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1366479

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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	When her Department will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a 12 month eligibility definition for the Special Rules for Terminal Illness.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	904069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department plans to implement the 12-month end-of-life approach across five DWP benefits, beginning in Universal Credit alongside Employment and Support Allowance next year. This will be followed by Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment subject to Parliamentary processes.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/11/2021 17:57:11 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1353054

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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	Employment
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 Department for Education’s Skills for Jobs: Lifelong Learning for Opportunity and Growth White Paper, published in January 2021, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that people move into good quality employment; and what relationship officials in her Department has with the Department for Education's Skills and Productivity Board.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	43500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department works closely with Department for Education and others, including the Skills Productivity Board, to understand current and future skills shortages. Our DWP Train and Progress initiative expands claimants’ access to training, with new offers under the Lifetime Skills Guarantee such as the Skills Bootcamps, ensuring they gain new skills and obtain good jobs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/09/2021 14:38:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1350824

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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 recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of changing the universal credit childcare payments system to allow parents looking for work to claim costs upfront.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	40868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. There is currently an on-going Judicial Review on Universal Credit childcare and the payment of upfront costs. An appeal hearing took place in the Court of Appeal in July and a decision is awaited. It is therefore not appropriate to comment directly on this matter at this time. It should be noted there are no changes to the current processes and the legislation remains the same.</p><p>Childcare costs should not be a barrier to getting into work – this Government is committed to helping parents into work. Universal Credit pays up to 85% of childcare costs for working parents, compared to 70% in legacy benefits, and childcare costs can be claimed up to a month before starting a job.</p><p>In cases where people need to pay for childcare upfront, prior to starting work, Work Coaches may be able to use the Flexible Support Fund for eligible claimants to meet these costs until their first wage is received. Budgeting advances are also available to eligible claimants who require help with upfront costs, for example when altering hours worked or changing childcare providers. Claimants on Universal Credit are encouraged to manage their own finances and budgets to better mirror the world of work and the majority of claimants can, and do, manage their childcare payments effectively.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/09/2021 12:39:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1350825

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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: Deductions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants had deductions made to their monthly payment (a) in March 2020 and (b) in the most recent month for which figures are available, by (i) categories of third party debt deductions, (ii) advance payments and (iii) benefit overpayments and (iv) other types of deductions.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	40869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>We carefully balance our duty to the taxpayer to recover overpayments, with support for claimants. Safeguards are in place to ensure deductions are manageable. From 12 April 2021, we further reduced the cap on deductions from Universal Credit awards to 25 per cent and lengthened the period from 12 to 24 months, meaning in effect someone can receive 25 payments over 24 months, giving them more flexibility over the payments of their Universal Credit award. This will also allow claimants to retain more of their award, giving additional financial security, and follows a previous change in October 2019 that reduced the cap from 40% to 30%.</p><p> </p><p>Customers can contact the Department if they are experiencing financial hardship to discuss a reduction in their rate of repayment, depending on their financial circumstances, whilst work coaches can also signpost claimants to other financial support.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided in the attached spreadsheet.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/09/2021 12:50:22 question first ministerially corrected 15/10/2021 12:33:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name Spreadsheet 40869.xlsx title Spreadsheet previous answer version 20231 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1339864

registered interest
date	24/06/2021
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: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans undertake a review of the state pension age in accordance with the provisions of section 27 of the Pensions Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	21891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>Yes. The statutory deadline for the publication of the next Government Review of State Pension age is May 2023<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/06/2021 12:55:27 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1183872

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
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: Females
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 cost to the public purse of reinstating the state pension for 1950s women; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	27535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>Changes to State Pension age were made over a series of Acts by successive governments from 1995 onwards; including the Coalition 2010-2015, Labour 1997-2010 and the Conservatives 1995-1997, following public consultations and extensive debates in both Houses of Parliament. Through the welfare system, the Government is committed to providing financial support for people at every stage of their life, including when they near or reach retirement.</p><p /><p>Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were affected by State Pension age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995. The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, and included transitional arrangements limiting State Pension age delays, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953. It also brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published estimates on the cost of reversing the women’s State Pension age to 60 and men’s State Pension age to 65 on the 7<sup>th</sup> June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The publication shows the estimated cost of reversing women’s State Pension age back to 60 and men’s State Pension age back to 65 over the period 2010/11 to 2025/26, to be £181.4bn for women and £33.8bn for men with an overall cost estimate of £215.2bn.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-relating-to-state-pension-age-changes-from-the-1995-and-2011-pensions-acts/analysis-relating-to-state-pension-age-changes-from-the-1995-and-2011-pensions-acts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-relating-to-state-pension-age-changes-from-the-1995-and-2011-pensions-acts/analysis-relating-to-state-pension-age-changes-from-the-1995-and-2011-pensions-acts</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/03/2020 16:28:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1168345

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of increasing by 25 pence the state pension for people over the age of 80.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Age Addition is paid to people who reached State Pension age prior to 6<sup>th</sup> April 2016 when they claim their State Pension and attain 80 years of age. It is not payable to those people who reached State Pension age on or after 6<sup>th</sup> April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, the most recent date for which data are available, there were approximately 3.3m people in receipt of the payment, at a weekly cost of approximately £820,000.</p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP Administrative data, March 2019</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/01/2020 14:47:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

938578

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of industrial injuries disablement benefit claims decisions are changed at the mandatory reconsideration stage.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	163095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Between April 2014 and September 2017, 75,000 industrial injuries disablement benefit decisions (new claims only) have been made. During this time period 3 per cent of claim decisions were overturned at the appeal stage.</p><p> </p><p>The information on Mandatory Reconsiderations is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 163096 question first answered 16/07/2018 16:39:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

938579

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of industrial injuries disablement benefit claims decisions are changed on appeal.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	163096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Between April 2014 and September 2017, 75,000 industrial injuries disablement benefit decisions (new claims only) have been made. During this time period 3 per cent of claim decisions were overturned at the appeal stage.</p><p> </p><p>The information on Mandatory Reconsiderations is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 163095 question first answered 16/07/2018 16:39:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

843958

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Labour Market: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Office for National Statistics on its decision to suspend the publication of statistics on the labour market status of disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	128073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the production of statistics on employment of disabled people, published in Table A08 on the ONS website. ONS have stated that the most recent version includes estimates for April to June 2017, and “ONS has suspended publication of these estimates for subsequent time periods due to an apparent discontinuity between April to June 2017 and July to September 2017. ONS is investigating this issue and the dataset will be reinstated as soon as possible”.</p><p> </p><p>As a key stakeholder for labour market statistics, the Department for Work and Pensions maintains dialogue with ONS on the use of this data for national policy-making purposes. ONS has therefore regularly updated officials on their ongoing investigation.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/02/2018 14:35:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous