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1651967

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	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, what steps his Department is taking to use technological innovations to (a) find and (b) prevent fraud in the welfare system.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	193355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The department continues to explore the application of cutting-edge technology, including artificial intelligence and machine learning to prevent, detect and deter those who would try to cheat the system, whilst also supporting genuine and vulnerable claimants.</p><p>Details of our work in this area are set out in the <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> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/07/2023 10:57:22 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1651969

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	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, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s plan on Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System, published on 19 May 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	193356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The Fraud Plan set out our ambitions in three key areas. We are making good progress in delivering our investment in frontline services and bringing together the full force of the private and public sectors. Decisions on legislation are for the King’s Speech.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 19/07/2023 10:17:35 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1651970

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	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: Parents
	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 support parents on Universal Credit into work.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	193357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Spring Budget included transformative childcare plans for parents, children and the economy. By 2027-28, the government expects to be spending in excess of £8 billion every year on free hours and early education, helping working families with their childcare costs. This represents the single biggest investment in childcare in England ever.</p><p> </p><p>The reforms announced build on our current entitlements and childcare offers, which includes the universal 15-hour offer for all 3- and 4-year-olds, a 15-hour offer for the most disadvantaged 2-year-olds, the existing 30 hours offer for 3- and 4-year-olds, as well as Tax-Free Childcare and Universal Credit Childcare.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/07/2023 14:02:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1651971

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	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: Chronic Illnesses and 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 his Department is taking to support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into work.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	193358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government delivers an extensive programme of initiatives to support disabled people, and people with health conditions, including people with long-term health conditions, to start, stay, and succeed in work. These include:</p><ul><li>Increased Work Coach support in Jobcentres for disabled people and people with health conditions receiving Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance;</li><li>Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work;</li><li>The Work and Health Programme and Intensive Personalised Employment Support, providing tailored and personalised support for disabled people;</li><li>Access to Work grants helping towards extra costs of working beyond standard reasonable adjustments;</li><li>Disability Confident, encouraging employers to think differently about disability and health, and to take positive action to address the issues disabled employees face in the workplace;</li><li>An online Information Service called <a href="https://www.support-with-employee-health-and-disability.dwp.gov.uk/support-with-employee-health-and-disability" target="_blank">“Support with Employee Health and Disability”,</a> providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting health and disability in the workplace;</li><li>Increasing access to occupational health, including the testing of financial incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed;</li><li>Work in partnership between the DWP and the health system, including:</li></ul><p>o Employment Advice in NHS Talking Therapies, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions; and</p><p>o The Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) programme, a Supported Employment model (place, train and maintain) delivered in health settings, aimed at people with physical or common mental health disabilities to support them to access paid jobs in the open labour market.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Building on our existing programme, we announced a wide-reaching package at the Spring Budget to support disabled people and people with health conditions to work.</p><p> </p><p>New investment broadens access to additional Work Coach support for disabled people and people with health conditions, introduces a new supported employment programme (Universal Support) and focuses on providing faster access to joined-up work and health support, including for mental health and musculoskeletal conditions, the two leading causes of economic inactivity due to long term sickness.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/07/2023 10:52:09 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1651972

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	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	Pension Credit: Take-up
	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 increase the uptake of Pension Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	193359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>Our extensive communications campaign has been running since April 2022 and there is a strong indication that it is having a positive effect. The number of Pension Credit applications is up by around 75% in the 12 months to May compared to the same period last year.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year we boosted our campaign with extensive television adverts which highlight that Pension Credit is worth £3,500 a year on average – as well as up to £900 in Cost of Living Payments. For the Pension Credit ‘Week of Action’ in June, DWP joined forces with a whole range of partners to raise awareness and promote take-up of Pension Credit. I held an event to raise awareness of Pension Credit in my constituency and wrote to all MPs encouraging them to hold their own community event.</p><p> </p><p>Today [Monday 17 June] I am pleased to announce the launch of an innovative “Invitation to Claim” trial across 10 local areas in Great Britain. Approximately 2,500 pensioner households already in receipt of Housing Benefit, but who are not claiming Pension Credit are being targeted during the trial. The first letters and ‘call to action’ leaflets will start landing on doorsteps this week inviting pensioners to apply for Pension Credit. Evaluation of the trial will help show whether targeting households in this way can be an effective way of reaching these households and increasing take-up.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 17/07/2023 15:29:02 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1651973

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	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	Jobcentres
	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 expand the support available through Jobcentres.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	193360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for getting people into work and making work pay. We want everyone to be able to find a job, progress in work and thrive in the labour market. In addition to our core regime of job centre support we also announced a wide-ranging package of measures at Spring Budget designed to support people to enter work, increase their working hours and extend their working lives. We also announced specific support targeted on those with disabilities or health issues, and together the package represents an investment of £3.5bn over 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/07/2023 14:03:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord