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1686428

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	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	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on fraud recovery in each financial year since 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	12428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The level of information requested is unclear/not held as it is unclear which elements of the department’s spending on fraud, error and debt this request relates to.</p><p> </p><p>Details of current spending allocations for counter-fraud activities can be found at Figure 7 on page 297 of the department’s Annual Report and Accounts published on 6 July 2023 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64a576d47a4c230013bba1e7/annual-report-accounts-2022-23-web-ready.pdf" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 for the year ended 31 March 2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/02/2024 12:31:50 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1276332

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2021
	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	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 assessment she has made of the effect of the universal credit monthly assessment period on the financial stability of claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	137327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2021 answer text <p>Universal Credit (UC) is a calendar monthly assessed benefit that is paid monthly in arrears. This approach reflects the world of work, where the majority of all employees receive wages monthly.</p><p /><p>Unlike the legacy benefit system, Universal Credit takes income and earnings into account in a way that is fair and transparent across all claimant circumstances, such as different frequencies in earnings and income received. The amount of Universal Credit paid reflects, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household for each monthly assessment period, including any income and/or earnings reported by the employer during that period.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly reporting allows Universal Credit to be adjusted on a monthly basis, which ensures that if a claimant's income falls, which results in a rise in their Universal Credit award, they will not have to wait several months to receive it.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Work Coaches are trained to gauge claimants’ financial needs from their first contact and can refer them to more specialist support for personal budgeting, money guidance and debt advice if required, including through the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS).</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/01/2021 14:42:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1283012

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2021
	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	Universal Credit: Personal Income
	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 Johnson & Others v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Court of Appeal decision 22 June 2020, what steps her Department is taking to recompense universal credit claimants who experienced fluctuations of their income due to the method of calculating earned income prior to the changes brought into effect on 16 November 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	148022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>The legislation and arrangements we have put in place provide a remedy to satisfy the Court of Appeal’s Judgment and means that for future cases affected by this issue, monthly earnings will be reallocated to another assessment period, which means that only one set of earnings will be taken into account rather than two, and certain claimants will be able to benefit from any applicable work allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The Court of Appeal’s judgment did not require the Department to apply the new arrangements retrospectively.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/02/2021 17:39:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

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

1546829

	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 Personal Independence Payments 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	100002
	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 <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> for the years up to 2020/21. Data for 2021/22 will be published in due course.</p><p>The Scottish Government took on responsibility for Personal Independence Payment in Scotland from 2020/21, so expenditure data for Scotland only covers the years up to 2019/20. Information on expenditure in Scotland from 2020/21 is the responsibility of the Scottish Government.</p><p>The available information on the number of claimants who received PIP in the last five years, broken down by various geographies, is published and can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.</p><p> </p><p>You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p><p>The Department for Communities is responsible for PIP in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 05/12/2022 16:26:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1659129

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	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	Attendance Allowance: Scotland
	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 issued guidance to people affected by the transition from Attendance Allowance to Pension Age Disability Payment delivered by the Scottish Government.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	198431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Attendance Allowance was devolved to the Scottish Government in 2020. It is being delivered by DWP on behalf of the Scottish Ministers under an Agency Agreement until its replacement by Pension Age Disability Payment. Public communications on the transition from Attendance Allowance to Pension Age Disability Payment are a matter for the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p>DWP ministers and officials regularly meet with their Scottish Government counterparts to discuss the progress of the devolution programme, including the replacement of Attendance Allowance with Pension Age Disability Payment and the transfer of existing cases to Social Security Scotland. The Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare is the principal forum for discussion and decision-making in this respect. It will next meet on 19 September.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 198433 question first answered 14/09/2023 10:53:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1659131

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	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	Attendance Allowance: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he next plans to hold discussions with his counterpart in the Scottish government on the process for transferring responsibility for Attendance Allowance to the Scottish government.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	198433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Attendance Allowance was devolved to the Scottish Government in 2020. It is being delivered by DWP on behalf of the Scottish Ministers under an Agency Agreement until its replacement by Pension Age Disability Payment. Public communications on the transition from Attendance Allowance to Pension Age Disability Payment are a matter for the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p>DWP ministers and officials regularly meet with their Scottish Government counterparts to discuss the progress of the devolution programme, including the replacement of Attendance Allowance with Pension Age Disability Payment and the transfer of existing cases to Social Security Scotland. The Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare is the principal forum for discussion and decision-making in this respect. It will next meet on 19 September.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 198431 question first answered 14/09/2023 10:53:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1491398

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	42246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) publishes details about headcount and payroll costs for permanent staff and contractors on GOV.UK, monthly.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-workforce-management-information" target="_blank">DWP workforce management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The DWP consultancy spend for the financial years ending 2018 through to 2022 is shown below.</p><p> </p><p>2017/18 £7,200,259</p><p>2018/19 £4,446,169</p><p>2019/20 £4,570,665</p><p>2020/21 £1,284,861</p><p>2021/22 £1,041,058</p><p /><p>DWP publishes individual contract data on all contracts valued at £10,000 and over on</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Hertford and Stortford answering member printed Julie Marson question first answered 15/09/2022 10:51:43 answering member 4768 label Biography information for Julie Marson
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1138410

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the increases in state pension for 2019-20 were calculated; and for what reasons pensioners reaching the age of 80 are awarded an increase of 25 pence in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
	uin	276270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>As a result of the Triple Lock, from April 2019, the full yearly amount of the basic State Pension is around £675 higher than if it had just been up-rated by earnings since April 2010. That’s a rise of over £1,600 in cash terms.</p><p /><p>The Government is committed to ensuring economic security for people at every stage of their life, including during retirement. We are forecast to spend over £120 billion on benefits for pensioners in 2019/20. This includes £99 billion of expenditure on the State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019/20, the basic State Pension and the new State Pension (apart from Protected Payments) were both uprated by 2.6%. This was in line with the Triple Lock guarantee that these will rise by the highest of average earnings growth, price inflation, or 2.5%. In 2019/20 the highest measure was earnings growth at 2.6%. The full basic State Pension went up by £3.25 to £129.20 a week whilst the full rate of the new State Pension rose by £4.25 to £168.60 a week.</p><p> </p><p>Protected Payments, Additional State Pension and Graduated Retirement Benefit elements are uprated each year by the increase in prices. They rose by 2.4% (CPI) in 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>The 25p age addition to contributory and non-contributory retirement pensions is paid with the State Pension when individuals reach age 80. It is a separate issue from the uprating process outlined above. When the age addition was first introduced in 1971 the value of the basic State Pension for a single person was £6 per week and the amount of 25p constituted a more substantial sum in relation to the total State Pension than it does nowadays in relation to the current basic State Pension of £129.20 a week.</p><p> </p><p>Although there are no plans to uprate the age addition amount, this should be considered alongside the range of other measures and benefits, including Pension Credit, that are available to pensioners, over age 80. Moreover, people who are aged 80 and over receive a Winter Fuel Payment of £300, instead of the standard Winter Fuel Payment of £200 for pensioners below that age. Additionally, the non-contributory Category D State Pension is available to those aged over 80 with either no entitlement to a basic State Pension or who are entitled to State Pension of less than £77.45 per week who meet the residency conditions.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/07/2019 12:29:42 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

1217920

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2020
	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	Workplace Pensions: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workers in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency (a) are receiving auto-enrolment pension contributions through Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and (b) have stopped contributing towards a pension since the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	65024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Complete data is not available on the employees for whom employers have claimed automatic enrolment minimum pension contributions under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. This is because the necessary information is collected at employee level only on claims where 100 or more staff are furloughed.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the number of employees resident in the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency that are no longer making employee pension contributions, via their employers payroll, is not currently available and to provide one would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency, since 2012, approximately 7,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 2,310 employers have met their duties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/07/2020 16:26:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey