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1087149

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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	Access to Work Programme
	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 improve information for (a) job seekers and (b) employees on the support available through Access to Work.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	231374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Access to Work continues to undertake targeted marketing and awareness raising activities. For example, the scheme is promoted to benefit claimants through Jobcentre Plus and to a range of business leaders through the Disability Confident scheme. We have also worked with a variety of stakeholder organisations to market Access to Work to their clients, including sharing information about how individuals can apply for support.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently testing a number of communication activities to raise awareness of Access to Work among Jobcentre Plus staff in Greater Manchester, in order to equip work coaches with the knowledge to have conversations with customers who may require in work support. We will evaluate the most successful methods before a national roll-out.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work is also reviewing the content and formats of its existing information channels, including considering how to achieve more effective use of alternative formats such as British Sign Language videos.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/03/2019 14:38:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1088520

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what deadline is to implement the new online system to submit Access to Work signed claim forms with invoices.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	231984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Access to Work is in the process of transforming its digital processes, from application through to payment. We do not yet have a timetable for completion of this work. We are currently evaluating a range of digital options for Access to Work claim form and receipt/invoice submissions and we will be able to develop delivery timetables for that aspect of the transformation once this analysis has been completed.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/03/2019 11:44:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

1077353

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	Access to Work Programme: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the number of successful applications to Access to Work was in each local authority area in Wales in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
	uin	225458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of people who had any Access to Work provision approved in Wales in each financial year from 2014/15 to 2017/18, the most recent complete financial year for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of people who had any Access to Work provision<sup>1</sup> approved in Wales, by local authority, 2014/15 - 2017/18</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthenshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conwy</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denbighshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flintshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwynedd</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Anglesey</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouthshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Powys</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda Cynon Taf</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>1,180</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. There are two main types of Access to Work provision: Assessments and Elements. More than one item of Access to Work provision of the same type or of different types can be approved for the same person in a given financial year or in different financial years. The table above shows the number of people who had one or more item of provision of any type approved in each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Data source: These statistics were obtained from the Department for Work and Pensions’ Disability Service Client (DiSC) administrative system.</p><p> </p><p>Rounding: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Figures that are less than 10 after rounding are suppressed and replaced with &quot;-&quot;. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/03/2019 11:43:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1064450

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	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	Accidents: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the combined total value was of sums sought from insurers by way of NHS recoupment by the Compensation Recovery Unit for the last two complete financial years under both the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999 and the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	223975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The table below details the sums sought by DWP Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) in relation to settled compensation claims from insurers by way of NHS recoupment for the last two complete financial years under the specified Acts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NHS Monies Sought</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£200,386,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£205,728,286</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/02/2019 11:51:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1064176

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families with children were receiving Bereavement Benefit or Bereavement Support Payments in (1) 2015–16, (2) 2016–17, and (3) 2017–18; and how many such families are estimated to receive payments in (a) 2018–19, and (b) 2019–20.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The latest available information is given below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Widowed Parents Allowance recipients with dependants by Quarter, Feb 15 to Aug 18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>WPA with dependants</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-15</strong></p></td><td><p>44,949</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>May-15</strong></p></td><td><p>45,589</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-15</strong></p></td><td><p>43,667</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nov-15</strong></p></td><td><p>43,206</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-16</strong></p></td><td><p>44,350</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>May-16</strong></p></td><td><p>45,411</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-16</strong></p></td><td><p>44,767</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nov-16</strong></p></td><td><p>42,554</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-17</strong></p></td><td><p>43,884</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>May-17</strong></p></td><td><p>44,138</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-17</strong></p></td><td><p>39,164</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nov-17</strong></p></td><td><p>38,751</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-18</strong></p></td><td><p>38,158</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-18</strong></p></td><td><p>34,254</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Department for Work and Pensions</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><ol><li>Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied.</li><li><strong>Widowed Parents Allowance</strong>: Weekly benefit payable to widowed parents. A widow/widower may be entitled to this if his/her late spouse/civil partner had paid enough NIC and the widow/widower is receiving Child Benefit or can be treated as entitled to Child Benefit,or the late spouse/civil partner was receiving child benefit, or expecting her husband's/civil partner's baby (pregnant from fertility treatment).</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Bereavement Support Payment claims in payment by rate of BSP and month, April 2017 to September 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Rate of BSP</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>Standard Rate</p></td><td><p>Higher Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-17</strong></p></td><td><p>2,240</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-17</strong></p></td><td><p>5,120</p></td><td><p>4,210</p></td><td><p>910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-17</strong></p></td><td><p>7,850</p></td><td><p>6,470</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-17</strong></p></td><td><p>10,700</p></td><td><p>8,800</p></td><td><p>1,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-17</strong></p></td><td><p>13,500</p></td><td><p>11,120</p></td><td><p>2,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-17</strong></p></td><td><p>16,270</p></td><td><p>13,430</p></td><td><p>2,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-17</strong></p></td><td><p>19,270</p></td><td><p>15,940</p></td><td><p>3,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-17</strong></p></td><td><p>22,250</p></td><td><p>18,450</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-17</strong></p></td><td><p>25,440</p></td><td><p>21,160</p></td><td><p>4,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-18</strong></p></td><td><p>28,870</p></td><td><p>24,000</p></td><td><p>4,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-18</strong></p></td><td><p>31,860</p></td><td><p>26,520</p></td><td><p>5,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-18</strong></p></td><td><p>34,970</p></td><td><p>29,120</p></td><td><p>5,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-18</strong></p></td><td><p>37,940</p></td><td><p>31,650</p></td><td><p>6,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-18</strong></p></td><td><p>40,960</p></td><td><p>34,030</p></td><td><p>6,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-18</strong></p></td><td><p>43,860</p></td><td><p>36,410</p></td><td><p>7,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-18</strong></p></td><td><p>46,870</p></td><td><p>38,900</p></td><td><p>7,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-18</strong></p></td><td><p>49,870</p></td><td><p>41,390</p></td><td><p>8,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-18</strong></p></td><td><p>52,730</p></td><td><p>43,740</p></td><td><p>8,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:</strong> Clerical administrative data</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li><strong>Rate of BSP:</strong> There are two rates at which BSP can be paid: higher or standard. Claimants who are entitled to Child Benefit or who were pregnant when their husband, wife or civil partner died will get the higher rate. All other claimants will get the standard rate.</li><li><strong>Month:</strong> These figures represent the situation at a specific point in time, which is on the last day of the reporting month. Monthly claims in payment figures include backdated payments.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Forecasted figures broken down to the level requested are not readily available, and to provide them would incur disproportionate costs. However, the figures available at a broader level are presented below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Caseload information by Bereavement benefits</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement related benefits caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19 Forecast (in thousands)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20 Forecast (in thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement Allowance (previously widow's Pension)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>103 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>98 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement Support Payment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>49 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which higher rate</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which lower rate</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement benefits &amp; Widow's benefits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Caseload figures represent an average over the full financial year; caseloads for benefits which commenced or ended during a financial year still reflect an average over the full year.</li><li>Numbers for the years 2018/19 and 2019/20 are forecasts, and as such are liable to change.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.</li><li>‘-‘ Denotes nil or negligible.</li><li>‘.’ Denotes not available.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 27/02/2019 15:32:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1077512

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide an update on the Government's plans to reform bereavement support payments.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	226098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Bereavement Benefits were reformed in April 2017, with the introduction of Bereavement Support Payment. We confirm that we intend to evaluate its impact once there has been enough time for the reforms to fully bed in.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/03/2019 14:48:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1078524

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department notifies surviving spouses about their entitlement to Bereavement Support Payment as a matter of routine; and how long after the death of a husband, wife or civil partner such notification is issued.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	226681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not notify surviving spouses or civil partners about any possible entitlement to Bereavement Support Payment as a matter of routine. However, information is available which aims to ensure people are aware of any benefits to which they may be entitled and how to claim them. The way information is made available about bereavement benefits is under constant review to try to ensure bereaved people know about their possible right to benefit. As well as traditional sources of information (such as leaflets), we have worked with funeral directors, Registrars and voluntary groups to try to ensure people are fully informed of the action to take following the loss of a husband, wife or civil partner.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/03/2019 15:10:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1078526

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the take-up rate for Bereavement Support Payment in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	226682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) was introduced in April 2017, to replace Widowed Parent’s Allowance, Bereavement Allowance and Bereavement Payments. To date no assessment of the take up rate of BSP has been made.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/03/2019 15:50:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1078528

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received their full entitlement to Bereavement Support Payment in each of the last five years; and how many people have received a reduced entitlement to that payment due to a late application.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	226683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) was introduced in April 2017, to replace Widowed Parent’s Allowance, Bereavement Allowance and Bereavement Payments. As such we can only provide figures from April 2017 to June 2018 as this is the latest available information that we hold</p><p> </p><p>Bereavement Support Payment statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-benefits-statistical-summaries-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-benefits-statistical-summaries-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on reduced entitlement to a payment due to a late application is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/03/2019 16:00:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1081728

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department does not pay bereavement support to widows and widowers where tacit consent to marriage with their former partner was not given but where the material circumstances of their relationship were the same as those of a married couple.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	228066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Marriage and civil partnerships are legal contracts that are associated with certain rights, including inheritance, recognition in the tax system and entitlement to certain benefits.</p><p> </p><p>A key principle of the National Insurance system is that all rights to benefits derived from another person’s contributions, such as bereavement benefits, are based on the concept of legal marriage or civil partnership.</p><p> </p><p>Under Scottish law, in certain circumstances, a person can be classed as married by cohabitation with habit and repute. Marriage by habit and repute was abolished for new relationships in 2006 by the Family Law (Scotland) Act. Marriages deemed to have been constituted prior to the 4 May 2006 are still recognised as such for benefit purposes.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/03/2019 10:38:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows