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982607

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 171381 on Employment and Support Allowance, what estimate she has made of the cost of providing information on how many people flowed off Employment and Support Allowance whose date of death was at the same time, and who had a Work Capability Assessment decision of fit for work between March 2014 and February 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	176672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However the Department does monitor requests we receive for statistics and consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate. The Department is therefore looking at this with a view to providing statistics on this issue in the future.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 31/10/2018 16:07:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 77742 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1077348

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	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, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work on 25 February 2019, Official Report, from which areas of departmental work the 1,200 staff assigned to correct employment and support allowance underpayments are being transferred.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	225476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>In 2018/19, across the Department, we increased our resources by 4,209 FTE to manage all demands including LEAP exercises. We have not stopped any priority work to carry out the ESA underpayments exercise.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/02/2019 15:33:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

944065

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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	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, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 March 2018, HCWS549 on employment and support allowance, how many claimants have been sent an ESA3 change of circumstances form; how many claimants have returned that form; how many claimants have had their claim reassessed; and how many claimants have received backdated payments.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	165572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The figures presented are based on DWP management information and are reported with only high level verification. The figures provided have been rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of claimants who have been sent an ESA3 change of circumstances form</p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA3s returned by post</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA3s completed by telephone, plus a small number completed by visit</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimants who have had their claim reassessed</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimants who have received back-dated payments</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/07/2018 15:39:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

990363

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	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	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, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 July on Employment and Support Allowance, WS877, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been underpaid; and what the average sum is that has been underpaid to claimants in (a) Wales and (b) each parliamentary constituency in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	181214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>We are not able to make robust estimates of the numbers of cases likely to be due arrears as part of the exercise to correct underpayments of Employment and Support Allowance, at regional or parliamentary constituency level. All estimated numbers and amounts are available at national level only.</p><p> </p><p>We are focusing our efforts on contacting all potentially affected individuals to ensure they are paid as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>A Written Statement and Frequently Asked Question document was deposited in the House of Commons Library on Wednesday 17<sup>th</sup> October which can be found at <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/</a>. Ad hoc statistics can also be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking</a>.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/10/2018 16:54:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

944064

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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	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, with reference to paragraph 2.15 of the National Audit Office report, Investigation into Errors in Employment and Support Allowance, HC 837, published on 19 March 2018, if she will extend the scope of the exercise to review the benefit entitlements of people who were mistakenly awarded contribution-based employment and support allowance instead of income-based employment and support allowance to include lost entitlement to free school meals and NHS prescription charges.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	165571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>Eligibility for passported benefits such as free NHS prescriptions and school meals is determined by the relevant Department.</p><p> </p><p>People can also qualify for help in other ways, for example by applying for the NHS Low Income Scheme, which covers prescription, dental and eye care costs, wigs, fabric supports and assistance with healthcare-related travel costs. The Low Income Scheme assessment takes into account council tax and housing costs, so people could get help with health costs even if their income is too high to qualify for a means-tested benefit.</p><p> </p><p>At no point have we actually stopped individuals from making a claim to income-related benefits. When we transitioned people from Incapacity Benefit to Employment and Support Allowance, we protected the amount of Incapacity Benefit they were being paid. We sent out letters and attempted to call people at the time to advise them that they could also be entitled to income-related benefit and to contact the Department if they believed they were eligible.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/07/2018 14:15:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1043087

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2019
	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	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, with reference to employment and support allowance, how many ESA65B letters her Department has sent to GPs in each month since May 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	209737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of ESA65B letters sent to GPs.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/01/2019 15:13:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

993766

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	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	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, whether the repayments to claimants that were underpaid employment and support allowance will include interest.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	182883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>We will be reviewing all those cases potentially affected and paying any arrears of past payments that are due. Our focus is on paying arrears to claimants in line with the primary legislation.</p><p> </p><p>A Written Statement and Frequently Asked Question document was deposited in the House of Commons Library on Wednesday 17<sup>th</sup> October which can be found at <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/</a>. Ad hoc statistics can also be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking</a>.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/10/2018 10:49:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

804513

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	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, whether the providers for ESA assessments have met their minimum contractual performance standards at any point since the beginning of their contract.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	118715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Work Capability Assessments are delivered through the Health and Disability Assessment Services contract delivered by the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA). The requirements set out in the contract are demanding and CHDA are expected to deliver to high standards across all areas of the contract, including volumes, quality and customer satisfaction. Contractual targets and provider performance is formally reviewed monthly and actions put in place to improve on any under achievement. Since the beginning of the contract CHDA have consistently met or exceeded some of these measures each month and have never failed to meet all of them at any one point in time.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/12/2017 13:14:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1079382

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	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	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, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people who went into (a) rent arrears and (b) council tax arrears following the underpayment of their employment and support allowance; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	227169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>DWP are engaging with a number of authorities, including those responsible for Council Tax, to raise awareness of the ESA underpayment exercise and the potential issues arising from it. This will help them to assess possible impacts on these areas.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the ESA underpayment exercise we will inform local authorities Housing Benefit departments of new awards of income-related ESA as part of our business as usual procedures. As Housing Benefit is available to contributory only ESA claimants, those on low incomes could still receive full Housing Benefit if assessed by their Local Authority as entitled.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/03/2019 14:53:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

917575

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	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, whether her Department plans to take provide financial support to employment support allowance applicants who have had their payments stopped without notice in the last twelve months as a result of her Department becoming aware that it had been erroneously paying those claimants an appeal rate over an extended period.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	150186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department identified a number of cases where an appeal outcome was outstanding and where it should not have been. The Department is working to ensure that affected claimants are receiving their correct benefit entitlement. All affected claimants will be contacted by phone or by letter to advise them of what will be happening in their case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 150185 question first answered 11/06/2018 15:18:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant