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1670267

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) family and (b) friend carers were subject to regulation 91(2)(e) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	2145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/11/2023 15:20:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1670268

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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: Carers
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 (a) family and (b) friend carers affected by the changes to work conditionality rules for Universal Credit implemented on 25 October 2023 in (i) 2022-23, (ii) 2023-24 and (iii) 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	2146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/11/2023 15:09:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1669830

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average time taken to make a decision on an Access to Work assessment from (a) October 2022 to March 2023 and (b) April 2023 to November 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The average time taken to make a decision on an Access to Work assessment from</p><p>(a) October 2022 to March 2023 was 60.5 days</p><p>(b) April 2023 to (end of) October 2023 was 47.0 days</p><p> </p><p><em>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution. </em></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/11/2023 16:47:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1670031

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Cost of Living Payments: Disability
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 he has made of the adequacy of the Disability Cost of Living Payment.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	2002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>We continually monitor Cost of Living Payments and have already published Management Information on the number of payments and the amount spent for each type of payment.</p><p> </p><p>An evaluation of the Cost of Living Payments is underway. This will seek to understand their effectiveness as a means of support for low-income and vulnerable households.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/11/2023 16:45:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1670061

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Suicide: Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to recognise police officer (a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides as work-related accidents under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	1978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-08/819" target="_blank">PQ819</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/11/2023 13:46:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1669395

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Department for Work and Pensions: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether senior officials from his Department have travelled to China since January 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	1421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The information required is not retained by Grade. However, the total number of DWP staff that have travelled to China and/or Hong Kong from January 2019 to present is 151, with 2 of these being official business trips.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/11/2023 13:57:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1669467

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Disability
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 take steps to establish a long-term disability strategy from 2024.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	1589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government set out its long-term disability strategy in the National Disability Strategy published in 2021. The National Disability Strategy sets out our ambition to improve the lives of all disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has recently completed a consultation on the Disability Action Plan, which will set out the immediate action the Government is taking this year and in 2024 to improve disabled people’s lives, as well as laying the foundations for longer term change.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/11/2023 16:52:12 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1669596

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	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, with reference to the consultation entitled Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptors, published on 5 September 2023, if he will make an estimate of the number of claimants that would no longer be found to have limited capability for work and work-related activity in (a) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency (b) Scotland and (c) the United Kingdom if each of the proposals in that consultation were implemented.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	1616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>DWP’s consultation on changes to the Work Capability Assessment closed on Monday 30 October. Over 1300 individuals and organisations submitted a response and 14 public consultation events were held, both face-to-face across Great Britain, and virtually. The consultation responses are now being considered and decisions will be taken in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The department has developed estimates of the impacts of these proposals on disabled people. We are continuing to refine these estimates as responses to the consultation are considered. This analysis is not available at a subnational level.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/11/2023 16:54:13 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1669643

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Housing Benefit: Non-payment
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 tackle non-payment of housing benefit to district councils when the beneficiary is not a registered social landlord.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	1755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>There are no current plans to change subsidy rules in Supported Housing which are in place to help ensure quality and value for money for taxpayers. Under the Housing Benefit subsidy arrangements, DWP reimburses local authorities for the cost of Housing Benefit in their respective areas subject to the rules set out in legislation. For supported housing cases, 100% subsidy is usually paid to the local authority by DWP where the landlord or provider is registered with the Regulator for Social Housing in England. In cases where the landlord or provider is not registered, the subsidy will still be payable to local authorities, but will be restricted in line with the rules set out in legislation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/11/2023 15:53:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1669679

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Jobcentres: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria were used to determine where Temporary Job Centres were commissioned during the Covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Allan Dorans
uin	1759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department anticipated, and then saw, an increase in demand for its services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It responded by rapidly expanding the space available, on a temporary basis, predominantly in major conurbations. The focus was on areas with good transport links and in buildings that were accessible for both colleagues and customers.</p><p> </p><p>This enabled the Department to provide a workplace that was safe for claimants and colleagues and ensured we could adhere to the Government guidance in place at the time. To ensure flexibility, premises were acquired on short-term, flexible lease arrangements to ensure we could reduce the size of the estate at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/11/2023 14:17:48 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4740 label Biography information for Allan Dorans