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1087149

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/03/2019
	date	12/03/2019
	date tabled	12/03/2019
	ddp created	12/03/2019 21:29:07
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	12/03/2019 21:39:15 15/03/2019 15:10:03
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	identifier	231374
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/03/2019 14:38:03
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 231374
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	231374
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1088520

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/03/2019
	date	13/03/2019
	date tabled	13/03/2019
	ddp created	13/03/2019 22:06:44
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	13/03/2019 22:23:04 19/03/2019 12:16:02
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	identifier	231984
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/03/2019 11:44:20
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 231984
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	231984
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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>
	creator	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

1092283

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:16:34
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/03/2019 16:36:08 25/03/2019 16:28:11
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme: Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	234861
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/03/2019 15:54:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to allocate more funding towards Access to Work.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234861
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234861
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>ATW is demand led, so funding reflects the numbers of applicants and their needs.</p><p> </p><p>In 17/18 Access to Work made payments to 33,860 people (up 13% on 16/17) and £110.8m was spent on grants, which is a 4% increase in real terms expenditure compared to 16/17. The highest ever number of people with disabilities and health conditions are receiving tailored and flexible support to do their job.</p>
	creator	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1104664

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/04/2019
	date	25/03/2019
	date tabled	25/03/2019
	ddp created	25/03/2019 22:34:57
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	25/03/2019 22:47:39 04/04/2019 16:51:07
	hansard heading	Arcadia Group: Pensions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14789
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/04/2019 16:46:09
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any representations to, or met, the Pensions Regulator in the last three months in connection with Arcadia Group.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14789
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14789
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Pensions Regulator carries out its functions independently. The Department has not made any representations to the Pensions Regulator in relation to the Arcadia Group in the last three months.</p>
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1104868

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/03/2019
	date	25/03/2019
	date tabled	25/03/2019
	ddp created	26/03/2019 00:20:33
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	26/03/2019 01:14:32 02/04/2019 14:51:05
	hansard heading	Attendance Allowance: Terminal Illnesses
	house id	1
	identifier	236328
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 14:13:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many attendance allowance claimants who have had their application rejected under normal rules have subsequently reapplied for that social security benefit under the special rules for terminal illness process; and what medical conditions those claimants had.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 236328
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	236328
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not available<strong>. </strong>When a decision is made not to award Attendance Allowance, the claim is closed. Any further application would be treated as a new claim and will be considered on the merits of the information provided.</p>
	creator	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1092688

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/03/2019
	date	21/03/2019
	date tabled	21/03/2019
	ddp created	21/03/2019 18:20:44
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/03/2019 18:40:11 26/03/2019 11:04:02
	hansard heading	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	235322
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/03/2019 10:31:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) widows, (b) widowers and (c) bereaved civil partners have been refused the (a) lower rate of Bereavement Support Payment and (b) higher rate of Bereavement Support Payment as a result of a (i) spouse and (ii) civil partner not having made sufficient National Insurance contributions.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 235322
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	235322
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p>
	creator	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1088494

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/03/2019
	date	13/03/2019
	date tabled	13/03/2019
	ddp created	13/03/2019 22:05:15
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	14/03/2019 17:45:13 20/03/2019 11:02:01
	hansard heading	Carbon Monoxide: Poisoning
	house id	1
	identifier	232008
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/03/2019 10:30:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support festival providers in safeguarding people attending festivals from the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 232008
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	232008
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) leads on national occupational health and safety policy for the entertainments and leisure sector, whilst Local Authorities are responsible for enforcing the law at individual events, such as festivals, in their geographical area.</p><p> </p><p>Festival organisers have responsibilities under Section 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of their employees and others, including members of the public, affected by their undertaking. These responsibilities extend to ensuring that equipment, such as gas cookers and BBQs, are maintained and operated in a safe condition.</p><p> </p><p>Disposable BBQs are popular with those attending festivals, and there have been examples where fatalities, arising from exposure to carbon monoxide, have occurred due to BBQs being taken into tents as a source of heat. Festival organisers are expected to take reasonably practicable measures to raise awareness of the potential dangers. Reasonable arrangements should also be in place to monitor the use of disposable BBQs and the behaviour of attendees at the event so that action can be taken to prevent these items being used in enclosed areas.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has published web-based event safety guidance to help event organisers comply with their legal duties (<a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/event-safety/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/event-safety/index.htm</a>). The Events Industry Forum also produces a guide, known as the Purple Guide, for the live event industry including festival organisers.</p>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1088765

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/03/2019
	date	14/03/2019
	date tabled	14/03/2019
	ddp created	14/03/2019 19:13:03
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	14/03/2019 19:28:13 19/03/2019 14:51:02
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	identifier	232605
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/03/2019 14:19:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the gross weekly income thresholds for each child maintenance rate of pay were last updated.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 232605
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	232605
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012 introduced a new gross weekly income threshold for child maintenance, for those earning between £800 and £3000 a week.</p>
	creator	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1087208

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/03/2019
	date	12/03/2019
	date tabled	12/03/2019
	ddp created	12/03/2019 21:31:41
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	12/03/2019 21:41:49 15/03/2019 14:19:03
	hansard heading	Christmas Bonus
	house id	1
	identifier	231471
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/03/2019 13:47:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of (a) personal independence payment and (b) disability living allowance were (i) entitled to the £10 Christmas bonus and (ii) received that Christmas bonus in 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 231471
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	231471
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Christmas Bonus is a one-off tax-free £10 payment paid to claimants who receive certain qualifying benefits including Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA). To qualify, the claimant must be in receipt of the qualifying benefit in the qualifying week which is normally the first full week of December. If a DLA or PIP claimant receives another qualifying benefit their bonus may be attached to that benefit rather than to their PIP or DLA award.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes a range of detailed statistics for PIP and DLA on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. These statistics include monthly caseloads (claims in payment) to August 2018 for DLA and to October 2018 for PIP. Caseloads for December 2018 have not yet been published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claimants, regardless of qualifying benefit, who received the Christmas Bonus in 2017/18 can be found in Table 1c of the “Outturn and forecast: Autumn Budget 2018 (XLS)” spreadsheet in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2018" target="_blank">2018 Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables. </a> Outturn figures for 2018/19 will be published in due course.</p>
	creator	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1087210

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/03/2019
	date	12/03/2019
	date tabled	12/03/2019
	ddp created	12/03/2019 21:31:45
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	12/03/2019 21:41:52 15/03/2019 15:15:07
	hansard heading	Christmas Bonus: Non-payment
	house id	1
	identifier	231472
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/03/2019 14:43:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have contacted her Department since 1 December 2018 on non-payment of the 2018 Christmas bonus.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 231472
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	231472
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Christmas Bonus was first paid in 1972 as a result of The Pensioners and Family Income Supplement Payments Act 1972 and was introduced as a means of providing additional financial support to customers in receipt of a pension or qualifying benefit.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Both Pensioners and working age customers in receipt of certain benefits receive the tax-free £10 Christmas Bonus and payments are usually automatically generated based on receipt of a qualifying benefit.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2017/2018 qualifying period (latest data available) 15,922000.00 (fifteen million, nine hundred and twenty two thousand) DWP customers received the Christmas Bonus.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not retain information relating to the number of customers who contacted the Department to report non-payment of the Christmas Bonus as it does not have a business requirement to do so. Therefore, this information is only available at disproportionate cost to The Department for Work &amp; Pensions.</p>
	creator	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams