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946780

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to (a) make the HMRC Gateway service more accessible and (b) enable improved access to Government services for people with no online or digital access.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	167403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>(a) DWP are key stakeholders in the development of the new HMRC Government Gateway Service. HMRC are leading on user research around accessibility with DWP participation via Government Departmental Working Groups.</p><p>(b) We are working with partner organisations and with other departments to understand the level of support users of government services need. As part of this programme of work we are looking at the current internet devices we have in our Jobcentre Plus Offices, this includes Digital propensity, Digital Inclusion and the level of support DWP provides. DWP assures all our digital services meet the quality requirements of the Digital Service Standard which, includes both accessibility and assisted digital needs. Face to face appointments’ for claimants and free phone lines are part of the breadth of services we also have available to people without digital access.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/09/2018 15:12:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

973261

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how may staff (a) are employed directly by (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	174829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>(a) DWP latest published Departmental headcount and payroll data for July 2018 shows a total of 82,626 staff employed by the department.</p><p>(b) In relation to secondments in to the department, the information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>(c) Departmental headcount and payroll data for July 2018 shows 614 people working under contract to the Department.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/10/2018 14:51:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

448446

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases have come before the Court of Appeal challenging the lawfulness of the under-occupancy penalty on the grounds of the effect of that policy on (a) victims of domestic violence and (b) seriously disabled children who need overnight care.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	24516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>(a) One victim of domestic violence has challenged the removal of the spare room subsidy in the Court of Appeal.</p><p>(b) One challenge in the Court of Appeal from a case with a disabled child who requires overnight care from a non-resident carer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/02/2016 15:51:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

971441

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	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	Children: Maintenance
	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 23 July 2018 to Question 164825 on Children: Maintenance, for how many cases (a) payment was received and (b) payment was received in full within 12 weeks of application in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	172403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>(a) The latest statistics on the number of paying parents each quarter by the Child Maintenance Service are published in Table 7 of the Child Maintenance Service: Aug 2013 to Mar 2018 (experimental) statistics available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p><p>Information up to the end of June 2018 is due to be published on 26<sup>th</sup> September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>(b) We do not monitor the level of payments received within 12 weeks of an application. Payment is not expected to commence at the point of application; there is a period during which the amount of child maintenance liability is calculated and information from all parties is gathered before a payment schedule is put in place. Payment towards this liability is expected to be arranged within 12 weeks of a payment schedule being agreed between all parties, but this may vary depending on the exact circumstances of the case.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/09/2018 08:16:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1064735

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2019
	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	Children: Maintenance
	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 (a) child maintenance payments are allocated first to (i) enforcement charges and (ii) debt and then to children and (b) there is no provision to retrieve payments which have been allocated incorrectly by the system or manually.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	224360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>(a)The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not prioritise the collection of enforcement charges over on-going maintenance and arrears. Only when all the money due to children, along with any associated collection fees, has been collected, will the CMS collect the remaining charges associated with the case, including enforcement charges. The only exception would be where an enforcement charge forms part of a liability order, which would be collected alongside the other debt associated with that order.</p><p>(b)The system does have the Manual Allocation capability, which enables a caseworker to allocate money received across any outstanding liability on a case</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/02/2019 10:41:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1299232

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2021
	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: Death
	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 of (a) universal credit, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) personal independence payments have died between March 2020 and March 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	162611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>(a)Universal Credit can be claimed by a range of working age people, some of whom have health conditions or disabilities, which may be degenerative or life limiting. The decision to claim Universal Credit can be prompted by a range of a factors, including when someone is terminally ill, so mortality figures should not be viewed in isolation.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1st March 2020 and 30th November 2020, 12,600 or 0.2 per cent of Universal Credit claimants died. The number of people who received Universal Credit at any point during this period was 6.2million.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The information requested for Employment and Support Allowance is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>(c)Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically. The cause of death of claimants on PIP is not collated centrally by the Department. The decision to claim PIP can be prompted by a range of a factors, including when someone is terminally ill, so mortality figures should not be viewed in isolation.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of claimants receiving PIP who died each month from March 2020 to October 2020, the latest data available, who were receiving PIP at the end of the previous month. Note that the numbers of PIP claimant deaths in March and April 2020 here differ to those presented previously in <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-15/59467" target="_blank">PQ 59467</a>, due to a methodological update.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of PIP claimants with entitlement who died each month from March 2020 – October 2020</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Number of PIP Claimant Deaths</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>6,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>7,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>5,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-20</p></td><td><p>4,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-20</p></td><td><p>4,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-20</p></td><td><p>5,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-20</p></td><td><p>5,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-20</p></td><td><p>5,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: PIP ADS and Customer Information System </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>PIP data includes claimants awarded both under normal rules and special rules for terminally ill claimants.</li><li>Claimants receiving PIP include those whose claims are in payment and those whose payment is suspended or part-suspended.</li><li>Claimants’ dates of death are as recorded on the system at 5<sup>th</sup> February 2021 and may be subject to change retrospectively.</li><li>Data covers Great Britain only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/03/2021 18:02:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1190996

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2020
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the suspension of post-mortems on patients with suspected cases of industrial chest disease following the outbreak of covid-19 on the ability of the families of those patients to claim Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	41045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>.Where a posthumous claim is made for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit, any relevant medical evidence will be considered to help determine eligibility for benefit. The dependants of the deceased may submit supporting evidence they feel is relevant, including medical evidence which suggests a diagnosis, even where this is not confirmed. In addition, healthcare professionals will contact the deceased’s GP or hospital specialist, to obtain further evidence if this is required, as part of their assessment of the claim.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2020 15:13:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1303959

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2021
	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	Carer's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase the uptake of carer's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	uin	171724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2021 answer text <p>1 million carers were entitled to Carer’s Allowance in 2010/11. By 2025/26 we forecast that this will have increased to just over 1.5 million.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Carer’s Allowance is widely available, including online through Gov.uk. Organisations supporting carers, and other stakeholders and partners, also make information available on carers benefits, including Carer’s Allowance.</p><p /><p>Carer’s Allowance can be applied for online and since this option was made available in October 2013 over 1.5 million people have applied that way. Since April 2020, over 90% of Carer’s Allowance applications have been made online and over 90% of those customers have said they are happy with the online service.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/03/2021 14:30:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1315708

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	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	Carer's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the take up of carers' allowance by eligible people.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	uin	3187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>1 million carers were entitled to Carer’s Allowance in 2010/11. By 2025/26 we forecast that this will have increased to just over 1.5 million.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Carer’s Allowance is widely available, including online through Gov.uk. Organisations supporting carers, and other stakeholders and partners, also make information available on carers benefits, including Carer’s Allowance.</p><p /><p>Carer’s Allowance can be applied for online and since this option was made available in October 2013 over 1.5 million people have applied that way. Since April 2020, over 90% of Carer’s Allowance applications have been made online and over 90% of those customers have said they are happy with the online service.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/05/2021 13:43:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

518338

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	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	Fit for work scheme: Musculoskeletal Disorders
	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 in the Fit For Work scheme have a musculoskeletal condition.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	36758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>2,144 people have been referred to Fit for Work with a musculoskeletal condition since the launch of the programme in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>All statistical information has been provided by either HML or Scottish Government. It has not previously been published and is non-validated.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/05/2016 14:45:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess