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1174890

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	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	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2020 to Question 5322 on Maternity Allowance, what the average working day turnaround was for Maternity Allowance claims from (a) 16 to 31 December 2019 and (b) 1 to 15 January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	10295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The service level agreement for processing a Maternity Allowance claim is 30 working days.</p><p /><p>The average working day turn-around for Maternity Allowance claims for the periods quoted are:</p><p> </p><p>a) From 16 to 31 December 2019 – 30 working days</p><p>b) From 1 to 15 January 2020 – 30 working days</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/02/2020 16:36:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1405176

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2022
	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 assessment has been made on the impact of taking a partner's income into account for universal credit eligibility, including with regard to disabled claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	109184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is a household benefit. A Universal Credit award is calculated on the basis of the set benefit rate based on individual household circumstances, against any other income the household has available, to ensure fairness of treatment for all claimants. This is a long standing principle of means-tested benefits. Income does not include any Personal Independence Payment the disabled person may be receiving, as it is disregarded in the calculation of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>For Universal Credit claimants with health conditions and disabilities which restrict, wholly or partly, their capability for work, additional financial help is available. Those with limited capability for work (LCW) or limited capability for work related activity (LCWRA) have:</p><ul><li>a work allowance, and</li><li>in couple claims where one is working, access to help with childcare costs.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Claimants who are determined to have LCWRA are entitled to the award of an additional amount of benefit – the LCWRA addition – which is £343.63 per month (2021-22 rates).</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/01/2022 17:54:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1685301

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2024
	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: Birmingham Selly Oak
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentre clients have been assisted by an Armed Forces Champion in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	11563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>Since July 2023, 47 members of the local Armed Forces community have been supported in the Selly Oak constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces Champions have specific responsibilities for supporting members of the Armed Forces community, including building staff capability within their districts, personally handling some claims, supporting veterans into work and helping resolve complex cases where necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Every Work Coach is trained on how to provide tailored and personalised support to members of the Armed Forces community and their families, working in partnership with their Armed Forces Champions. In those areas where there are particularly high levels of demand, for example garrison towns, this will form a significant part of the work done in individual Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/02/2024 15:47:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1685302

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2024
	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: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of how many veterans claim Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	11564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>It is not yet possible to produce reliable estimates of the overall number or proportion of UC claimants who are currently serving in the Armed Forces or who have served in the past.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) started collecting data on the Armed Forces status of Universal Credit (UC) claimants in Great Britain (GB) in April 2021. At first only new claimants were asked about their Armed Forces status. From June 2021 onwards, other UC claimants reporting changes in their work and earnings have also been able to report their status. From July 2021 onwards, UC agents have also been able to record claimants’ Armed Forces status if they are told about this via other means such as journal messages, face-to-face meetings or by telephone.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, data on Armed Forces status has only been recorded for a proportion of the UC claimants.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, it should be noted that Armed forces status is self-reported by claimants and is not verified by the Ministry of Defence or Office for Veterans’ Affairs. A claimant’s status can be recorded as “currently serving”, “served in the past”, “not served” or “prefer not to say”.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/02/2024 10:08:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1565055

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	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, whether he has made a recent estimate of the potential impact of increasing public sector pay on the cost to the public purse of Universal Credit payments.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	118810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>No such estimate has been produced.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/01/2023 12:57:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1565056

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	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 proportion of public sector employees are in receipt of Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	118811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>We do not hold this information. UC customers are not obliged to inform the Department what sector they are employed in. In addition DWP employees claiming Universal Credit have no obligation to inform DWP they are receiving benefits.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/01/2023 11:21:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1685920

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	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	Veterans: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the (a) quantity and (b) quality of data on veterans in the labour market.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	11938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>Official data on the labour market is the responsibility of the independent Office for National Statistics, who regularly publish this data <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/summaryoflabourmarketstatistics" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>The ONS are currently undertaking a project to transform the Labour Force Survey – the primary source of labour market information in the UK, further details are published <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/labourmarkettransformationupdateonprogressandplans/november2023" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>As part of the LFS transformation the ONS have been reviewing the questions they ask households; as well as taking a new approach to surveying the public that gives them greater flexibility too more quickly change the questions they ask households, to reflect the key needs of the day.</p><p> </p><p>Data on veterans is currently being collected by the ONS on an experimental basis as part of the Transformed Labour Force Survey (TLFS). The TLFS data is under review, and it is expected that the TLFS will become available for wider analysis in the third quarter of 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/02/2024 17:31:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1685921

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	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	Veterans: Employment
	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 effectiveness of his Department’s work with third sector organisations to deliver employment support to veterans.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	11939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>DWP supports people across the country to move into and progress in work through a range of support including face-to-face time with Work Coaches, job-search advice and more intensive employment programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically on veterans, DWP takes its responsibilities under the Armed Forces Covenant very seriously. Veterans who need support from the department in finding employment are able to get support from their Work Coach. For those who might need extra specialist support, we have a network of Armed Forces Champions spread throughout the Jobcentre Plus network.</p><p> </p><p>Veterans have early voluntary entry to the Work and Health Programme. Other employment support may be available to veterans depending on their circumstances, including specialist local support provided by the third sector which the department may be able to refer them to. Veterans generally enjoy successful employment outcomes when they leave the services, and the Career Transition Partnership has published annual statistics on those they have supported.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/02/2024 17:30:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1421376

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2022
	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, how many claimants have been waiting longer than three months for a work capability assessment as of 9 February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	121688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>The requested data is not held.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/02/2022 12:05:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1421377

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2022
	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 the average waiting time is from a claimant making an application to receiving a decision on their work capability assessment for the most recent period available.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	121689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) statistics on gov.uk which can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">here</a>. The median ESA WCA customer journey processing times for initial claims can be found in section 10 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-december-2021/esa-work-capability-assessments-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-december-2021#esa-wca-customer-journey-clearance-times-for-initial-claims-experimental-statistics" target="_blank">latest statistical bulletin</a>. The statistics include the average time taken for the full end-to-end process.</p><p> </p><p>More details can also be found in Table 1 of the ‘Clearance Times for Initial Claims’ dataset in the ESA Work Capability Assessments section of <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. Guidance for users is available <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The information for Universal Credit WCA processing times is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/02/2022 12:05:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe