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1088615

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Welfare State: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, What steps the Government is taking to ensure that the welfare system works for women.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	uin	909797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The welfare system treats individuals of all genders equally. It provides better support and incentives to claimants to enter employment and progress in work.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is committed to ensuring all claimants have the tailored support they need. We also continue to provide for groups who may need additional help. For example, Work Coaches can tailor conditionality where appropriate to the individual, particularly those with health issues or caring responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2019 17:43:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

1125876

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2019
	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	Property: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of amending legislation on the transfer of ownership of high hazard sites to third parties.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	252851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (COMAH) which require the Competent Authority (which is HSE and the relevant environmental body acting jointly) to be notified in the event of certain changes about a site, including its permanent closure or change of operator name.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has no plans to amend this legislation.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/05/2019 10:59:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1091294

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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	Housing Benefit: Wales
	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 each Welsh (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority had their housing benefit payments reduced as a result of the benefit cap in (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	234158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The tables below show the number of households capped under Housing Benefit in the requested geographical areas for the year 2017 and January to November 2018 (the latest published data). The figures do not show the total number of households capped in these areas as the benefit cap can also be applied to Universal Credit awards. Please note that figures have been rounded to protect data confidentiality.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped in Wales by Local Authority</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January to December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January to November 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwynedd / Gwynedd</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conwy / Conwy</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flintshire / Sir y Fflint</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham / Wrecsam</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Powys / Powys</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion / Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea / Abertawe</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff / Caerdydd</p></td><td><p>1200</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda Cynon Taf / Rhondda Cynon Taf</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly / Caerffili</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent / Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen / Tor-faen</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport / Casnewydd</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Data Source:</strong> DWP 100% Single Housing Benefit Extract.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 2: Number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped in Wales by Parliamentary Constituency</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Parliamentary Constituency name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January to December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January to November 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ynys Môn</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alyn and Deeside</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gower</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea West</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea East</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberavon</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff Central</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff North</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouth</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport East</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport West</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arfon</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberconwy</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd West</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Clwyd</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd South</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montgomeryshire</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preseli Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon and Radnorshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ogmore</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islwyn</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff West</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Data Source:</strong> DWP 100% Single Housing Benefit Extract.</p><p>For cases where we were not able to match to a specific Parliamentary Constituency, we have classified these as ‘unknown’.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/03/2019 13:52:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1087269

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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	Down's Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what research her Department has conducted on life for people with Down's Syndrome in the 21st century.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	231432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>This department undertakes research into people’s experience of support into work schemes, including the experiences of disabled people. The Department has not conducted or commissioned research on life experiences for people with Down’s Syndrome in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century.</p><p> </p><p>Equal rights for disabled people, including people with Down’s Syndrome, are provided for under the reasonable adjustments provisions in the Equality Act and the Public Sector Equality duty. Each Government Department and public authority is under a duty to make adequate provision for disabled people including people with Down’s Syndrome.</p><p> </p><p>Disability in the UK is mainstreamed. This means that every department is ultimately responsible for considering disability in the development and implementation of its policies and services.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/03/2019 14:57:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1192311

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are awaiting an assessment for (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment support allowance, and (c) the limited capability for work element of universal credit in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, and (iii) Glasgow South West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	42102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The number of individuals awaiting an assessment can be found below. However, we are unable to provide data at constituency level or to separate out individuals for the Limited Capability for Work element of UC. I have therefore provided the total number of individuals claiming UC awaiting an assessment.</p><p> </p><p>(a) As of the 27 April 2020, the number of individuals claiming PIP with either an assessment scheduled or awaiting scheduling in the UK was 166,630. This PIP data does not include Northern Ireland. 20,870 of these cases were in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>(b) As of the 4 May 2020, the number of individuals claiming ESA with either an assessment scheduled or awaiting scheduling in the UK was 101,910. 14,460 of these cases were in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>(c) As of the 4 May 2020, the number of individuals claiming UC with either an assessment scheduled or awaiting scheduling in the UK was 121,640. 13,510 of these cases were in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Data supplied by Assessment Provider reports, and rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>Please note this is unpublished data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest published journey time for PIP is 8 weeks on average for a new claim assessment and 10 weeks for a DLA to PIP reassessment (based on the latest published data) and 9 weeks for ESA and we are working with our suppliers to ensure those claimants currently going through the assessment journey are seen as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/05/2020 17:07:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1248458

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	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 are (a) entitled to receive and (b) receiving carer's allowance, in the latest period for which data is available, by Parliamentary constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	Ed Davey
	uin	110722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>As of February 2020, there were around 1070 carers in the Kingston and Surbiton constituency that were receiving Carer’s Allowance and in 2019/20 we spent approximately £3.8 million on Carer’s Allowance there. A further 310 carers had a claim to an underlying entitlement to Carer’s Allowance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the number of people that (a) have an underlying entitlement to Carer’s Allowance and (b) receiving a payment for Carer’s Allowance by Parliamentary constituency is published and available at:</p><p><strong> </strong></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> </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><p /><p>The latest information on benefit expenditure by parliamentary constituency including Carer’s Allowance is also published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/920543/benefit-expenditure-by-parliamentary-constituency-2019-20.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/920543/benefit-expenditure-by-parliamentary-constituency-2019-20.xlsx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/11/2020 14:26:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1134100

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Social Security Benefits: Autism
	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 in receipt of (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independence payments are (i) autistic and (ii) have autistic spectrum disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	268546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested for Employment and Support Allowance is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on the number of Personal Independent Payment (PIP) claims in payment split by disability for both new claims and Disability Living Allowance reassessed claims, each month from the start of PIP in April 2013 – April 2019 can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/User-Guide.html" target="_blank"> https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/User-Guide.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 268547 question first answered 02/07/2019 16:18:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1134266

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Assistance Animals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of individuals who have requested the help of an assistance dog have access to one.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	268371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The services of assistance dogs are provided by a number of UK charities and private sector organisations, including owner trainers, some of whom are accredited by international bodies. The Department for Work and Pensions does not offer financial support or raise awareness for this sector.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government does not directly deliver these services, it does not centrally collect data estimating the prevalence of need for assistance dogs, or record the numbers who have access to one.</p><p>The services and standards of assistance dogs are currently and historically maintained on the basis of a voluntary regulatory framework. There is no specific legislation for the regulation of assistance dogs and no legislation is planned.</p><p>Assistance dogs must be allowed access to premises and services as a reasonable adjustment under the Equality Act 2010. There is also an obligation on service providers to ensure that staff receive disability awareness training. Guidance for service providers on their duties and responsibilities already exists and is available from both the Gov.uk website and from the EHRC – for example:</p><p><a href="https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/assistance-dogs-guide-all-businesses" target="_blank">https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/assistance-dogs-guide-all-businesses</a></p><p>The Government continues to encourage service providers to do their utmost to provide the fullest possible access for disabled people.</p><p>Officials at the Office for Disability Issues (part of my Ministerial portfolio) initiated and helped convene different members of the assistance dogs sector to look at access, quality and supply issues for assistance dogs, with a view to creating a UK standard. This work is currently being considered by the assistance dogs sector who are responsible for agreeing and implementing this standard.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 268367 268368 268369 268370 268372 question first answered 02/07/2019 14:41:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

964342

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to record the number of universal credit claimants that are referred to food banks by job centres.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	169028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Jobcentre Plus does not make direct referrals to food banks, but offers a signposting service to customers who have expressed an interest in using a food bank. The Department has no plans to require Jobcentre staff to record the number of Universal Credit claimants that are signposted to food banks.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 16:53:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1146001

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of disabled adults of working age in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland received support from the Access to Work grant scheme in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	290897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>When considering your questions, it should be noted that those that use the Access to Work scheme are not a direct subset of the disabled adults of working age. Robust proportions cannot be estimated by simply dividing figures for Access to Work by figures for number of disabled adults of working age. This is because the data would come from different data sources and are different data types.</p><p> </p><p>To be eligible for Access to Work a person must be 16 or older, there is no upper age limit to eligibility therefore some people who receive Access to Work will not be considered working age (16-64 years old). Also Access to Work is available to those that have a disability or health condition (physical or mental) that makes it hard for them to do parts of their job or get to and from work therefore covers a broad range of people not just those who identify themselves as ‘disabled’.</p><p> </p><p>When answering your question, we have interpreted ‘received support’ as received a payment.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who received a payment from Access to Work for each financial year can be found in Table 8 of the annual Access to Work Statistics publication. Table 8 shows the number of people who received a payment for any Access to Work provision by various customer characteristics including by region.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>Please note, number of people for each region is based on residency of the beneficiary as opposed to place of work. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/10/2019 10:53:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd