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1087143

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Personal Independence Payment: Leeds
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 was for a hearing for a claimant appealing a personal independence payment decision in Leeds in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	231560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Information on the average waiting time to a first tribunal hearing and to attend a tribunal hearing is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publish statistics on the average (mean) age of a case at disposal. This is the average number of weeks from receipt in Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to the final outcome within the period. It will include cases cleared at hearing and cases cleared without a hearing which include strike outs, superseded and withdrawals prior to a hearing. An appeal may not necessarily be cleared at its first hearing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These statistics are available by Tribunal Venue in the Tribunal Statistics CSV files, available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 231561 question first answered 15/03/2019 14:34:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1087145

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Personal Independence Payment: Leeds
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 wait is for personal independence payment claimants in Leeds to attend a tribunal hearing.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	231561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Information on the average waiting time to a first tribunal hearing and to attend a tribunal hearing is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publish statistics on the average (mean) age of a case at disposal. This is the average number of weeks from receipt in Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to the final outcome within the period. It will include cases cleared at hearing and cases cleared without a hearing which include strike outs, superseded and withdrawals prior to a hearing. An appeal may not necessarily be cleared at its first hearing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These statistics are available by Tribunal Venue in the Tribunal Statistics CSV files, available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 231560 question first answered 15/03/2019 14:34:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1086570

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants took advance payments during the five-week waiting period for their first universal credit payment in (a) October, (b) November and (c) December 2018 in Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	230874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>New Claim and Benefit Transfer Advances are available to support claimants until their first Universal Credit payment. The table below gives the number of these advances paid in Yorkshire and the Humber for the months requested.</p><p> </p><p>The Universal Credit caseload continued to increase in 2018 as the number of offices delivering Full Service increased. Subject to some fluctuation, the rate of advance take-up has been broadly consistent, at around 60%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of Paid New Claims, Nationally</p></td><td><p>Number of New Claim and Benefit Transfer Advances</p></td><td><p>Proportion of New Claim and Benefit Transfer Advances</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>129,100</p></td><td><p>8,010</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>132,200</p></td><td><p>9,400</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>149,200</p></td><td><p>9,350</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>The number of New Claim and Benefit Transfer advances is rounded to the nearest 10</li><li>Paid New Claims are rounded to the nearest 100</li><li>Proportions are rounded to the nearest per cent</li><li>The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/03/2019 13:48:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1081781

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of personal independence payment were sent home from their assessment appointments at Independence Assessment Services in 2018 due to staffing issues.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	228088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 the number of claimants who attended an assessment appointment for Personal Independence Payment that were sent home unseen by Independent Assessment Service (IAS) due to the unavailability of a Health Professional was 5,700.</p><p>This figure has been rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2019 11:38:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1052419

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
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: Chronic Illnesses and 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 her Department has made on the effect of universal credit on the mental health of applicants with long term illness and disability.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	215604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department takes seriously the need to support vulnerable claimants. We are committed to supporting those with physical and mental health conditions, and ensuring that terminally ill patients are treated with the utmost sensitivity and care, when making a claim to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit provides enhanced personalised support for people. Universal Credit is simplifying the benefits system. All claimants, including vulnerable claimants and those with mental health conditions, receive continuous tailored support managed through personal work coaches, who know each person. We have started to deliver additional training in mental health that will be available to work coaches to build their expertise and provide the most effective support.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuously reviewing and improving the service for vulnerable people who claim Universal Credit to ensure that it is accessible and responsive to their needs. This includes how they are identified and supported, either from our own staff or via referrals from local services.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on special rules is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. We have committed to explore options around data sharing with the SSAC to consider how current practices could be enhanced. Analysts are currently investigating the availability of this data further.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 215605 question first answered 14/02/2019 16:34:30 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1052420

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
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: Terminal Illnesses
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 on the effect of universal credit on the mental health of applicants with terminal illness; and how many applicant applied for universal credit under the special rules in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	215605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department takes seriously the need to support vulnerable claimants. We are committed to supporting those with physical and mental health conditions, and ensuring that terminally ill patients are treated with the utmost sensitivity and care, when making a claim to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit provides enhanced personalised support for people. Universal Credit is simplifying the benefits system. All claimants, including vulnerable claimants and those with mental health conditions, receive continuous tailored support managed through personal work coaches, who know each person. We have started to deliver additional training in mental health that will be available to work coaches to build their expertise and provide the most effective support.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuously reviewing and improving the service for vulnerable people who claim Universal Credit to ensure that it is accessible and responsive to their needs. This includes how they are identified and supported, either from our own staff or via referrals from local services.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on special rules is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. We have committed to explore options around data sharing with the SSAC to consider how current practices could be enhanced. Analysts are currently investigating the availability of this data further.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 215604 question first answered 14/02/2019 16:34:30 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1035251

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	Universal Credit: Christmas Bonus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the financial saving to the public purse as a result of removing the Christmas £10 bonus from universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	205411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made an estimate. As outlined in the answer to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2018-12-18/HL12406/" target="_blank">HL12406</a> on 7 January 2019, the income-related working age benefits that Universal Credit replaces were not treated as a qualifying benefit for Christmas Bonuses and therefore the payment of Universal Credit does not directly produce entitlement to a Christmas Bonus.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/01/2019 18:00:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1027356

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	Unemployment
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 help people that are unable to find full-time employment.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	202850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>Jobcentre Plus work coaches offer all claimants, including those unable to find full-time employment, a comprehensive package of support, including skills provision and job search support. Work coaches are further supported by specialist expertise, both in-house and external, to help claimants with more complex barriers to enter employment.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is helping claimants to find work by providing an enhanced level of tailored support. This includes back to work support, such as volunteering opportunities, skills support and work experience. Claimants may also be able to access the Flexible Support Fund, which is a flexible and discretionary fund which provides non-repayable support to claimants, in financial need, to move into work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/12/2018 11:50:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1027363

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the percentage of (a) GPs and (b) other medical professionals listed on personal independence payment application forms who are contacted to obtain further medical information in relation to those applications.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	202856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/12/2018 14:30:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel