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1024057

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/12/2018
	date	12/12/2018
	date tabled	12/12/2018
	ddp created	12/12/2018 19:00:49
	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	12/12/2018 19:10:08 20/12/2018 16:23:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	201678
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/12/2018 15:51:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had deductions from their universal credit of (a) 40 per cent and (b) 30 per cent for the repayment of advances on that benefit.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 201678
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201678
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Of the eligible Universal Credit Full Service claims due a payment in October 2018 (990,000 claims – rounded to the nearest 10,000):</p><ul><li>11,000 (rounded to the nearest 1,000) were repaying advances at 40% of their Standard Allowance. This is 1% of eligible claims and 3% of claims that were repaying an advance.</li><li>4,000 (rounded to the nearest 1,000) were repaying advances at 30% of their Standard Allowance. This is less than 0.5% of eligible claims and 1% of claims that were repaying an advance.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The claim count figures in this text will not match the official statistics due to methodological differences.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2018 we announced that from October 2019, we will reduce the maximum rate at which deductions can be made from a Universal Credit award from 40% to 30% of the standard allowance. The total saving for claimants is £25 million in 2019/20, increasing to £65 million in 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>This is detailed in Table 1.8 in the Budget 2018 which can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2018-documents/budget-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2018-documents/budget-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>This will ensure that those on Universal Credit are supported to repay debts in a more sustainable and manageable way. Additionally, from October 2021, the government will also increase the period over which advances will be recovered, from 12 to 16 months.</p><p> </p>
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	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1024058

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/12/2018
	date	12/12/2018
	date tabled	12/12/2018
	ddp created	12/12/2018 19:00:51
	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	13/12/2018 15:55:27 20/12/2018 16:01:03
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	201679
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/12/2018 15:29:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had deductions from their universal credit of (a) 20 per cent for a single debt as a result of (i) a utility company bill, (ii) council tax arrears and (iii) other liabilities and (b) 30 per cent for two such debts.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 201679
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201679
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department does not have access to data outlining third party deductions by deduction type. As such, to provide this data would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
	creator	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1024059

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/12/2018
	date	12/12/2018
	date tabled	12/12/2018
	ddp created	12/12/2018 19:00:53
	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	13/12/2018 16:15:24 20/12/2018 16:01:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	201680
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/12/2018 15:29:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had more than 40 per cent deducted from their universal credit payment to repay a combination of (a) advance payments of that benefit and (b)(i) utility debts and (ii) council tax arrears.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 201680
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201680
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department does not have access to data outlining third party deductions by deduction type. As such, to provide this data would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
	creator	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

731792

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/06/2017
	date	22/06/2017
	date tabled	22/06/2017
	ddp created	22/06/2017 20:22:30
	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	26/06/2017 23:09:54 27/06/2017 09:56:02
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	identifier	708
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/06/2017 09:55:29
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what level of fines have been levied against husbands or partners who avoided paying child maintenance in each year since the introduction of the Child Support Act 1991; and what other sanctions have been imposed on people in that period.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 708
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	708
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The only fines that can be imposed relating to child maintenance are as a result of criminal prosecution for failure to provide information or providing false information for the purposes of calculating the child maintenance liability. These fines are imposed by a court, information about fines is not recorded by my Department for management information purposes, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Within child maintenance enforcement, “sanctions” generally refers to powers used as a last resort, when other enforcement actions have not resulted in successful collection of arrears.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP publish information on enforcement actions.</p><p> </p><p>Information on both civil and criminal enforcement actions undertaken by the Child Support Agency (CSA) is only available from April 2007. This can be found in Table 22 of the latest CSA Quarterly Summary of Statistics, available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-march-2017</a> . This includes information on a variety of enforcement actions, including commitment to prison and disqualification from driving (in the Committals section), along with information on the number of prosecutions that have been undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>Information on civil and criminal enforcement action undertaken by the Child Maintenance Service is published on Table 16 of the Child Maintenance Service Experimental Statistics, which contains data between September 2015 and March 2017. The publication can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-mar-2017-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-mar-2017-experimental</a> . These statistics do not include detail on the different types of enforcement action, so do not include the number of sanction actions taken.</p>
	creator	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1146693

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/10/2019
	date	26/09/2019
	date tabled	26/09/2019
	ddp created	26/09/2019 16:54:39
	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	27/09/2019 12:45:51 01/10/2019 14:19:02
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	identifier	291234
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	01/10/2019 13:47:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to publish its report into the factors driving the use of food banks.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 291234
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	291234
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department is currently working on the literature review and a release date is yet to be determined.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p />
	creator	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1147092

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/10/2019
	date	30/09/2019
	date tabled	30/09/2019
	ddp created	30/09/2019 21:17:06
	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	30/09/2019 21:26:55 08/10/2019 11:06:04
	hansard heading	Jobcentres: Closures
	house id	1
	identifier	292104
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:34:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job centres have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and the most recent year for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 292104
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	292104
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Staff and service delivery have, where possible, been relocated to alternative DWP buildings or partner organisation’s buildings in order to maintain delivery of services to customers. Since 1<sup>st</sup> February 2010 through to 3<sup>rd</sup> October 2019, 219 buildings through which Jobcentre Plus services were delivered have been closed. On occasions jobcentres were closed to merge with other, bigger jobcentres or to accommodate co-location needs.</p><p> </p><p>Our DWP estate announcement on 5 July 2017 confirmed that some smaller jobcentres would merge with larger ones, and others would be co-located in local government premises. Merging our staff and services from some smaller or underutilised jobcentres, into larger jobcentres nearby, makes better use of space and reduces costs to the taxpayer while still maintaining the same excellent level of customer service.</p><p> </p><p>This has enabled the Department to offer a more efficient service, while delivering good value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to retaining a Jobcentre Plus network and continuing to serve throughout GB to make sure they can continue to access the Jobcentre Plus services they need.</p>
	creator	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

910224

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2018
	date	23/05/2018
	date tabled	23/05/2018
	ddp created	23/05/2018 19:18:01
	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	23/05/2018 19:27:29 04/06/2018 16:15:03
	hansard heading	Jobcentres: Closures
	house id	1
	identifier	147339
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2018 15:43:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job centres have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 147339
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	147339
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In March 2018, the 20-year contract covering the majority of DWPs current estate of over 900 sites came to an end. This presented an opportunity to re-evaluate what we needed from our estate. The increased use of our online services in recent years, coupled with reductions in unemployment and improved efficiency, meant that 20% of the rent being paid by DWP was going toward space we were not using.</p><p> </p><p>Given this, it is right that we reconfigure our Jobcentre estate and make the jobcentres fit for the 21st century. This is not about reducing services, but about taking the opportunity to stop spending money on empty space so we can spend more on supporting those in need.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On 5 July 2017, the Department for Work and Pensions confirmed that some smaller jobcentres would merge with larger ones, and others would be co-located in local government premises. Merging our staff and services from some smaller or underutilised jobcentres, into larger jobcentres nearby, makes better use of space and reduces costs to the taxpayer while still maintaining the same excellent level of customer service.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to retaining a jobcentre network and continuing to serve people in all areas of the UK to make sure they can continue to access the tailored services they need.</p><p> </p><p>The attached list contains the information requested.</p>
	creator	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1135559

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/07/2019
	date	28/06/2019
	date tabled	28/06/2019
	ddp created	28/06/2019 14:42:44
	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	28/06/2019 14:48:27 03/07/2019 16:04:01
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	identifier	270790
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/07/2019 15:32:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to minimise the frequency of assessment for recipients of employment support allowance and personal independence payment; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the light touch benefit reviews introduced for disabled people of pension age to (a) claimants with life-long disabilities and (b) all claimants.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 270790
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	270790
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Changes have been made to the benefit reassessment process for those with the most severe and lifelong health conditions.</p><p>In Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit, since September 2017 we have stopped routinely assessing those whose level of function would always mean that they are unlikely ever to be able to move into work. And in 2018 we introduced updated guidance for Personal Independence Payment health professionals and case managers to ensure that people who already receive the highest level of support and whose needs are unlikely to change or may get worse, will receive an ongoing award with a light touch review at the ten-year point.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

909474

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/05/2018
	date	22/05/2018
	date tabled	22/05/2018
	ddp created	22/05/2018 18:52:37
	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	22/05/2018 19:03:20 29/05/2018 11:21:04
	hansard heading	Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017
	house id	1
	identifier	146811
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/05/2018 10:49:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of the Bereavement Support Payments Regulation 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 146811
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	146811
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We intend to assess the impact of Bereavement Support Payment once sufficient evidence is available to assess all aspects of the policy.</p>
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

909475

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/05/2018
	date	22/05/2018
	date tabled	22/05/2018
	ddp created	22/05/2018 18:52:39
	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	22/05/2018 19:03:24 29/05/2018 11:21:03
	hansard heading	Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017
	house id	1
	identifier	146812
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/05/2018 10:49:37
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the savings to the Exchequer since the introduction of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 146812
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	146812
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Initially we will be investing extra funds into the reform to bereavement benefits and significant savings are not anticipated during the course of this Parliament.</p>
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi