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1719573

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	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: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	27264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 11:55:02 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1719633

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of women born in the 1950s who have been impacted by State Pension age changes.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	27370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 11:57:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1719794

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	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 an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the State Pension age for women born in the 1950s on those women in Eastbourne constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
	uin	27476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 11:59:50 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1719795

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with the Minister for Women and Equalities on the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report into women's State Pension age changes, published on 21 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
	uin	27477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 12:01:35 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1719815

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	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 Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman report into the changes to Women’s State Pension Age, published on 21 March 2024, if he will bring forward a response to that report before 23 July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	27497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 11:30:09 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1719816

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	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 Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman report into the changes to Women’s State Pension Age, published on 21 March 2024, if he will apologise to the women impacted by the changes to state pension age in that report.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	27498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 11:31:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1719817

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Age
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on communicating future increases to the State Pension age to the public.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	27499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 11:34:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1719836

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	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 an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the State Pension age on women born in the 1950s in Southend West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Anna Firth
	uin	27518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 11:35:50 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4936 label Biography information for Anna Firth

1719837

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	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 Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report into women’s State Pension age changes, published on 21 March 2024, what recent discussions he has had with the Leader of the House on making parliamentary time available for a debate on financial redress by 23 July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Anna Firth
	uin	27519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 11:37:17 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4936 label Biography information for Anna Firth

1719847

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	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 Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, published on 21 March 2024, what estimate the Government has made of the potential cost of providing compensation to eligible women.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
	uin	27529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 11:38:34 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1719217

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2024
	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	Attendance Allowance: Employment
	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 May 2024 to Question 24973 on Attendance Allowance: Employment, for what reason his Department does not record the requested data.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	27109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 11:34:56 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1719237

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2024
	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: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any ministerial redundancy payments have been repaid to his Department since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	27082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/05/2024 11:32:16 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1719294

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2024
	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	Office for Nuclear Regulation: Lisa Ellis Training
	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 Minister without Portfolio's article of 12 May 2024 in the Sunday Telegraph, when he expects the Office for Nuclear Regulation to cancel its contract with Lisa Ellis Training for diversity and inclusion training, procurement reference ONR/T974; and whether a notice period will be required under the provisions of that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	26992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The ONR contract with Lisa Ellis of Bespoke Business Solutions for diversity and inclusion training was implemented in January 2024 for a period of three years to deliver 24 courses per annum with a total value of £36k over the three-year period. ONR has no plans to terminate this contract.</p><p> </p><p>As a public corporation, ONR sits outside the civil service and is not subject to the Guidance on Diversity and Inclusion and Impartiality for Civil Servants, published on 14 May.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/05/2024 13:54:36 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1719324

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	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 Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report into women’s State Pension age changes, published on 21 March 2024, if he will hold discussions with the Leader of the House on enabling Members to vote on the Government's financial redress proposals before 23 July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	26938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>In laying the report before Parliament at the end of March, the Ombudsman has brought matters to the attention of this House, making it clear that Parliament has a role in responding to the report. The Government intends to engage fully and constructively with Parliament. The Secretary of State has also committed to provide a further update to the House once the report's findings have been fully considered.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/05/2024 10:30:51 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

1719458

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2024
	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: Wellingborough
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people eligible for but not claiming Pension Credit in Wellingborough constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
	tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
	uin	27196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-ending-2022" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. However, these statistics are only available at Great Britain level and cannot be broken down to smaller geographical areas.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/05/2024 10:50:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719473

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	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 an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the State Pension age on women born in the 1950s in the City of Durham constituency.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	27211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>We do not hold regional figures on the impact of changes to State Pension age.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/05/2024 10:48:52 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1719474

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2024
	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	Women against State Pension Inequality
	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 Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, HC 638, published on 21 March 2024, what correspondence his Department has received from representatives of Women Against State Pension Inequality since the publication of that report.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	27212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>A search had been conducted within the Ministerial Correspondence Team and one letter has been received. However, as the Department does not have a centrally collated database a further search would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 26383 question first answered 23/05/2024 14:09:56 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1718865

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2024
	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, with reference to table 6 of his Department’s publication entitled Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to December 2023, published on 26 March 2024, how much child maintenance had not been paid and needed to be collected through Collect and Pay in (a) each nation, (b) each region and (c) Newcastle Central constituency as of 31 December 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	26681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The data provided within table 6 of the Child Maintenance Service <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6601806ff1d3a0666832ac65/national-tables-child-maintenance-service-to-december-2023.ods" target="_blank">national tables</a> is based upon transactional financial data. CMS do not capture geographical data aligned to these transactions and as such it is not possible to apportion this information to geographical regions.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/05/2024 13:08:08 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1718870

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2024
	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: Fraud
	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 his Department's statistics entitled Fraud and error in the benefit system, Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2024, published on 16 May 2024, how much of the £7.4 billion overpayment due to fraud is due to serious and organised crime.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	26677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department uses the definition as set out by the Home Office - ‘’ We define serious and organised crime as individuals planning, co-ordinating and committing serious offences, whether individually, in groups and/or as part of transnational networks’’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a strong counter-fraud function, which includes specifically targeting serious and organised crime including cyber-crime, which identifies and stops illegal activity and saves money for the taxpayer.</p><p>Current estimates are that serious and organised crime directly accounts for no more than 6% of the £7.4 billion of benefit fraud reported in the 2023/24 statistics, as it is most likely captured in the Abroad and Conditions of Entitlement (Identity) categories of fraud reported there.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 26678 question first answered 22/05/2024 11:16:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1718873

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2024
	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	Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition his Department uses for serious and organised crime.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	26678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department uses the definition as set out by the Home Office - ‘’ We define serious and organised crime as individuals planning, co-ordinating and committing serious offences, whether individually, in groups and/or as part of transnational networks’’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a strong counter-fraud function, which includes specifically targeting serious and organised crime including cyber-crime, which identifies and stops illegal activity and saves money for the taxpayer.</p><p>Current estimates are that serious and organised crime directly accounts for no more than 6% of the £7.4 billion of benefit fraud reported in the 2023/24 statistics, as it is most likely captured in the Abroad and Conditions of Entitlement (Identity) categories of fraud reported there.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 26677 question first answered 22/05/2024 11:16:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1718279

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	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: Fraud
	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 an estimate of how much monies his Department expects to recover via the powers in Clause 128 of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill for fraud related to (a) the Attendance Allowance, (b) Universal Credit, (c) the State Pension, (d) the Personal Independence Payment, (e) the Disability Living Allowance, (f) carers allowance, (g) housing benefit, (h) child benefit and (i) pension credit as (i) an annual sum and (ii) as a proportion of overall estimated fraud for each of those.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Sir David Davis
	uin	26343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Whilst the power covers all benefits to ensure we are empowered to address fraud and error wherever it arises, the Impact Assessment makes clear that we initially intend to use the power for Universal Credit, Employment Support Allowance, Pension Credit and Housing Benefit (passported from Pension Credit). DWP can also only exercise this power in relation to benefits for which DWP is responsible.</p><p> </p><p>The Third-Party Data Measure is estimated to save up to £600m by 2028/29. This was certified by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) during the Autumn Statement 2023 and updated for the Spring Budget 2024. This is based on the initial use of the power which includes savings from the four benefits outlined above and the pilot period. Further information about the methodology can be found in the published impact assessment (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6564bab01524e6000da10168/DWP_third_party_data_impact_assessment_november_2023.pdf" target="_blank">DWP_third_party_data_impact_assessment_november_2023.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows savings are split by each of benefit and that we are testing the measure. Estimates of these savings as a proportion of overall estimated fraud for each of these benefits is not available as the AME savings modelled are not directly comparable to the Monetary Value of Fraud and Error.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2025-26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2026-27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2027-28</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2028-29</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ESA</strong></p></td><td><p>£5</p></td><td><p>£18</p></td><td><p>£52</p></td><td><p>£41</p></td><td><p><em>£116</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HB (passported from PC)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4</p></td><td><p>£11</p></td><td><p>£14</p></td><td><p><em>£29</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PC</strong></p></td><td><p>£7</p></td><td><p>£26</p></td><td><p>£78</p></td><td><p>£103</p></td><td><p><em>£214</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UC</strong></p></td><td><p>£5</p></td><td><p>£23</p></td><td><p>£79</p></td><td><p>£126</p></td><td><p><em>£233</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: figures may not sum due to rounding</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/05/2024 10:39:00 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1718294

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps their Department is taking to support the Disability Confident scheme; how many officials in their Department work directly on supporting that scheme; what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of that work in supporting the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of disabled people in their Department; and what further steps they are taking to support their Department’s recruitment and retention of disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	26425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>DWP as part of its Policy portfolio is responsible for the administration of the Disability Confident Scheme – but this answer relates to how DWP as an employer uses and supports Disability Confident. DWP is committed to Disability Confident and back in November 2023 was re-accredited for the next three years as a Disability Confident Leader – the top-level award. In June 2023, 22% of DWP staff indicated that they had a disability (an increase of 3.7% compared to June 2021) and 13.6% of Senior Civil Servants in the department declared a disability (an increase of 1.6% compared to June 2021) – hence support in this space is a departmental priority.</p><p> </p><p>There are no officials working specifically on Disability Confident outside of policy group in DWP – but we do have a Disability Lead working in our Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing team who supported the co-ordination of the evidence.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this submission DWP provided a large amount of evidence on the good practice that is happening with a focus on disability. This included but was not limited to:</p><ul><li>A review of the Workplace Adjustments processes, with a focus on ensuring adjustments are quicker and easier to put in place.</li><li>Supporting our THRIVE network – an EDI Network focussed on supporting colleagues with a Disability or long-term limiting condition.</li><li>Ensuring products and services offered to colleagues are accessible – both physical spaces managed by estates and virtual digital spaces.</li><li>Establishing a centre of expertise for resourcing, which includes a team focused on diversity and inclusion in recruitment – the team leads on ensuring our recruitment processes are inclusive, fair and open for all.</li><li>All recruitment follows the fair, open and on merit principles and is name-blind to provide anonymity and prevent bias in the process. Specific guidance is also provided to hiring managers including DWP Recruitment of Disabled People Guide and Supporting Disabled Employees: Line Manager’s Best Practice Guide.</li><li>The department has been awarded Disability Confident Leader and RNIB Visibly Better Employer status which is promoted on Civil Service Jobs adverts, diverse jobs boards, social media, and Civil Service Careers websites.</li><li>Taking all reasonable steps to overcome any barriers that may impede people with any kind of disability including mental ill-health. Our recruitment process allows for reasonable adjustments to be instigated on an individual basis and considered at each stage of the recruitment process.</li><li>Trialling new approaches across the recruitment and selection process to understand their impacts on diversity outcomes. This results in new approaches being adopted where data shows they work such as the implementation of sharing interview questions in advance of interview into recruitment policy in June 2023.</li></ul> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/05/2024 14:02:36 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1718346

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	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 report of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report on changes to women’s State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024, what correspondence his Department has received from Women Against State Pension Inequality representatives on that matter since publication of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	26383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>A search had been conducted within the Ministerial Correspondence Team and one letter has been received. However, as the Department does not have a centrally collated database a further search would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 27212 question first answered 23/05/2024 14:09:56 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1718347

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	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 Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report report on changes to women’s State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024, if he will meet with Women Against State Pension Inequality representatives.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	26384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>In laying the report before Parliament at the end of March, the Ombudsman has brought matters to the attention of the House, and a further update to the House will be provided once the report's findings have been fully considered.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/05/2024 13:14:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1718350

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the average financial impact of changes to the State Pension age for women born in the 1950s residing in Kingston upon Hull North constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	26385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>We do not hold regional figures on the financial impact of changes to State Pension age.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/05/2024 14:56:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson