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1588605

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those seeking a lateral transfer; and how many and what proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under that scheme where (a) interviewed and (b) laterally transferred in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	151320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>DWP is a Disability Confident Leader and all our campaigns advertised on Civil Service Jobs, externally or across the Civil Service, carry the Disability Confident Logo. We are committed to offering an interview to any disabled candidate, internal or external, who applies for these campaigns under the Disability Confident Scheme and meets the minimum criteria for the role.</p><p> </p><p>To respond to changing resourcing requirements, and enable career development moves, DWP does provide opportunities for its employees to move internally on a lateral basis across the department where appropriate before advertising vacancies on CS Jobs. Advertising internal opportunities to move laterally is not mandatory but where these opportunities are advertised, we operate the Disability Confident Scheme which enables eligible candidates that apply under the scheme to progress to the interview stage if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. As most internal opportunities are advertised locally, using manual processes rather than CS Jobs, we are only able to provide limited numerical data.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of DWP candidates applying for internal or Cross Government roles advertised on CS Jobs who have declared themselves as having a disability, or who applied under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. We cannot identify who is applying on a level move, just those who have replied ‘no’ to the question 'are you applying on promotion'. This may include a very small number of people who have applied for a role at a lower grade, though this is extremely rare.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Internal Recruitment Campaigns Only </strong>*</p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications received from DWP candidates who <strong>declared</strong> themselves as having a disability, <strong>or</strong> who applied under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of the above candidates who were successful at sift stage and invited to interview.</p></td><td><p>19 (20.0%)</p></td><td><p>71 (27.7%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of the above candidates who were successful at interview stage and made an offer.</p></td><td><p>12 (12.6%)</p></td><td><p>Redacted **</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>.</strong><strong>* </strong>Applications made by internal DWP candidates for internally advertised DWP / Cross Government vacancies advertised on CS Jobs. Please note we cannot identify who is applying on a lateral move, just those who have replied ‘no’ to the question 'are you applying on promotion'. This may include a very small number of people who have applied for a role at a lower grade, though this is extremely rare. ** Numbers are low and have been redacted to prevent the risk of individuals being identified.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/02/2023 13:16:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1588996

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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	Household Support Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are evaluating the impacts of the various household support schemes delivered by county councils and unitary authorities.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leicester
	uin	HL5842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>Local Authorities have the local ties and knowledge, making them best placed to identify and help those most in need. County Councils are expected to work together with District Councils to provide support and to ensure the funding meets its objectives by identifying those most in need.</p><p> </p><p>Authorities provide management information to DWP which has been used for all the various household support schemes to evaluate how successful The Fund has been in providing support to households.</p><p> </p><p>The published management information for the Household Support Fund covering the period 6 October 2021 to 31 March 2022 reports total grant allocation and spend, number of awards and the percentage spent on families with children, which relates to the condition that at least 50% of that grant be spent on families with children.</p><p> </p><p>Management information for subsequent schemes will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/03/2023 12:38:06 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4947 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leicester

1588573

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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: Aviation
	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 publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	151361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of commercial flights taken by Departmental officials in each of the last five years, along with the destinations. The number of flights relate to the whole trip and in some cases covers several stages. Staff are only permitted to fly when this is deemed the most efficient and cost effective method of travel.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Destination</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglesey</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast City</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast International Airport</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benbecula</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Campbeltown</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Derry Airport</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham Tees Valley Airport</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>559</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles Of Scilly</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkwall</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Bradford</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London City</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Heathrow</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Luton</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Southend</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Stansted</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Londonderry</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newquay</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shetland Isles</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stornoway</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sumburgh Airport</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tiree</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3322</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>691</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>152</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>842</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>142</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8323</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/03/2023 14:16:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1588682

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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	Carer's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to its staff on the (a) suspension and (b) closure of a claim for carer's allowance when eligibility has ceased.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	151414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>We hold and maintain step-by-step operational instructions published on the DWP intranet for the Carer’s Allowance Unit operational staff to follow when suspending or closing Carer's Allowance claims when eligibility has ceased.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 03/03/2023 14:09:52 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1588686

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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	Pensions: Telephone Services
	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 22 February 2023 to Question 147384 on Pensions: Telephone Services, what the average time is that callers were put on hold before being connected to the Future Pension Centre as of 23 February 2023; and what percentage of callers abandoned the call.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	151415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We do not hold data as of 23<sup>rd</sup> February.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 03/03/2023 11:12:04 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1588697

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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 his Department are taking steps to review internally decisions on waiving hardship payments.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	151308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is not reviewing decisions on hardship payments.</p><p> </p><p>From January 2021 the Department implemented an affordability assessment process to which allows us to review decisions on imposing hardship repayments. Outcomes from this process may result in a sustainable repayment plan or in some exceptional cases we may waive the debt.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/03/2023 13:27:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1588698

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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, for what reason the scheme for waiving recoverable hardship payment repayments only applies to payments made in the period between 1 January 2014 and 11 January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	151309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s records backdate to 1 January 2014 and the new process was introduced from 11 January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>From 11 January 2021, claimants had the opportunity to review their hardship repayments.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/03/2023 13:23:37 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1588699

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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, for what reason his Department is closing applications for waiving Recoverable Hardship Payment repayments between 1 January 2014 and 11 January 2021 on 19 June 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	151310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>It is necessary to set an end date for a LEAP exercise.</p><p> </p><p>The Department considered 6-months as an appropriate period of time for individuals to make an application.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/03/2023 13:30:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1588695

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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: Overpayments
	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 22 November 2022 to Question 88884 on Universal Credit: Overpayments, how much was waived in each of the 25 instances of a discretionary waiver being applied.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	151306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The overall value of the 25 cases referenced in Question 88884, equates to £234,396.46.</p><p>Waivers are only granted in exceptional circumstances, typically where the recovery of the overpayment is causing substantial medical and/or financial hardship.</p><p> </p><p>More information on the waiver process can be found at Chapter 8 of the department’s Benefit Overpayment Recovery Guide:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-overpayment-recovery-staff-guide/benefit-overpayment-recovery-guide#chapter-8" target="_blank">Benefit overpayment recovery guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p /><p>DWP remains committed to working with anyone who is struggling with their repayment terms, and has a well-established process to support them to manage their debts.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone struggling with their repayment terms is encouraged to contact the department to discuss a temporary reduction in their rate of repayment.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 02/03/2023 11:14:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1588550

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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 estimate he has made of the savings in benefits payments that will be made because of the restriction on social housing rents increasing by the lower rate of seven per cent in the next financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	151240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Details of the DWPs estimated expenditure were published at Autumn Statement 2022 and can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2022-documents." target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/03/2023 17:37:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts