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1656624

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Statutory Sick Pay
	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 the report by WPI Economics entitled Making Statutory Sick Pay Work, published on 12 July 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) offering employees statutory sick pay from the first day they are off sick, (b) widening the eligibility criteria for statutory sick pay and (c) increasing the rate of statutory sick pay.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
	uin	197106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s 2019 Health is Everyone’s Business Consultation proposed a package of reforms which aimed to reduce ill-health related job loss and support disabled people and people with health conditions to stay in, and thrive in, work. This included proposals for (limited) reform of SSP.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the consultation (2021), the Government maintained that SSP provides an important link between the employee and employer but that this was not the right time to introduce changes to the sick pay system. The Government is continuing to keep the SSP system under review.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 197105 197107 question first answered 07/09/2023 13:35:23 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1661134

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	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	Human Rights: Disability
	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 Ministers did not attend the UN review of the Government's treatment of disabled people due to take place in Geneva on 28 August 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	200009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The hearing was arranged in relation to the Committee’s review of the UK Government’s follow-up reports to the 2016 inquiry under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A state party dialogue with Ministers is not a procedural requirement of this review.</p><p> </p><p>We have followed all of the Committee’s necessary rules and procedures and, as agreed with the Committee entirely properly, representatives of the UK Government will present the UK’s progress at the Committee’s session in March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/10/2023 11:59:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1669658

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	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 Support
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) long-term sick and (b) disabled people have been referred for personalised support under the Universal Support employment programme by Jobcentre work coaches.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	1648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Universal Support is in the early stages of development, and we will publish further information in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 1647 1649 question first answered 21/11/2023 14:28:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1669659

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	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 Support
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) long-term sick and (b) disabled people have been referred for personalised support under the Universal Support employment programme by providers of his Department’s Work and Health Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	1649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Universal Support is in the early stages of development, and we will publish further information in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 1647 1648 question first answered 21/11/2023 14:28:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1669657

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	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 Support
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) long-term sick and (b) disabled people have been referred for personalised support under the Universal Support employment programme.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	1647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Universal Support is in the early stages of development, and we will publish further information in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 1648 1649 question first answered 21/11/2023 14:28:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1663372

	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	Cystic Fibrosis: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Employment and Support Allowance claimants with cystic fibrosis as their main disabling condition have been (a) placed in the support group, (b) placed in the work-related activity group and (c) found fit for work at Work Capability Assessments in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	201226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the volume of Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants with Cystic Fibrosis as their main disabling condition, by outcome and year.</p><p> </p><p>Volumes cover all WCA outcomes including initial assessments (the first assessment of the ESA claim), repeat assessments (subsequent assessments after prognosis period of previous assessment of the ESA claim expires), and initial assessments for those moving over from Incapacity Benefit (IB). IB was replaced by ESA and claimants are re-assessed for ESA under the WCA.</p><p> </p><p>Due to Covid, WCA repeat assessments were paused in March 2020, department-led reassessments began again in June 2023.</p><p> </p><p><strong>ESA WCAs with Cystic Fibrosis as the main condition </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Support Group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Work Related Activity Group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fit for Work</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><em>&quot;..&quot; denotes a nil or negligible number of claimants.</em></p><p><em>Figures may not sum to total due to rounding.</em></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/10/2023 14:21:44 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1663373

	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	Cystic Fibrosis: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants with cystic fibrosis as their main disabling condition have been (a) placed in the limited capability for work-related activity group, (b) placed in the limited capability for work group and (c) found fit for work at Work Capability Assessments in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	201227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Official Statistics for <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-work-capability-assessment-statistics" target="_blank">Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments</a> (UC WCA) cover key metrics on the number of people on the UC health journey, as well as WCA decisions and outcomes, from April 2019. As set out in the published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-wca-statistics-release-strategy/universal-credit-work-capability-assessment-statistics-release-strategy" target="_blank">release strategy</a> we are taking a phased approach to development and publication of additional statistics, accounting for the complexity of source data that is in discovery. Future releases are planned to include new/repeat claims, medical conditions, Mandatory Reconsiderations and Appeals, and clearance times.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/10/2023 13:00:27 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1671414

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	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: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefits claims were found to be fraudulent in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
	uin	2637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system, including for the last two financial years, have been published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system" target="_blank">Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The rate of fraud overpayments fell from 3.0% of benefit expenditure in 2021/2022 to 2.7% in 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>To be clear, the percentage of fraud cases represents the average cases incorrect due to fraud at one time, rather than the total number over a whole year. We express this as a percentage, rather than as a whole number.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/11/2023 15:21:17 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1666555

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: National Insurance Contributions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants of New Style Employment Support Allowance were refused assistance because of insufficient National Insurance contributions during the covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make it his policy to reduce the requirement for National Insurance contributions in that period.
	tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
	tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
	uin	203864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government's strategy to support people affected by the Coronavirus, we made a number of changes to ensure people who needed financial help could have access to the benefit system. People who were unable to claim New Style ESA due to insufficient National Insurance credits could alternatively make a claim for Universal Credit, which is a means tested benefit. There are no plans to change the New Style ESA contribution conditions for this period of the Coronavirus pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/10/2023 09:32:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

1667945

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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	Sign Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of his Department's (a) press conferences, (b) social media posts and (c) webpages have been accessible for British Sign Language users since 25 October 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022" target="_blank">cross-government BSL Report </a>published on 31 July 2023 provides information on the number of British Sign Language videos produced by DWP since June 2022.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not hold press conferences and the information on social media posts is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/11/2023 16:06:16 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft