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1503378

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	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 entitled An investigation into the Department for Work and Pensions’ handling of Ms U’s migration to Employment and Support Allowance, published by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on 13 January 2022, for what reason her Department has not implemented the recommendation to pay compensation to people who were underpaid Employment Support Allowance beyond the arrears owed.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	45034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department carefully considers all recommendations made by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO). This case is no different, and following the publication of the report, we took swift action to apologise unreservedly to Ms U for the failures made in her case and paid her the recommended consolatory payment plus interest on the arrears that were paid in 2017 as recommended in the PHSO report.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to the other systemic recommendations on compensation made in the report the Department does not consider these to be a reasonable or proportionate course of action to take. We have ensured people have been rightly reimbursed arrears of Employment and Support Allowance owed as part of the special exercise, making 118,000 benefit arrears payments in full.</p><p> </p><p>Where an individual feels their circumstances are exceptional and they may be eligible for a Special Payment, they can contact the Department and set out their reasons. All requests received will be considered on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 16:17:53 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1503379

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value of compensation payments made following underpayment of Employment Support Allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	45008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 16:09:26 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1503380

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	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 has taken steps to to identify and inform claimants affected by underpayment of Employment Support Allowance of the right to request compensation.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	45037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The Employment and Support Allowance underpayment exercise was completed in June 2021. We have ensured people have been rightly identified and reimbursed arrears owed, making 118,000 benefit arrears payments in full.</p><p> </p><p>Given our duty to protect public money the decision was taken not to award blanket compensation for these cases. However, where an individual feels their circumstances are exceptional and they may be eligible for a Special Payment, they can contact the Department and set out their reasons. All requests received will be considered on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 16:44:51 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1504554

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	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 contacted her Department to request compensation for the underpayment of Employment Support Allowance since December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	45951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 17:33:14 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1504555

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of requests made to her Department for compensation for the underpayment of Employment Support Allowance were (a) granted, (b) rejected and (c) still under consideration as on 2 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	45952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 17:36:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1507142

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	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 16 September 2022 to Question 45008 on Employment Support Allowance, where the information on the total value of compensation payments made following underpayment of Employment Support Allowance is held if not centrally.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	51846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>There is no requirement to record payments in respect of Employment and Support Allowance underpayment cases separately from other Special Payments. Straightforward, low value Special Payment decisions are completed at, and retained by, individual Service Centres. Complex or higher value payments are considered by the National Special Payment Team who would hold the decision record.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 27/09/2022 09:59:03 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1546828

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total (a) expenditure on and (b) number of benefit claimants receiving Employment Support Allowance in each of the last five years, in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland, (v) each local authority and (vi) each constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	100001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>The information to answer parts (a) i)-iii), v) and vi) of the question can be found in the benefit expenditure and caseload tables (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2021" target="_blank">Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>). Data for 2021/22 will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of claimants who received Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) in the last five years, broken down by various geographies in Great Britain, is published and can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml?invalidSession=true&amp;reason=AdminSessionHelper+not+found." target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">here.</a> An account is not required to use Stat-Xplore; the ‘Guest Login’ feature gives instant access to the main functions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities is responsible for Employment and Support Allowance in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 05/12/2022 16:38:16 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1579793

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	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 stopped receiving Employment and Support Allowance as a result of gaining employment in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	129826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on ESA exit reasons is not readily available for analytical use. Therefore, providing such information would require the matching of several databases, and would take a disproportionate amount of time to locate and produce.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/01/2023 15:50:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1582879

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Employment and Support 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 his Department is taking to ensure that all claimants are made aware of permitted work and the PW1 form.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	137894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Employment and Support Allowance permitted work rules strike a balance between encouraging claimants to build their confidence, undertake some part-time paid work, and plan a gradual move to sustained employment, while continuing to receive benefits; and, on the other hand, providing the incentive to move off benefits entirely and into full-time work.</p><p> </p><p>People can find information about permitted work and the PW1 form on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employment-and-support-allowance-permitted-work-form" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>, or by talking to their Work Coach. If <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employment-and-support-allowance-permitted-work-form" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> is not an option, Work Coaches can issue a PW1 form and a guidance leaflet (DWPFO1) to the claimant.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/02/2023 16:56:52 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1601313

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2023
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including the type and nature of ESA awards on departmental written communications.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	158923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>ESA entitlement letters explain what a customer’s ESA is based on and contain information on relevant components. The DWP has a specific resource currently reviewing the suite of ESA letters to improve language and content where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/03/2023 17:47:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth