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1399352

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential reintroduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in the context of the spread of the omicron covid-19 variant.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	96992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text As we have done throughout the pandemic, we are closely monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. We will continue to respond proportionately to the changing path of the virus.<p> </p><p>Since the start of the pandemic, the Government has a strong track record of responding quickly, flexibly, and comprehensively in supporting jobs, businesses, individuals, and families when needed.</p><p>The effectiveness of our £400 billion package of interventions since the start of the pandemic, and the strength of the recovery that we have seen from previous waves means the economy is in a different place now.</p><p> </p><p>Employee numbers are above February 2020 levels in every part of the country and have grown consistently through this year.</p><p> </p><p>So, it is right that our economic response in the face of Omicron adapts too and that our support is better targeted at the businesses that need it the most, providing better value for taxpayers and helping the economy to bounce back more quickly.</p><p> </p><p>However, we recognise the impact Omicron and Government guidance is having on businesses and individuals, which is why on 21 December 2021 we announced £1 billion of new grant support for the hospitality, leisure, and cultural sectors, and reintroduced the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme. This is on top of the existing package of support, in place through to Spring 2022, which includes the Recovery Loan Scheme, business rates relief, VAT reduction, and the ongoing commercial rent moratorium.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 96993 question first answered 12/01/2022 17:36:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1399353

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to reintroduce the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in the event that further restrictions are introduced in the context of the rising rate of covid-19 infections.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	96993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text As we have done throughout the pandemic, we are closely monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. We will continue to respond proportionately to the changing path of the virus.<p> </p><p>Since the start of the pandemic, the Government has a strong track record of responding quickly, flexibly, and comprehensively in supporting jobs, businesses, individuals, and families when needed.</p><p>The effectiveness of our £400 billion package of interventions since the start of the pandemic, and the strength of the recovery that we have seen from previous waves means the economy is in a different place now.</p><p> </p><p>Employee numbers are above February 2020 levels in every part of the country and have grown consistently through this year.</p><p> </p><p>So, it is right that our economic response in the face of Omicron adapts too and that our support is better targeted at the businesses that need it the most, providing better value for taxpayers and helping the economy to bounce back more quickly.</p><p> </p><p>However, we recognise the impact Omicron and Government guidance is having on businesses and individuals, which is why on 21 December 2021 we announced £1 billion of new grant support for the hospitality, leisure, and cultural sectors, and reintroduced the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme. This is on top of the existing package of support, in place through to Spring 2022, which includes the Recovery Loan Scheme, business rates relief, VAT reduction, and the ongoing commercial rent moratorium.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 96992 question first answered 12/01/2022 17:36:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1507191

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	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, with reference to the letter sent on 15 July 2022 by the then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, if she will take steps to publish the evaluation of benefit sanctions referred to in that letter.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	53458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>“I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions?SearchTerm=49219&amp;DateFrom=01/01/2022&amp;DateTo=28/04/2023&amp;AnsweredFrom=&amp;AnsweredTo=&amp;House=Commons&amp;Answered=Any&amp;Expanded=True" target="_blank">PQ W 49219</a>”</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 28/09/2022 17:15:32 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1463974

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to correspondence from the Minister of State for Care and Mental Health to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee dated 20 April 2022, what the policy justification is for pursuing a non-statutory approach to early intervention and school and community-based measures for the mental health support of children and young people.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	4642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ and the NHS Long Term Plan set out the policy concerning early intervention and school and community-based measures for the mental health support of children and young people. These do not require a statutory basis to implement. No assessment of the merits of a non-statutory or statutory approach for these services has been made since the publication of the green paper and the Long Term Plan.</p><p>We continue to consider the Committee’s recommendations in the context of the development of a new long term, cross-Government plan for mental health. We will update our response to the Committee’s recommendations once the final plan is published. A call for evidence to inform the development of the plan is open until 7 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 3475 question first answered 08/06/2022 16:42:31 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1625136

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2023
	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	Social Security Benefits: ICT
	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 uses (a) automated or (b) partially automated technologies to (i) investigate benefit claimants or claims and (ii) select or refer benefit claimant or claims for possible investigation.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	183519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2023 answer text <p>You ask: <strong>whether his Department uses (a) automated or (b) partially automated technologies to (i) investigate benefit claimants or claims.</strong></p><p> </p><p>The department does not use (a) automated or (b) partially automated technologies to (i) investigate benefit claimants or claims.</p><p> </p><p>You further ask:<strong> whether his Department uses (a) automated or (b) partially automated technologies to select or refer benefit claimant or claims for possible investigation?</strong></p><p> </p><p>Yes, DWP’s Integrated Risk and Intelligence Service uses automated/partially automated technologies to identify claims that may warrant closer inspection (or may need additional consideration), assisting in the prevention and detection of fraud and error. It is right that we keep up with fraud in today’s digital age so that we can prevent, detect and deter those who would try to exploit the benefit system and more importantly, improve our support for genuine claimants. Any risk of fraud or error identified is reviewed by a trained member of staff and this is only one of a number of verification steps which will have to be cleared before an investigation is begun or before a claim is paid.</p><p> </p><p>A decision to investigate a claimant is always made by a case handler who would take into account all relevant facts and circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Where automated technologies are used, DWP is always committed to processing data lawfully, proportionately, and ethically, with meaningful human input and safeguards for the protection of individuals.</p><p> </p><p>We do not use automated technologies to replace human judgement to determine or deny a payment to a claimant. A human agent will always make final decisions and Equality and Data Protection Impact Assessments are carried out.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/05/2023 09:13:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1690064

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on informing applicants if the time taken to process their application is longer than the published service standard as a result of technical issues.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	14662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Where there is a technical issue which prevents caseworkers from taking action on a case, the department will seek to address these as quickly as possible and resolve these so the case can be completed within its service standard. Where the technical issue may cause the case to go out of service standard, caseworking teams will write to the customer to inform them of the delay and keep them informed of progress.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published statistics which includes data on performance against Service Level Agreement for Standard, Priority and Super Priority visas up to the end of Q3 2023 can be found in this link (Data tab VSI_02):<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q3-2023" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q3-2023. </a></p><p> </p><p>Q4 2023 stats are due to be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 27/02/2024 16:34:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1536296

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons an (a) Employment and Support Allowance, (b) Personal Independence Payment and (c) Universal Credit appeal may be lapsed by her Department when a decision is not changed after a mandatory reconsideration.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	72385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>When preparing an appeal response, the department will review the original decision, considering both evidence previously submitted to DWP and any new evidence submitted by the claimant in support of their appeal. A decision can be revised and the appeal lapsed on any ground which has the effect of changing the decision in the claimant’s favour.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of lapsing is to ensure that decisions which should be changed are identified at this stage, so that the claimant does not need to proceed to an appeal hearing. Where the change does not award the claimant the maximum they could be awarded by a tribunal, the appeal will only be lapsed with the claimant’s agreement.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/11/2022 15:43:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1522651

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	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 13 October 2022 to Question 55080 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, for what reason her Department make a decision to lapse an appeal after previously having decided not to reconsider the decision at the mandatory reconsideration stage.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	63291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>When preparing an appeal response the Department will review the decision, considering evidence previously submitted and any new evidence received with the appeal. The grounds for any revision will depend on the specifics of the individual case. Our overarching aim is to ensure that decisions which should be changed and so do not need to proceed to a hearing are changed at this stage. Where the change does not award the claimant the maximum they could be awarded by a tribunal the appeal will only be lapsed with the claimant’s agreement.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 63292 question first answered 20/10/2022 12:06:50 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1522652

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	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 13 October 2022 to Question 55080 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, whether her Department reviews every appeal to decide whether or not it should lapse.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	63292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>When preparing an appeal response the Department will review the decision, considering evidence previously submitted and any new evidence received with the appeal. The grounds for any revision will depend on the specifics of the individual case. Our overarching aim is to ensure that decisions which should be changed and so do not need to proceed to a hearing are changed at this stage. Where the change does not award the claimant the maximum they could be awarded by a tribunal the appeal will only be lapsed with the claimant’s agreement.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 63291 question first answered 20/10/2022 12:06:50 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1470330

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department would allow (a) an Employment and Support Allowance, (b) Personal Independence Payment and (c) Universal Credit appeal to lapse.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	17998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>When a claimant submits an appeal, a DWP decision maker will review their case again including any new evidence submitted and decide whether they think the decision under appeal remains the correct one. If the decision maker makes a new, more advantageous decision then the appeal can lapse.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2022 14:18:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor