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	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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: Scotland
	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 Government news release of 1 October 2018 entitled Citizens Advice to provide support to Universal Credit claimants, how much funding she plans to allocate to Citizens Advice in Scotland to provide that support; and what plans she has to provide funding for areas that do not have a Citizens Advice office.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	188154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>For Citizens Advice Scotland the grant award is £1,323,412 in 2018/19 and £4,085,919 in 2019/20. Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to providing a Universal Support service across Scotland</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/11/2018 14:42:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1011573

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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 (a) detailed analysis and (b) impact assessments she has undertaken in areas with full-service universal credit in place in order to inform the future roll-out of that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	194190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-09-03/169858/" target="_blank">169858</a> on 11 September.</p><p> </p><p>In addition we have recently published the Social Security Advisory Committee response which includes a detailed analysis of Managed Migration which can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/753714/draft-universal-credit-managed-migration-regulations-2018-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/753714/draft-universal-credit-managed-migration-regulations-2018-report.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/11/2018 18:38:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

933861

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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	Universal Credit: Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the guidance her Department has issued to Case Managers and Work Coaches to ensure they accurately identify people with cancer who apply for universal credit and refer them to a Work Capability Assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	159664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit guidance is published in the House of Commons Library and the Department is committed to refreshing the information on a regular basis. We will shortly be publishing further updated guidance for staff.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2018 16:35:19 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

933862

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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	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 data her Department collects on the time taken from making a claim to the first payment under universal credit where the claimant has submitted a DS1500; and what the average amount of time people with a DS1500 have had to wait to receive their first universal credit payment.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	159665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2018 15:51:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

933863

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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	Universal Credit
	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 report, Rolling out Universal Credit, published by the NAO on 15 June 2018, if she will publish the data, by condition, for people waiting longer to be paid the Limited Capability for Work and Limited Capability for Work-related Activity elements of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	159666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally collated and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2018 15:58:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

984460

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	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	Universal Credit: Greenock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the last time was that (a) Ministers and (b) Officials from her Department visited Greenock Jobcentre to discuss the roll-out of Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	177348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>There have been no Ministerial visits to Greenock Jobcentre. However a number of senior officials from the Department have visited the office since it went live with Universal Credit on 23 November 2016. The last time an official from the Department visited Greenock Jobcentre was on 14 June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/10/2018 16:51:36 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

793094

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	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	Independent Case Examiner
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce waiting times for complaints received by the Independent Case Examiner.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	114879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Independent Case Examiner’s Office provides a demand led service, with the result that waiting times fluctuate depending on the number of complaints it receives. The Office is currently experiencing high levels of referrals. Resources are monitored and reviewed annually, in addittion to which the Office continues its practice of identifying and implementing appropriate process efficiencies</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/11/2017 11:47:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

626109

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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	Children: Maintenance
	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) parents with care and (b) non-resident parents there are in Inverclyde constituency with a current (i) Child Support Agency case and (b) child maintenance case.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	51094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>As at June 2016, there were 1730 parents with care in the Inverclyde constituency that have a case with the Child Support Agency. As at June 2016, there were 1740 non-resident parents in the Inverclyde constituency that have a case with the Child Support Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Information on geographical breakdowns on the Child Maintenance Scheme is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2) Cases have been allocated to a parliamentary constituency by matching the residential postcode of the parent with care or non-resident parent for all cases administered on the CS2 and CSCS computer systems and cases managed off system to the Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory.</p><p>3) Parents with Care and Non Resident Parents might have more than one case so an individual may be included in the figures more than once.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/11/2016 14:27:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

626118

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to release information on the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme by (a) geographical area and (b) parliamentary constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	51095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>We are not yet in a position to release breakdowns by geographical area and parliamentary constituency on the 2012 Scheme, administered by the Child Maintenance Service. At present this information can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>When data become available and fully quality assured they will be released as part of a managed process, which will be pre-announced and in line with the Code of Practice for Official statistics.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/11/2016 14:15:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

626120

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency (a) arrears-only and (b) arrears cases involving a current liability for a child there are in Inverclyde constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	51096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>As at June 2016, there were 1270 arrears only cases and 350 arrears cases involving a current liability in the Inverclyde constituency, held by the Child Support Agency.</p><p><br>Notes:</p><p>1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2) Cases have been allocated to a parliamentary constituency by matching the residential postcode of the parent with care or non-resident parent for all cases administered on the CS2 and CSCS computer systems and cases managed off system to the Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory.</p><p>3) A case is classed as having a ‘Current Liability’ if it is open, has children of a qualifying age and has a positive liability (i.e. assessment to pay maintenance). This includes cases due to pay via Maintenance Direct.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/11/2016 14:06:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan