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1667513

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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	Job Centres: Staff
	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 workload of work coaches in job centres that are (a) taking part and (b) not taking part in the Additional Jobcentre Support Pilot.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	19
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The DWP as a whole, Service Leaders and local Jobcentre managers work closely with their teams to ensure that the workload is distributed appropriately, and our Work Coach caseloads continue to remain manageable.</p><p> </p><p>The size of a Work Coach caseload will vary as it is dependent on several factors, including the level of customer support required, the needs of the local labour market and the experience and working pattern of each Work Coach.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/11/2023 17:51:24 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1669309

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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	Pension Credit: Take-up
	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 is taking to help increase the uptake of Pension Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	David Duguid
	uin	900020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Our communications campaign has been running since April 2022 and Pension Credit applications were up by around 75% in the 12 months to May.</p><p> </p><p>We continue advertising through national TV, newspapers and broadcast radio, on social media and digital information screens in Post Offices and GP surgeries across GB.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/11/2023 17:28:39 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1665813

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2023
	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	Jobcentres
	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 merits of Jobcentre plus offering employment support to unemployed individuals not in receipt of out-of-work benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	203288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for getting people into work and making work pay.</p><p> </p><p>A range of employment support is available to non-claimants, including Access to Work grants; Disability Confident, Intensive Personalised Employment Support; Work and Health Programme Pioneer; and the online information service – Support with Employee Health and Disability. The Government also works in partnership with health systems to deliver support including Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies, and the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) programme, delivered in health settings.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, non-claimants are able to attend DWP jobs fairs, which connect jobseekers with employers. The enhanced digital Mid-life MOT is also open to everybody and easy to access.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/10/2023 09:08:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1666597

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	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	Social Security Benefits: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the judgment in R (TD & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2020] EWCA Civ 618, when his Department plans to introduce a remedy scheme in the context of that judgment; which claimants are to be included in the proposed scheme; and whether it is his Department's policy for the proposed scheme to offer beneficiaries the difference between the amount they would have received had their legacy benefits not been terminated and the amount received through Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	203733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We are working on the delivery process for implementing the remedy and will set out the details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/10/2023 09:04:26 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1663995

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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: Chronic Illnesses and Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the mandatory offer of support to people in the light touch conditionality regime will begin.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	uin	201848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that people in work look for more and better work. That’s not only good for the country and the economy, it is good for someone to move off benefits– improving life prospects, mental and physical health, and providing new skills.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Budget we announced the AET rise to the equivalent of 18 hours at the National Living Wage. This will bring the lower earners who would have been impacted by the mandatory offer into a higher level of conditionality.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants earning above the Administrative Earnings Threshold in the Light Touch Group currently have access to a voluntary In Work Progression offer. This will now become mandatory in 2024.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/10/2023 12:30:47 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1665474

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	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	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether certificate of applications issued to EU Settlement Scheme applicants cover claims to Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	203160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Individuals in scope of the Withdrawal Agreement (or equivalent citizen’s rights agreements with the EEA EFTA countries and Switzerland) can use their Certificate of Application to evidence that they have made a valid application to the EU Settlement Scheme. They will then be able to access Universal Credit on the same basis as before the UK left the EU – including needing to provide evidence that they are exercising a qualifying right to reside, such as a worker or self-employed status.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/10/2023 12:28:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1665815

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2023
	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	Employment: Impact Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to disseminate best practice identified by his Department's Employment Data Lab.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	203290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>All Employment Data Lab evaluations are published on gov.uk and so are available to all employment support providers and the public. There are currently no further plans to disseminate best practice.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/10/2023 15:25:34 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1665816

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2023
	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	Employment Data Lab
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's employment data lab on the effectiveness of (a) job centres and (b) existing employment services.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	203291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>There are no current plans to assess the potential impact of the Employment Data Lab service on the effectiveness of either jobcentres or existing employment services.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/10/2023 15:22:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1666174

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2023
	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	Social Security Benefits: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether AI is used in his Department's sanctions processes.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	203546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not currently use Artificial Intelligence in sanctions processes.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/10/2023 15:29:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1666407

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2023
	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	Social Security Benefits: Uprating
	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 it his policy to uprate social security rates in line with the latest rate of CPI in the upcoming Autumn Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
	uin	203714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to undertake an annual review of State Pensions and benefits. The outcome of the review will be announced in the Autumn.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/10/2023 12:32:27 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna