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908455

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	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	Pension Protection Fund: Carillion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that support is provided for former Carillion employees whose pensions will not be covered by the Pension Protection Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	905457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>There are 12 Carillion DB schemes in the Pension protection Fund (PPF) assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>The PPF are working with scheme administrators to determine whether they can pay pensions at or above PPF benefits. Where a scheme cannot do this, the PPF will assume responsibility and pay compensation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individuals above their scheme’s normal pension age will receive 100% of their accrued pension, and all other members will receive 90%, subject to an overall cap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/05/2018 16:38:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1027546

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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	Food Banks: North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to visit food banks in the (a) North East and (b) Sunderland in the next six months.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	203334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State will be making a number of visits across the UK over the next six months. The member will be updated via the usual means should such a visit be planned. The Jobcentre Plus staff in Sunderland and the North East work extremely hard to help people get into employment and this has helped contribute to an additional 71,000 people in employment since 2010.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/12/2018 15:07:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

777919

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was between an employment support allowance claim application and a decision being made on that claim, (a) nationality and (b) in Sunderland Central constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	109773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The latest available information on national Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) clearance times can be found in Table 18 of the ESA Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments quarterly statistics published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a></p><p> </p><p>This information is not readily available at constituency level and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 109735 question first answered 02/11/2017 16:35:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

777939

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was between an employment and support allowance claim application and a first payment being made (a) nationally and (b) in Sunderland Central constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	109735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The latest available information on national Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) clearance times can be found in Table 18 of the ESA Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments quarterly statistics published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a></p><p> </p><p>This information is not readily available at constituency level and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 109773 question first answered 02/11/2017 16:35:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1027394

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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, what support his Department provides to claimants of universal credit that have been paid twice in one assessment period while in receipt of sick pay.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	202786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit has been designed to take earnings into account in a way that is fair and transparent. The assessment period and payment structure of Universal Credit is crucial in creating and maintaining the strong work incentives at the heart of Universal Credit and provides the flexibility to adjust when claimants move in and out of work regularly.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of Universal Credit paid to claimants reflects, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period. This includes any earnings reported by the claimant’s employer during that assessment period, regardless of when they were paid. Monthly assessment periods align to the way the majority of employees are paid and also allows Universal Credit to be adjusted each month. This means that if a claimant’s income falls, they will not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Some claimants are paid in differing patterns, including four-weekly, fortnightly, weekly or on a variable day every month. This may mean that for some months these claimants receive two or more sets of earnings during one Universal Credit assessment period (AP). This may reduce, or in some cases completely reduce the Universal Credit award that the claimant receives that month.</p><p> </p><p>Where people have potential income volatility because of their payment cycles, they can discuss the implications of this with their case managers and work coaches and can be referred to Personal Budgeting Support to help them manage their budgeting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 202784 202787 question first answered 20/12/2018 18:02:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1027395

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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, what support her Department provides to claimants of universal credit that have been paid twice in one assessment period as a result of early payment of statutory sick pay.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	202787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit has been designed to take earnings into account in a way that is fair and transparent. The assessment period and payment structure of Universal Credit is crucial in creating and maintaining the strong work incentives at the heart of Universal Credit and provides the flexibility to adjust when claimants move in and out of work regularly.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of Universal Credit paid to claimants reflects, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period. This includes any earnings reported by the claimant’s employer during that assessment period, regardless of when they were paid. Monthly assessment periods align to the way the majority of employees are paid and also allows Universal Credit to be adjusted each month. This means that if a claimant’s income falls, they will not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Some claimants are paid in differing patterns, including four-weekly, fortnightly, weekly or on a variable day every month. This may mean that for some months these claimants receive two or more sets of earnings during one Universal Credit assessment period (AP). This may reduce, or in some cases completely reduce the Universal Credit award that the claimant receives that month.</p><p> </p><p>Where people have potential income volatility because of their payment cycles, they can discuss the implications of this with their case managers and work coaches and can be referred to Personal Budgeting Support to help them manage their budgeting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 202784 202786 question first answered 20/12/2018 18:02:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1027392

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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, what support her Department provides to claimants of universal credit that are paid twice during a single monthly assessment period and are ineligible for further foodbank vouchers.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	202784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit has been designed to take earnings into account in a way that is fair and transparent. The assessment period and payment structure of Universal Credit is crucial in creating and maintaining the strong work incentives at the heart of Universal Credit and provides the flexibility to adjust when claimants move in and out of work regularly.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of Universal Credit paid to claimants reflects, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period. This includes any earnings reported by the claimant’s employer during that assessment period, regardless of when they were paid. Monthly assessment periods align to the way the majority of employees are paid and also allows Universal Credit to be adjusted each month. This means that if a claimant’s income falls, they will not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Some claimants are paid in differing patterns, including four-weekly, fortnightly, weekly or on a variable day every month. This may mean that for some months these claimants receive two or more sets of earnings during one Universal Credit assessment period (AP). This may reduce, or in some cases completely reduce the Universal Credit award that the claimant receives that month.</p><p> </p><p>Where people have potential income volatility because of their payment cycles, they can discuss the implications of this with their case managers and work coaches and can be referred to Personal Budgeting Support to help them manage their budgeting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 202786 202787 question first answered 20/12/2018 18:02:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1420057

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	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	Pensioners: Cost of Living
	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 with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to help support pensioners with increases in the cost of living.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	905464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>This year we will spend over £129 billion on the State Pension and benefits for pensioners in Great Britain, we have never paid our pensioners more.</p><p> </p><p>This includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£5 billion on Pension Credit.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>£2 billion on Winter Fuel Payments.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>£125,000 on Cold Weather Payments to pensioners so far this winter.</li></ul><p /><ul><li>£144 million on Warm Home Discount to pensioners in receipt of pension credit guarantee credit.</li></ul> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/02/2022 17:24:18 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1027393

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that claimants of universal credit are not subject to deductions as a result of being paid twice in one assessment period.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	202785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit payments reflect, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period. This includes any earnings reported by a claimant’s employer during that assessment period, regardless of at what point in the assessment period these were paid. These monthly assessment periods aim to mirror the way the majority of employees are paid and allow for the Universal Credit award to be adjusted each month.</p><p> </p><p>No one will receive a lower award. To ensure their entitlements remain unchanged they should follow the following processes:</p><p> </p><p>DWP has worked with HMRC and employers to ensure that they are aware of the actions they need to take to reflect an employee’s earnings. This will ease the reporting burden on claimants so that the amount they receive is not reduced.</p><p> </p><p>Where this hasn’t happened a claimant should reapply within 7 days to ensure no reduction in what they receive. Re-application requires claimants to update existing information. This can be done by confirming a reclaim in their online account, or by calling our Freephone number.</p><p> </p><p>However, some claimants are paid in differing patterns, including four-weekly, fortnightly or on a variable day every month. This may mean that for some months these claimants receive two or more sets of earnings during one assessment period. This may reduce the Universal Credit award that the claimant receives.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/12/2018 18:08:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1058828

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to compensate universal credit claimants who must take unpaid time off work to attend Jobcentre appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	219430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a 24 hour, seven day a week digital service that allows claimants to manage their own data and account online at a time which is convenient for them. Via their account claimants can check their Universal Credit benefit payments, notify the Department of changes and record notes via an online journal facility. In addition, the Universal Credit helpline is open until 6pm Monday to Friday. Established claimants who call the helpline are connected directly to the person or team who are dealing with the case.</p><p> </p><p>Not all Universal Credit claimants are required to attend interviews at their local Jobcentre. This will depend on their individual personal circumstances. For claimants whose earnings are above the individual or household Conditionality Earnings Threshold or the Administrative Earnings Threshold there is no conditionality requirement to attend interviews with a Work Coach.</p><p> </p><p>Where a voluntary interview is necessary to verify evidence, claimants are able to arrange the most convenient date and time with their Work Coach or Case Manager.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 219429 question first answered 19/02/2019 15:41:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott