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801201

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	Young People: Disability
	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 has taken to ensure that the right support is offered to young disabled people who are seeking independence through work or volunteering.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	117760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to enabling young disabled people to fulfil their potential and achieve their aspirations. We provide a wide suite of programmes and initiatives to support them, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Jobcentre support for schools, which targets young people that schools identify as being at risk of becoming NEET (not in employment, education or training), or who may otherwise be disadvantaged in the labour market – for example those with a health or disability issue.</li><li>The Young Person’s Supported Work Experience programme, which will offer a personally tailored supported work experience opportunity to enable young people (aged 18 – 24) to benefit fully from time in the work place. This proof of concept is being tested in five districts.</li><li>The Local Supported Employment (LSE) proof of concept ‘place and train’ model, which aims to move disabled people into real jobs, at the going rate of pay, with support for both the individual and employer.</li><li>Supported Internships, which, all qualified post-16 education providers in England have been able to deliver Since September 2013. These are personalised study programmes, based primarily at a prospective employer, for young people with complex learning difficulties and/or disabilities.</li><li>Access to Work, which already offers support to disabled people undertaking a number of opportunities that help them to prepare for paid employment, including work experience, apprenticeships, supported internships and traineeships.</li></ul><p>DWP also recognises the value of voluntary work in developing skills which can be transferred into the world of paid work, as well as benefitting local communities and wider society.</p><ul><li>Disabled young people who are claiming Universal Credit can have their weekly work search hours reduced by up to 50 per cent to accommodate voluntary work.</li><li>Those who are receiving Employment and Support Allowance can try out work when this has been agreed beforehand with their work coach, without their benefit being affected. Restrictions on this Permitted Work were relaxed in April 2017 so that any ESA claimant can do this work within certain limits.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/12/2017 17:31:55 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

801243

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	Welfare State: Reform
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 28 November (HL3456), how they monitor the accumulated impact of welfare benefit changes on different groups; and what assessment they have made of that impact.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL3900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) undertake a distributional analysis, at each fiscal event, to assess the accumulated impact of tax, welfare and public spending changes on household incomes. The latest analysis was published to accompany Autumn Budget 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of monitoring the impacts on different groups, the Department publishes annual estimates of households living in low income in the Households Below Average Incomes (HBAI) publication. These statistics set out long run trends in the risks of different groups living in low income households. The latest estimates are to 2015/16 and 2016/17 results have been pre-announced to be published in March 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name HL3900 HMT budget 2017.pdf title HMT Budget 2017 2 file name HL3900 households-below-average-income-1994-1995-2015-2016.pdf title HBAI Incomes question first answered 15/12/2017 11:27:32 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

801022

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	Universal Credit: Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether student loans are classed as complete income for the purposes of calculating universal credit eligibility.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	117581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>When Universal Credit calculates eligibility, it takes into account the elements of student loans or grants which provide for the student’s basic maintenance. Universal Credit disregards elements paid for specific additional costs the student has, such as tuition or books. Once the total annual loan is calculated, Universal Credit applies a flat rate monthly disregard of £110 whilst the claimant remains a student.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/12/2017 12:26:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

801048

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	Universal Credit: Care Leavers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of care leavers who are receive housing support through universal credit are in rent arrears.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	117607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/12/2017 13:04:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

801165

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	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 place in the Library a copy of the version of the Universal Credit transition rollout schedule published on his Department's website on 16 October 2017 which was subsequently removed.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	117724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>In general, most implementation dates for Jobcentres changed by approximately three months. Barnsley went live with the Universal Credit Full Service in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The full rollout schedule was published in July 2017 and its available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-10/3962/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-10/3962/</a></p><p> </p><p>We published an updated schedule following the announcements in the Oral Statement on 23 November, here:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-11-15/113178/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-11-15/113178/</a></p><p> </p><p>The transition schedule published to Gov.uk on 16 October is attached.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 117764 question first answered 11/12/2017 18:09:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 117724, 117764 UC Rollout Schedule.pdf title UC Rollout Schedule
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

801205

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	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 his Oral Statement of 23 November 2017, Official Report column 1201, on Universal Credit, if he will list the Job Centre Plus in which the date for full-service Universal Credit was delayed in the revised roll-out plan compared with the previous roll-out transition plan.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	117764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>In general, most implementation dates for Jobcentres changed by approximately three months. Barnsley went live with the Universal Credit Full Service in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The full rollout schedule was published in July 2017 and its available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-10/3962/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-10/3962/</a></p><p> </p><p>We published an updated schedule following the announcements in the Oral Statement on 23 November, here:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-11-15/113178/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-11-15/113178/</a></p><p> </p><p>The transition schedule published to Gov.uk on 16 October is attached.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 117724 question first answered 11/12/2017 18:09:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 117724, 117764 UC Rollout Schedule.pdf title UC Rollout Schedule
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

801105

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	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 plans he has to ensure that local authorities are regularly informed by his Department of households in their area in receipt of universal credit in which a child is or is about to be two years’ old to ensure that local authorities can promote free early years education entitlement for two-year-olds to qualifying households; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	117664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Early Years Education for Disadvantaged 2 Year Olds is a policy of the Department for Education which aims to ensure that less advantaged children can benefit from high quality early education by providing 15 hours of free early years education and childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Entitlement to early education is based on criteria set by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has a system in place to provide Department for Education with information of eligible households, including qualifying households who are in receipt of Universal Credit and other legacy benefits.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Department for Education to improve our data-sharing process and ensure the accuracy of information that is provided.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/12/2017 11:28:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

801206

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	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 estimate his Department has made of the average length of time taken to complete a universal credit claim from registration to declaration.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	117765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>For all declarations to 6th December 2017 the average length of time from registration to declaration was 2 days.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/12/2017 11:32:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

801208

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	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 assessment his Department has made of the extent of problems new universal credit claimants are having with the digital service claimant journey.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	117767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Over 80% of people are satisfied with their experience of Universal Credit and are comfortable managing their finances.</p><p> </p><p>The main route to access Universal Credit is through digital channels and 99% of Universal Credit claims are made online. Wi-Fi and computers are available in Jobcentres across the country, including 8000 additional computers installed to support the introduction of Universal Credit. This provides digital access in every Jobcentre for claimants to use when they do not have access at home. A free telephone helpline and face to face support are also available for claimants to make and manage a Universal Credit claim.</p><p> </p><p>We are also making £200m available for Universal Support which provides advice, assistance or support from Jobcentre Plus or local partners to help Universal Credit claimants with managing their claim or award of Universal Credit, including building their IT confidence.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/12/2017 11:35:19 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

800933

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 assess the merits of implementing the Disability Benefits Consortium's recommendations on PIP assessors.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	117492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We have read and considered the Disability Benefits Consortium's recommendations with regards to Health Professionals who carry out PIP assessments. Independent reviews form an important part of the learning process and we are constantly looking to improve the experience of claiming PIP. We recognise the scale of the challenge in implementing a new benefit so committed to two, statutory independent reviews of PIP. The latest of these reviews, led by Paul Gray, was published on 30 March 2017 and we plan to respond to this later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department encourages claimants to provide as much relevant evidence as necessary to support their claim. Before claimants are invited for a face-to-face consultation, all of the available evidence is reviewed and if, at that stage, advice to the Department can be made on this evidence alone, the claimants will not be required to attend a face-to-face assessment.</p><p>We continue to work extensively with the PIP assessment providers and disability representative groups to make improvements to guidance, training and audit procedures in order to ensure a quality service.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/12/2017 17:29:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis