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1167793

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2019
	date	01/11/2019
	date tabled	01/11/2019
	ddp created	01/11/2019 15:10:44
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	01/11/2019 15:15:20 05/11/2019 17:15:15
	hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	identifier	8582
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 16:43:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2019 to Question 5404, what the working day turn around for maternity allowance claims was before 15 October 2019.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 8582
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8582
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The working day turnaround for Maternity Allowance claims averaged 55 working days up to the end of September 2019 and increased to 60 days by 15 October 2019.</p>
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1167826

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2019
	date	01/11/2019
	date tabled	01/11/2019
	ddp created	01/11/2019 15:12:02
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	01/11/2019 15:16:36 05/11/2019 17:01:04
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Honours
	house id	1
	identifier	8610
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 16:29:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30, (B) 31 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 8610
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8610
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. The proportion of women and people from ethnic minorities receiving recognition on each honours list is available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>, as is a breakdown of ethnicities of recipients, published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-ethnicity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-ethnicity</a>. Information on ages is not correlated with other diversity factors. We also publish the proportion of honours by independent committee on GOV.UK. The numbers of honours recipients in the Department for Work and Pensions are small and vary from year to year.</p>
	creator	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1167614

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	31/10/2019
	date tabled	31/10/2019
	ddp created	31/10/2019 17:40:48
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	31/10/2019 17:45:20 05/11/2019 16:54:02
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	identifier	8252
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 16:23:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents have had their passports revoked following a failure to make Child Maintenance Service payments since the new provisions came into effect.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 8252
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8252
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of passports revoked by Child maintenance Service is 4. This is clerically derived data, and therefore as with all clerically derived data, is subject to caveat.</p>
	creator	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1167615

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	31/10/2019
	date tabled	31/10/2019
	ddp created	31/10/2019 17:40:51
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	31/10/2019 17:45:23 04/11/2019 17:07:02
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	identifier	8253
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/11/2019 16:35:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that non-maintenance-paying parents do not request mandatory reconsiderations from the Child Maintenance Service to continue to avoid making payments.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 8253
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8253
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>All clients, regardless of their role within the scheme, have the right to request a decision be reconsidered by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS). Mandatory reconsideration rights only apply to decisions relating to child maintenance liability. The standard timescale in which a revision may be requested is within 30 days of the date of notification of the decision. Our policy is that a mandatory reconsideration will only happen once in respect of any particular decision, after which a client accrues the right to appeal to an independent tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>If a client requests a mandatory reconsideration, their child maintenance liability will remain in place as usual until a decision is made. Where a mandatory reconsideration or appeal is ongoing, the Service will continue to attempt collection of any debt that is not covered by the appeal. The CMS may make a decision to suspend enforcement action on debt which is subject to an appeal, as this may result in reimbursement for the amount collected.</p>
	creator	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1167656

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	31/10/2019
	date tabled	31/10/2019
	ddp created	31/10/2019 17:42:42
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	31/10/2019 17:47:29 05/11/2019 16:59:05
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	8227
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 16:27:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to collect data on the number of home visits being proactively offered to claimants of universal credit that have (a) a cancer diagnosis and (b) other health needs that would require a home visit; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 8227
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8227
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department are continuously reviewing and improving the service for vulnerable people, including those with a cancer diagnosis, who need to claim Universal Credit to ensure that it is supportive and responsive to their needs.</p><p> </p><p>Where claimants are unable to make or manage their Universal Credit claim online, telephone and face to face support in Jobcentres is available. Our staff already have the flexibility to respond to, or proactively suggest, that a home visit may be the best method of providing relevant support. The Department is committed to delivering what is right for a person’s circumstances and will conduct home visits when they are appropriate, recognising they are an important tool for those people with complex needs.</p>
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1167676

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2019
	date	31/10/2019
	date tabled	31/10/2019
	ddp created	31/10/2019 17:43:40
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	31/10/2019 17:48:19 05/11/2019 12:06:02
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	identifier	8207
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 11:34:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is responsible for digitisation in her Department; and what mechanisms the that person uses to champion digitisation.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 8207
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8207
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Service transformation is one of the Department for Work and Pensions’ strategic objectives. Accountability is shared between the Director General for Digital and the Director General for Service Excellence. It is coordinated through the Service Transformation Board which provides governance for service improvements as well as the strategic approach to the digitalisation of the Department’s services. The work is championed across the Department, including via Transformation Portfolio Managers and Digital product owners.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1167375

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 19:57:30
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:06:22 04/11/2019 17:46:04
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	identifier	7639
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/11/2019 17:14:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Birkenhead on the disability living allowance award of his constituent Ella May Allinson.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7639
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7639
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>A response was sent to the Rt Hon. Member on Friday 1 November 2019.</p>
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1167386

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 19:58:00
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:06:56 04/11/2019 14:14:02
	hansard heading	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	7629
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/11/2019 13:42:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 March 2019, Health and Disability Announcement, HCWS1376, what progress her Department has made on undertaking a review of the commitment to get more disabled people into work.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7629
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7629
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We set out our continued commitment to improving employment rates for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability. The goal is to see an increase in the number of disabled people in work from 3.5 million in Q1 2017 to 4.5 million in Q1 2027. In the first two years of the goal (Q1 2017 to Q1 2019), the number of disabled people in employment increased by 404,000. We welcome the continuing positive trends, and remain committed to unlocking the potential of all disabled people searching for work. We still have a significant way to go before achieving the goal.</p><p> </p><p>No single measure can capture everything that we want to achieve and we will continue to monitor improvements in the employment rate gap and other measures alongside the goal.</p>
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1167412

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 19:59:06
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:07:54 05/11/2019 14:23:02
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	identifier	7707
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 13:51:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 198, what steps she is taking to improve telephone waiting times for the employment and support allowance telephone helpline.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7707
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7707
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As a Department we regularly review the resource required to meet the demand on our telephony channels. Our aim is to provide our customers with the prompt service they deserve but at times high call volumes can have an impact on the service we provide - which may result in some of our customers experiencing extended wait times.</p><p> </p><p>Following a recent review, plans are in place for additional staffing to be deployed to handle Employment and Support Allowance calls and following this, we anticipate wait times to reduce.</p>
	creator	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1167436

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 20:00:08
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:08:50 05/11/2019 14:25:05
	hansard heading	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	7768
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 13:53:21
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of disabled people in work.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7768
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7768
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability is our strategy for helping people with disabilities or health conditions enter and remain in employment. It includes details of a wide range of programmes and initiatives that will help support disabled people, in making a successful transition to employment. For example:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Work and Health Programme will provide innovative support for around 275,000 people over five years. The majority of people of starting on the programme (around 220,000) will be disabled people, who can volunteer for the programme at any time.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Personal Support Package for people with health conditions and disabilities, with a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Access to Work is a demand-led, discretionary grant scheme which offers advice and in-work support to disabled people, above the level of statutory reasonable adjustments. An Access to Work customer may receive an award of up to £59,200 p.a. to pay for support to help them to enter or retain employment. This can include help with getting to work.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Through the Disability Confident scheme, DWP is engaging with employers, offering online guidance and helping to promote the skills, talents and abilities of disabled people.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The new Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme, which will roll out by the end of 2019, will provide highly personalised packages of employment support for disabled people, who are at least a year away from moving into work.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Over the last 5 years the number of disabled people in employment has increased by around 1.06 million since Q2 2013, and currently stands at 7.7 million.</p>
	creator	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith