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1092582

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Universal 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, when she plans to introduce a dedicated universal credit hotline for Members and their staff.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
	uin	235282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Prior to the roll-out of Universal Credit Full Service in their constituency, we wrote to each hon. Member. The letter explained the implicit consent arrangements for MPs and also provided the telephone number and email address of the Service Leader in the constituency, so that MPs can contact Service Leaders if there are urgent constituent cases that need attention. This is the best route to raise issues on behalf of constituents and works well because MPs’ offices can establish local relationships.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are writing again to hon. Members to confirm named contacts and local telephone numbers to allow local constituency related Universal Credit cases to be raised directly. The letters also extend an invitation for MPs to visit their local Jobcentre to see the work they are doing.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/03/2019 15:27:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1092604

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment her Department has undertaken on the recent reform of pension credit; and if she will publish that impact assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	235295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The change to the Pension Credit rules was legislated for in the Welfare Reform Act 2012. As part of the Parliamentary process, an Equality Impact Assessment published on the 9 November 2011, which included an assessment of the impacts of Universal Credit reforms on older couples, including mixed aged couples. This can be found at:</p><p /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-equality-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-equality-impact-assessment</a></p><p> </p><p>On 28 February 2019 we published an ad-hoc statistical release which provides analysis relating to mixed age couples estimated to be affected by the change in policy to be implemented on 15 May 2019. This can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mixed-age-couples-benefit-impacts-of-ending-access-to-pension-credit-and-pension-age-housing-benefit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mixed-age-couples-benefit-impacts-of-ending-access-to-pension-credit-and-pension-age-housing-benefit</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/03/2019 16:46:33 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1092680

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Working Links
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with representatives from the voluntary and charitable sector on the financial effect of the collapse of Working Links (Employment) Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	235316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>I have not had any discussions with or representations from supply chain partners to date although I am aware that some supply chain partners have contacted the Department.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/03/2019 15:51:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1092681

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Working Links
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is owed to sub-contractors providing Health and Work Programme services as a result of the collapse of Working Links (Employment) Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	235317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the Department is aware, through an early list of creditors provided by the administrator, that a number of organisations are owed money by Working Links Employment Ltd (in administration), the Department is not aware of how much is owed to sub-contractors providing Health and Work Programme services.</p><p>The contact details for the Administrator are Turpin Barker Armstrong (based in Sutton, Surrey).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/03/2019 17:09:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1092688

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	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 (a) widows, (b) widowers and (c) bereaved civil partners have been refused the (a) lower rate of Bereavement Support Payment and (b) higher rate of Bereavement Support Payment as a result of a (i) spouse and (ii) civil partner not having made sufficient National Insurance contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	235322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/03/2019 10:31:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1092721

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) publicise forthcoming changes to pension credit for mixed-age couples and (b) encourage people to make a claim for that benefit before 15 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	235228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The mixed age couple policy was legislated for in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and will be implemented now Universal Credit has rolled out nationally for new claims. The commencement order that the mixed age couple policy change will come into force on 15 May 2019, was announced on 14 January 2019. Following the announcement the Government is implementing comprehensive plans to raise awareness of the change among people who may be affected.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has written directly to mixed-age couples who are already in receipt of Pension Credit or Housing Benefit for pensioners to inform them of the changes and encourage them to find out what it could mean for them. Importantly the letters explain that mixed age couples already claiming Pension Credit and/or Housing Benefit for pensioners immediately before 15 May will not be affected for as long as they remain in receipt of either benefit after that date, and that their State Pension will not be affected.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to providing information on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> and through existing departmental channels. The Department’s staff in Pension Centres and Jobcentres are able to provide help and advice about the change, as will staff in local authorities who administer Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also worked with relevant organisations, including providing them with a fact sheet to ensure that accurate information is available in the places where people are most likely to seek information.</p><p> </p><p>A regional breakdown of the estimated number of mixed age couples who would have been entitled to and claiming Pension Credit and/or Housing Benefit for pensioners is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 235229 235230 question first answered 26/03/2019 16:02:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1092723

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of mixed-age couples claiming (a) pension credit or (b) pension age housing benefit on 14 May who will lose entitlement due to a change in circumstance in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	235229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The mixed age couple policy was legislated for in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and will be implemented now Universal Credit has rolled out nationally for new claims. The commencement order that the mixed age couple policy change will come into force on 15 May 2019, was announced on 14 January 2019. Following the announcement the Government is implementing comprehensive plans to raise awareness of the change among people who may be affected.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has written directly to mixed-age couples who are already in receipt of Pension Credit or Housing Benefit for pensioners to inform them of the changes and encourage them to find out what it could mean for them. Importantly the letters explain that mixed age couples already claiming Pension Credit and/or Housing Benefit for pensioners immediately before 15 May will not be affected for as long as they remain in receipt of either benefit after that date, and that their State Pension will not be affected.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to providing information on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> and through existing departmental channels. The Department’s staff in Pension Centres and Jobcentres are able to provide help and advice about the change, as will staff in local authorities who administer Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also worked with relevant organisations, including providing them with a fact sheet to ensure that accurate information is available in the places where people are most likely to seek information.</p><p> </p><p>A regional breakdown of the estimated number of mixed age couples who would have been entitled to and claiming Pension Credit and/or Housing Benefit for pensioners is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 235228 235230 question first answered 26/03/2019 16:02:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1092726

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the approximately 60,000 mixed-age couples who will be affected by the change in the entitlement rules for pension credit by 2023-24 live in each region of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	235230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The mixed age couple policy was legislated for in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and will be implemented now Universal Credit has rolled out nationally for new claims. The commencement order that the mixed age couple policy change will come into force on 15 May 2019, was announced on 14 January 2019. Following the announcement the Government is implementing comprehensive plans to raise awareness of the change among people who may be affected.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has written directly to mixed-age couples who are already in receipt of Pension Credit or Housing Benefit for pensioners to inform them of the changes and encourage them to find out what it could mean for them. Importantly the letters explain that mixed age couples already claiming Pension Credit and/or Housing Benefit for pensioners immediately before 15 May will not be affected for as long as they remain in receipt of either benefit after that date, and that their State Pension will not be affected.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to providing information on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> and through existing departmental channels. The Department’s staff in Pension Centres and Jobcentres are able to provide help and advice about the change, as will staff in local authorities who administer Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also worked with relevant organisations, including providing them with a fact sheet to ensure that accurate information is available in the places where people are most likely to seek information.</p><p> </p><p>A regional breakdown of the estimated number of mixed age couples who would have been entitled to and claiming Pension Credit and/or Housing Benefit for pensioners is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 235228 235229 question first answered 26/03/2019 16:02:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1092754

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	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 to the public purse was of (a) conducting tribunal cases on personal independence payments and (b) providing legal representation at tribunal cases on personal independence payments in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	235345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>For part (a); the information is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has interpreted part (b) as the costs of external counsel’s fees in PIP cases at the Upper Tribunal in the last 12 months. External counsel’s fees billed to date are £42, 279.92. The Department does not instruct counsel to provide legal representation for PIP cases at the First-tier Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/03/2019 17:26:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1092082

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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	Homelessness: Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the pilot scheme to help homeless ex-offenders conducted by the Norfolk Community Foundation and Norfolk’s former High Sheriff in Norwich will be (a) launched and (b) concluded; and what criteria will be used to assess the scheme's effectiveness.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	234668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>This provision is expected to start in early June 2019, subject to standard DWP partnership checks and procedures being completed. It is planned to run for one year and will support approximately 24 ex-offenders recently released from prison. Evaluation will be conducted by the Norfolk Foundation in the form of an impact study.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is committed to providing the best possible support for all our claimants, including the most vulnerable in society. We are continuously reviewing and improving the service for vulnerable people to ensure that it is accessible and responsive to their needs.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage all our Jobcentre teams to consider opportunities for partnership-working, where local circumstances allow. Local areas have the flexibility to work alongside local and national organisations to help meet the needs of their communities, assisting our most vulnerable claimants, including those effected by homelessness.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, all Jobcentres in England refer claimants considered to be homeless or at risk of homelessness, to the local authority to receive further housing support.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/03/2019 17:53:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson