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1148343

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	04/10/2019
	date tabled	04/10/2019
	ddp created	04/10/2019 14:11:13
	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	04/10/2019 14:15:57 08/10/2019 11:14:03
	hansard heading	Employment: Autism
	house id	1
	identifier	294727
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:42:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Disabled People of 2 July 2019, Official Report column 1180, what the outcome is of his discussions with the Office for National Statistics on including the numbers of autistic people in work as part of the labour force survey.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Burnley
	tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294727
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294727
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics is currently testing the addition of a measure of autism to the Labour Force Survey. Should the testing be successful, it is anticipated that it will be added to the survey in early 2020. This will give us a better understanding of the employment status for many autistic people of working age.</p>
	creator	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1148345

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	04/10/2019
	date tabled	04/10/2019
	ddp created	04/10/2019 14:11:18
	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	04/10/2019 14:16:02 08/10/2019 10:18:02
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	294728
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:46:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving personal independence payments are in receipt of both the mobility and daily living components.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294728
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294728
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility components a claimant is receiving can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p />
	creator	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

1148387

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	04/10/2019
	date tabled	04/10/2019
	ddp created	04/10/2019 14:13:14
	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	04/10/2019 14:17:57 08/10/2019 14:26:02
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	1
	identifier	294680
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 13:54:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre staff receive training to identify when a new claimant would be entitled to new-style employment and support allowance or new-style jobseeker's allowance.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294680
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294680
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p>
	creator	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1148389

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	04/10/2019
	date tabled	04/10/2019
	ddp created	04/10/2019 14:13:19
	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	04/10/2019 14:18:02 08/10/2019 11:20:05
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	294681
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:48:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether universal credit claimants who are eligible for (a) new style employment and support allowance and (b) new style jobseeker's allowance who would receive more money from one of those benefits than from universal credit are able to have their award backdated to when they made their claim.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294681
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294681
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Universal Credit replaces six benefits with one, to simplify the system and make work pay. As a result, people claiming Universal Credit move into work faster, stay in work longer and spend more time looking to increase their earnings. Universal Credit also provides more help with childcare costs, a dedicated Work Coach and scraps the 16, 24 and 30 hour ‘cliff edges’.</p><p> </p><p>Under the legacy system £2.4 billion of welfare benefits did not get paid at all because claimants could not navigate the complexity of the system. Universal Credit is putting this right, ensuring this money goes to 700,000 claimants who need it.</p><p> </p><p>Claims may be backdated, by up to one calendar month, in limited circumstances for vulnerable claimants who may be delayed in claiming Universal Credit through no fault of their own. Claims may also be backdated in specific circumstances when a couple separates to ensure that there is no gap in entitlement between the couple claim and the new claim made by a single claimant.</p><p> </p><p>For new style Employment and Support Allowance, a claimant has three months following the qualifying date to claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Department provides benefit eligibility information to help people make decisions surrounding benefits to which they may be entitled, along with details about how to claim them. This is available through Jobcentre Plus offices and via the GOV.UK website.</p>
	creator	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1148404

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	04/10/2019
	date tabled	04/10/2019
	ddp created	04/10/2019 14:14:03
	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	04/10/2019 14:18:42 08/10/2019 10:25:04
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Newport West
	house id	1
	identifier	294753
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:24:29
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution in Newport West constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294753
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294753
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the Newport West constituency, since 2012, approximately 11,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,400 employers have met their duties.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a>.</p><p> </p><p />
	creator	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1148167

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:58:20
	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	03/10/2019 17:07:24 08/10/2019 11:12:05
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	identifier	294118
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:40:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work applications were (a) made and (b) successful in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland in (A) 2016-17, (B) 2017-18 and (B) 2018-19.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294118
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294118
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested about number of applications and length of time between application and receiving support is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, in regard to number of successful applications, the published Access to Work statistics include how many applications resulted in provision being approved broken down by financial year and various customer characteristics including region. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p /><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019</a></p>
	creator	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1148168

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:58:23
	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	03/10/2019 17:07:26 08/10/2019 11:12:03
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	identifier	294119
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:40:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was for support to provided to successful applications for Access to Work in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland in (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18 and (iii) 2018-19.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294119
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294119
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested about number of applications and length of time between application and receiving support is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, in regard to number of successful applications, the published Access to Work statistics include how many applications resulted in provision being approved broken down by financial year and various customer characteristics including region. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p /><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019</a></p>
	creator	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1148169

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:58:26
	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	04/10/2019 12:05:30 08/10/2019 11:12:02
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	identifier	294120
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:40:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest time period was for a successful applicant for Access to Work support waited for before that support was put in place in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland in 2018-19.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294120
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294120
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested about number of applications and length of time between application and receiving support is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, in regard to number of successful applications, the published Access to Work statistics include how many applications resulted in provision being approved broken down by financial year and various customer characteristics including region. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p /><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019</a></p>
	creator	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1148171

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:58:31
	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	04/10/2019 12:15:15 08/10/2019 09:39:02
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	identifier	294146
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:07:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Scottish Government has requested that her Department administer the new Scottish child payment and; and what estimate she has made of the cost of administering that payment.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294146
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294146
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Scottish Child Payment will be administered by Social Security Scotland. The Department will assist the Scottish Government where this is feasible. The cost of administration will fall to the Scottish Government.</p>
	creator	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1148180

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:58:56
	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	03/10/2019 17:07:53 08/10/2019 10:58:05
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	identifier	294230
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:26:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the 2016 changes to the state pension system on the household income of people who have been recently bereaved.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294230
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294230
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government published an impact assessment ‘<em>New State pension: impact on an individual's pension entitlement longer term effects’</em> in January 2016. This included impacts on derived entitlement to the State Pension. The estimates show around 2 per cent of men and 6 per cent of women reaching State Pension age between 2016-2020 were expected to receive less State Pension due to the withdrawal of derived entitlement. The proportion affected falls over the first two decades of the new State Pension. Further information on the impact of new State Pension reform on derived entitlement is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the overall costs of the new State Pension (formerly the Single Tier) is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311316/pensions-act-ia-annex-a-single-tier-state-pension.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311316/pensions-act-ia-annex-a-single-tier-state-pension.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The cost estimates of the new State Pension do not provide a specific breakdown of savings from the inheritance of spouses’ State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>The new State Pension was introduced for people reaching State Pension age from 6 April 2016 onwards to provide a clearer, simpler and sustainable system for the future and is based on an individual’s own National Insurance record. This both reflects changes in society where individuals are able to build a State Pension in their own right and a wider crediting regime that rewards periods of caring when people are away from the labour market. There is transitional protection of the old derived basic State Pension for women whose own contribution history was affected by taking the option to pay reduced-rate National Insurance contributions. Transitional arrangements also enable widowed people in certain circumstances to inherit all, or part, of the additional State Pension or Graduated Retirement Benefit they could have inherited under the old State Pension system.</p><p> </p><p>A step-by-step guide to the changes to the rules on deriving and inheriting State Pension is available on the Government website at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> using the search term 'state pension through partner'.</p><p> </p><p>The transitional arrangements for the new State Pension have been designed to be to fair to the greatest number of people possible and to ensure that the vast majority of people have at least the full amount of new State Pension as quickly possible.</p><p>The new State Pension will benefit many women, carers and self-employed people, who historically often did less well under previous systems. For example, over three million women stand to receive an average of £550 more per year by 2030 as a result of the recent reforms.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are committed to the triple lock for the duration of this Parliament. In April 2019, full amounts of the basic and new State Pensions increased by 2.6%, in line with average earnings growth. The full yearly rate of the basic State Pension is worth over £1,600 more in cash terms 2019/20 than it was in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, Pension Credit provides a top up means-tested benefit for pensioners to protect those who are most in need.</p>
	creator	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1148181

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:58:58
	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	03/10/2019 17:07:56 08/10/2019 10:58:03
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	identifier	294231
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:26:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the savings accrued to the public purse by the 2016 changes to the state pension system, specifically in relation to the inheritance of spouses’ state pension.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294231
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294231
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government published an impact assessment ‘<em>New State pension: impact on an individual's pension entitlement longer term effects’</em> in January 2016. This included impacts on derived entitlement to the State Pension. The estimates show around 2 per cent of men and 6 per cent of women reaching State Pension age between 2016-2020 were expected to receive less State Pension due to the withdrawal of derived entitlement. The proportion affected falls over the first two decades of the new State Pension. Further information on the impact of new State Pension reform on derived entitlement is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the overall costs of the new State Pension (formerly the Single Tier) is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311316/pensions-act-ia-annex-a-single-tier-state-pension.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311316/pensions-act-ia-annex-a-single-tier-state-pension.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The cost estimates of the new State Pension do not provide a specific breakdown of savings from the inheritance of spouses’ State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>The new State Pension was introduced for people reaching State Pension age from 6 April 2016 onwards to provide a clearer, simpler and sustainable system for the future and is based on an individual’s own National Insurance record. This both reflects changes in society where individuals are able to build a State Pension in their own right and a wider crediting regime that rewards periods of caring when people are away from the labour market. There is transitional protection of the old derived basic State Pension for women whose own contribution history was affected by taking the option to pay reduced-rate National Insurance contributions. Transitional arrangements also enable widowed people in certain circumstances to inherit all, or part, of the additional State Pension or Graduated Retirement Benefit they could have inherited under the old State Pension system.</p><p> </p><p>A step-by-step guide to the changes to the rules on deriving and inheriting State Pension is available on the Government website at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> using the search term 'state pension through partner'.</p><p> </p><p>The transitional arrangements for the new State Pension have been designed to be to fair to the greatest number of people possible and to ensure that the vast majority of people have at least the full amount of new State Pension as quickly possible.</p><p>The new State Pension will benefit many women, carers and self-employed people, who historically often did less well under previous systems. For example, over three million women stand to receive an average of £550 more per year by 2030 as a result of the recent reforms.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are committed to the triple lock for the duration of this Parliament. In April 2019, full amounts of the basic and new State Pensions increased by 2.6%, in line with average earnings growth. The full yearly rate of the basic State Pension is worth over £1,600 more in cash terms 2019/20 than it was in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, Pension Credit provides a top up means-tested benefit for pensioners to protect those who are most in need.</p>
	creator	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1148184

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:59:07
	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	03/10/2019 17:08:03 08/10/2019 10:19:02
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Dunfermline and West Fife
	house id	1
	identifier	294182
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:48:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution in the Dunfermline and West Fife constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294182
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294182
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the Dunfermline and West Fife constituency, since 2012, approximately 7,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,310 employers have met their duties.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a></p><p />
	creator	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1148186

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:59:16
	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	03/10/2019 17:08:08 08/10/2019 11:36:02
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Carshalton and Wallington
	house id	1
	identifier	294082
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 11:04:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution in Carshalton and Wallington constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294082
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294082
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the Carshalton and Wallington constituency, since 2012, approximately 11,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,530 employers have met their duties.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink: https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</p>
	creator	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1148202

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 17:00:01
	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	03/10/2019 17:08:48 08/10/2019 13:58:06
	hansard heading	Plumbing and Mechanical Services (UK) Industry Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	identifier	294206
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 13:26:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effect of Section 75 debt notification letters issued from the Plumbing and Mechanical Services (UK) Industry Pension multi-employer pension scheme on (a) the financial viability of that scheme, (b) people in that scheme and (c) the value of the debt requests; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294206
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294206
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The issue of Section 75 debt notices and estimates are a private matter between the scheme trustee and employers. It is the role of the scheme trustee to ensure that the pension scheme is run properly and that members’ benefits are secure.</p><p> </p><p>DWP’s 2017 Green Paper “security-and-sustainability-in-defined-benefit-pension-schemes” assessed changing the way employer debts are calculated and the impact this would have on members’ benefit security and remaining employers. This assessment showed any changes would weaken members’ benefit security, whilst placing significant additional costs on employers who would remain in the scheme. It also showed that excluding orphan liabilities from employer debt calculations would not necessarily resolve the issues some employers face with complying with their employer debt obligations.</p>
	creator	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1148206

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 17:00:13
	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	03/10/2019 17:08:57 08/10/2019 10:10:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	294147
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:38:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the cost of increasing the child element of the universal credit payment by (a) £10 a week and (b) 70 per cent; and how many children would be taken out of poverty as a result of each.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294147
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294147
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1148208

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 17:00:18
	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	03/10/2019 17:09:02 08/10/2019 10:48:03
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	294148
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:16:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the most recent annual estimate is of the cost of ending the two child limit for universal credit between now and 2033/34.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294148
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294148
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>No assessment has been made up to 2033/34, however we estimate that the cost of ending this policy to be around £5bn up to 23/24.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s view is that providing support for a maximum of two children or qualifying young persons in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit ensures fairness between claimants on the one hand and, on the other, those taxpayers who support themselves solely through work. Where they are able to, Individuals should consider whether they are financially prepared to support a new child without relying on benefits.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some claimants are not able to make the same choices about the number of children in their family, which is why exceptions have been put in place to protect certain groups. On migration to Universal Credit families’ existing entitlement will be protected, so long as they remain responsible for the same children and entitled to benefit.</p>
	creator	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1148215

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 17:00:38
	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	03/10/2019 17:09:19 08/10/2019 11:26:02
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	identifier	294191
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:55:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to respond to the letter of 2 September 2019 from the hon. member for Glasgow Central addressed to the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work on the issue of work at height.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294191
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294191
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Minister for Work and Pensions (Lords) responded to the hon. member on Tuesday 8 October 2019.</p>
	creator	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1148253

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 17:02:33
	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	04/10/2019 12:15:22 08/10/2019 09:51:07
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy
	house id	1
	identifier	294186
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:19:45
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a primary condition of epilepsy who receive personal independence payments that are in receipt of the mobility component.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294186
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294186
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility component a claimant is receiving and by their main disabling condition can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p>
	creator	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

1148254

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 17:02:35
	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	03/10/2019 17:10:49 08/10/2019 09:51:05
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy
	house id	1
	identifier	294187
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:19:45
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a primary condition of epilepsy receiving personal independence payments (PIP) are in receipt of the PIP daily living component.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294187
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294187
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility component a claimant is receiving and by their main disabling condition can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p>
	creator	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

1148255

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 17:02:41
	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	03/10/2019 17:10:51 08/10/2019 09:51:03
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy
	house id	1
	identifier	294188
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:19:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a primary condition of epilepsy receiving personal independence payments (PIP) are in receipt of both the mobility and daily living components of PIP.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294188
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294188
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility component a claimant is receiving and by their main disabling condition can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p>
	creator	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

1148256

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 17:02:47
	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	03/10/2019 17:10:55 08/10/2019 09:51:02
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	294189
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:19:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving personal independence payments are in receipt of the PIP mobility component.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294189
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294189
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility component a claimant is receiving and by their main disabling condition can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p>
	creator	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

1148257

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 17:02:50
	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	03/10/2019 17:10:57 08/10/2019 09:51:08
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	294190
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:19:45
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving personal independence payments are in receipt of the PIP daily living component.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294190
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294190
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility component a claimant is receiving and by their main disabling condition can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p>
	creator	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

1147772

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 18:57:42
	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	02/10/2019 19:08:56 08/10/2019 10:37:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	293422
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:05:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) delays and (b) errors in universal credit awards as a result of (ii) inaccurate in Real Time Information and (iii) differences in the operating systems used by (A) her Department and (B) HMRC; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293422
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293422
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department has been working closely with HMRC since Universal Credit went live in 2013 to support and inform employers who report earnings to emphasise the importance of timely reporting via the Real Time Information (RTI) system.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have updated their guidance to reiterate to employers the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles; the Financial Secretary to the Treasury is also working closely with HMRC and employers to do this.</p>
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1147776

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 18:57:53
	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	03/10/2019 14:05:12 07/10/2019 16:58:04
	hansard heading	Pensioners: EU Countries
	house id	1
	identifier	293412
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 16:26:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK Pensioners residing in the EU would not receive an up-rated pension after 2022-23 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293412
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293412
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has been clear that leaving the EU with a deal is its preferred option.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has put in place contingency plans for a range of exit scenarios. These contingencies ensure that DWP can continue to provide our vital services and that individuals will continue to be able to access DWP benefits and services on the same basis as they do now.</p><p> </p><p>In the event that the UK exits the EU without a deal we will continue to pay annual increases for UK State Pension recipients living in the EEA for a further three years, until 2022-23. We plan to negotiate an agreement with the EU to continue to pay increases in the longer term.</p>
	creator	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1147781

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 18:58:08
	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	02/10/2019 19:09:30 08/10/2019 10:27:08
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	293470
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:55:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September to Question 290673 on Universal Credit, whether a reduction in the monthly repayments of a court fine from 40 per cent to a lower amount will return to the 40 per cent rate in the following month if a person has no other deductions attached to a universal credit claim.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293470
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293470
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Our deductions policy strikes a fair balance between a claimant’s need to meet their obligations and a claimant’s ability to ensure they can meet their day-to-day needs. From October 2019, deductions will be capped at 30% of a claimant’s standard allowance down from 40% to better achieve this balance.</p><p> </p><p>In the scenario outlined, if a person has no other deductions, the most that would be deducted for a court fine in the following assessment period is £108.35. This is because the maximum deduction for court fines is based on a fixed figure in regulations rather than a percentage. If the £108.35 figure were more than 30% of the claimant’s standard allowance, the deduction would be reduced to 5% of the standard allowance, ensuring the 30% cap was not exceeded. The policy was designed to deduct either the minimum or maximum set out in regulations and avoid inconsistencies that may arise if discretion was to be exercised for each claimant’s deduction.</p>
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1147800

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 18:59:03
	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	03/10/2019 14:15:11 08/10/2019 11:14:02
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	identifier	293652
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:42:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of coordinating assessments for claimants applying for universal credit and personal independence payments.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293652
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293652
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In responses to the 2016 Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability Green Paper consultation and through several other forums, stakeholders have raised concerns about the feeling of duplication across the current assessment processes. We have therefore been exploring options to reduce this, and make improvements to the customer experience. By testing the feasibility of a single assessment for Employment and Support Allowance/Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment we can seek to understand if it will improve the assessment process for our customers, and ensure that it delivers high quality and accurate outcomes. The study is being informed by existing evidence and we have been gathering views and insight from key stakeholders to understand the issues around implementing this.</p><p> </p><p>I do consider there are merits and we announced in March 2019 that we have launched the Health Transformation Programme to deliver a new integrated assessment service across all health and disability benefits. This will make the assessment process simpler, quicker, more user-friendly and more joined-up whichever benefit people are claiming. This integrated service will still be taking applications to individual benefits on a separate basis.</p>
	creator	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1147801

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 18:59:06
	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	02/10/2019 19:10:46 08/10/2019 11:27:05
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	identifier	293653
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:55:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was to her Department of personal independence payment appeals which over-turned the decision of her Department over the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293653
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293653
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p>
	creator	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1147802

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 18:59:09
	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	02/10/2019 19:10:50 07/10/2019 12:29:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Appeals
	house id	1
	identifier	293654
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 11:57:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was to her Department of universal credit appeals which over-turned the decision of her Department over the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293654
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293654
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p>
	creator	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1147807

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 18:59:22
	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	03/10/2019 10:45:09 08/10/2019 13:56:02
	hansard heading	Welfare Assistance Schemes: Families and Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	293657
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 13:24:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to local authorities to ensure the provision of (a) local welfare assistance and (b) other services to (i) families and (ii) young people in crisis.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Scott Mann
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293657
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293657
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Welfare Reform Act 2012 abolished Social Fund Crisis Loans and Community Grants from April 2013. The funding was passed over to local authorities in England and devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales on a non-ringfenced basis, and with no statutory duties attached.</p><p> </p><p>DWP provides a network of around 300 specialised work coaches for the cross government Troubled Families Programme. These Troubled Families Employment Advisers (TFEAs) support families across all local authority areas in England, providing tailored, one to one employment and welfare support. TFEAs also upskill local authorities and partners on employment matters.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is working with all top tier local authorities in England to help them to address parental conflict, which can harm children’s outcomes. 98% of local authorities have taken up our offer of training for frontline practitioners and support for strategic leaders, to increase local capability in addressing parental conflict.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

1147829

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:00:24
	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	02/10/2019 19:12:18 08/10/2019 10:39:03
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Scotland
	house id	1
	identifier	293692
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:07:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the time taken for universal credit payments to be made to claimants on trends in the level of food bank use in Scotland.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293692
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293692
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department does not keep official statistics on food bank use, so no such assessment has been completed. Some food aid providers produce statistics on the number of food parcels distributed, but the Government has no plans to require individual food banks to keep records as this would place a significant burden on charitable and voluntary organisations.</p><p> </p><p>We have listened to feedback on how we can improve Universal Credit to support our claimants and acted quickly, making improvements such as extending advances, removing waiting days, and introducing housing benefit run on. These changes are giving support to vulnerable people who need it most, whilst at the same time helping people get into work faster.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, in Scotland, the Department delivers Universal Credit Scottish choices on behalf of the Scottish Government, providing the option of Universal Credit being paid twice a month rather than monthly, and having Universal Credit housing element being paid directly to landlords.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p>
	creator	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1147847

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:01:19
	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	02/10/2019 19:13:25 08/10/2019 11:58:02
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	293694
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 11:26:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that information relating to Pension Credit eligibility is accessible to people who are classed as being digitally excluded.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293694
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293694
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are over 1.6 million people already claiming £5.4 billion in Pension Credit but the Government wants to ensure that all pensioners eligible can claim the Pension Credit to which they are rightly entitled.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP uses a wide range of channels, in addition to <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>, to communicate information about benefits to potential claimants. We target activity on engaging with people who may be eligible to benefits at pivotal stages, such as when they claim State Pension, Attendance Allowance or when they report a change in their circumstances which could result in them becoming eligible for Pension Credit. Staff in Pension Centres and Jobcentres as well as DWP visiting officers are able to provide help and advice about entitlement to benefits including Pension Credit either to individuals or community groups. Staff in Local Authorities who administer Housing Benefit also provide information about Pension Credit</p><p><br> For general enquiries about Pension Credit, potential customers can telephone the freephone Pension Service helpline on 08007310469 and the easiest way to make a claim is via the freephone claim line 0800991234. Anyone wishing to make a claim by post can request a paper application form.</p><p>The Government wants to make sure that all older people receive the support they are entitled to and we therefore also welcome and encourage initiatives to promote take up of Pension Credit by national and local organisations who may often be the first place people turn to for information and help.</p>
	creator	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1147855

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:01:49
	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	02/10/2019 19:13:54 07/10/2019 13:30:06
	hansard heading	Poverty: Females
	house id	1
	identifier	293446
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 12:58:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of women and girls living below the poverty line.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293446
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293446
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>National Statistics on the number of children in relative and absolute low income are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; (HBAI) publication.</p><p> </p><p>In the latest low income statistics, the number of women (including those of pension age) and female children below the poverty line decreased in three out of four measures compared to 2009/10. In 2017/18 there were 3.8 million women in absolute poverty before housings costs, down from 3.9 million in 2009/10. In 2017/18 there were 1.2 million female children in poverty in absolute poverty before housing costs, down from 1.3 million in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>The above information has been sourced from the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics using Stat-Xplore. Stat-Xplore can be accessed using: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p>
	creator	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1147857

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:01:57
	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	02/10/2019 19:14:01 07/10/2019 17:06:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	293665
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 16:34:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking with representatives of Paypoint UK to ensure that universal credit claimants without access to a bank account receive their entitlement without delay.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293665
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293665
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department’s standard method of payment for pensions and benefits is to pay into a bank account, building society account, credit union account, internet based account or a basic bank account of the customer’s choice. For claimants who cannot open or manage one of these accounts, or provide the details for their own account to access their payment, the Department can offer two payment exception methods: The Post Office Card Account (POca) and HM Government Payment Exception Service (HMG PES). These payment exception methods ensure that claimants can receive their entitlement on time via the Post Office network (POca) or PayPoint outlet.</p><p> </p><p>The HMG PES provider is I-movo Limited. I-movo subcontracts the delivery of its counter services to Paypoint UK which operates a contact centre and a complaints process. These provisions enable complaints to be logged and monitored should anyone have cause to complain about the service received at a PayPoint location. All complaints are recorded and monitored through to successful resolution.</p>
	creator	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1147872

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:03:05
	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	02/10/2019 19:14:59 08/10/2019 11:29:11
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Erith and Thamesmead
	house id	1
	identifier	293532
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:57:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Erith and Thamesmead constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293532
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293532
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the Erith and Thamesmead constituency, since 2012, approximately 5,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,180 employers have met their duties.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink: https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</p>
	creator	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

1147876

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:03:18
	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	02/10/2019 19:15:11 07/10/2019 17:02:07
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Canterbury
	house id	1
	identifier	293697
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 16:30:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Canterbury constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution in a workplace pension.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293697
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293697
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the Canterbury constituency, since 2012, approximately 11,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,830 employers have met their duties.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1147901

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:04:37
	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	02/10/2019 19:16:21 07/10/2019 17:10:38
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Stoke-on-Trent North
	house id	1
	identifier	293668
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 16:38:21
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Stoke-on-Trent North constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293668
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293668
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the Stoke-on-Trent North constituency, since 2012, approximately 6,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,250 employers have met their duties.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p>
	creator	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1147903

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:04:43
	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	02/10/2019 19:16:27 08/10/2019 10:30:08
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Northampton South
	house id	1
	identifier	293715
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:58:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Northampton South constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Northampton South
	tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293715
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293715
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the Northampton South constituency, since 2012, approximately 39,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 2,300 employers have met their duties.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a></p>
	creator	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1147904

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:04:46
	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	03/10/2019 14:15:26 08/10/2019 10:30:05
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	293707
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:58:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with social landlords on rent arrears caused by the time between a claimant’s universal credit being paid and the housing costs being sent to the landlord via APA on the next bulk payment run.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293707
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293707
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Initial analytical work we have carried out with a single housing provider suggests that many tenants are arriving on Universal Credit with pre-existing rent arrears, supporting research carried out by the National Federation of ALMOs which shows over three quarters of their tenants come onto Universal Credit with pre-existing rent arrears. It also shows that arrears tend to increase prior to making a claim for Universal Credit, and that Universal Credit actually appears to be helping to clear arrears over time. We are currently extending this analysis to include a number of housing providers. It will be published when completed.</p><p>The Department encourages all Universal Credit claimants to actively consider how best to manage their personal budget which includes making their own rent payments to landlords, with additional advice and support available from work coaches and case managers where needed. We regularly engage with a range of stakeholders, including landlords, to ensure we understand concerns which helps us to design improvements to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative Payment Arrangements (APAs), such as a managed payment to landlord (MPTL), are available to enable the housing costs element to be paid directly to the landlord if the tenant is likely to have difficulty in managing their rent payments or is in rent arrears. APAs will only be considered where a lack of financial capability poses a risk to the claimant, or their family, and the decision to implement one is assessed on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department issues a schedule of payments to Social Rented Sector (SRS) landlords, and our Third Party Creditor system - currently used to pay SRS landlords - uses a 28-day payment cycle. We are currently working with a range of landlords to design, develop and test a better services with the intention of having a solution in place by the end of this year.</p>
	creator	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1147906

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:04:52
	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	02/10/2019 19:16:37 08/10/2019 10:30:03
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	293708
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 09:58:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to introduce any-day payment of housing costs via APA to avoid delays between the tenant’s universal credit payment date and the next bulk payment of housing costs to landlords.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293708
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293708
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Initial analytical work we have carried out with a single housing provider suggests that many tenants are arriving on Universal Credit with pre-existing rent arrears, supporting research carried out by the National Federation of ALMOs which shows over three quarters of their tenants come onto Universal Credit with pre-existing rent arrears. It also shows that arrears tend to increase prior to making a claim for Universal Credit, and that Universal Credit actually appears to be helping to clear arrears over time. We are currently extending this analysis to include a number of housing providers. It will be published when completed.</p><p>The Department encourages all Universal Credit claimants to actively consider how best to manage their personal budget which includes making their own rent payments to landlords, with additional advice and support available from work coaches and case managers where needed. We regularly engage with a range of stakeholders, including landlords, to ensure we understand concerns which helps us to design improvements to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative Payment Arrangements (APAs), such as a managed payment to landlord (MPTL), are available to enable the housing costs element to be paid directly to the landlord if the tenant is likely to have difficulty in managing their rent payments or is in rent arrears. APAs will only be considered where a lack of financial capability poses a risk to the claimant, or their family, and the decision to implement one is assessed on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department issues a schedule of payments to Social Rented Sector (SRS) landlords, and our Third Party Creditor system - currently used to pay SRS landlords - uses a 28-day payment cycle. We are currently working with a range of landlords to design, develop and test a better services with the intention of having a solution in place by the end of this year.</p>
	creator	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1147917

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:05:35
	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	02/10/2019 19:25:29 08/10/2019 11:28:03
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Shipley
	house id	1
	identifier	293501
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 10:56:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Shipley constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293501
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293501
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the Shipley constituency, since 2012, approximately 9,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,590 employers have met their duties.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p>https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink:<a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a>.</p>
	creator	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1147920

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:05:48
	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	03/10/2019 14:15:29 07/10/2019 13:48:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	293439
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 13:16:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of October 1 to Question 290635 on universal credit, what evidence her Department used to reduce the repayment level from 40 per cent to 30 per cent of universal credit award.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293439
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293439
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department collects and analyses data on Universal Credit regularly, including on the rate of deductions. Alongside this, the Department is always building our understanding on the impact deductions can have on claimants, and has heard evidence from external organisations on this issue. We have to balance these impacts with the need for claimants to meet their obligations.</p><p> </p><p>We believe the reduction from 40 percent to 30 percent strikes a fair balance between a claimant’s need to make essential repayments and their ability to ensure they can meet their day-to-day needs. It maintains our policy to enforce social obligations such as the payment of fines and Child Maintenance, ensure Government debt is recovered and vitally to safeguard claimants from the potential impacts of not repaying priority debts, such as homelessness or the deduction of fuel.</p>
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147921

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:05:52
	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	03/10/2019 14:15:31 08/10/2019 13:53:04
	hansard heading	Welfare Assistance Schemes
	house id	1
	identifier	293440
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 13:21:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the decision to abolish the Discretionary Social Fund and replace it with local welfare assistance schemes has had on the ability of people experiencing a financial crisis to access monetary support.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293440
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293440
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Local welfare assistance is an umbrella term used describe local authority provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities’ abilities to act in this area are provided under various powers, for example, section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 enables local authorities to provide financial assistance to any individual.</p><p> </p><p>Since the reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 which abolished Crisis Loans and Community Care Grants, the Local Government Financial Settlement has included a notional amount relating to local welfare provision in each upper-tier and unitary authority’s general grant. The settlement for 2015-16 set this amount at £129.6 million for England in each year until 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pension's (DWP) 2014 review found that local authorities delivered support more effectively than the previous provision and that councils are best placed to decide how to target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision.</p><p />
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147937

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:07:05
	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	03/10/2019 14:15:34 08/10/2019 15:34:04
	hansard heading	Child Maintenance Service
	house id	1
	identifier	293506
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 15:03:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service holds data on the number of active cases managed by that service by Parliamentary constituency.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293506
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293506
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Figures on number of active cases managed by the Child Maintenance Service broken down by Parliamentary constituency are intended for future publication.</p><p> </p><p>The Department currently publishes figures which show geographical breakdowns to Local Authority level of the main figures from the Child Maintenance Service statistics to June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>These can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-june-2019-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-june-2019-experimental</a></p>
	creator	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1147956

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:08:32
	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	02/10/2019 19:27:13 07/10/2019 17:13:06
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Birmingham Hodge Hill
	house id	1
	identifier	293477
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 16:41:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in the Birmingham, Hodge Hill constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293477
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293477
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In the Birmingham, Hodge Hill constituency, since 2012, approximately 6,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,360 employers have met their duties.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a></p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1147981

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:10:21
	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	03/10/2019 14:15:36 07/10/2019 14:37:11
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Eligibility
	house id	1
	identifier	293432
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 14:06:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290603, what support is available to people who would otherwise be eligible for benefits and who are undergoing long-term hospital care to pay for (a) mortgages, (b) rents and (c) other personal and care charges to help ensure that they do not lose their unit of accommodation while in NHS-funded care.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293432
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293432
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>It is a long standing principle that there should not be double provision for the same contingency out of public funds. Legislation provides that where any costs of qualifying services are borne out of public funds the disability benefits (Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment) are withdrawn after 28 days.</p><p> </p><p>Certain additions are payable on top of income-related benefits, such as Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support, Employment and Support Allowance, and Universal Credit. Housing costs in legacy benefits and Universal Credit are withdrawn after an adult has been a hospital in-patient for a specified period depending on their individual circumstances.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Housing Benefit can remain in payment up to 52 weeks, for people who are hospitalised, as long as they intend to return to their normal dwelling and it has not been sublet during their absence.</p>
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1147991

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:10:56
	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	02/10/2019 19:28:46 07/10/2019 17:37:05
	hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
	house id	1
	identifier	293716
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 17:05:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what dedicated emergency support her Department has put in place to help and advise Thomas Cook members of staff who have lost their jobs.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293716
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293716
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>DWP stands ready to support anyone affected by the closure of Thomas Cook, with our Rapid Response Service (RRS) offer. This is a redundancy service designed to give support and advice to employers and their employees when faced with redundancy. It is coordinated nationally by the National Employer and Partnership Team (NEPT) and is managed by Jobcentre Plus.</p><p> </p><p>The RRS has been mobilised to help people find a new job as soon as possible by offering tailored support. Each Jobcentre Plus district deploy resources according to the situation and the requirements of the workforce. The RRS is delivered in partnership with a range of national and local partners, including National Careers Service and local service providers.</p><p> </p><p>NEPT have contacted several large employers and trade bodies to identify a range of opportunities for Thomas Cook members of staff who have lost their jobs and the Department is working closely with over 100 employers to offer support and opportunities. We are delivering over 65 Job Fairs nationally, where ex-employees can meet local employers with vacancies.</p><p> </p><p>The full range of support available from Jobcentre Plus and partners includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Information advice and guidance.</li><li>Connecting people to jobs in the labour market.</li><li>Help with job search including CV writing, interview skills, where to find jobs and how to apply for them.</li><li>Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps (linked to the local labour<br> market).</li><li>Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry recognised<br> certification that will improve employability.</li><li>Help to overcome barriers to attending training or securing a job or <br> self-employment such as child care costs, necessary tools, work clothes, travel costs etc.</li><li>On-site presentations to those affected.</li><li>Job Fairs and Job Clubs where appropriate.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Our local teams are monitoring all new claims to benefits to identify where the claimant is an ex-employee of Thomas Cook so that they quickly receive the right level of support.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the number of ex-employees who have been offered alternative employment opportunities is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p>
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1147992

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:11:00
	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	02/10/2019 19:28:48 07/10/2019 17:37:03
	hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
	house id	1
	identifier	293717
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 17:05:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of Thomas Cook who have lost their jobs following the company's collapse have been offered alternative employment opportunities as of 2 October 2019.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293717
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293717
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>DWP stands ready to support anyone affected by the closure of Thomas Cook, with our Rapid Response Service (RRS) offer. This is a redundancy service designed to give support and advice to employers and their employees when faced with redundancy. It is coordinated nationally by the National Employer and Partnership Team (NEPT) and is managed by Jobcentre Plus.</p><p> </p><p>The RRS has been mobilised to help people find a new job as soon as possible by offering tailored support. Each Jobcentre Plus district deploy resources according to the situation and the requirements of the workforce. The RRS is delivered in partnership with a range of national and local partners, including National Careers Service and local service providers.</p><p> </p><p>NEPT have contacted several large employers and trade bodies to identify a range of opportunities for Thomas Cook members of staff who have lost their jobs and the Department is working closely with over 100 employers to offer support and opportunities. We are delivering over 65 Job Fairs nationally, where ex-employees can meet local employers with vacancies.</p><p> </p><p>The full range of support available from Jobcentre Plus and partners includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Information advice and guidance.</li><li>Connecting people to jobs in the labour market.</li><li>Help with job search including CV writing, interview skills, where to find jobs and how to apply for them.</li><li>Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps (linked to the local labour<br> market).</li><li>Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry recognised<br> certification that will improve employability.</li><li>Help to overcome barriers to attending training or securing a job or <br> self-employment such as child care costs, necessary tools, work clothes, travel costs etc.</li><li>On-site presentations to those affected.</li><li>Job Fairs and Job Clubs where appropriate.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Our local teams are monitoring all new claims to benefits to identify where the claimant is an ex-employee of Thomas Cook so that they quickly receive the right level of support.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the number of ex-employees who have been offered alternative employment opportunities is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p>
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1147993

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:11:04
	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	02/10/2019 19:28:51 08/10/2019 14:01:02
	hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
	house id	1
	identifier	293718
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 13:29:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to provide pension protection for Thomas Cook staff.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293718
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293718
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Thomas Cook schemes provide both Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Defined Contribution pensions are operated independently of Thomas Cook, with funds held separately. Pension pots will not be affected and will continue to be invested on behalf of the members. If there are unpaid pension contributions the Insolvency Service can make payments out of the National Insurance Fund within specified limits.</p><p> </p><p>The Thomas Cook Defined Benefit pension schemes are protected by the Pension Protection Fund. These schemes are well funded and are able to continue to paying out pensions to their members. The Pension Protection Fund will assess whether it will need to take responsibility for payments in the future. Payments cannot be lower than the level of Pension Protection Fund compensation – which is 100% of pension for those currently above the scheme retirement age, and 90% subject to a cap for those who are younger, but this may be higher.</p><p> </p><p>The trustees of the Defined Benefit pension schemes are in touch with members. The Pension Protection Fund has provided contact details if members have questions.</p>
	creator	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury
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1147998

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:11:28
	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	02/10/2019 19:29:04 08/10/2019 13:53:02
	hansard heading	Welfare Assistance Schemes
	house id	1
	identifier	293545
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 13:21:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has departmental responsibility for local welfare assistance schemes.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293545
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293545
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Local welfare assistance is an umbrella term used describe local authority provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities’ abilities to act in this area are provided under various powers, for example, section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 enables local authorities to provide financial assistance to any individual.</p><p> </p><p>Since the reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 which abolished Crisis Loans and Community Care Grants, the Local Government Financial Settlement has included a notional amount relating to local welfare provision in each upper-tier and unitary authority’s general grant. The settlement for 2015-16 set this amount at £129.6 million for England in each year until 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pension's (DWP) 2014 review found that local authorities delivered support more effectively than the previous provision and that councils are best placed to decide how to target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision.</p><p />
	creator	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield
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	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1147444

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	01/10/2019
	date tabled	01/10/2019
	ddp created	01/10/2019 17:27:24
	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	01/10/2019 17:37:05 07/10/2019 11:50:02
	hansard heading	Television Licences: North West
	house id	1
	identifier	292838
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 11:18:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free television licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West in 2018-19.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 292838
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	292838
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In the 2015 funding settlement, the Government agreed with the BBC that responsibility for the concession will transfer to the BBC in June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>On 10 June 2019, the BBC announced that the current scheme will end. From 1 June 2020, a free TV licence will only be available to a household with someone aged over 75 who receives Pension Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The cost to the public purse for providing free TV licences to those aged over 75 in the North West region in 2018/19 is estimated as £52m. Unlike in previous years, in 2018/19 free TV licences for those aged 75 and over were <em>partially</em> funded by DWP as agreed at the 2015 funding settlement and leading to the BBC taking responsibility for funding and policy from June 2020. The figure of £52m is the DWP’s share only, not the total expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides estimates of the costs and caseloads for 2017/18 of providing free TV licences to people aged 75 years and over in Wallasey constituency and Merseyside local authority.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent figures available for parliamentary constituency and local authority are for 2017/18. Figures for 2018/19 will be available later this month.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure (£m) (Nominal)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(a) Wallasey constituency</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(b) </strong><strong>Merseyside</strong> <strong>metropolitan county</strong></p></td><td><p>£14.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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