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765383

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by when he plans to extend the universal credit landlord portal to all social sector landlords operating in Wirral.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We are planning to invite the largest social rented sector landlords to enrol onto the UC Full Service Landlord Portal between October to December 2017. These will be in new areas that are commencing roll-out of the Universal Credit Full Service. We will shortly be inviting 5 landlords covering the Wirral area to enrol on the portal.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 16:49:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765384

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Interviews
	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 jobseekers' interviews with work coaches lasted (a) 10 minutes or less, (b) 20 minutes or less and (c) more than 20 minutes, in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Most recent 12 month period</p></td><td><p>Interventions lasting 10 minutes or less (volumes and proportion of total interventions) (a)</p></td><td><p>Interventions lasting 20 minutes or less (volumes and proportion of total interventions) (b)</p></td><td><p>Interventions lasting more than 20 minutes (volumes and proportion of total interventions) (c)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legacy Benefits</p></td><td><p>September 2016 to August 2017</p></td><td><p>1,208,087 (33%)</p></td><td><p>2,313,915 (64%)</p></td><td><p>1,298,445 (36%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Universal Credit</p></td><td><p>October 2016 to September 2017</p></td><td><p>2,262,870 (39%)</p></td><td><p>3,578,995 (62%)</p></td><td><p>2,183,959 (38%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Legacy Benefits include Employment and Support Allowance, Jobseekers Allowance and Income Support.</li><li>Source of information for Legacy Benefits: Department for Work and Pensions Labour Market System (LMS).</li><li>Source of information for UC Live Service: Department for Work and Pensions Work Services Platform (WSP).</li><li>Activity associated with claimant interventions in UC Live Service areas is captured by Work Coaches to the Work Services Platform (WSP). Management information relating to the duration of interventions is not routinely collected. However, a data download on 09 October for the 12 months from October 2016 to Sep 2017 has produced both volumes and proportions of interviews that were recorded as “completed” within the parameters stated in the question.</li><li>The calculations for the proportions of Jobseekers interventions to Work Coaches are as follows:</li></ol><p>5.1. Legacy Benefits</p><p>5.1.1. Interventions lasting 10 minutes or less (1,208,087) divided by total number of interventions (3,612,360) is 33%.</p><p>5.1.2. Interventions lasting 20 minutes or less (2,313,915) divided by total number of interventions (3,612,360) is 64%.</p><p>5.1.3. Interventions lasting more than 20 minutes (1,298,445) divided by total number of interventions (3,612,360) is 36%.</p><p>5.2. Universal Credit</p><p>5.2.1. Interventions lasting 10 minutes or less (2,262,870) divided by total number of interventions (5,762,954) is 39%.</p><p>5.2.2. Interventions lasting 20 minutes or less (3,578,995) divided by total number of interventions (5,762,954) is 62%.</p><p>5.2.3. Interventions lasting more than 20 minutes (2,183,959) divided by total number of interventions (5,762,954) is 38%.</p><ol start="6"><li>The volume and proportion of interventions lasting 20 minutes or less will include those interventions lasting 10 minutes or less that form the response to part (a) of the question.</li><li>Information on the actual duration of interventions is not currently collated centrally for UC Full Service and to extract this information would incur disproportionate costs.</li><li>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 16:59:37 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765385

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Interviews
	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 the setting of time limits for jobseekers' interviews with their work coaches.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Work Coaches working with their local managers are best placed to identify the support and guidance that is appropriate to each claimant to help them move in to work as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The length of the appointment and the number of times that a Work Coach sees a claimant is dependent upon which conditionality group they are placed in. As an example those claimants undertaking Intensive Work Search are required to attend mandatory face to face weekly interventions for the first 13 weeks of their claim</p><p> </p><p>Work Coaches have the flexibility to apply easements for attendance, for example:</p><p> </p><ul><li>temporary absence to receive medical treatment,</li><li>bereavement of partner or child,</li><li>domestic Violence,</li><li>child in distress,</li><li>drug/alcohol dependent,</li><li>carrying out public duty,</li><li>periods of sickness,</li><li>claimant in prison,</li><li>witness protection</li></ul> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 11:33:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765386

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Interviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to Jobcentre Plus managers on setting time limits for jobseeker's interviews with work coaches.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The timing and frequency of attendance at jobseeker’s interviews is at the discretion of the Work Coach, working with their line manager, and also determined by the individual circumstances of the claimant.</p><p>In order that interviews are monitored and the claimant journey tracked in the most effective way, managers follow a Quality Assurance framework with their work coaches.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 16:51:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765379

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what process is in place to identify people who are unable to make applications online for universal credit as a result of a disability.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>DWP recognises that some people will need help with on-line claims and activity. When claimants make the Department aware of their disability, Universal Credit will offer support in jobcentres to make and manage their claims on-line, and also to acquire or improve core digital skills. DWP has also rolled out the Universal Support initiative alongside the national roll out of Universal Credit, as part of which Local Authorities deliver both digital and budgeting support.</p><p> </p><p>Where claimants have no capability to make or manage their claim on-line, telephone and face to face support is available. We are continually reviewing and developing the current vulnerable claimant customer journey, including how vulnerable people are identified and how they are supported both internally and via referral to local services delivered in partnership activity.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/10/2017 14:11:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765380

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether new claimants receive an email acknowledgement of their submission of an online claim for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>Universal Credit send an acknowledgement of the submission of a claim to a claimant immediately, via a secure message in their online journal. This is a more secure method than email, is immediate and protects claimants’ personal data.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/10/2017 14:17:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765393

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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, when he plans to publish the full report of his Department's yellow card early warning trial evaluation pilot conducted in Scotland in 2016 benefit sanctions.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>We are currently in the process of agreeing the final draft of the evaluation. 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 East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/10/2017 14:47:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765394

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Staff
	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 11 September 2017 to Question 7125, on jobcentres: staff, if he will publish a list of the (a) intervention types identified by his Department and (b) average length of time his Department allocates to each such intervention type.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in in the attached table – PQ 105567 Intervention List.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/10/2017 14:56:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 105567 Intervention List.docx title PQ 105567 Intervention List
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765569

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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 comparative assessment he has made of the number and rate of sanctions applied to (a) universal credit and (b) legacy benefit claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>There are differences between sanctions policy in Universal Credit and other benefits. It is for this reason that the sanction rate in Universal Credit cannot be compared with the sanction rate in, for example, JSA.</p><p> </p><p>For instance, under JSA if a claimant fails to attend a Work Coach meeting, after 5 days without making contact they would have their claim terminated. Under Universal Credit these claimants are sanctioned – their standard allowance is reduced - but they continue to receive other elements that they are entitled to, which might cover children and housing amongst other things. Accordingly, the numbers of sanctions will appear higher in Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>However, the policy intent behind this difference is not to sanction more people but to ensure that all payment is not terminated, and that other elements continue to be in payment while we investigate the reason for the loss of contact with the claimant.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 16:50:56 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765570

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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: Terminal Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which terminal conditions mean that repeat assessments for employment and support allowance are not required.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Rather than setting out a list of specific medical conditions, the criteria to identify those for whom reassessments are no longer required, is based on identifying claimants with the most severe health conditions and disabilities, where it would be unreasonable to expect the individual to undertake any form or amount of work or work related activity.</p><p> </p><p>We already have support in place for ESA claimants who are diagnosed with a terminal illness, where as a consequence of that disease their life expectancy is reasonably believed to be six months or less. They will not need to have a face-to-face assessment, and will be treated as having limited capability for work-related activity and will be placed in the Support Group, where they are not required to take part in any work-related activity. We also have fast track rules which mean their claim must be processed as soon as possible, and they receive the higher rate of benefit immediately.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/10/2017 16:23:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead