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1645022

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2023
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Disability
	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 25 May 2023 to Question 185576 on Disability, which of his Department’s commitments in the National Disability Strategy that have not been paused as a result of legal action have (a) been fully, (b) been partially and (c) not been implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	189779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>In January 2022, the High Court declared the National Disability Strategy (NDS) was unlawful because the UK Disability Survey, which informed it, was held to be a voluntary consultation that failed to comply with the legal requirements on public consultations.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) made five commitments in the NDS:</p><ul><li>Set out proposals to improve the experience of accessing disability benefits;</li><li>Pilot an Access to Work Passport to help disabled people progress through education and move into employment;</li><li>Make available a passport for all young disabled students, including those receiving Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA), when they leave university;</li><li>Encourage employers to hire disabled people and to create inclusive workplaces by reviewing Disability Confident, strengthening the Voluntary Reporting Framework, and disseminating best practice to employers; and</li><li>Expand trials for supported employment services.</li></ul><p>Since the NDS was published, DWP has:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Published the Health and Disability White Paper, which sets out the Government’s plans to reform the welfare system and make it better meet the needs of disabled people in Great Britain. This includes removing the Work Capability Assessment (meaning claimants will now only have to do one health assessment rather than two) and supporting claimants to try work without fear of losing their financial support;</li><li>Delivered a pilot to test the Adjustments Passport in 3 universities. The pilot results were evaluated by the universities, demonstrating the value of the Adjustments Passport, which as a result is expected to be available, across all nations, beginning in September 2023;</li><li>Implemented a Health Adjustments Passport to support disabled jobseekers and is implementing an Armed Forces Service Leavers Adjustments Passport. The DWP is continuing testing of the Adjustments Passport with various groups, including young people on vocational programmes;</li></ul><ul><li>Paused work directly related to the Disability Confident review and strengthening the Voluntary Reporting Framework. The DWP continues to promote the Disability Confident Scheme and encourage sign-up through our regular engagement with the Business Leaders Group, employers of all sizes and other stakeholders; and</li><li>Provided funding, in partnership with DHSC, for Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) supported employment services in 12 areas across 41 local authorities in England, to support people with health conditions to access paid jobs, and then support both the individual and their employer to ensure that the job is sustained.</li></ul><p>The Government also announced a wide-reaching package at the Spring Budget to support disabled people, and people with health conditions, to stay in, and return to work. This new investment builds on our existing extensive support to help disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>We remain fully committed to supporting disabled people in the UK through creating more opportunities, protecting their rights and ensuring they fully benefit from, and can contribute to, every aspect of our society. To support this, the DWP will be providing further details of our recent achievements to improve disabled people’s lives in the forthcoming Disability Action Plan consultation due for publication in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of this, I as the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, will write providing a list of these achievements and will place a copy in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/06/2023 15:37:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1628587

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	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	Disability
	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 National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, if he will list which of those report's recommendations that have not been paused as a result of legal action has been (a) fully, (b) partially and (c) not been implemented by (i) action and (ii) Department responsible.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	185576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>In January 2022, the High Court declared the National Disability Strategy was unlawful because the UK Disability Survey, which informed it, was held to be a voluntary consultation that failed to comply with the legal requirements on public consultations.</p><p> </p><p>We are disappointed by, and strongly disagree with, the High Court’s finding, and the Secretary of State has been granted permission to appeal the Court's declaration.</p><p> </p><p>As the NDS was found to be unlawful, we are unable to provide you with the information in the format you have requested, as we do not centrally track commitments included in the NDS.</p><p> </p><p>We are fully committed to supporting disabled people in the UK through creating more opportunities, protecting their rights and ensuring they fully benefit from, and can contribute to, every aspect of our society. To support this, we will be providing details of the Government’s recent achievements to improve disabled people’s lives in the forthcoming Disability Action Plan consultation due for publication in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of this, I will write providing a list of these achievements and will place a copy in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/05/2023 11:16:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1600482

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2023
	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	Employment: Menopause
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date the Menopause Workplace Champion will be appointed.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	156119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm today, Helen Tomlinson, has been appointed by DWP as the Governments Menopause Employment Champion.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring we address any stigma in the workplace associated with menopause and its symptoms - which can vary as well as, the age of women when they experience it. Working positively with employers is vital to ensure they can support, recruit and importantly retain women who are in employment and experiencing menopause and stop women perhaps considering giving up their employment due to the impacts which can occur affecting both confidence and wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>I look forward to working closely with Helen, to achieve our goals of driving workplace change that will help realise the full potential of women, businesses, and the economy by assisting women at any age and career stage to be properly supported and thrive in work.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/03/2023 16:15:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1307340

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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: 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 recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of making people under the age of 25 living in supported accommodation eligible for the work allowance under universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	179066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to change eligibility for work allowances in Universal Credit. Work allowances are focussed on providing extra support for those with children or limited capability to work. All Universal Credit claimants who are in work and earn above any applicable work allowance will benefit from the single 63% taper rate which reduces their Universal Credit at a consistent and predictable rate and by less than they are earning.</p><p> </p><p>To support young people into employment we are investing £2bn to support the creation of quality jobs via our Kickstart scheme, which is already creating thousands of high-quality jobs for young people.</p><p> </p><p>On top of this, our DWP Youth Offer provides wrap-around support for 18-24 year olds in the intensive work search group, helping young people access provision stood up as part of the Plan for Jobs, alongside local work related provision.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:36:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1307339

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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: 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 plans she has to review the universal credit rate for young people who live alone.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	179065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Universal Credit rate for under 25s reflects the lower wages that younger workers typically receive. Universal Credit also includes separate elements to provide support for housing costs, children and childcare costs and support for disabled people and carers. These additional amounts are provided to claimants at the same level irrespective of age.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to review this at present. OBR figures show we have injected over £8bn into the welfare system in 2020/21, and we have extended the £20 a week increase to Universal Credit for a further six months. This increase is supporting millions of people across the UK, including those under 25.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:10:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1307338

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Young People
	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 under the age of 25 were refused Discretionary Housing Payment (a) nationally and (b) in each local authority area in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	179064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>As Discretionary Housing Payments are administered by Local Authorities the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent data available on Discretionary Housing Payments is the following set of official statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-april-to-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-april-to-september-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:03:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1305169

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2021
	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, what the current average waiting time is for an application for limited capacity to work benefit to be considered.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	174108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department publishes Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) statistics online and the latest clearance time statistics available to June 2020 can be accessed in Table 8 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-january-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-january-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>Statistics on Work Capability Assessments for Universal Credit are currently under development for future publication and have not previously been published as official statistics. We will issue them in due course as an official statistics release in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. Whilst the initial statistics will not have median clearance times, these will be developed for publication in due course.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/03/2021 14:12:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1254165

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2020
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of vacancies available as part of the Kickstart scheme that are currently unfilled as a result of registered gateway organisations not yet having received approval from her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	118517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>As of 30/11/2020, there are 292 applications from potential gateway organisations waiting for assessment. These applications represent 28,783 potential job placements. So far, applications from Gateways and employers covering 23’934 vacancies have been approved.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 118516 question first answered 03/12/2020 17:39:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1254163

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2020
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many registered gateway organisations are waiting for approval from her Department before being able to commence the Kickstart scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	118516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>As of 30/11/2020, there are 292 applications from potential gateway organisations waiting for assessment. These applications represent 28,783 potential job placements. So far, applications from Gateways and employers covering 23’934 vacancies have been approved.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 118517 question first answered 03/12/2020 17:39:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1254162

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2020
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date registered gateway organisations will have received approval for the Kickstart scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	118515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>Our aim is to process an application within a month, but this can take longer if we require additional information from bidders. As the scheme continues to roll-out we expect that the time taken to process applications will reduce. Turn-around times are already improving.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/11/2020 14:39:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes