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1688535

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
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 people convicted of crimes who are detained in secure hospitals are receiving benefits.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	13683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/02/2024 11:55:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1688543

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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	Vacancies: Bournemouth East
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 fill job vacancies in Bournemouth East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	13698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>In Bournemouth East, and across the country, our Jobcentre teams are supporting people back into work and helping those in work to progress. We are working with local and national employers to help fill vacancies quickly, delivering Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPS), recruitment days and Job Fairs.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 19/02/2024 17:25:47 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1688545

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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: Bournemouth East
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 is taking to expand the support available through Jobcentres in Bournemouth East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	13699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The local Jobcentre team are collaborating with a range of partners to support people into work and employers fill vacancies. In addition to hosting Jobs Fairs and delivering Sector-Based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPS), they are working with Bournemouth and Poole College, BCP Council, Citizens Advice, Faithworks, Seetec Pluss, Aspire Training, Skills &amp; Learning, International Care Network, Parks in Mind, the Boscombe Towns Fund and a plethora of other partners and organisations. We have SWAPs that are either active or planned in Facilities Management, Hospitality, IT and Communications, Education, Construction, Security, Manufacturing, Administration and the Civil Service through a range of local providers.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 19/02/2024 17:23:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1688568

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	13752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has suitable and sufficient risk assessments in place across the Department in accordance with Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.</p><p> </p><p>There is a suite of generic risk assessments, which include building and people related hazards, used to manage and mitigate people safety risks across the Department. Where hazards are identified for a certain process or procedure not captured within the generic documents, these are included via specific risk assessments.</p><p> </p><p>Suitable and sufficient risk assessments relating to the DWPs estate are completed whenever significant hazards are identified or where risk assessment is required by statute.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/02/2024 14:19:37 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1688671

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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 Living Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the impact delays in change of circumstance requests for Disability Living Allowance claims have on the welfare of those children and their families.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	13723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>In certain cases, delays may occur due to the gathering of evidence from the NHS or Schools but, where possible, we are aiming to gather this from the parent/guardian of the child to expedite this. We have seen a significant increase in claims, which results in us deploying our people accordingly to ensure we manage service across the entire business.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/02/2024 11:52:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1688685

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Support for Mortgage Interest loans have been (a) rejected and (b) accepted in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	13798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>We do not record the information requested because eligible benefit claimants are offered a loan when they become eligible for Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) which they can choose to accept. It is worth noting that we publish, on a quarterly basis, the number of households who are in receipt of SMI <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/support-for-mortgage-interest-statistics" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/02/2024 11:56:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1688687

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money has been paid out for Support for Mortgage Interest loans in each of the last 2 years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	13799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The amount of SMI payments made in the financial year 2021/22 is £25 million and financial year 2022/23 is £22 million. This is rounded to the nearest million and is in relation to households in payment in Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/02/2024 11:57:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1688688

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were received by the universal credit helpline in each month of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	13800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The tables below show the volume of calls received (Calls Offered to Agent Queue) by Universal Credit each month.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Calls Offered to Agent Queue</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-2022</p></td><td><p>1,403,295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-2022</p></td><td><p>1,567,168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-2022</p></td><td><p>1,633,545</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Calls Offered to Agent Queue</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-2022</p></td><td><p>1,499,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-2022</p></td><td><p>1,528,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-2022</p></td><td><p>1,491,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-2022</p></td><td><p>1,334,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-2022</p></td><td><p>1,359,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-2022</p></td><td><p>1,392,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-2022</p></td><td><p>1,318,787</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-2022</p></td><td><p>1,280,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-2022</p></td><td><p>1,150,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-2023</p></td><td><p>1,297,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-2023</p></td><td><p>1,164,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-2023</p></td><td><p>1,345,024</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Calls Offered to Agent Queue</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-2023</p></td><td><p>1,213,815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-2023</p></td><td><p>1,223,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-2023</p></td><td><p>1,215,854</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-2023</p></td><td><p>1,150,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-2023</p></td><td><p>1,213,767</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-2023</p></td><td><p>1,263,332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-2023</p></td><td><p>1,323,566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-2023</p></td><td><p>1,307,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-2023</p></td><td><p>1,148,327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-2024</p></td><td><p>1,413,983</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>DISCLAIMER </strong></p><p>Please note this information is derived from the Department’s management information, designed solely for the purpose of helping the Department to manage its business. As such, it has not been subjected to the rigorous quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics. As DWP holds the information internally, we have released it. However, it is possible information held by DWP may change due to operational reasons and we recommend that caution be applied when using it.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/02/2024 11:55:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1688689

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for a caller to the universal credit helpline was in each month in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	13801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The tables below show the average waiting time (Average Speed to Answer) for all calls received by Universal Credit each month in hours, minutes and seconds format (hh:mm:ss).</p><p /><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month/Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Speed to Answer (hh:mm:ss)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-2022</p></td><td><p>00:00:31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-2022</p></td><td><p>00:01:50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-2022</p></td><td><p>00:01:58</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month/Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Speed to Answer (hh:mm:ss)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-2022</p></td><td><p>00:03:21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-2022</p></td><td><p>00:03:58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-2022</p></td><td><p>00:03:53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-2022</p></td><td><p>00:02:58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-2022</p></td><td><p>00:03:40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-2022</p></td><td><p>00:05:01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-2022</p></td><td><p>00:02:46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-2022</p></td><td><p>00:01:25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-2022</p></td><td><p>00:02:23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-2023</p></td><td><p>00:02:13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-2023</p></td><td><p>00:01:49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-2023</p></td><td><p>00:01:28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Speed to Answer (hh:mm:ss)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-2023</p></td><td><p>00:03:39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-2023</p></td><td><p>00:02:01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-2023</p></td><td><p>00:01:30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-2023</p></td><td><p>00:01:53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-2023</p></td><td><p>00:02:59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-2023</p></td><td><p>00:03:17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-2023</p></td><td><p>00:04:24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-2023</p></td><td><p>00:02:52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-2023</p></td><td><p>00:03:03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-2024</p></td><td><p>00:02:13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>DISCLAIMER </strong></p><p>Please note this information is derived from the Department’s management information, designed solely for the purpose of helping the Department to manage its business. As such, it has not been subjected to the rigorous quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics. As DWP holds the information internally, we have released it. However, it is possible information held by DWP may change due to operational reasons and we recommend that caution be applied when using it.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/02/2024 11:57:37 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1688723

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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	Pension Funds: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to discuss with the Pensions Regulator how to incorporate into regulator guidance the conclusions of the Financial Markets and Law Committee’s paper, Pension fund trustees and fiduciary duties, published on 6 February.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayman
uin	HL2329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the work of the Financial Markets Law Committee’s working group. Working with the Pensions Regulator, we will look closely at what insights we can draw from their report as we gather further evidence on how trustees are considering ESG factors in their approach to investment in the interests of their members.</p><p> </p><p>This report is a useful resource for trustees, but we are keen to hear views from across the pension sector and wider stakeholders as to what further clarification, or guidance, if any, is needed. We plan to do this starting with a series of roundtable events this spring.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL2432 question first answered 20/02/2024 15:00:22 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1649 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman