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1713083

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/04/2024
	date	23/04/2024
	date tabled	23/04/2024
	ddp created	23/04/2024 18:45:28
	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	23/04/2024 19:08:48 01/05/2024 14:54:04
	hansard heading	Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
	house id	1
	identifier	23251
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/05/2024 14:22:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many potential cases of overpayments of carer’s allowance were flagged by the Verified Earnings and Pensions service system in each of the last five financial years; and how many such cases were investigated in each of those years.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23251
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23251
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Rounded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The number of cases flagged as potentially in need of investigation by the VEPs system</p></td><td><p>91,000</p></td><td><p>73,000</p></td><td><p>96,000</p></td><td><p>107,000</p></td><td><p>67,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The number of cases investigated</p></td><td><p>35,000</p></td><td><p>38,000</p></td><td><p>46,000</p></td><td><p>50,000</p></td><td><p>35,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p>
	creator	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1713531

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/04/2024
	date	24/04/2024
	date tabled	24/04/2024
	ddp created	24/04/2024 18:30:18
	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	25/04/2024 21:15:20 02/05/2024 16:56:10
	hansard heading	Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
	house id	1
	identifier	23456
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	02/05/2024 16:25:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many alerts from the Verified Earnings and Pensions service informing his Department of carers’ earnings information were (a) passed and (b) not passed on to carers in each of the last five years; and whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of VEPs in preventing large value overpayments for Carer's Allowance.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23456
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23456
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Rounded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The number of CA cases identified through the VEP system</p></td><td><p>91,000</p></td><td><p>73,000</p></td><td><p>96,000</p></td><td><p>107,000</p></td><td><p>67,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The number of cases reviewed by CA</p></td><td><p>35,000</p></td><td><p>38,000</p></td><td><p>46,000</p></td><td><p>50,000</p></td><td><p>35,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Overpayments are recoverable from the Carer where there is evidence that the Carer failed to timeously inform the Department of changes in circumstances. The annual benefit uprating letter issued highlights the need to report changes such and changes in earnings. The Department also uses data from HMRC to indicate where the customer may have had a change in income and failed to inform us.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also takes steps to avoid large scale overpayments that are not recoverable. This includes managing workloads at appropriate levels so changes in circumstance are processed timeously.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Caveats</strong></p><ul><li>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>The above data has been sourced from internal DWP management information, which is intended only to help the Department to manage its business. It is not intended for publication and has not been subject to the same quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics.</li><li>Data for October, November, and December 2023 is not held.</li></ul>
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1701079

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2024
	date	15/04/2024
	date tabled	15/04/2024
	ddp created	15/04/2024 21:45:33
	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	15/04/2024 22:10:32 18/04/2024 14:48:03
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Training
	house id	1
	identifier	21712
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/04/2024 14:47:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of weeks for which a person can undertake training and remain eligible for universal credit.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 21712
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21712
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Work Coaches recommend options to customers to address skills barriers and provide support for them to access a wide range of provision. Which can include essential Maths, English and Digital Skills, and other vocational opportunities such as Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs).</p><p>Whilst periods of training are generally expected to be directly linked to customer’s work search goals, we have increased the amount of time Universal Credit customers in the All Work Related Requirements conditionality group can take part in full time, work-related training for up to 16 weeks in Great Britain.</p><p>Where a longer period of training is required to equip someone with the skills for work whilst also maintaining employment, other options are available including apprenticeships. Apprenticeships are designed by employers and open to learners of all ages, with vocational courses ranging from level 2 up to post-graduate qualifications.</p>
	creator	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1716547

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2024
	date	08/05/2024
	date tabled	08/05/2024
	ddp created	08/05/2024 17:55:02
	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	08/05/2024 18:13:19 13/05/2024 16:33:04
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	identifier	25172
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	13/05/2024 16:32:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of housing benefit in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) Wirral, (c) the North West and (d) the United Kingdom.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 25172
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	25172
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>With the completion of the rollout of Universal Credit in December 2018, new claims for HB are predominately for pensioners and are administered by Local Authorities.</p>
	creator	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1716219

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/05/2024
	date	07/05/2024
	date tabled	07/05/2024
	ddp created	07/05/2024 21:44:33
	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	07/05/2024 22:07:18 14/05/2024 12:33:05
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	identifier	25084
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	14/05/2024 12:01:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to allow beneficiaries to claim two years of a deceased person's state pension contributions in the event that they die before state pension age.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 25084
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	25084
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Whilst recognising the emotive nature of this issue and having sympathy for people in this position, the Government does not have plans to make any changes in this area,</p><p /><p>Where a spouse, civil partner or, where there is a dependent child, cohabiting partner, passes away, Bereavement Support Payment is available to help working age people through the difficult period following a bereavement. Bereavement Support Payment is a contributory benefit based on the National Insurance contributions of the deceased person.</p><p> </p><p>Pension Credit provides a safety-net for those over the State Pension age on low-incomes.</p>
	creator	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1716358

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2024
	date	08/05/2024
	date tabled	08/05/2024
	ddp created	08/05/2024 17:45:19
	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	09/05/2024 08:45:08 16/05/2024 17:02:09
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	identifier	25314
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	16/05/2024 16:31:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that all people with hearing loss have access to (a) Relay UK, (b) video calls with captions, (c) a video relay service and (d) in-person transcriptions services when applying for Personal Independence Payment.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 25314
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	25314
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>When applying for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) there are two different types of service offer available to claimants who are deaf or hearing impaired.</p><p> </p><p>We offer Video Relay Service, a third-party sign and talk solution which allows sign language to be used to aid communication between a claimant and DWP, via a third party. There is no transcript of the conversation, but calls are recorded.</p><p> </p><p>Information is provided on Gov.UK:</p><p><strong>British Sign Language (BSL) </strong><a href="https://connect.interpreterslive.co.uk/vrs?ilc=DWP" target="_blank">video relay service</a><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>If you’re on a computer - find out how to </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oELNMfAvDxw" target="_blank">use the service on mobile or tablet</a></p><p> </p><p>We also offer a service known as Relay UK. This is a text relay service for people who cannot hear <em>or</em> speak on the telephone and includes captions. The full conversation is transcribed in real time as it happens.</p><p> </p><p>Information is available on Gov.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.relayuk.bt.com/" target="_blank">Relay UK</a><strong> (if you cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then 0800 917 2222</strong></p>
	creator	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1702107

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/04/2024
	date	18/04/2024
	date tabled	18/04/2024
	ddp created	18/04/2024 16:29:04
	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	18/04/2024 16:45:56 24/04/2024 12:56:05
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
	house id	1
	identifier	22512
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	24/04/2024 12:56:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the National Audit Office entitled Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2022-23, published on 6 July 2023, whether his Department has taken recent steps to amend the methodology it uses to estimate the financial impact of its counter-fraud activities.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 22512
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22512
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We review the methodology as part of publishing our annual accounts each year and will report on any agreed changes in the Annual Report and Account 2023/24 expected to be published in Summer 2024, following discussion with National Audit Office.</p>
	creator	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713528

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/04/2024
	date	24/04/2024
	date tabled	24/04/2024
	ddp created	24/04/2024 18:30:00
	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	24/04/2024 18:39:36 02/05/2024 16:38:04
	hansard heading	Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
	house id	1
	identifier	23453
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	02/05/2024 16:07:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overpayments his Department is seeking to recover for Carer’s Allowance due to (a) breaches to the earnings limit, (b) exceeding the limit for breaks from caring role in a given period, (c) not caring for 35 hours per week ,(d) other, (e) a combination of reasons and (f) overall.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23453
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23453
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We recognise the significant contribution of carers to supporting those most in need, which is why we have increased Carer's Allowance by almost £1,500 since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants have a responsibility to ensure they are entitled to benefits they claim and to inform the DWP of any changes in their circumstances that could impact their award.</p><p> </p><p>Where overpayments do occur, the Department has a duty to the taxpayer to protect public funds and to ask for money to be paid back. We remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with their repayment terms and will always look to negotiate sustainable and affordable repayment plans.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested has been provided in the table below.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Carer’s Allowance overpayment reason</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume of overpayments as at 25 April 2024</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Earnings over CA Limit</p></td><td><p>107.6k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Break in care</p></td><td><p>3.6k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceased to care/ Not Caring from Outset</p></td><td><p>23.2k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>18.9k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>153.3k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note that the overpayment reasons for which you have requested breakdowns do not directly align with our Debt Manager system’s overpayment categories. We have provided the reasons which most closely reflect those requested. We are unable to provide data for overpayments caused by “a combination of reasons”, as this is not a category available/ recorded by DWP. Overpayments with values of £0.00 have been excluded. Data is taken as a snapshot as at 25 April 2024 and the figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The data has been sourced from internal DWP management information, which is intended only to help the Department to manage its business. It is not intended for publication and has not been subject to the same quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics.</p>
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1701412

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2024
	date	16/04/2024
	date tabled	16/04/2024
	ddp created	16/04/2024 19:00:19
	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	16/04/2024 19:21:35 24/04/2024 13:25:10
	hansard heading	Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
	house id	1
	identifier	21979
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	24/04/2024 12:53:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Carer’s Allowance cases his Department pursued for overpayments of (a) between (i) £500 and £999.99 and (ii) £1,000 and £2,000 and (b) more than £2,000 in 2023-24.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 21979
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21979
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We recognise the significant contribution of carers to supporting those most in need, which is why we have increased Carer's Allowance by almost £1,500 since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants have a responsibility to ensure they are entitled to benefits they claim and to inform the DWP of any changes in their circumstances that could impact their award. For Carer’s Allowance, eligibility is partly dependent upon claimants earning £151 or less a week after tax, National Insurance and allowable expenses.</p><p> </p><p>Where overpayments do occur, the Department has a duty to the taxpayer to protect public funds and to ask for money to be paid back. However, we seek to do so without causing hardship. We remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with their repayment terms and will always look to negotiate sustainable and affordable repayment plans.</p><p> </p><p>Our most recent statistics show that Carer's Allowance overpayments relating to earnings/employment represents 2.1% of our £3.3bn Carer’s Allowance expenditure.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested has been provided in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Value Grouping</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume of new overpayments of Carer’s Allowance in 23/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£500.00 - £999.99</p></td><td><p>11.9k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1000.00 - £2000.00</p></td><td><p>13.2k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £2000.00</p></td><td><p>6.8k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31.9k</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The above data has been sourced from internal DWP management information, which is intended only to help the Department to manage its business. It is not intended for publication and has not been subject to the same quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics.</p>
	creator	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1713085

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/04/2024
	date	23/04/2024
	date tabled	23/04/2024
	ddp created	23/04/2024 18:45:36
	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	25/04/2024 10:15:15 01/05/2024 16:08:04
	hansard heading	Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
	house id	1
	identifier	23252
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/05/2024 15:36:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carer’s allowance overpayments over (a) £5,000 and (b) £20,000 there were in (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23252
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23252
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We recognise the significant contribution of carers to supporting those most in need, which is why we have increased Carer's Allowance by almost £1,500 since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>As with all DWP benefits, claimants have a responsibility to ensure they are entitled to the benefit they claim and to inform the DWP of any changes in their circumstances that could impact their award. For Carer’s Allowance, eligibility is partly dependent upon claimants earning £151 or less a week after tax, National Insurance and allowable expenses. This is set out at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/eligibility" target="_blank">Carer's Allowance: Eligibility - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Where overpayments do occur due to not being entitled to the benefit, the Department has a duty to the taxpayer to protect public funds and to ask for money to be paid back. We remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with their repayment terms and will always look to negotiate sustainable and affordable repayment plans.</p><p> </p><p>Our most recent statistics show that Carer's Allowance overpayments relating to earnings/employment represents 2.1% of our £3.3bn Carer’s Allowance expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested has been provided in the table below.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Carer’s Allowance Overpayment Value Grouping</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5000.00 - £20,000.00</p></td><td><p>1,310</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over £20,000.00</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The data has been sourced from internal DWP management information, which is intended only to help the Department to manage its business. It is not intended for publication and has not been subject to the same quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Note that the year relates to when the debt was raised on Debt Manager, and therefore not necessarily the period as to when Carer’s Allowance was overpaid. The overpayments may span periods of many years.</p>
	creator	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson