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1717832

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	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	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the two-child limit for benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	George Galloway
	uin	26074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to make such an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2024 14:05:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	609 label Biography information for George Galloway

1716886

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the reasons people do not claim Universal Credit when required to do so by the managed migration process.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	25516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>A survey commenced in April this year where we contacted people who have not claimed Universal Credit following receipt of the migration notice. Findings from this survey will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We published research on Tax Credit only claimants on 29 February 2024 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/move-to-universal-credit-insight-on-tax-credit-migrations-and-initial-discovery-activity-for-wider-benefit-cohorts/move-to-universal-credit-insight-on-tax-credit-migrations-and-initial-discovery-activity-for-wider-benefit-cohorts" target="_blank">Move to Universal Credit – insight on Tax Credit migrations and initial Discovery activity for wider benefit cohorts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2024 13:48:26 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1717558

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	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	Vacancies: Portsmouth
	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 help fill job vacancies in Portsmouth.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	25913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Jobcentre team are supporting residents into work and helping those in work to progress to higher paid jobs. We are working with local and national employers to help fill vacancies quickly, delivering Sector-Based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs), recruitment days, Job Fairs, and work trials.</p><p>Our Youth Team works with the Prince’s Trust to provide additional support and courses to prepare young people who are not in education and training, including those without parental support, to attain training and employment.</p><p>The Jobcentre works closely with the National Careers Service who, after a successful trial, will deliver ongoing bespoke Group Information Sessions to customers who require a CV or need their current CV enhancing to apply for jobs.</p><p>The Jobcentre is hosting a bespoke Armed Forces recruitment event that will follow up on the UK’s national Armed Forces Day. This is in partnership with the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.</p><p>Additionally, the team in Portsmouth are working closely with local employers including Nature’s Way, Solent Sky Services and Thatched House (Greene King) to fill their job vacancies as well as working closely with partners such as the local Chamber of Commerce to offer regular Job Fairs focussed on specific sectors and customer groups.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2024 12:51:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1717560

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	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	Universal Credit: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of in-work Universal Credit claimants that have had payments stopped due to errors made by his Department in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	25915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. Customers can request a mandatory reconsideration if they do not agree with the decision to stop their Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2024 12:46:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1716454

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	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: 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 of children with SEND to remain in the workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
	uin	25294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Eligible Universal Credit (UC) customers can claim back up to 85% of childcare costs making it easier for families to take up and progress in work.</p><p>In the past year the Department has increased the generosity of the UC childcare costs maximum amounts by over 50%, to £1015 for one child and £1,739 for two children or more.</p><p>UC childcare support is paid to registered providers for example, OFSTED and providers registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2024 12:44:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1716833

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2024 to Question 902040 on Universal Credit, when he will publish constituency level data setting out how many Universal Credit Migration Notice letters he plans to send.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	25513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department publishes regular Move to Universal Credit statistics, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/move-to-universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">Move to Universal Credit statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The next release, on Tuesday 14 May 2024, will include statistics, including Migration Notices sent, by Parliamentary Constituency level. Forecasts at constituency level are not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2024 10:56:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1716918

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	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	Jobcentres: Southport
	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 support available through Jobcentres in Southport constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	25545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The local Jobcentre team are collaborating with a range of partners to support people into work and help employers fill vacancies. In addition to hosting job fairs, delivering Sector-Based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs), and hosting employer Group Information Sessions, Southport Jobcentre is working with Sefton Council, local colleges, care &amp; childcare providers, manufacturing, retail, education, agriculture, and hospitality companies, to provide an employment and skills offer to help meet the recruitment needs of local employers.</p><p>Southport Jobcentre has been working closely with employers such as Sainsbury’s and McDonald’s to hosts SWAP’s for Southport residents to have direct access to live vacancies. The Jobcentre has also collaborated with Southport College to hosts job fairs to bring together national and local employers for job opportunities as well as providers to support customers with breaking down barriers to work. Additionally, the Jobcentre looks forward to supporting Southport’s future regeneration and exciting projects which includes the Southport Enterprise Arcade, the Garrick Theatre development and the Marine Lake Events Centre.</p><p>Disability Employment Advisers (DEA’s) offer advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work, alongside close working with Merseycare, The Peer Mentoring Service, Life Rooms, and Sefton Council. Southport Jobcentre colleagues also attend local events to highlight the support available, including Access to Work, Disability Confident and the Working Health Pioneer programme.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2024 10:53:52 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1716915

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	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: Poverty
	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 in-work progression.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	25542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Since September 2022 we have increased the Administrative Earnings Threshold (AET) from earnings equivalent to 9 hours per week at the National Living Wage to the equivalent of 18 hours, bringing over 400,000 working customers into regular support from a Work Coach to help them increase in work progression and thereby increase earnings.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, working Universal Credit customers earning above the AET are eligible to access support on a voluntary basis from a Work Coach, providing individual and tailored support designed to help customers.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2024 10:50:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1716834

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	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	Universal Credit: Disability
	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 (a) made an assessment of the potential impact of Universal Credit migration on disabled people and (b) put support in place for disabled people affected by that migration.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	25514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The DWP continue to learn and iterate our approach as we progress our Move to Universal Credit activity. We remain committed to ensuring that the transition to Universal Credit works as smoothly as possible for all customers, including the most vulnerable in society. Our latest insight publication is available on GOV.UK - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/move-to-universal-credit-insight-on-tax-credit-migrations-and-initial-discovery-activity-for-wider-benefit-cohorts" target="_blank">Move to Universal Credit – insight on Tax Credit migrations and initial Discovery activity for wider benefit cohorts - GOV.UK</a> (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p>We have developed an enhanced support journey for ESA and Income Support customers and remain confident that this provides effective support for our most vulnerable customers.</p><p> </p><p>All customers can also use the independent Help to Claim service run by Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland which provides support across England, Scotland, and Wales as well as accessing face to face support at job centres.</p><p>Also, we continue to work with a broad range of external stakeholders to gather their insight and experience of working with our mutual customers, to learn and develop our approach for moving legacy benefit customers to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2024 10:44:58 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1716123

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2024
	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
	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 the roll out of the Back to Work Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	24968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>We are making good progress delivering the Back to Work plan. For example, in April we published a call for evidence on fit note reform and on May 7<sup>th</sup> announced the 15 areas that will pilot our new WorkWell service.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/05/2024 11:13:44 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft