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1697552

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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 Schemes: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on advertising the Back to Work Plan since November 2023 by advertising method.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	19657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>To date, the Department has not spent anything on advertising the Back to Work Plan.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/03/2024 11:58:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1677749

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments
	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 have been affected by underpayment errors in state pensions in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	6859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The overall rate of State Pension underpayment due to official error remains low as a proportion of expenditure (0.5% in 2022/2023).</p><p> </p><p>Information on the broad categories where State Pension underpayments are most often identified was set out in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>DWP is taking action to rectify historic errors in the State Pensions caseload. Our priority is to ensure that everyone receives their correct State Pension entitlement.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/12/2023 12:23:01 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1677753

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing full compensation to people affected by underpayment errors in state pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	6860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to rectifying any historical errors resulting in State Pension underpayments to ensure individuals receive the State Pension they are due in law, with any arrears payments paid as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions is currently addressing, through Legal Entitlement and Administrative Practices (LEAP) exercises, two areas where we know there are State Pension underpayment errors. The Department does not routinely make special payments in such exercises.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/12/2023 12:29:21 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1677757

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on rectifying errors in state pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	6861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The overall rate of State Pension underpayment due to official error remains low as a proportion of expenditure (0.5% in 2022/2023). Where errors do occur, we are committed to fixing them as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Work and Pensions is currently progressing Legal Entitlement and Administrative Practice (LEAP) exercises to rectify errors in the State Pensions caseload. Our priority is to ensure that everyone receives the State Pension payments to which they are entitled.</p><p> </p><p>The latest update on the progress activity for the State Pension LEAP activity was published on 30 November and shows that between 11 January 2021 and 31 October 2023:</p><p>o 593,964 cases were reviewed</p><p>o 82,323 underpayments were identified</p><p>o £497 million was paid in arrears.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is on track to complete the exercise for Category BL and Category D cases by the end of 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) corrections activity started in Autumn 2023 with HMRC sending letters to potentially affected customers, who are invited to make a claim for missing HRP. Once a customer’s national insurance record has been corrected, DWP will process any state pension changes to ensure ongoing payments are correct and any arrears are paid as quickly as possible. Updates on progress will be communicated as the exercise progresses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/12/2023 12:19:08 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1663160

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure the accuracy of state pension payments.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	201014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Overall error within State Pension is low – the 2022/2023 Annual Report and Accounts show 0.01% overpayment and 0.6% underpayment.</p><p> </p><p>A robust Quality Framework of both local and independent quality checking is in place to assure the accuracy of State Pension payments. Where error is identified proportionate action is taken through root cause analysis and focused improvement activities. Appropriate oversight and governance is provided by a Quality Governance Board.</p><p> </p><p>Fraud and Error risks are further mitigated through the development and design of our online ‘Get your State Pension’ digital service.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to robust quality checking and digital design, lessons learned from the State Pension LEAP exercise have resulted in new data matching rules to reduce the risk of further error entering the caseload and amendments to legacy IT systems reduce the likelihood of human error.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/10/2023 14:34:32 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1643725

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	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	Families: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has provided to the Reducing Parental Conflict programme in each local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	189017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>Grants for Local Authorities have been one strand of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme since its inception in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>This strand has provided funding of £27.6 million to individual Local Authorities as set out in the attached information.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/06/2023 17:00:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name Copy of Final - RPC LA Funding 2018 - 2024.xlsx title Attachment
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1643726

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	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	Families: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme in supporting at-risk children of alcohol dependent parents.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	189018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Reducing Parental Conflict programme aims to improve child outcomes by reducing parental conflict that is frequent, intense and unresolved.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018 the DWP and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) launched the Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents (CADeP) programme. This included funding of £5.7 million for 9 areas (13 local authorities), to reduce parental conflict alongside improving existing systems of treatment for parents with alcohol dependency.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that the learning from the programme was shared, DHSC commissioned an independent evaluation of the innovation fund. This evaluation has been published and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-children-of-alcohol-dependent-parents-programme-innovation-fund/evaluation-of-the-children-of-alcohol-dependent-parents-programme-innovation-fund-full-report#delivering-support-to-children-and-families" target="_blank">Evaluation of the Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents programme innovation fund: full report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The following findings of the evaluation were of particular interest to DWP in relation to the RPC elements of this programme:</p><p> </p><ul><li>There were improvements in the timely identification of alcohol dependent parents and their children, and improved integration and quality of local systems and interventions, especially between substance misuse services and children’s services.</li><li>Positive improvement to family dynamics where parents gave accounts of their children being happier following whole-family interventions delivered by the RPC programme.</li><li>Positive feedback from children who participated in whole-family interventions. RPC practitioners were successful in building trust and confidence amongst at-risk children of alcohol dependent parents.</li></ul><p>The current phase of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme runs between 2022 and 2025, with up to £19 million to fund training, delivery of support, co-ordination and evaluation. This supports Local Authorities to choose activity that best suits local need.</p><p> </p><p>This government remains committed to strengthening the support available to children and families, working with local authorities through government funded programmes including Reducing Parental Conflict, Supporting Families and Family Hubs /Start for Life.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/06/2023 12:26:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1581206

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	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	British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus
	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 adequacy of the provisions available to UK citizens unable to return from abroad during the covid-19 pandemic who incurred a loss of access to public funds.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	133695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>During the Covid-19 pandemic, the department put into place measures to support existing benefit recipients in exceptional cases where their absence abroad went over the period allowed under the temporary absence benefit rules and could not return to the UK due to Covid-19 travel restrictions. Once these temporary measures came to an end, the department was instructed to review cases where claimants had not yet returned to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 31/01/2023 16:21:25 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1536886

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2022
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals receiving Personal Independence Payments have been identified as having a diagnosable mental health illness.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	73104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>Only the claimant’s main disabling condition is recorded on the department’s systems. Many people in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) have more than one condition. <br> <br> However, the latest data for PIP cases by main disability condition can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. <br> <br> Particularly, the ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement’ dataset contains details of claimants receiving PIP and within that, ‘Table 2 – Caseload by Main Disability’ has this data up to July 2022 broken down by disability categories. The disability category ‘Psychiatric Disorders’ includes mental health issues. The full disability hierarchy can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/metadata/PIP_Clearances/Disability.html" target="_blank">Disability Category / Disability Sub Group (dwp.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/11/2022 15:45:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1536887

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2022
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many income-related Employment and Support Allowance claimants have been found to have a diagnosable mental health illness.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	73105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The latest available data on the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) caseload with ‘Mental and Behavioural disorders’ as their primary medical condition, split by payment type (i.e. ‘Income based’ and ‘Both income and contributions based’), can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.</p><p>Data is based on primary medical condition as recorded on the ESA computer systems. Claimants may have multiple disabling conditions on which their entitlement is based, but only the primary condition is available for statistical purposes and shown in these statistics.</p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 03/11/2022 12:13:54 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan