a personal choice. Advice that the UK State Pension is not up-rated overseas except where there is a legal requirement has been provided to the public for many years. Information is provided in leaflets and on gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL11592 HL11594 HL11595 question first answered 05/01/2021 11:38:30 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1272417

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions 2020 inquiry, published on 16 December, that a majority of pensioners emigrating to countries where a freeze on state pension payments applies were not informed that their pension would be frozen before they left the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL11594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions 2020 inquiry or its findings. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. It is up-rated where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example, where recipients are living in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. The Government has no plans to change the policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas; the policy is longstanding and has been supported by successive Governments for over 70 years. The Government understands that people move abroad for many reasons and that this can have an impact on their finances. However, the decision to move abroad remains a personal choice. Advice that the UK State Pension is not up-rated overseas except where there is a legal requirement has been provided to the public for many years. Information is provided in leaflets and on gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL11592 HL11593 HL11595 question first answered 05/01/2021 11:38:30 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1272418

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to end the freeze on state pension payments to UK pensioners residing in countries where this policy applies.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL11595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions 2020 inquiry or its findings. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. It is up-rated where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example, where recipients are living in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. The Government has no plans to change the policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas; the policy is longstanding and has been supported by successive Governments for over 70 years. The Government understands that people move abroad for many reasons and that this can have an impact on their finances. However, the decision to move abroad remains a personal choice. Advice that the UK State Pension is not up-rated overseas except where there is a legal requirement has been provided to the public for many years. Information is provided in leaflets and on gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL11592 HL11593 HL11594 question first answered 05/01/2021 11:38:30 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1272446

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	Food Poverty: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision of UNICEF to commence feeding children in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL11583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. Throughout this pandemic, this Government has delivered an unprecedented package of support to protect jobs and businesses and, for those in most need, injected billions into the welfare system. The new COVID Winter Grant Scheme builds on that support with an additional £170 million for local authorities in England, to support families with children and other vulnerable people with the cost of food and essential utilities this winter. Funding has been disbursed according to an authority’s population, weighted by a function of the English index of multiple deprivation.</p><p> </p><p>Devolved Administrations have received equivalent funding through the upfront funding guarantee we have provided, which was recently increased to £16 billion for the year to support their COVID-19 response.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 05/01/2021 16:48:29 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1271916

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was paid in social benefits in England and Wales in the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL11531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>In the last 5 years the overall benefit expenditure in England and Wales can be found on the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Great Britain welfare spending, <br> £ billion, nominal terms</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Forecast</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People of working age and children</p></td><td><p>94.4</p></td><td><p>93.7</p></td><td><p>94.6</p></td><td><p>95.2</p></td><td><p>97.1</p></td><td><p>113.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pensioners</p></td><td><p>116.4</p></td><td><p>118.0</p></td><td><p>119.9</p></td><td><p>122.0</p></td><td><p>124.0</p></td><td><p>125.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>210.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>211.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>214.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>217.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>221.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>238.9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which DWP</p></td><td><p>171.8</p></td><td><p>173.9</p></td><td><p>178.1</p></td><td><p>183.8</p></td><td><p>192.4</p></td><td><p>213.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which Non-DWP</p></td><td><p>38.9</p></td><td><p>37.9</p></td><td><p>36.4</p></td><td><p>33.4</p></td><td><p>28.7</p></td><td><p>25.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further detailed information relating to benefit expenditure can be found in our published expenditure tables.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 23/12/2020 16:23:20 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1271943

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	Automation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase spending on job support and skills training for jobs at the highest risk of redundancy due to automation.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL11558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/12/2020 answer text <p>o The department (DWP) has a comprehensive package of support through the Plan for Jobs, with new funding to ensure more people will get tailored support to help them find work. This will include:</p><ul><li>support from Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches</li><li>the recently launched Kickstart Scheme - a £2 billion fund which will create paid, quality 6-month work placements for over 250,000 young people on Universal Credit, deemed to be at risk of long term unemployment</li><li>the new DWP Youth Offer and</li><li>the recently announced Restart programme. The government is investing £2.9 billion in the Restart programme over 3 years. Restart will provide intensive and tailored support to over a million people who have been unemployed for over 12 months in England and Wales to help them find work.</li></ul><p>o We recognise that that automation may result in job losses in some sectors, but we also expect jobs to be created in other sectors, to allow unemployed people to pivot into priority sectors, for example in construction, and social care.</p><p>o In the ‘Plan for Jobs’, the Chancellor announced an extra 32,000 Sector-based Work Academy Programme participant starts in 2020/21, providing £17 million for the Department for Education to triple the number of associated vocational training placements. DWP’s Secretary of State also pledged to increase further the number of people taking part in 2021/22. The Sector-based Work Academy Programme offers training, work experience and a guaranteed job interview to those ready to start a job. This is alongside the expansion of support for traineeships in England and for apprenticeships, which enable people to work while having a structured training programme<em>.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 31/12/2020 10:47:40 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1271264

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Personal Independence Payment: 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 accuracy of telephone-based personal independence payment assessments compared with face-to-face appointments.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	130132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The department is committed to improving the assessment process and ensuring that claimants receive high quality, objective and accurate assessments, as part of the suite of evidence the department uses to decide entitlement. We are closely monitoring all new assessment processes, including telephone assessments, to ensure they are working well for those claiming Personal Independence Payment, as well as providing the right level of information to allow claims to be assessed.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/12/2020 14:26:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1271265

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	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, what data her Department holds on the proportion of personal independence claim awards of the standard rate of care to an applicant previously in receipt of the enhanced rate of care that are increased following a mandatory reconsideration.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	130133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The specific information requested on PIP claims moving from an enhanced daily living award to a standard daily living award, and then being awarded an enhanced daily living award again at Mandatory Reconsideration (MRs) or appeal is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 130134 question first answered 18/12/2020 13:08:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1271267

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	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, what data her Department holds on the proportion of personal independence claim awards of the standard rate of care to an applicant previously in receipt of the enhanced rate of care that are increased following an appeal to HM Courts and Tribunal Service.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	130134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The specific information requested on PIP claims moving from an enhanced daily living award to a standard daily living award, and then being awarded an enhanced daily living award again at Mandatory Reconsideration (MRs) or appeal is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 130133 question first answered 18/12/2020 13:08:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth