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1698480

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	Financial Assistance Scheme and Pension Protection Fund: Inflation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of inflation on the real term valuation of pensions under the (a) Financial Assistance Scheme and (b) Pension Protection Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	20237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>The information required to carry out such an assessment is not readily available and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs. The Secretary of State has therefore made no such assessment at this time.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/04/2024 09:49:37 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1692488

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	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: Carers
	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 made an assessment of the potential merits of making the Universal Credit claimant commitment for kinship carers equal to that for foster carers.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	16111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/03/2024 17:11:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1681583

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of the average length of time between submission of a PIP mandatory reconsideration and the decision.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	9198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The monthly average clearance time of a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) can be found in the latest PIP quarterly release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-statistics-to-october-2023" target="_blank">Personal Independence Payment statistics to October 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>In particular, the figures on MR average clearance times can be found in Table 4A in the Customer Journey <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6580582295bf65000d71922a/tables-pip-statistics-to-october-2023-eng-wales.xlsx" target="_blank">Excel</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/01/2024 13:21:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1586813

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	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	Social Security Benefits: Dementia
	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 making dementia patients eligible to claim benefits under the special rules for end of life.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	146839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>People with dementia, who are deemed by their clinicians to be at the end of their lives, may be eligible to claim benefits under the ‘Special Rules for End of Life’ (SREL).</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility under SREL is not determined by medical condition, but rather based on clinical judgment about patients’ estimated prognosis. The department’s supporting clinical guidance advises clinicians to assess whether they would be surprised if their patient dies within the next 12 months if they are claiming UC or ESA, or 6 months if they are claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA), or Attendance Allowance (AA).</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced in July 2021 that it intended to replace the current six-month eligibility criteria with a 12-month end of life approach. The DWP implemented this change to Universal Credit and Employment Support Allowance regulations on 4th April 2022 and similar changes will also be made to Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, and Attendance Allowance in April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 27/02/2023 13:09:16 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1586814

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	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: Dementia
	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 impact of personal independence payment reassessments on the (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of dementia patients.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	146840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>Entitlement to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is assessed on the basis of the needs arising from a health condition or disability, rather than the health condition or disability itself. Award rates and their durations are set on an individual basis, based on the claimant’s needs and the likelihood of those needs changing. Award reviews allow for the correct rate of PIP to remain in payment, including where needs have increased as a consequence of a congenital, degenerative, or progressive condition.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that attending a PIP assessment can be a stressful experience, which is why we do not carry out face-to-face assessments where there is enough existing evidence to determine benefit entitlement, whether on a new claim or on review. Where there is sufficient evidence on which to make an assessment, the claimant will be assessed on a paper basis. Where a telephone, video, or face-to-face assessment is required, companions are encouraged to attend and can play an active role, which can be particularly helpful for claimants with mental, cognitive, or intellectual impairments who may not be able to provide an accurate account of their condition due to a lack of understanding or unrealistic expectations of their ability.</p><p> </p><p>We announced in the Shaping Future Support: Health and Disability Green Paper, that we will test a new Severe Disability Group (SDG) so that those with severe and lifelong conditions can benefit from a simplified process to access PIP, ESA and UC without needing to go through a face-to-face assessment, or frequent reassessments. We will consider the test results once complete to influence thinking on the next stages of this work.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/02/2023 12:35:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1566419

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2023
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions
	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 (a) ordinary and (b) named-day written questions their Department answered on time in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	122094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>The latest official statistics produced by the Table Office are as follows and show that DWP answered the following Parliamentary Questions on time:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Jan 2022 – Apr 2022:</strong></p><p>Named Day PQs – 83%</p><p>Ordinary Written PQs – 86.9%</p><p> </p><p><strong>May 2022 – Jul 2022</strong>:</p><p>Named Day PQs – 90.8%</p><p>Ordinary Written PQs – 93.5%</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for September to the December recess are currently being compiled.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/01/2023 16:36:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1547672

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2022
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints submitted to the DWP Independent Case Examiner are awaiting allocation to an Investigation Case Manager as of 2 December 2022; what the average wait time was for complaints to be allocated to an Independent Case Manager in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce Independent Case Examiner waiting times.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	101705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>Post-Covid, ICE has seen an increased number of referrals accompanied by an increase in the number of cases it has accepted. In the year April 2021 to March 2022, there was a 17% increase in the number of complaints being referred to ICE and a 68% increase in the number of complaints being accepted for examination, compared to the previous reporting year.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, there are 1249 cases awaiting allocation to an ICE investigator.</p><p> </p><p>The rate at which complaints can be allocated to an investigator is dependent on multiple factors, including the volume and complexity of complaints received, as well as available investigative resource.</p><p> </p><p>The average time taken, as at 5 December, from complaint receipt to allocation to an investigator (based on all current live cases being investigated) is 53 weeks (67 weeks for CMS cases, 50 weeks for DWP cases, 44 weeks for Provider cases).</p><p> </p><p>The ICE office is continuously reviewing its own processes and operating model to improve productivity and is piloting a new way of allocating cases according to their nature and complexity as part of the initial complaint review.</p><p> </p><p>The office has recruited 11 more investigators since April with a further 6 due to start in January 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/12/2022 16:22:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1540021

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	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	Pension Credit: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of eligible people are claiming Pension Credit in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	80662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Estimates for Pension Credit take-up are only available at the Great Britain level. They are included in the publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 14/11/2022 14:16:59 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1540022

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	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	Pension Credit: Take-up
	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 improve the uptake of Pension Credit among eligible people.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	80663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Pension Credit provides vital financial support to our most vulnerable pensioners and we want all those eligible to claim it.</p><p> </p><p>To raise awareness of Pension Credit and increase take-up, we launched a £1.2m nationwide communications campaign in April. The campaign included:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Promotion of Pension Credit on social media, via internet search engines and sponsored advertising on targeted websites that pensioners, their friends and family are likely to visit;</li><li>Information screens in Post Offices and GP surgeries across GB;</li><li>Advertising in regional and national newspapers and on national and local broadcast radio;</li><li>Advertising on the sides of buses, interior bus panels and digital street displays;</li><li>Leaflets and posters in Jobcentres, as well as digital versions which could be used by stakeholders and partners across local communities;</li><li>Engagement with Local Authorities nationwide through the Government Communication Service local network and promotional materials to enable them to support the campaign; and</li><li>An updated digital toolkit with information and resources that any stakeholder can use to help promote Pension Credit.</li></ul><p> </p><p>As part of the annual uprating of State Pension, we will once again be writing to over 11 million pensioners in the new year and promoting Pension Credit in the accompanying materials.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 14/11/2022 14:15:28 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1540023

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	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	Pension Credit: Take-up
	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 eligible people were claiming Pension Credit in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	80664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Estimates for Pension Credit take-up in a financial year are only available at the Great Britain level and are available in the “Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up” publication which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 14/11/2022 14:18:21 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden