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1006143

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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: Maladministration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit cases were deleted in error; and what the time taken was for those cases to be rebuilt in the most recent 12 months for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	190789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible for a claimant or for front-line operational staff to delete a Universal Credit case in error.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/11/2018 17:26:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Frank Field

818763

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	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: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to roll out the yellow card early warning system for benefit sanctions.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	121527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government will consider the findings from the evaluation of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Early Warning System Trial before making decisions on any future roll-out.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/01/2018 17:55:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Frank Field

818764

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	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
	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 permit dedicated representatives to submit applications for short term benefit advances on behalf of claimants who are awaiting their first payment of jobseeker's allowance or employment and support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	121528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Whilst the application for the Short Term Benefit Advance must come from the claimant or their appointee, the Department acknowledges that representatives and key workers can be very helpful, both in supporting the individual, and by offering advice to staff on recognising support needs and how this impacts on the individual’s ability to access the Department’s benefits and services. Once the claimant has confirmed that they are willing to let the third party speak on their behalf, the Department will accept information from the third party.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/01/2018 10:47:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Frank Field

818765

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance were processed and paid within five days of a claim being made in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	121529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested for claims processing times is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on how many claims were paid within five days of a claim being made as this will vary for each claim, depending on factors such as a claimant’s circumstances and frequency of payment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Claims Processed in 5 working days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)</p></td><td><p>263,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment &amp; Support Allowance (ESA)</p></td><td><p>388,030</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>The period the data covers is from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017.</p><p>All volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>The data provided relates to the initial ESA assessment phase prior to the Work Capability Assessment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p>Management Information System Programme (MISP). MISP is a Departmental performance management, data capture and reporting tool. This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/01/2018 10:44:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Frank Field

818766

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for a short term benefit advance in the most recent 12 months for which data is available; and how many of those applications were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	121530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The most recently available data on Short Term Benefit Advances (STBA) is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>January 2016 - December 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STBA Applications Received by the Department</p></td><td><p>197,514</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>STBA Awarded to individual national insurance numbers</p></td><td><p>98,633</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data covers the period January 16 to December 16. Data after this date is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>Data is also not available for unsuccessful applications and the difference between ‘received’ and ‘awarded’ applications in the table above does not equate to unsuccessful applications. This is because there are a large proportion of applications in which the primary benefit is paid, which negates the need for a STBA.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>Only Working Age Benefits (i.e. Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support) are included in the above information for STBA applications as the number of applications received for State Pension Credit and Carer’s Allowance is not available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p><strong>STBA Applications Received </strong>- Management Information System Programme (MISP). This collation is based on clerical counts submitted by the each Centre and is Internal MI which has been agreed for use in publications of Parliamentary questions and Freedom of Information requests.</p><p> </p><p><strong>STBA Awarded</strong> - Benefit Expenditure Business Information system</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/01/2018 12:52:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma previous answer version 33706 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Frank Field

834784

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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
	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 new claims for jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance were processed within five days in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	126206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the table below. As the Department’s performance measure is to process claims to JSA and ESA within 10 working days, this information is also included.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr><tr><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr><tr><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Claims Processed in 5 working days</p></td><td><p>Total Claims Processed</p></td><td><p>% of Claims Processed in 5 working days</p></td><td><p>Claims Processed in 10 working days</p></td><td><p>% of Claims Processed in 10 working days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)</p></td><td><p>263,610</p></td><td><p>934,860</p></td><td><p>28.2%</p></td><td><p>824,680</p></td><td><p>88.21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment &amp; Support Allowance (ESA)</p></td><td><p>388,030</p></td><td><p>691,930</p></td><td><p>56.1%</p></td><td><p>588,280</p></td><td><p>85.02%</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>The period the data covers is from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017.</p><p>All volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>The data provided relates to the initial Employment and Support Allowance assessment phase prior to the Work Capability Assessment.</p><p><strong>Source: </strong></p><p>Management Information System Programme (MISP). MISP is a Departmental performance management, data capture and reporting tool. This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/02/2018 11:23:12 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Frank Field

834817

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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: Prescriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to inform universal credit claimants of their eligibility for free NHS prescriptions.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	126239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit claimants are informed of their potential entitlement to support with NHS charges (such as prescriptions, dental costs and sight tests) via their monthly payment statements.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Additionally, information about the eligibility for support with NHS charges is ultimately a matter for the Department of Health and Social Care and, where a claimant lives in Scotland, the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/02/2018 11:24:55 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Frank Field

837379

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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 Schemes: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of participants in the Youth Obligation are still unemployed after six months; and what proportion of those still unemployed (a) have moved into an apprenticeship or traineeship or (b) taken up a work experience placement organised by the Department in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	126498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The latest administrative data indicates that around 11,600 claimants had started their Youth Obligation journey.</p><p>We do not currently have validated data on the small number of claimants who have received six months intensive support as the programme is in its early stages, but this data will develop as the programme progresses and we will consider the most effective way to publish it.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/02/2018 14:00:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Frank Field

839163

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	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, if he will place in the Library a copy of the revised guidance issued to staff as a result of the changes to universal credit announced in Autumn Budget 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	127721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>DWP is committed to refreshing the information deposited in the House of Commons Library on Universal Credit on a regular basis, including when there are significant changes, such as those announced at the Autumn Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget changes are being introduced through the early part of 2018 and will all be implemented by the end of April 2018. I will update the Library in full at that time.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/02/2018 12:28:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Frank Field

843784

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to publish the evaluation of the yellow card sanctions pilot in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	128222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The finalisation of the evaluation has proved complex, and we are still in the process of agreeing the final draft. There is a standard 12 week clearance and formatting period from the time the final draft is agreed to publication. We will make the publication date available once it has been confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/02/2018 12:17:37 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Frank Field