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751477

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure that people who have not retained the legacy benefits that they are entitled to can have such benefits reinstated swiftly.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	4552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Claimants currently moving from existing benefits to Universal Credit will only do so because they will have had a significant change in their circumstances that would previously have triggered a new claim to an existing benefit or tax credit. In such circumstances they would always have had their entitlement calculated based on the rules of their new benefit. This principle has been maintained for those moving to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We have announced that we will be starting managed migration of existing benefit claimants to Universal Credit from July 2019 and that this will be completed by March 2022. We have committed that we will pay transitional protection to all claimants who move to Universal Credit as part of this process and whose entitlement is less than their entitlement to existing benefits and tax credits.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 4551 question first answered 17/07/2017 10:57:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

750667

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to obtain an assessment for employment and support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	4312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Since the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments took over the contract to carry out assessments in March 2015, they have made a number of improvements to claimants’ experience of assessments, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Increasing the number of Healthcare Professionals by around 70% since the start of the contract, thereby ensuring that claimants go through the assessment process more quickly; and,</li><li>Increasing the number of assessment rooms used so that they can see more people at more locations.</li></ul><p> </p><p>As a result of these improvements, the time taken from referral to the supplier to the claimant receiving a face-to-face Work Capability Assessment has more than halved since the start of the contract.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/07/2017 10:56:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

750638

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claims were overturned at mandatory reconsideration stage in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency in (a) January to December 2016 and (b) January to June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
	tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
	uin	4433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Between January and December 2016 there have been 1,480 initial decisions on claims for Personal Independence Payment in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. In this same period, 80 had their Award Changed at mandatory reconsideration.</p><p> </p><p>Between January and April 2017 there have been 710 initial decisions on claims for Personal Independence Payment in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. In this same period, 30 had their Award Changed at mandatory reconsideration.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/07/2017 10:50:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

750637

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claims were overturned at the mandatory reconsideration stage in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency in (a) January to December 2016 and (b) January to June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
	tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
	uin	4434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/07/2017 10:50:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

750348

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what income support is given to benefit claimants who transition from one benefit to another to prevent long periods of no income.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	4115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Any individual experiencing financial hardship while awaiting payment of their benefit award can apply for a Short Term Benefit Advance (STBA). The award of an STBA is based upon eligibility criteria. Payments of a STBA are recovered from benefit once it has been awarded.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/07/2017 11:00:06 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

751472

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Jobcentres: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment he has carried out of the effect of proposals to close job centres in Liverpool; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
	uin	4515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Throughout the development of our proposals, the Department has been mindful of its duties under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. An equality analysis of the potential impact on staff and customers in Liverpool was informed by statistical analysis of population data, local knowledge and consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Any issues identified were taken fully into consideration and helped to inform our final plans which were announced on 5 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/07/2017 10:56:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

751476

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants whose legacy benefits have not been protected following a transfer to universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	4551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Claimants currently moving from existing benefits to Universal Credit will only do so because they will have had a significant change in their circumstances that would previously have triggered a new claim to an existing benefit or tax credit. In such circumstances they would always have had their entitlement calculated based on the rules of their new benefit. This principle has been maintained for those moving to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We have announced that we will be starting managed migration of existing benefit claimants to Universal Credit from July 2019 and that this will be completed by March 2022. We have committed that we will pay transitional protection to all claimants who move to Universal Credit as part of this process and whose entitlement is less than their entitlement to existing benefits and tax credits.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 4552 question first answered 17/07/2017 10:57:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

750910

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Jobcentres: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the additional caseload for Cofa Court Jobcentre in Coventry as a result of closure of the Torrington Avenue Jobcentre.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	4179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Changes to the DWP estate announced on 5 July are not intended to reduce the number of staff or level of service we deliver, they are about redesigning our estate in a way that provides value for the taxpayer while continuing to support to our claimants.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst no specific estimate has been made of the additional caseload for Cofa Court Jobcentre as a result of these changes, the number of work coaches in jobcentres is set to increase in all areas which will offset any increases.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/07/2017 10:58:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

751471

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition his Department uses of (a) flexible worker and (b) flexible working.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	4509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>DWP does not have its own definitions of (a) flexible worker and (b) flexible working.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/07/2017 10:58:50 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

750909

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Jobcentres: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of jobcentre closures on claimants who have difficulty using PCs and the Internet.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	4177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Increasingly, our customers access many of our services on-line. This includes claiming benefits, looking for jobs and keeping us informed of their efforts to find work.</p><p>The roll out of Universal Credit and our reforms of Jobcentre Plus have increased the number of interactions claimants now have with us online. For example, eight out of ten claims for Jobseeker’s Allowance are now made online and 99.6% of applicants for Universal Credit full service submitted their claim online, reflecting increased digital capability and accessibility. This allows the Department to tailor its service so that face-to-face contact can be focused on those who need extra support.</p><p><br>We are committed to retaining an accessible jobcentre network and continuing to serve customers in all areas and the face to face support our work coaches offer at jobcentres will continue to be a core part of the service we deliver. In order to be able to support customers in the most appropriate way, we have various means of interacting with them, including face to face, e-mail, telephone and by post.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/07/2017 10:57:55 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham