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1145749

	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	Social Security Benefits
	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 place in the Library (a) information for each of the benefits in respect to which Kofax Capture software is used and (b) the indexing business rules for each of those benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	290671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The following benefits use KOFAX: ESA, Personal Independence Payment, Attendance Allowance, DLA 65 Plus, DLA Child, Social Fund, Retirement Pension, International Pensions, Carers Allowance, Pension Credit, Maternity Allowance, Industrial Injuries Disability Benefit, Bereavement Benefit,</p><p> </p><p>I have attached a digital copy of the Index Business Rules which will be placed in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/10/2019 09:49:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name PQ 290671 Index Business Rules 04.10.19.xlsx title Index Business Rules
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1329822

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what customer feedback procedures are used in assessing departmental performance in the administration of (a) universal credit, (b) jobseekers allowance and (c) employment support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	uin	10431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>The national customer experience survey is the vehicle DWP uses to assess customers’ experiences with the services they receive from DWP. The survey seeks feedback from a range of DWP customers including ESA and UC customers. The last published survey can be found on DWP’s research publication page:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-claimant-service-and-experience-survey-2018-to-2019--2" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-claimant-service-and-experience-survey-2018-to-2019--2</strong></a><strong>  </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/06/2021 16:47:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1330077

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	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	Social Security Benefits
	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 27 May 2021 to Question 3996 on Social Security Benefits, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that maintaining the benefit cap policy represents value for money to the public purse; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	11622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>The benefit cap restores fairness between those receiving working age benefits and taxpayers in employment. Households can still receive benefits up to the equivalent salary of £24,000, or £28,000 in London. Outside London, around 4 in 10 households have net earnings from employment of less than £20,000. In London, around 4 in 10 households earn less than £23,000.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/06/2021 13:31:55 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1330078

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	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	Social Security Benefits
	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 27 May 2021 to Question 3996 on Social Security Benefits, whether her Department has undertaken a cost/benefit analysis of the benefit cap (a) in general and (b) which has included (i) police costs in responding to domestic abuse reports, (ii) local authority costs for temporary housing, (iii) the administration costs of Discretionary Housing Payments and (iv) additional costs to other public services; and whether there are any other policies and programmes which are delivered by her Department where the associated annual costs to the public purse are unknown.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	11623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>(a) DWP has published four impact assessments of the benefit cap, each one including a cost/benefit analysis. The first two relate to the introduction of the benefit cap. The second two relate to the introduction of a lower, tiered cap. They can all be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/impact-assessments/IA12-003.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/impact-assessments/IA12-003.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220178/benefit-cap-wr2011-ia.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220178/benefit-cap-wr2011-ia.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548741/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548741/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>(b) These cost benefit analyses do not include the specific costs listed in (i) to (iv). The funding of all DWP policies is set out at the time they are introduced and, where relevant, updated at subsequent fiscal events. Documentation on all past fiscal events is set out at Gov.uk, and by the Office for Budget Responsibility where relevant. The most recent documentation can be found at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/965777/Budget_2021_policy_costings_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/965777/Budget_2021_policy_costings_.pdf</a> and <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2021/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2021/</a> respectively.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/06/2021 13:21:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1314414

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether plans to increase the benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	1172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>There is a statutory duty to review the levels of the cap at least once in each Parliament and this will happen at the appropriate time. The current unusual economic period with potentially counter intuitive and shifting trends, will need be considered in the context of any decision regarding a review.</p><p>Claimants can approach their Local Authority for a Discretionary Housing Payment if they need additional support to meet rental costs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/05/2021 13:03:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1420483

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proactive steps Jobcentre Plus is taking to ensure claimants are in receipt of their full entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	119669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department works hard to ensure that people are in receipt of their full entitlement, communicating with the public about benefits through paid advertising, stakeholder and employer engagement and no cost campaigns to help people understand their entitlement and the support we can provide as a safety net and in times of need.</p><p> </p><p>During the pandemic this has been of particular importance. We increased the frequency of our stakeholder engagement to effectively convey the rapidly changing environment particularly as many people needed to claim benefits for the first time. We have made additional use of digital media such as YouTube videos, particularly British Sign Language videos to widely promote DWP benefits.</p><p>DWP staff in Jobcentres provide support and advice about entitlement to benefits and will signpost citizens to appropriate information to help them. The Department provides telephone service lines that citizens can call to make their claims to benefit and to operate their claims as well as a visiting service which can help vulnerable customers with their claims. Jobcentres have internet terminals for use by the public, and staff will signpost citizens to other community resources (libraries and Citizens Advice) which can also provide advice and internet access points.</p><p>The Government’s website, GOV.UK provides guidance on individual’s rights and entitlements to benefits in the UK. In particular, the website provides links to independent benefits calculators that can be used to find out what benefits an individual could get, how to claim and how these benefits will be affected if an individual starts work.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators</a></p><p> </p><p>The independent benefits calculators we endorse are intended to provide useful estimations of what people could be entitled to in certain circumstances, based on the information that is entered on the calculators themselves.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/02/2022 14:25:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1255058

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	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
	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 section 96(A) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, when she next plans to review the level of the benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	120086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>i) Due to the early election taking place the levels of the cap were not reviewed in the last Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>ii) DWP routinely collects data on capped households and publishes that information each quarter. The latest statistical release, published on 26 November 2020, shows the picture in August 2020 and includes household characteristics together with regional breakdowns supported by a narrative that provides insight into the data drivers. The latest statistical release can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2020</a></p><p> </p><p>iii) Information relating to households who will be newly affected by the Benefit Cap in November and December at the end of their grace period is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 120087 120088 question first answered 02/12/2020 16:24:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 65317 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1255487

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2020
	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
	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 longer term potential merits of suspending the Benefit Cap.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	120955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>No Assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/12/2020 17:34:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1278293

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2021
	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
	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 made an assessment of the implications for her benefit cap policy of the findings of the Child Poverty Action Group in its report Capped in The New Year that an estimated 35,000 households will be capped at the start of 2021 as their grace period expired in December 2020 and a further 41,000 will be capped in the first few months of 2021, as their grace period expires from January to March 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	140096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>The information to undertake such an assessment is not currently available. The Benefit Cap quarterly statistics scheduled for publication later in the year will set out the volume of capped households for the periods in question. The relevant publication dates can be found here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=benefit%20AND%20cap&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5b%5d=department-for-work-pensions&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=benefit+AND+cap&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-work-pensions&amp;order=relevance</a></p><p> </p><p>The benefit cap grace period is applied irrespective of whether or not the household has sufficient benefit income to be in scope for the cap. This ensures that a claimant will benefit from the grace period exemption should any change of circumstances bring them into the scope of the cap during that period. Many claimants who have the grace period applied will not be in scope of the cap when the grace period ends.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/01/2021 15:55:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1279196

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people on legacy benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	141546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>In April 2020, legacy benefits were increased by £600m (1.7%). This Government will ensure that benefits retain their value by guaranteeing that for a consecutive year, benefits will increase by further £100m (0.5%) from April, in line with CPI, as part of the Government’s annual up-rating exercise.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, last year, to support those on low incomes through the outbreak, we introduced a package of temporary welfare measures.</p><p> </p><p>For example; we increased the Local Housing Allowance rates for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants, so they now cover the lowest 30% of local rents. This increase, costing almost £1 billion, will mean 1.5 million households see an increase, on average, of £600 in 2020/21. We also increased the additional earnings disregard in Housing Benefit to ensure increases in the maximum rate of the basic element of Working Tax Credit did not impact on a claimant’s Housing Benefit award.</p><p> </p><p>We also legislated to allow access to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) from day one of a claim for Covid-19 related cases and we have made it easier to access ESA by launching a portal for new style ESA online claims.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants on legacy benefits can make a claim for Universal Credit if they believe that they will be better off. Those in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium will be able to make a new claim to Universal Credit from January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/01/2021 15:45:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes