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823478

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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: Publicity
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 18 October 2017 to Question 106843, how much her Department plans to spend on promoting the Access to Work scheme in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Funding for 2018/2019 to promote Access to Work has not been finalised. For our marketing approach, I refer the Hon Member to PQ 106839.</p><p>Last year saw an 8% rise in number of people who had an Access to Work award approved.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/01/2018 14:01:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

823480

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to better promote the Access to Work scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Access to Work is promoted to a range of business leaders through the Disability Confident campaign. As part of the ongoing Access to Work campaign partnership managers will be engaging with local contacts to promote the support available.</p><p> </p><p>We also promote the scheme through engagement with partners and stakeholders such as Remploy, as well as through other government departments and public sector bodies. We may also use some elements of paid for marketing where appropriate, although our spending plans have not yet been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/01/2018 17:50:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

818749

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
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 recalculate winter fuel payments for eligible claimants living in other EU member states using postcode enumerators to devise a more accurate system than measuring the national average of temperatures in each such country.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	121513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to use post code enumerators to determine the eligibility of Winter Fuel Payments for those living in other member states for the reasons set out in the explanatory memorandum to The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2014/3270, details of which can be found in the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3270/memorandum/contents" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3270/memorandum/contents</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/01/2018 16:46:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

805987

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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: Epilepsy
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 produces guidance to health practitioners on deciding on claims for personal independence payments made by people who have epilepsy.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	119197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Health professionals carrying out assessments for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) provide comprehensive and professional advice to help the Department’s decision makers to fairly and accurately determine benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>The PIP assessment is designed to treat people as individuals, considering the impact of their disability or health condition on their everyday life and how each claimant has personally adapted to living with a disability, rather than the disability itself. Therefore the PIP Assessment Guide for Health Professionals does not contain specific condition based guidance.</p><p>The PIP Assessment Guide can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers" target="_blank">Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guide for assessment providers - GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/12/2017 12:04:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

802613

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many amendments he has made to the Local Housing Allowance areas over the last five years, and whether he plans to make further revisions.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	118163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>There have been no amendments to any Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMAs) in the past five years. BRMAs are geographical areas used for the purposes of setting Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates in the private rented sector. Whilst Rent Officers are able to review these areas, any changes to the BRMA boundaries must be referred to the Secretary of State for approval, as laid down in the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 and the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2017 10:18:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

757856

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to support new claimants of universal credit in rural areas with a lack of access to online facilities.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	8917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>As internet access can be an issue for some claimants, including those in rural areas, all jobcentres across the country have Wi-Fi and computers available, including 6000 additional computers installed to support the introduction of Universal Credit. This provides access to digital channels in every Jobcentre for claimants to use when they do not have access at home. A telephone helpline and face to face support are also available for claimants to make and manage a Universal Credit claim.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/09/2017 15:12:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

418762

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the Government's response to his Department's consultation on changes to the Occupational Pension (Investment) regulations.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
uin	10183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government plans to respond to this consultation by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 14:16:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael