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1340417

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
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: Social Prescribing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of introducing social prescribing welfare support for people in receipt of benefits from her Department.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	901872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>Social Prescribing can connect people with community groups and agencies for practical, social and emotional support. Our work coaches play an important role in signposting our customers to other forms of support available to them in their communities.</p><p> </p><p>Our forthcoming Health and Disability Green Paper will explore ways to improve the benefits system, increase opportunities for employment and help more people to lead independent lives.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/06/2021 16:33:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1339420

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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: Injuries and Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many internal process reviews have been (a) started and (b) completed on cases of death or serious harm since July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	21211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>Internal Process Reviews (IPRs) are internal retrospective investigations, focussed on organisational learning. They are not designed to identify or apportion blame (where engaged, a Coroner has responsibility for concluding the cause of death).</p><p> </p><p>IPRs are conducted when:</p><p>o there is a suggestion or allegation that the Department’s actions or omissions may have negatively contributed to the customer’s circumstances, or cases in which the department may be able to learn about the operation of its processes, AND a customer has suffered serious harm, has died (including by suicide), or where we have reason to believe there has been an attempted suicide.</p><p>o the Department is asked to participate in an external Safeguarding Adults Board, or is named as an Interested Party at an Inquest. An Internal Process Review will be conducted - regardless of whether there is an allegation against the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Of those IPRs that have been started since July 2019, those relevant to the question’s criteria are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Death*</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious Harm**</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Of those IPRs that have been completed since July 2019, those relevant to the question’s criteria are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Death*</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious Harm**</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Death includes the categories death, alleged suicide and confirmed suicide.</p><p>** Serious Harm includes the categories self-harm, serious harm, attempted suicide and ‘other’.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/06/2021 16:39:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1339456

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward measures to remove the six-month rule, which forces terminally ill people to prove how long they have left to live in order to access fast-track support.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	21360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The DWP announced in July 2019 that it would consider how the benefit system supports people nearing the end of their life. The DWP has conducted a wide ranging evaluation which considered the views of claimants, stakeholders and clinicians on how it supports those nearing the end of their lives. The evaluation has shown that there are three key areas for the Department to consider: a consensus to change the six-month rule; improving ​consistency with other services used by people nearing the end of their lives; and raising awareness of the support that is available. The Department is committed to delivering an improved benefit system for claimants that are nearing the end of their lives and is working across Government to bring forward proposals following the evaluation.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/06/2021 12:10:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1339470

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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: 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 16 June 2021 to Question 16930, Social Security Benefits: Appeals, if her Department will publish the conclusions of their research and analysis to understand the consequences of newly introduced benefit assessment channels.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	21320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>Findings from the Department’s programme of research and analysis to understand the consequences of the newly introduced assessment channels will be made available via outputs published on gov.uk. We expect to publish findings from a 2020 telephone survey of PIP and UC/ESA claimants who received a telephone assessment shortly.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/06/2021 16:35:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1339569

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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	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, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level at which carers allowance is paid; and what plans she has to increase the level at which carers allowance is paid.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	21281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to the answer I gave on 10 June 2021 to question number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-04/10503" target="_blank">10503</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/06/2021 14:00:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1339608

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that citizens from EU member states living in the UK and in receipt of in-work social security payments, including universal credit do not stop receiving support after 1 July 2021 if (a) their application for the EU Settlement Scheme has not been resolved and (b) they have not applied to that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	21241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member of Bermondsey and Old Southwark to my previous response on this subject : <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-21/19715" target="_blank">UIN 19715</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/06/2021 12:08:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1338814

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
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: 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 her plans for a Health and Disability Green Paper, what steps her Department has taken to engage disabled people in discussions on how the benefits system is working in preparation for publication of that Paper; what plans he had to incorporate disabled people's insights from the consultation into the recommendation of that paper; and what her timescale is for publication of that Paper.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	20570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>It is vital that the voices of disabled people are at the centre of health and disability policy development. Over the past 18 months I have personally led a series of events in which I have heard directly from disabled people about their lived experiences with the benefits system. The forthcoming Health and Disability Green Paper will reflect themes coming out of those conversations and ask for views on how best to address them.</p><p>Given the necessary focus on the departmental response to Covid-19, we are working to a longer timescale than previously anticipated. We will continue the engagement with disabled people and their representatives and plan to publish the formal consultation document in the coming months.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/06/2021 12:01:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie