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871711

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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	Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department is taking to strengthen families.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	904566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP takes a range of steps to strengthen families. This includes helping families meet their eligible childcare costs when claiming Universal Credit; and providing Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance. Our child maintenance reforms and new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme also aim to help parents collaborate, whether they are together or separated.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2018 16:23:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

870221

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	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 the difference in weekly benefit income is for a claimant who is migrated to universal credit from an employment and support allowance claim which entitles them to Severe Disability Premium.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	134085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>For legacy benefit claimants in receipt of Severe Disability Premium, any difference in entitlement under Universal Credit depends on the claimant’s individual circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants currently only move from existing benefits to Universal Credit through natural migration when they experience a significant change in their circumstances that triggers a new claim to benefit. Their entitlement is then calculated on the rules of their new benefit.</p><p> </p><p>When we start to move legacy claimants to Universal Credit from 2019 as part of the managed migration process, they will receive transitional protection if their overall Universal Credit entitlement would be less than under the old system, provided that their circumstances remain the same.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2018 13:42:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

870185

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	Winter Fuel Payment: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions the Scottish Government has had with her Department on the early payment of winter fuel payments to people who are off-grid; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	134055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Policy on winter fuel payments passes to the Scottish Government under the Scotland Act 2016. We are working closely with the Scottish Government on its plans for those benefits which are devolved. The Scottish Government has, however, not approached my Department on its plans for early payment of winter fuel payments to people who are off-grid.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/03/2018 16:33:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

870182

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	Universal Credit: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the number of calls to the universal credit helpline received each week has increased since it became a free service.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	134052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Since the Freephone number went live on 29 November 2017 the number of calls received has increased. However, this remains in proportion to the growing caseload. In Universal Credit Full Service this remains steady at circa 0.7 calls per claimant per month.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2018 13:30:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

870250

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	Pensions: Consumer Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress has been made on the Pensions Dashboard Prototype project.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	134114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Association of British Insurers (ABI) led Dashboard Project Group delivered a prototype in April 2017, this proved that technology to connect everyone with their pensions in one place can be built. Following this the ABI-led Pensions Dashboard Project published their report “Reconnecting people with their pensions” in October 2017. This set out research findings and a number of recommendations on taking forward the project.</p><p>Within government DWP assumed responsibility for pensions dashboard policy from HMT on 19th October 2017. At Report stage of the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill, on 27<sup>th</sup> October, Baroness Buscombe announced that the DWP would undertake a feasibility study and she set out the aims of the study.</p><p>We will be reporting the findings of the feasibility study in the Spring setting out next steps for the development and delivery of a pension dashboard.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/03/2018 13:15:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

870246

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to improve assessments and decision-making processes for blind and partially sighted people who claim personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	134110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to continuously improving our assessment and decision making processes and to ensuring that decisions on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are right first time for all claimants, regardless of their condition. PIP is working better for those with a visual impairment compared to the previous benefit, Disability Living Allowance (DLA). Under DLA, 5% of all those with a visual impairment were receiving the top level of support at the end of May 2013, whereas under PIP 63% of recipients are currently receiving the highest rates.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>DLA and PIP data taken from Stat-Xplore (<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>)</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 12:51:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

870248

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment
	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 ensure that personal independence payment assessors understand sight loss.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	134112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The PIP assessment is not a medical assessment requiring the assessor to diagnose a condition and recommend treatment options. The focus is on ensuring Health Care Professionals (HCPs) are experts in disability analysis, focusing on the effects of health conditions and impairments on a claimant’s daily life.</p><p>All HCPs receive training on a wide range of conditions including sight loss and visual impairment. This includes detailed modules covering all aspects of sight loss and how the condition impacts on a person’s ability to undertake the activities in the PIP assessment. Both Assessment Providers employ Sensory Impairment Champions who are available to provide support and advice to HCPs at any point during the assessment process. In addition, DWP and the Assessment Providers engage with medical experts, sight loss charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen, review and update their training programmes.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 13:04:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

870220

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	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 the types of reasons are to date that have prompted a natural migration to universal credit from legacy benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	134084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Universal Credit system does not automatically record claimants’ reasons for naturally migrating to Universal Credit. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants naturally migrating from existing benefits to Universal Credit do so because they have had a significant change in their circumstances that would previously have triggered a new claim to an existing benefit or tax credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2018 12:41:55 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

870240

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	Universal Credit: Scotland
	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 14 March 2018 to Question 131814 on Universal Credit: Scotland, what the timetable is for the initial workshop on the Scottish Government's universal credit split payment policy; and what the topics to be considered will be at that workshop.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	134104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The first workshop is planned for April and any future workshops will be organised in due course. The topics under consideration will include the results of stakeholder engagement, and the existing DWP policy and processes for split payments.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2018 12:46:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

870252

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Pregnancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of personal independence payment and and disability living allowance assessments which were carried out on pregnant women from January 2017 to the end of February 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	134116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 15:36:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley