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1156271

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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	Homelessness: Death
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 take steps to identify how many homeless people who died in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available had been in receipt of benefits in the 12 months prior to their death; and if she will publish information on the town or city in which each homeless person in receipt of benefits died.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	4929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally collate data on the number of customers who are homeless which would be necessary to inform such an estimate and to do so would create a disproportionate cost to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>We know that there are varied and complex reasons behind a person’s homelessness. That is why it is DWP’s priority to ensure that people experiencing homelessness, or at risk, get the appropriate support they need to stabilise their lives and move into work.</p><p> </p><p>In order to fully evaluate the factors which cause homelessness, we commissioned a feasibility study and rapid evidence review into the causes of homelessness, in partnership with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The research included a rapid evidence assessment on the causes of homelessness in the UK, a review of models of homelessness developed outside of Government, and a feasibility study that provided advice on the development of quantitative models of homelessness that could be used for policy appraisal. We are currently working on next steps.</p><p> </p><p>The publications can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/causes-of-homelessness-and-rough-sleeping-feasibility-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/causes-of-homelessness-and-rough-sleeping-feasibility-study</a></p><p> </p><p>We provide a range of support to help people who are homeless or at risk move closer to, or into, work. This includes safeguards to help people make a Universal Credit claim; access to the Jobcentre Plus employment offer with individual tailoring; and priority access to the Work and Health Programme. Work coaches are legally required to offer a voluntary referral to claimants they consider may be homeless or threatened with homelessness to a Local Housing Authority of the claimant’s choice.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting the manifesto commitment to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eradicate it altogether by 2027 through the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Reduction Taskforce, and commitments set out in the recent Rough Sleeping Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/10/2019 12:03:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1151924

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
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: Birkenhead
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 place in the Library copies of (a) risk registers relating to the (i) policy and (ii) administration governing universal credit and (b) the risk register governing the implementation of universal credit in Birkenhead.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	4277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>It is not the Department’s policy to publish its assessments of ongoing risks. This ensures there is sufficient space for internal and robust discussions between officials and Ministers, and to ensure that our security and operations are not compromised.</p><p> </p><p>The Universal Credit programme from its inception has been, and continues to be, subject to a robust regime of internal and external scrutiny, including oversight from the Work and Pensions Select Committee, the Public Accounts Committee, the National Audit Office and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 4278 question first answered 28/10/2019 15:13:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1151925

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
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: Fraud
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 18 October 2019 to Question 1899 on Universal Credit: Fraud, what mitigating actions were published in the risk register in connection with universal credit advance fraud; whether those actions were carried out; and what their outcome was.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	4278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>It is not the Department’s policy to publish its assessments of ongoing risks. This ensures there is sufficient space for internal and robust discussions between officials and Ministers, and to ensure that our security and operations are not compromised.</p><p> </p><p>The Universal Credit programme from its inception has been, and continues to be, subject to a robust regime of internal and external scrutiny, including oversight from the Work and Pensions Select Committee, the Public Accounts Committee, the National Audit Office and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 4277 question first answered 28/10/2019 15:13:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1151365

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) 18-month limit for receiving bereavement support payment and (b) three-month limit for claiming bereavement support payment.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	3789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>We intend to carry out an evaluation of Bereavement Support Payment once sufficient evidence is available for this comparatively new benefit, to enable us to evaluate the policy.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/10/2019 14:23:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1151527

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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, how many and what proportion of claimants of universal credit manually reported their wages in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	3809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>A monthly breakdown of adjustments to Universal Credit payments owing to Real Time Information and self-reported earnings is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>From the information that is readily available for Universal Credit Full Service, in the twelve months to September 2019, on average 1.7m payments were processed each month. Of the payments processed, on average 1.2% or 20,000 had self-reported earnings information recorded.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/10/2019 15:18:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1150955

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
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 steps she has taken to ensure that universal credit claimants have access to support throughout the application process; and whether she plans to increase the number of universal credit telephone advisers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	2706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department takes seriously the need to support vulnerable claimants, and wants the application process for Universal Credit to be as quick and easy as possible, ensuring that claimants receive money at the earliest opportunity. To support this, we keep staffing levels under constant review and at the required levels, ensuring we have the right number of people available to answer customer calls and to respond to forecasted demand.</p><p> </p><p>All Jobcentres across the country have Wi-Fi and computers available for claimants to access the internet. These devices are being upgraded in a programme due to be completed by the end of October 2019. For those that are still unable to access or use digital services, or are not able to travel, assistance to make and maintain their claim is available via the Freephone Universal Credit helpline. In certain circumstances, a home visit can be arranged to support a claimant in making and maintaining their claim</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland have been delivering the ‘Help to Claim’ service on a pilot basis since April 2019, supporting claimants with making a new claim to Universal Credit. The Citizens Advice Help to Claim service offers tailored, practical support to help people make a Universal Credit claim up to receiving their first full correct payment on time, and is available online, on the phone and face-to-face through local Citizen’s Advice services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/10/2019 15:47:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1151029

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
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	Food Banks: Glasgow
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 people who have been signposted or referred to a food bank by staff at Shettleston Jobcentre in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	2933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the number of claimants signposted to food banks by Jobcentre staff. We want to develop a better understanding of the drivers of food insecurity and identify which groups are most at risk and, as such, we worked with the Scottish Government, food insecurity experts, and the Office for National Statistics to introduce a new set of food security questions in the latest Family Resources Survey (April). This will enable us in the future to monitor the prevalence and severity of household food insecurity across the UK and for specific groups.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/10/2019 12:08:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1151031

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
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	Housing Benefit: Glasgow East
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 make an estimate of the total change in the amount deducted from the housing benefit of claimants in Glasgow East constituency as a result of the removal of the spare room subsidy between February 2014 and the most recent month for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	2934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The removal of the spare room subsidy (RSRS) policy has resulted in £9m of Housing Benefit deductions in Glasgow East since May 2013. A breakdown by financial year is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Total Estimated Housing Benefit RSRS Deductions in Glasgow East, 2013/14 to 2018/19 (£m pa)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>2013/14</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014/15</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2015/16</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2016/17</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2017/18</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2018/19</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>1.3</em></p></td><td><p><em>1.4</em></p></td><td><p><em>1.5</em></p></td><td><p><em>1.5</em></p></td><td><p><em>1.6</em></p></td><td><p><em>1.7</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Figures for 2013/14 cover from May 2013 onwards.</em></p><p><em>Figures do not include claimants on Universal Credit (UC) with a removal of the spare room subsidy (RSRS) deduction as these data are not currently available. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/10/2019 15:59:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1151039

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
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, if she will make it her Department's policy to collect information on the number of individuals subject to a benefit sanction who receive assistance from a food bank during the period of sanction.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	2939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Jobcentres have discretion to work with a wide range of partners including food banks, and can signpost customers to food banks where they have asked for details, and where all sources of statutory support have been considered. Jobcentre staff are not required to keep records of the numbers or circumstances of benefit claimants they signpost, and we have no current plans to changes these arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Sanctions are only used in a minority of cases. We have a well-established system of hardship payments, available as a safeguard if a claimant demonstrates that they cannot meet their immediate and most essential needs, including accommodation, heating, food and hygiene, as a result of their sanction.</p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/10/2019 12:56:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1151112

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
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	Cold Weather Payments: Sutton Coldfield
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 in Sutton Coldfield constituency received cold weather payments in the winter period of 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	2704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The Cold Weather Payment scheme is administered at weather station level rather than any other standard GB geography such as constituency level. The coverage area for each weather station is determined by the Met Office which assesses the most appropriate weather station for each postcode area. Cold weather payments are triggered when the average temperature recorded at the weather station has been recorded as, or is forecast to be, 0<sup>o</sup>C or below over seven consecutive days, during the Cold Weather season (November to March).</p><p> </p><p>The constituency of Sutton Coldfield covers all or part of the following postcode areas: B4, B6, B23, B42, B44, B72-76.</p><p> </p><p>The above postcode areas are covered by the weather station Coleshill. Coleshill weather station covers the following postcode areas, in <strong>Table 1</strong>, which include constituencies other than Sutton Coldfield.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Table 1 Postcode sectors mapped to Weather Stations</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weather station</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postcode Sectors Covered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coleshill</p></td><td><p>B1-21, B23-38, B40, B42-50, B60-80, B90-98, CV1-12, CV21-23, CV31-35, CV37, CV47, DY1-14, LE10, WS1-15, WV1-16.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Qualifying individuals living in these postcode sectors will have received a payment in respect of a seven-day period of Cold Weather.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that <strong>289,000 payments</strong> were made in this area as a whole, in respect of one trigger in 2017/18. We are not able to break this figure down to a lower level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><ol><li>The number of recipients and payments given here is an estimate as information on the exact number is not readily available. These figures are produced by determining the volume of eligible recipients in each weather station area at the start of the winter season and using these figures throughout the winter to estimate payments and expenditure based on the actual triggers recorded.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The number of payments made is not necessarily the total number of individuals benefitting from a Cold Weather Payment. Any individuals making a joint claim for one of the qualifying benefits, such as a couple living together, will receive one payment between them rather than one payment each. Furthermore, if a weather station triggers more than once throughout a cold weather season then the recipients will receive more than one payment.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>Estimates of Cold Weather Payments are published weekly during the Cold Weather season. The latest published estimates can be found at the link below:</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/social-fund-cold-weather-payments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/social-fund-cold-weather-payments</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/10/2019 12:02:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell