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1600043

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
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	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 assessment he has made of the impact of (a) HM Revenue and Customs mileage rates, (b) uniform costs, (c) car parking charges and (d) other unavoidable costs of working on universal credit claimants who are in low-paid frontline public service roles.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	155136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made as the Department does not routinely collect data on the sectors in which Universal Credit claimants work, because this does not affect entitlement to UC However, we are currently exploring what additional information we could collect to help work coaches support claimants in their search for work.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/03/2023 15:16:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1548939

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for a reciprocal social security agreements his Department has received, including on pensions, broken down by country in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	104253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-25/129841" target="_blank">129841</a> on 7 March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 104262 question first answered 13/12/2022 15:44:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1548943

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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	Canada: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has held discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the request made by the Government of Canada to discuss a reciprocal social security agreement with the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	104256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-02/45728" target="_blank">45728</a> on 17 September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 104259 104264 question first answered 13/12/2022 15:47:23 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1378070

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the survey published by the End Frozen Pensions campaign on 2 November 2021 that 28 per cent of British pensioners with frozen overseas pensions are unable to access medication as a result of financial hardship.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	73875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. The decision to move abroad is voluntary and remains a personal choice dependent on the circumstances of the individual. This longstanding policy has been in place under successive governments for over 70 years.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 73876 question first answered 22/11/2021 16:09:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1378071

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
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 is taking to monitor the impact of its policy on indexing state pensions overseas only for British pensioners in countries with reciprocal uprating agreements.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	73876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. The decision to move abroad is voluntary and remains a personal choice dependent on the circumstances of the individual. This longstanding policy has been in place under successive governments for over 70 years.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 73875 question first answered 22/11/2021 16:09:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1354062

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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 assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing an independent body to advise the Government on the adequacy of welfare support.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	45147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government, as required by parliament already passes all relevant regulations pertaining to social security benefits to the Social Security Advisory Committee for independent scrutiny. The Committee also provides impartial and independent advice on a range of social security matters.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/09/2021 12:54:56 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1351215

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Post Office Card Account
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of security and fraud risks posed by Post Office Card Account (POca) voucher alternatives offered in £100 denominations.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	40937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>The new Payment Exception Service has been designed as a simple service to ensure customers have access to cash. Vouchers will be uploaded to a card or sent electronically via SMS text or email. Customers will need to cash the full amount of the voucher (vouchers are maximum £100) but do not have to cash all of their vouchers at the same time. This is a similar process to when customers used to be issued with Order Books and Girocheques.</p><p> </p><p>PayPoint retailers and the Post Office will ask for customer ID when someone cashes a voucher. Customers are provided with the list of acceptable ID in their welcome letter from the new PES supplier.</p><p> </p><p>In designing the new service, the same levels of security have been applied as they were to HMG PES. Fraud will be treated as a business as usual process in line with existing DWP Policy.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/09/2021 13:05:17 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1351216

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Post Office Card Account
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 he has made of the potential merits of introducing a secure alternative to the Post Office Card Account (POca) card for those without a bank account, which offers face-to-face support for those requiring assistance.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	40938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>We recognise that not all of our customers are able to open and operate standard accounts, which is why we offer an alternative for those customers.</p><p> </p><p>The Post Office card account (POca) contract is due to end and the Department plans to start moving customers to the replacement Payment Exception Service (PES) during the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The new PES is similar to Her Majesty’s Government Payment Exception Service (HMG PES) which has been in place since 2018 and is due to end in September 2021. The HMG PES service has successfully served our most vulnerable customers by the issue of vouchers which are uploaded to a card or sent electronically via SMS or email.</p><p> </p><p>The replacement PES has also been designed for customers who cannot open or manage a basic bank or standard account. We have ensured that the new service enables users to continue to obtain cash payments in their local area (including suburban and rural locations) following the end of the Post Office card account contract.</p><p> </p><p>Customers identified as at risk of harm will receive additional support before being migrated to the new service. This includes outbound calls to make contact with the customer or their nominated representative and referral to the DWP visiting service to make face-to-face contact where a call is unsuccessful or identifies that a visit is required. Post migration we will track the encashment of vouchers by all customers to ensure that they are accessing the payments they receive at the level we would expect. This post migration support is significantly stronger than currently exists for POca.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/09/2021 13:08:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1125882

registered interest
date	10/05/2019
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
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 8 February 2019 to Question 217138, what designation has been assigned to those complaints.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	252883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the honourable gentlemen to the answer previously given in response to Question 217138. The Independent Case Examiner closed all live complaints concerning changes to women’s State Pension age when they became subject to legal proceedings, as is required under its governance contract. In the event the legal proceedings fall away or there is no determination on the matters which form the basis of this group of complaints, the Independent Case Examiner could consider reopening the cases at the request of the Department. The Department cannot evaluate the potential merits of making such a request until the legal proceedings have been concluded.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 252884 question first answered 15/05/2019 09:21:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

1125883

registered interest
date	10/05/2019
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
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 8 February 2019 to Question 217138, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of her Department instructing the Independent Case Examiner to reopen complaints relating to the equalisation of the state pension age cases in the event that legal proceedings fall away.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	252884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the honourable gentlemen to the answer previously given in response to Question 217138. The Independent Case Examiner closed all live complaints concerning changes to women’s State Pension age when they became subject to legal proceedings, as is required under its governance contract. In the event the legal proceedings fall away or there is no determination on the matters which form the basis of this group of complaints, the Independent Case Examiner could consider reopening the cases at the request of the Department. The Department cannot evaluate the potential merits of making such a request until the legal proceedings have been concluded.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 252883 question first answered 15/05/2019 09:21:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen