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856909

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of (a) child tax credit, (b) working tax credit and (c) both those tax credits by income decile.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	131421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Income</strong> <strong>Decile</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Child Tax Credit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working Tax Credit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Both Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>0.5m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>0.9m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>0.8m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>0.6m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>0.5m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>3.8m</p></td><td><p>2.2m</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of individuals in receipt of tax credits is based on Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data sourced from the 2015-16 Family Resources Survey (FRS). In the FRS tax credit receipt is based on self-assessment and therefore may be subject to misreporting, and the FRS is known to undercount receipt of certain benefits. The numbers in the table have been corrected for the undercount. They have been produced by scaling the proportion in each decile from HBAI to the overall number of families in receipt of child tax credit, working tax credit and both child tax credit and working tax credit, from administrative data. The tax credit administrative data is available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>The calculation of income deciles uses disposable household income, adjusted using modified OECD equivalisation factors for household size and composition. All estimates are based on survey data and are therefore subject to a degree of uncertainty. Small differences should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling error and variability in non-response. Numbers of individuals have been rounded to the nearest hundred thousand. Numbers that round to less than one hundred thousand have been suppressed (“-“).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 11:31:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

432360

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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, when he plans to update the Pension Service leaflet entitled, A detailed guide to State Pensions to include the introduction of the new State Pension from 6 April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	17701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>“A detailed guide to State Pensions” (publication NP46) was a technical guide aimed primarily at third party advisers and stakeholders, not general members of the public. This guide has not been available since 2010.</p><br /><p>We continue to work with stakeholders to supply detailed information on the new State Pension before April 2016.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/11/2015 15:01:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

919176

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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, what recent information she holds on the number and proportion of people who drop out of the application process for universal credit after (a) an initial attempt to make an online claim and (b) an initial appointment with Jobcentre Plus staff.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	151084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>a) For Universal Credit Full Service claims made (declared) in November 2017 from internal analysis carried out in March 2018:</p><p>- 71% of claimants were paid.</p><p>- 29% were closed and not paid. This could be for a variety of reasons, including ineligibility.</p><p> </p><p>b) For Universal Credit Full Service claims made (declared) in November 2017 from internal analysis carried out in March 2018:</p><p>- 8% were closed and not paid, having attended at least one interview.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>This data is from DWP internal management information which 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 12/06/2018 16:40:28 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882646

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling travel expenses for claimants of the flexible support fund to be paid up front instead of in arrears.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Work coaches already have discretion to reimburse travel costs for jobseekers (taking into account their particular circumstances), who are asked to attend their jobcentre outside of their minimum attendance requirements.</p><p> </p><p>For travel expenses for job interviews, work coaches have the discretion to pay these in advance where the claimant is unable to fund this prior to interview.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/04/2018 15:17:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
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

519376

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 Answer of 9 May 2016 to Question 36280, for what reasons work capability assessments have been cancelled.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	37214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>Work Capability Assessments can be cancelled for a wide variety of reasons linked to the need for matching the customer’s own requirements with the availability of all those parts necessary for an assessment to take place. Over half of all cancellations are customer instigated cancellations.</p><p> </p><p>Where the cancellations are instigated by DWP we will rearrange the appointment at a convenient time for the customer.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/05/2016 16:53:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

919195

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to issue revised guidance on work capability assessments.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	151092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>Work Capability Assessment (WCA) guidance is available via the WCA Handbook, available on Gov.uk. This document is reviewed regularly and an updated version will be published during Summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/06/2018 09:08:21 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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 Lord Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882645

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made on enabling new legacy benefit claimants to submit their supporting documents electronically via a secure online portal.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Where it can be done appropriately and securely, the uploading of documents such as fit-notes and CVs is encouraged for certain benefit systems. DWP does not currently enable citizens to upload documents to all of our legacy benefit systems but we are continuously looking at ways to improve and enhance the customer experience.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/04/2018 14:58:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

904666

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
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, what transitional protections are in place to ensure that claimants of employment and support allowance retain their severe disability premium when they move on to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	144203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>We will start to move legacy benefit claimants to Universal Credit as part of our Managed Migration process from 2019. At this point, claimants will receive transitional protection if their overall Universal Credit entitlement would be less than under the old system, provided that their circumstances remain the same.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, claimants only move from existing benefits to Universal Credit through natural migration when they experience a change in their circumstances that triggers a new claim to benefit. Their entitlement is then calculated on the rules of their new benefit. This is a long-established principle which we maintain for Universal Credit. In the case of claimants currently in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium, we will continue to reflect on the matter.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/05/2018 16:23:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead