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731385

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence a claimant will have to provide to secure an exemption in relation to support for a child conceived without your consent.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	10
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>We recognise that this is a difficult and sensitive issue, and have set up procedures that are mindful of the sensitivities involved. To claim the exception the claimant will need to provide a completed pro-forma from an approved third party or evidence relating to either a relevant criminal conviction or relevant award of criminal injuries compensation. DWP staff will not question the claimant about the incident, they will only take the claim and receive the supporting documents. Claimants will be asked to confirm that they are not living with the other biological parent of the child during the process of providing evidence. They will not be asked to identify the alleged perpetrator.</p><p>Where a pro-forma is provided from a third party, DWP staff will check that the form is complete and verified by an approved third party. Where other evidence is provided this will be checked and returned to the claimant.</p><p>The decision regarding entitlement to the exception will be subject to the normal mandatory reconsideration and appeal process.</p><p>DWP will hold exception information for the duration of an open claim and then for 14 months after a claim is closed. This is in accordance with standard procedures and to ensure that the 14 month maximum appeal period for decisions is observed.</p><p>Where a claimant moves between Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit, the information with regard to the exception will be shared between DWP and HMRC to prevent the claimant from having to provide evidence for the exception a second time. A secure data transfer method has been set up to manage this process. In the case of an appeal, information will be shared with HMCTS to facilitate the appeal. This will be managed in line with data protection requirements.</p><p>Any disclosure request for information in relation to the exception would be considered in liaison with the prosecuting authority as appropriate, in accordance with procedures and practice applicable in the jurisdiction concerned and taking account of particular circumstances, including the relevance of the documents requested to the case and all applicable legal considerations including those relating to data protection.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 11 12 15 17 22 question first answered 29/06/2017 11:06:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

759848

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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	Workplace Pensions: Plumbing
	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 prevent financial disbenefit for plumbers affected by section 75 of the Pensions Act 1995; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
	uin	10024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>DWP recognises the difficulties multi employer schemes such as the Plumbers have with the current Employer Debt legislation. The recent Green Paper “Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit pension schemes” explores these issues and during the consultation period officials have engaged with a range of stakeholders to explore potential legislative changes which could help multi employer schemes. We plan to respond on this issue in a White Paper later this winter.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/09/2017 14:02:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

759852

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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: 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 claims for personal independence payment in (a) Hull and (b) East Riding have been due to a mental health illness in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	10071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The requested information for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) applications is not available as information on PIP claimants’ disabling conditions is not collected at the initial claim application stage. Only those who have a disability assessment determination decision will have a primary disabling condition recorded for them. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of individuals with a particular condition who make a claim for PIP.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on PIP claims in payment, including by main disabling condition and geography (e.g. local authority), are published on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. To filter for mental health illness, select ‘Psychiatric Disorders’ from the Disability menu on the left.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These data relate to the claimant’s main disabling condition. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions, but these cannot be identified from the data the department holds. Therefore there may be other claimants in receipt of PIP who have been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder who are not captured in the above data.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/09/2017 10:54:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

759849

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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 and Support Allowance: Parkinson's Disease
	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 with Parkinson's disease have been placed in the (a) support group and (b) work-related activity group with a prognosis statement (i) of three months, (ii) of six months, (iii) of 12 months, (iv) of 18 months, (v) of two years and (vi) in the longer term since the introduction of employment and support allowance in 2008; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	10093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 September 2017 to Question UIN 6544</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-20/6544/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-20/6544/</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/09/2017 13:52:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

759850

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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: 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 people in (a) Hull and (b) East Riding of Yorkshire have appealed against his Department's decision not to grant them personal independence payments in each of the last five years; and how many of those appeals have been successful in those years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	10094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The tables below show the number of appeals lodged against Personal Independence Payment claims which were disallowed at initial decision and where this decision was upheld at mandatory reconsideration, the number of these appeals where a decision has been made and the number of these appeals that were subsequently successful for the appellant, for Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>a) Hull</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of appeal lodgement</p></td><td><p>Number of appeals lodged</p></td><td><p>Number of appeals with a decision</p></td><td><p>Number of successful appeals (for the appellant)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (to July’17)</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>**‘#‘used for instances where there are less than 5 cases.</p><p> </p><p>b) East Riding of Yorkshire</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of appeal lodgement</p></td><td><p>Number of appeals lodged</p></td><td><p>Number of appeals with a decision</p></td><td><p>Number of successful appeals (for the appellant)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (to July’17)</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>**‘#‘used for instances where there are less than 5 cases.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/09/2017 10:57:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

759851

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is owed to resident parents by non-resident parents in child support arrears in (a) Hull and (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	10095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the amount of Child Support Agency arrears owed by non-resident parents to parents with care in Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire as of June 2017;</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Arrears owed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>£20,028,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>£18,737,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This can be found in the regional data tables published as part of the Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics, available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2017</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/09/2017 15:37:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

759841

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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, if he will meet the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle and a delegation from WASPI Hull to discuss changes to the state pension age for women born in the 1950s.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	10098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>There are no current plans to meet with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign in the immediate future.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This matter has been comprehensively debated on many occasions in Parliament, most recently in a Westminster Hall Debate on 5th July 2017 in which I stated I will be meeting the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) when it is reformed.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/09/2017 14:03:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

759854

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	10109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p><strong>2015</strong>: DWP’s 2015 pay award was subject to the public sector pay constraint of a 1% cap on increases. 99.8% within grades AA to Grade 6 received an increase of 1%. A small number of individuals on the AA pay scale minimum received an increase of 2.5%.</p><p> </p><p><strong>2016:</strong> Following the 2015 Spending Review, DWP received limited pay flexibility for operational grades (AA-HEO) to support the transformation of its service. In the 2016 pay award 78% of staff within these operational grades received a pay uplift greater than 1% but no more than 5%. 16% of staff received an uplift of less than 1%. Grades SEO to Grade 6 (5.8% of workforce) were not included within the pay flexibility and received uplifts of 1%.</p><p> </p><p><strong>2017:</strong> The 2017 pay award resulted in 78.5% of the workforce receiving pay uplifts greater than 1% but no more than 5%.15.4% of employees received an increase of less than 1%. For grades SEO to Grade 6 (6% of workforce) uplifts ranged from 0.75% to 3.25%.</p><p> </p><p>For Senior Civil Servants, 0.2% of the workforce, pay uplifts are governed by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/10/2017 12:21:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759853

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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: Post- traumatic Stress Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on the health of people with post-traumatic stress disorder of annual assessments for personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	10121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. Reviews of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are a key part of the benefit and ensure that not only do awards remain correct where needs may change but that we also maintain contact with the claimant, both features missing from its predecessor Disability Living Allowance. The length of an award is based on an individual’s circumstances and can vary from nine months to an on-going award with a light touch review at the ten year point.</p><p> </p><p>PIP recognises that for the most severely disabled claimants, the award review process could seem unnecessarily intrusive. Existing PIP claimants with the most severe, lifetime disabilities, whose functional ability has remained the same, are more likely to have their evidence reviewed by a DWP Decision-Maker and will not need to have another face-to-face assessment with a healthcare professional.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to closely monitor developments across the health and disability landscape and engage with stakeholders to improve the service we provide. We are committed to ensuring that the PIP review process works effectively across the spectrum of disabilities and health conditions, including post traumatic stress disorder, other mental health conditions, cognitive impairments and physical disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/10/2017 12:37:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

759842

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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	Families: Disadvantaged
	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 his Department's publication entitled Improving lives: helping workless families analysis and research pack, published in April 2017, what proportion of families experiencing each Children and Young People's Outcome Indicator from 2 to 9 were included in the (a) workless family, (b) working family in the bottom 40 per cent of the income distribution and (c) working family in the top 60 per cent of the income distribution category.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	10204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The publication “Improving lives: helping workless families: analysis and research pack” presents analysis on worklessness, other associated disadvantages and how they impact on children’s outcomes. The publication includes analysis of nine indicators and the most interesting and useful breakdowns.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to produce the majority of the breakdowns requested because of the different data sources, definitions and availability of data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/09/2017 13:48:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown