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1218743

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	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: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming universal credit in Wales from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 were employed in the care sector.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	66176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/07/2020 14:24:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1223783

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	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: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming universal credit are in work in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	73046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit who are in employment in Great Britain, by country, is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 73047 73048 question first answered 16/07/2020 13:11:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1223784

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	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: England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming universal credit are in work in England.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	73047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit who are in employment in Great Britain, by country, is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 73046 73048 question first answered 16/07/2020 13:11:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1223785

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming universal credit are in work in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	73048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit who are in employment in Great Britain, by country, is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 73046 73047 question first answered 16/07/2020 13:11:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1223786

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	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: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming universal credit are in work in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	73049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit statistics for Northern Ireland are published by the Department for Communities here:</p><p><a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/universal-credit-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/07/2020 12:59:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1587148

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	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	Carer's Allowance
	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 carers allowance for unpaid carers is treated as an income for benefits purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	148777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>This Government recognises and values the vital contribution made by carers in supporting some of the most vulnerable in society, including pensioners and those with disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The principle that available income normally reduces entitlement to means-tested benefits is long established under successive Governments. Means-tested benefits essentially “top-up” other income. Means-tested benefits contain additional amounts for unpaid carers, worth around £2,000 a year, which recognise the additional contribution and responsibilities associated with caring and mean that those with caring responsibilities on low incomes can receive more than other claimants.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/02/2023 09:58:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1656861

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 make an assessment of the effectiveness of PIP descriptors for the assessment of people with fluctuating conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	196550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment criteria account for fluctuations by considering an individual’s ability to undertake 12 specific daily activities over a 12-month period.  It is essential for the assessment to accurately reflect the impact of variations in an individual's level of impairment - this is important for all health conditions and impairments, not only those which more typically fluctuate. For each activity, if a descriptor applies more than 50 per cent of the time, that descriptor should be chosen.</p><p> </p><p>All health professionals are required to assess individuals in line with the statutory requirements, including: whether an individual can complete each of the 12 activities; the manner in which they can do it; and whether they can complete each activity “safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time period”.</p><p> </p><p>Many of the changes set out in Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper aim to improve our assessment of fluctuating conditions, such as the way we use medical evidence, and developing the capability of our assessors. We will also explore options for introducing a new way of gathering evidence of fluctuation in a person’s condition before their assessment.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 197202 question first answered 07/09/2023 15:05:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

810214

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Gower
	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 people in Gower constituency had personal independence payments overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) an appeal hearing in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	120680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The data requested was provided in the answer of 12 September 2017 (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-09-04/6928/" target="_blank">UIN 6928</a>).</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the appeals data provided by the Ministry of Justice in this response referred to claimants’ appeals heard in the hearing venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. For appellants identified as living in Gower those appeals are attributed to the Llanelli, Port Talbot or Swansea venues.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 16:38:09 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

828918

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to digitise the application processes for (a) personal independence payments, (b) attendance allowance and (c) other benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	124528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>DWP is fully committed to improving the way customers access the support they need in the simplest way possible. A range of online services are already available and we continue to work directly with the users of our services to understand their needs and build services to meet those needs.</p><p>Although it remains on our longer-term road map, there are no current plans to digitise the process for Personal Independence Payments although we are introducing improved Digital services for the health assessment.</p><p>Similarly, we are not currently planning any digitisation of the Attendance Allowance.</p><p>We have introduced Digital services for a number of our other benefits/ services including Universal Credit, Job Seekers Allowance, Carer’s Allowance, and to support state pensions. We are continuing to prioritise further digital investment for other benefits where we can see improvements for Citizens.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 31/01/2018 15:03:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

828921

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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	Attendance Allowance and Personal Independence Payment
	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 change the application processes for personal independence payment and attendance allowance to allow third parties to help claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	124530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the application process for Personal Independence Payment or Attendance Allowance as third parties can already assist the claimant throughout the claim process and beyond.</p><p>A third party can assist the disabled person in making the telephone claim for PIP. They can also help the person complete any paper claim form where necessary. Further within the claim process, they can help the claimant complete any evidence gathering forms and can also accompany them to any face to face consultation with a Health Care Professional, at the claimant’s request.</p><p>Separately to this, a third party can make a claim under the Special Rules for the Terminally Ill provisions where the claimant has a life expectancy of less than 6 months, without any involvement from the disabled person, although all notifications are sent to the customer.</p><p>For claims to Attendance Allowance a third party can assist the disabled person by completing a clerical claim form. In addition, claims to Attendance Allowance can be made via Alternative Offices. These are offices authorised by the Secretary of State, with nominated staff trained from specified partner organisations to receive and check Social Security claims made by Attendance Allowance customers. They can also collect and validate information and supporting evidence and record the first date of claim.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 29/01/2018 15:22:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi