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756141

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families with children aged below the school leaving age are in receipt of the bereavement support payment; and how many such families have children below the age of (a) 11 and (b) five.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	7427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However the Department does monitor requests we receive for new statistics and consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate. The Department is therefore looking at this issue with a view to seeing what statistics could be produced on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/09/2017 16:05:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

756142

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families are in receipt of the new bereavement support payment.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	7428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However the Department does monitor requests we receive for new statistics and consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate. The Department is therefore looking at this issue with a view to seeing what statistics could be produced on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/09/2017 15:53:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

756143

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families without children aged below the school leaving age are in receipt of the bereavement support payment.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	7429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However the Department does monitor requests we receive for new statistics and consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate. The Department is therefore looking at this issue with a view to seeing what statistics could be produced on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/09/2017 16:38:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

790215

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Maternity Allowance and Maternity Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance has been to the public purse in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	113238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Answers to both the cost and how many women were in receipt of statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance in each of the last five years can be found in the “Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2017”.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>For what the cost of statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance has been to the public purse in each of the last five years please refer to Table 1a, Expenditure by benefit (nominal terms) or Table 1b, Expenditure by benefit (real terms prices).</p><p> </p><p>For how many women were in receipt of statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance in each of the last five years please refer to Table 1c, Caseloads by benefits.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 113237 question first answered 21/11/2017 13:37:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

790216

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Maternity Allowance and Maternity 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 women were in receipt of statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	113237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Answers to both the cost and how many women were in receipt of statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance in each of the last five years can be found in the “Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2017”.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>For what the cost of statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance has been to the public purse in each of the last five years please refer to Table 1a, Expenditure by benefit (nominal terms) or Table 1b, Expenditure by benefit (real terms prices).</p><p> </p><p>For how many women were in receipt of statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance in each of the last five years please refer to Table 1c, Caseloads by benefits.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 113238 question first answered 21/11/2017 13:37:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

873776

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households remain to be contacted with respect to the change in Support for Mortgage Interest.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	134890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Departmental Management Information shows that as at 4 April 2018 all existing SMI claimants have been contacted about SMI loans. All claimants will be given at least 6 weeks from their loan offer date to consider their options and make a decision whether to take the offer of an SMI loan.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/04/2018 10:13:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

873778

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working-age households have been contacted with respect to the change in Support for Mortgage Interest.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	134892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>At 28 March 2018, around 52,500 working age households currently in receipt of SMI Benefit have been contacted about the introduction of SMI loans.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/04/2018 10:15:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

873779

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Pensioners: Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of pension credit and support for mortgage interest have applied for the replacement loan when support for mortgage interest ends in April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	134893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>At 28 March 2018, around 4630 Pension Credit households have stated their intention to take up the offer of an SMI loan.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/04/2018 10:33:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1138961

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the pension credit claim line in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	277103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Calls to Pension Credit Claim Line in each of the last 12 months are outlined in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of Calls</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 18</p></td><td><p>49168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 18</p></td><td><p>36885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 18</p></td><td><p>38635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 18</p></td><td><p>54165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 18</p></td><td><p>39811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 18</p></td><td><p>27092</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 19</p></td><td><p>45258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 19</p></td><td><p>39569</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 19</p></td><td><p>42377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 19</p></td><td><p>46210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 19</p></td><td><p>43720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 19</p></td><td><p>60060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>522950</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p>DWP officials continue to monitor the numbers of enquiries and claims to Pension Credit in order to ensure that levels of service to the public can be maintained and that we are able to respond flexibly and quickly to changes in demands on services including any increase in Pension Credit take-up.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/07/2019 12:20:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 129784 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1201996

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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	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, how many people were in receipt of carer’s allowance in each region of the UK by (a) ethnicity and (b) gender in (i) 2020 and (ii) each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	57057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The requested information is not available for (a) ethnicity as it is not routinely recorded for claimants of Carer's Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people receiving Carer’s Allowance in each region of Great Britain broken down by (b) gender is shown in the below table. The latest data available is as at November 2019. To be aware Carer’s Allowance was devolved to Scotland in September 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov-15</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov-16</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov-17</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov-18</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov-19</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>178,511</p></td><td><p>474,335</p></td><td><p>186,277</p></td><td><p>496,156</p></td><td><p>189,470</p></td><td><p>515,027</p></td><td><p>192,480</p></td><td><p>534,645</p></td><td><p>199,334</p></td><td><p>551,491</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>14,775</p></td><td><p>33,423</p></td><td><p>15,155</p></td><td><p>34,864</p></td><td><p>15,633</p></td><td><p>36,267</p></td><td><p>15,954</p></td><td><p>37,686</p></td><td><p>16,499</p></td><td><p>38,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>21,162</p></td><td><p>45,901</p></td><td><p>22,185</p></td><td><p>48,397</p></td><td><p>22,833</p></td><td><p>50,108</p></td><td><p>23,372</p></td><td><p>52,068</p></td><td><p>24,320</p></td><td><p>53,522</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>14,209</p></td><td><p>31,514</p></td><td><p>15,029</p></td><td><p>33,366</p></td><td><p>15,589</p></td><td><p>34,837</p></td><td><p>15,856</p></td><td><p>36,423</p></td><td><p>16,661</p></td><td><p>37,823</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>33,124</p></td><td><p>74,985</p></td><td><p>34,199</p></td><td><p>78,050</p></td><td><p>34,748</p></td><td><p>81,061</p></td><td><p>35,149</p></td><td><p>83,757</p></td><td><p>36,110</p></td><td><p>86,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp;the Humber</p></td><td><p>21,705</p></td><td><p>52,406</p></td><td><p>23,050</p></td><td><p>55,814</p></td><td><p>23,618</p></td><td><p>58,225</p></td><td><p>24,013</p></td><td><p>60,847</p></td><td><p>24,899</p></td><td><p>62,999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>15,848</p></td><td><p>41,792</p></td><td><p>16,608</p></td><td><p>43,620</p></td><td><p>16,879</p></td><td><p>45,405</p></td><td><p>17,348</p></td><td><p>47,463</p></td><td><p>18,076</p></td><td><p>49,241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>22,303</p></td><td><p>58,837</p></td><td><p>22,979</p></td><td><p>61,118</p></td><td><p>23,112</p></td><td><p>63,390</p></td><td><p>23,534</p></td><td><p>65,827</p></td><td><p>24,734</p></td><td><p>68,087</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>15,115</p></td><td><p>46,078</p></td><td><p>15,829</p></td><td><p>48,099</p></td><td><p>15,956</p></td><td><p>49,865</p></td><td><p>16,182</p></td><td><p>51,771</p></td><td><p>16,660</p></td><td><p>53,321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>22,280</p></td><td><p>68,810</p></td><td><p>23,513</p></td><td><p>71,840</p></td><td><p>23,821</p></td><td><p>73,930</p></td><td><p>24,256</p></td><td><p>76,011</p></td><td><p>25,102</p></td><td><p>78,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>19,632</p></td><td><p>60,513</p></td><td><p>20,260</p></td><td><p>63,165</p></td><td><p>20,675</p></td><td><p>65,764</p></td><td><p>20,784</p></td><td><p>68,238</p></td><td><p>21,409</p></td><td><p>70,382</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>14,302</p></td><td><p>39,401</p></td><td><p>14,809</p></td><td><p>41,090</p></td><td><p>15,071</p></td><td><p>42,549</p></td><td><p>15,356</p></td><td><p>44,310</p></td><td><p>15,678</p></td><td><p>45,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>214,449</p></td><td><p>553,665</p></td><td><p>223,614</p></td><td><p>579,418</p></td><td><p>227,935</p></td><td><p>601,403</p></td><td><p>231,809</p></td><td><p>624,399</p></td><td><p>240,148</p></td><td><p>643,743</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the number of individuals in receipt of Carer’s Allowance is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available 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><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2020 16:29:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey