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1083635

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/03/2019
	date	07/03/2019
	date tabled	07/03/2019
	ddp created	07/03/2019 18:14:18
	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	07/03/2019 18:30:39 22/05/2019 14:09:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	229666
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/05/2019 13:37:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the process is for her Department when it considers an application for an advance payment for universal credit.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 229666
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	229666
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>If a claimant meets the conditions for an advance we aim to make the payment within 72 hours. However, an advance can be paid on the same day the claimant applies if they or their household would suffer genuine hardship if they had to wait 72 hours for the payment.</p><p>Applications for a Universal Credit advance payment can be made in person, by telephone or online depending on the claimant’s circumstances. Depending on the type of advance payment application, we will consider whether the claimant satisfies the eligibility conditions for receiving the advance. If the claimant is eligible we will agree the amount of the advance and the period over which the advance will be recovered from their future Universal Credit payments. The outcome of the application is explained to the claimant and their online journal updated.</p>
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1105486

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/04/2019
	date	27/03/2019
	date tabled	27/03/2019
	ddp created	27/03/2019 21:45:48
	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	28/03/2019 16:48:20 17/06/2019 15:57:05
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	237575
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/06/2019 15:25:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether universal credit claimants are able to deduct the tax relief claimed by relief at source pension schemes from their earned income figure to calculate their award of universal credit.
	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 237575
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	237575
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>100% of contributions to employer pension schemes, whether Net or Relief at Source pensions, will be taken into account when calculating the level of employed earnings in UC. This means that a UC claimant that contributes to either type of pension will, automatically (where employers report the information correctly), have their UC entitlement calculated on their taxable pay, after their pension contribution. This ensures fairness for all affected UC employed claimants.</p><p> </p><p>If there is some discrepancy in the way in which it’s reported, DWP will manually ensure that the Relief at Source pension contribution is deducted before any UC entitlement is calculated on their employed earnings.</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

1124869

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/05/2019
	date	07/05/2019
	date tabled	07/05/2019
	ddp created	07/05/2019 20:48:55
	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	07/05/2019 20:55:50 21/05/2019 15:04:01
	hansard heading	Food Banks: Somerset
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15544
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 14:32:30
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports showing a 23 per cent increase in demand for food parcels between 2017 and 2019 at Somer Valley foodbank, Somerset; and what assessment they have made of the reasons for any such increase.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15544
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15544
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government does not collect official data on the use of food banks, therefore has not made such assessments.</p><p>We have worked with food insecurity experts, the Office for National Statistics and the Scottish Government to introduce a new set of food security questions in the Family Resources Survey starting from April 2019. This means that we will in future be able to monitor the prevalence and severity of household food insecurity across the UK and for specific groups, to better understand the drivers of food insecurity and identify which groups are most at risk.</p>
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1126023

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:25:06
	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	14/05/2019 14:15:17 21/05/2019 15:13:04
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Wrexham
	house id	1
	identifier	253531
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 14:41:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average wait is for mandatory reconsideration of (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment support allowance claims in each of the last three years in Wrexham constituency.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253531
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253531
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The requested information can be found below:</p><p>A) Personal Independence Payment (PIP)</p><p>Statistics on Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) clearance times for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims by parliamentary constituency are planned to be published on 11th June 2019 in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. The figures requested will be included within the PIP Official Statistics publication.</p><p>It should be noted that the Department’s decision makers are, in relation to PIP, now proactively engaging with claimants at the MR stage to ensure that they have all material evidence before they make their decision. Early indications are that this is helping decision makers.</p><p>B) Employment Support Allowance (ESA)</p><p>The available information on the average waiting time for MRs of ESA work capability assessments is published and can be found in table 16 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019</a></p><p>It is the intention to produce further geographical breakdowns of these statistics in the future.</p>
	creator	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1126041

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:26:07
	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	13/05/2019 18:36:16 21/05/2019 13:13:02
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Former Ministers
	house id	1
	identifier	253611
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 12:41:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253611
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253611
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As part of the Government’s transparency agenda, any such payments are published in the departments audited annual accounts, and these can be found on gov.uk</p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2016-17 year is published here-</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2017-18 year is published here.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Updated information on the 2018-19 financial year will be published later this year.</p>
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1126058

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:27:01
	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	15/05/2019 13:55:05 21/05/2019 13:29:01
	hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
	house id	1
	identifier	253538
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 12:57:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost is to the public purse of the provision of free television licences to people over 75 years of age.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253538
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253538
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The cost of providing free TV licences to people aged over 75 years was £655m to the public purse in 2017/18. Cost outturn for 2018/19 has not been published yet, but was forecast to be £468m. This is the first year of the part funding agreement that was set out in the summer budget 2015. The cost is forecast to reduce to £247m in 2019/20 and then nil from 2020/21 when responsibility for the concession will transfer to the BBC in June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Note that all the figures quoted in this response are in nominal terms.</p><p> </p><p>DWP publish expenditure and caseload information here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2019</a>&gt;</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

1126096

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:28:40
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:39:00 21/05/2019 16:11:04
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Bristol South
	house id	1
	identifier	253638
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 15:39:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UC50 forms were issued by her Department to residents of Bristol South constituency between the June 2018 and December 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253638
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253638
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>This information is not readily available at constituency level and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p>
	creator	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1126100

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:28:52
	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	13/05/2019 18:39:10 21/05/2019 16:02:04
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Bristol South
	house id	1
	identifier	253639
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 15:30:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ESA50 forms were issued by her Department to residents of Bristol South constituency between June 2017 and December 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253639
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253639
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available to constituency level and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p>
	creator	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1126103

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:29:00
	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	13/05/2019 18:39:18 21/05/2019 16:11:03
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Bristol South
	house id	1
	identifier	253640
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 15:39:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UC50 forms were returned to her Department by residents of Bristol South constituency between June 2018 and December 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253640
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253640
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>This information is not readily available at constituency level and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p>
	creator	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1126118

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:29:40
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:39:53 21/05/2019 16:02:03
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Bristol South
	house id	1
	identifier	253641
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 15:30:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ESA50 forms were returned to her Department by residents of Bristol South constituency between June 2017 and December 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253641
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253641
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available to constituency level and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p>
	creator	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth