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1367481

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	ASW: Pensions
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 real-terms change in the value of pension payments that were not index linked for Allied Steel and Wire pensioners under the FAS in each of the last five years as a result of inflation.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	72461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made by the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/11/2021 13:06:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1332076

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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	Financial Assistance Scheme: 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 total amount paid out to members of the Financial Assistance Scheme for pensions in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	13957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>The table below provides details of the total amount paid out to members of the Financial Assistance Scheme in each of the last five years for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Great Britain</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>£189,739,599</p></td><td><p>£4,968,275</p></td><td><p>£194,707,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>£211,930,501</p></td><td><p>£5,474,513</p></td><td><p>£217,405,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>£211,614,050</p></td><td><p>£5,499,935</p></td><td><p>£217,113,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>£212,227,970</p></td><td><p>£5,693,023</p></td><td><p>£217,920,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-2021</p></td><td><p>£218,793,879</p></td><td><p>£6,149,583</p></td><td><p>£224,943,462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,044,305,999</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£27,785,329</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,072,091,328</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department does not breakdown information for Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Source of information: Department for Work and Pensions Annual Report and Accounts. Northern Ireland Department for Communities Annual Report and Accounts</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 13958 question first answered 15/06/2021 13:32:46 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1332077

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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	Financial Assistance Scheme: Wales
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 publish the total amount paid out to members of the Financial Assistance Scheme in Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	13958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>The table below provides details of the total amount paid out to members of the Financial Assistance Scheme in each of the last five years for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Great Britain</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>£189,739,599</p></td><td><p>£4,968,275</p></td><td><p>£194,707,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>£211,930,501</p></td><td><p>£5,474,513</p></td><td><p>£217,405,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>£211,614,050</p></td><td><p>£5,499,935</p></td><td><p>£217,113,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>£212,227,970</p></td><td><p>£5,693,023</p></td><td><p>£217,920,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-2021</p></td><td><p>£218,793,879</p></td><td><p>£6,149,583</p></td><td><p>£224,943,462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,044,305,999</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£27,785,329</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,072,091,328</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department does not breakdown information for Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Source of information: Department for Work and Pensions Annual Report and Accounts. Northern Ireland Department for Communities Annual Report and Accounts</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 13957 question first answered 15/06/2021 13:32:46 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1195734

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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	Universal Credit: South Glamorgan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new applications for universal credit have been processed in (a) Cardiff and (b) Vale of Glamorgan in each month since 1 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	46676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>Statistics on Universal Credit claims can be found on Stat-Xplore:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/05/2020 09:36:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1169575

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints her Department received in relation to processing claims for (a) universal credit and (b) personal independence payments in Wales in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The customer’s address is not a mandatory field when registering complaints on the Department’s complaints system. From the available data, the Department has received a total of 13 Universal Credit and 22 Personal Independence Payment complaints in relation to processing claims for Wales during the period July to December 2019.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/01/2020 16:11:45 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1146050

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department is providing to (a) pilots and (b) cabin crew affected by the liquidation of Thomas Cook.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	290912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>DWP stands ready to support anyone affected by the closure of Thomas Cook, with our Rapid Response Service (RRS) offer. This is a redundancy service designed to give support and advice to employers and their employees when faced with redundancy. It is coordinated nationally by the National Employer and Partnership Team (NEPT) and is managed by Jobcentre Plus.</p><p>The RRS has been mobilised to help people find a new job as soon as possible by offering tailored support. Each Jobcentre Plus district deploy resources according to the situation and the requirements of the workforce. The RRS is delivered in partnership with a range of national and local partners, including National Careers Service and local service providers.</p><p>Our local teams are monitoring all new claims to benefits to identify where the claimant is an ex-employee of Thomas Cook so that they quickly receive the right level of support.</p><p>The Department is working closely with over 100 employers to offer support and opportunities. We are delivering over 65 Job Fairs nationally, where ex-employees can meet local employers with vacancies.</p><p>The full range of support available from Jobcentre Plus and partners includes:</p><ul><li>Information advice and guidance.</li><li>Connecting people to jobs in the labour market.</li><li>Help with job search including CV writing, interview skills, where to find jobs and how to apply for them.</li><li>Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps (linked to the local labour<br>market).</li><li>Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry recognised<br>certification that will improve employability.</li><li>Help to overcome barriers to attending training or securing a job or <br>self-employment such as child care costs, necessary tools, work clothes, travel costs etc.</li><li>On-site presentations to those affected.</li><li>Job Fairs and Job Clubs where appropriate.</li></ul><p>Please note that the data supplied are 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.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/10/2019 15:44:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 136321 answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1104721

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Universal Credit: Wales
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 number of universal credit claimants in (a) Cardiff South and Penarth, (b) the Vale of Glamorgan and (c) Wales who have (ii) had their housing benefit stopped without notice and (ii) are in rent arrears.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	236386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Local Authorities have a duty to notify changes to a Housing Benefit award. Therefore, if a Housing Benefit claim ends because of a move to Universal Credit, the claimant is notified that the Housing Benefit claim has ended.</p><p> </p><p>However, we know that many tenants are arriving on Universal Credit with pre-existing rent arrears, that their arrears tended to increase prior to making a claim for Universal Credit, and that Universal Credit actually appears to be helping to clear arrears over time. According to latest figures (November 2018) only about 8% of social rented households were on Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/03/2019 09:35:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1104722

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Wales
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 number of people in (a) Cardiff South and Penarth, (b) the Vale of Glamorgan and (c) Wales that have waited more than 6 weeks to receive benefit payments in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	236387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>For Universal Credit New Claims no claimant has to go five weeks without receiving support, as advances, worth up to 100 per cent of a claimant’s indicative award, are available, if required and a two week ‘transitional housing payment’ is available to those claimants who were receiving Housing Benefit before they moved onto Universal Credit.</p><p>In many cases where full payment is not made on time, it is due to unresolved issues such as: claimants not accepting their Claimant Commitment or passing identity checks, or having outstanding verification issues, such as housing costs and self-employed earnings. In order to support claimants to claim, we have taken steps to improve verification processes. For example, we have listened to feedback and built processes into the system to make it easier and quicker for people to verify their housing costs, for example through the landlord portal.</p><p>The table below shows the number and proportion of UC New Claims where full payment/part payment was made within 6 weeks of the claim being submitted.</p><p>These figures relate to New Claims where the first payment was due in November 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Waited more than 6 weeks from declaration for any UC payment</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of all payments due this month</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2019 16:25:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1050013

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Pension Credit: Wales
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 number of pension credit claimants in (a) Cardiff South and Penarth, (b) the Vale of Glamorgan and (c) Wales who have a partner of working age and will be affected by forthcoming changes to the rules on pension credit.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	213370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The changes the government announced on January 14 will ensure that same work incentives will apply to the younger partner as apply to other people of the same age and that taxpayer support is directed to where it is needed most.</p><p> </p><p>The change will not affect mixed age couples who are entitled to Pension Credit and/or pension age Housing Benefit immediately before May 15, unless their entitlement to both those benefits subsequently ends.</p><p> </p><p>The number of future mixed age couples that are estimated to be affected by the forthcoming changes is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 31/01/2019 12:09:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1020580

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Universal Credit: South Glamorgan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Cardiff and (b) Vale of Glamorgan have made successful claims for underpayments of universal credit since the beginning of the roll-out; and what the average value is of each such claim.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	199876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>DWP only holds this data at a national level for estimated underpayments, which can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/762141/fraud-and-error-stats-release-2017-2018-final-estimates.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/762141/fraud-and-error-stats-release-2017-2018-final-estimates.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/12/2018 18:03:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty