Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1248321

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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	Employment: Coronavirus
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 provide financial assistance to clinically vulnerable people in the event that their place of work remains open but they are unable to attend that place work as a result of health concerns during the period of new national covid-19 lockdown from 5 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	110926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>BEIS Safer Workplaces guidance advises that workers who can work effectively from home should do so over the winter. If an individual cannot work from home, clinically vulnerable individuals can still attend their workplace as their workplace should be COVID-secure. Employers are required to take steps to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>Those who are clinically extremely vulnerable will previously have received a letter from the NHS or their GP informing them of this and may have been advised to shield in the past. Individuals who receive a notification that they need to shield should not go in to work if they are unable to work from home.</p><p> </p><p>Employees who are clinically extremely vulnerable can be furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and remain eligible for New Style Employment and Support Allowance, subject to the wider eligibility criteria. Where they are not furloughed, and they cannot work from home, they may be eligible for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) from their employer.</p><p> </p><p>Where an individual’s income is reduced while off work sick and they require further financial support, they may be able to receive Universal Credit, depending on their personal circumstances.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/11/2020 15:51:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1248458

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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	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, how many people are (a) entitled to receive and (b) receiving carer's allowance, in the latest period for which data is available, by Parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	110722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>As of February 2020, there were around 1070 carers in the Kingston and Surbiton constituency that were receiving Carer’s Allowance and in 2019/20 we spent approximately £3.8 million on Carer’s Allowance there. A further 310 carers had a claim to an underlying entitlement to Carer’s Allowance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the number of people that (a) have an underlying entitlement to Carer’s Allowance and (b) receiving a payment for Carer’s Allowance by Parliamentary constituency is published and available at:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p /><p>The latest information on benefit expenditure by parliamentary constituency including Carer’s Allowance is also published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/920543/benefit-expenditure-by-parliamentary-constituency-2019-20.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/920543/benefit-expenditure-by-parliamentary-constituency-2019-20.xlsx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/11/2020 14:26:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1247867

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence assessments were completed in each month from April 2019 to August 2019.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	110160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>Please see the table below which provides the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments completed in each month from April 2019 to August 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>PIP Assessments</p></td><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>Aug-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>78,580</p></td><td><p>81,070</p></td><td><p>74,530</p></td><td><p>84,400</p></td><td><p>75,240</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p>All volumes have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>All of the above data is derived from contractual management information produced by the Assessment Providers.</p><p>The above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2020 12:10:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1247898

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
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	Carer's Allowance: Coronavirus
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 merits of extending the eligibility criteria for carer's allowance during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	110284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The role that unpaid carers play has perhaps been more important than ever during the current emergency. That is why we have focussed on ensuring carers do not inadvertently stop receiving Carer’s Allowance because of changes to patterns of care. This includes allowing emotional support to count towards the 35 hours of care being provided by the carer as well as relaxing the rules around breaks in care. These changes aimed to support carers whose role, in many cases, became harder due to the need to self-isolate or shield the person they care for. And I am pleased to be able to say that we have decided to extend these provisions until 12 May 2021. This is good news for those unpaid carers receiving Carer’s Allowance who need some extra flexibility in the way they provide care during the current emergency, so as to continue to protect themselves and the people they are caring for.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2020 12:00:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft

1247037

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	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, with reference to the Scottish Social Security Committee's report on Benefit take-up, published 11 March 2020, whether her Department plans to respond to the (a) recommendation that the Government develops a written strategy that aims to maximise take-up of reserved benefits across the UK and (b) other recommendations made in that report.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	109427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>DWP officials appeared at the inquiry to provide information on reserved benefits, and they will provide further information to the Committee should it be required.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/11/2020 17:49:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1247125

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the total cost to the public purse of the appeals process for personal independence payment assessments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	109395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/11/2020 17:40:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1247226

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
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 merits of ending mandatory reassessments for benefits related to diagnosed irreversible disabilities or progressive conditions.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	109760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>Since 29 September 2017, those placed in ESA’s Support Group and the UC equivalent who have the most severe and lifelong health conditions or disabilities, whose level of function would always mean that they would have Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity, and be unlikely ever to be able to move into work, will no longer be routinely reassessed.</p><p> </p><p>These criteria are applied at either the initial Work Capability Assessment or for existing claimants at their next assessment. We need to ensure that we have the right and most up to date information to apply the criteria fairly and make sure we identify everyone who should benefit from it. The people who best understand how their health problem or disability affects them are the individuals themselves, and so it is only right that we ask them for their information. However, we will do this in the least intrusive way and, wherever possible, carry out a paper based assessment.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2020 11:34:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft

1247265

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average length of time is taken by her Department to process the mandatory reconsideration of a personal independence payment claim.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	109129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>Statistics on the average clearance time for Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be found in the data tables of the quarterly statistical publication ‘Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to July 2020” published by the Department for Work and Pensions and available here:</p><p /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2020</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Figures for Great Britain can be found in Table 4A by month the Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) was cleared in calendar days.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/11/2020 13:17:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1247399

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	Employment: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people (a) with hearing loss, and (b) who list their primary medical condition as difficulty in hearing who were (i) in employment, (ii) economically inactive and (iii) unemployed in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	109307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The latest available statistics are for the year 2018/19. These show that of working age disabled people who self-reported difficulty with their hearing there were 38% (166,000) in employment and 62% (270,000) not in employment in the UK. Amongst those who reported difficulty with their hearing, 61% (42,000) were in employment and 39% (27,000) were not in employment who self-reported reported difficulty with their hearing as their main health condition.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are shown in table 3.3 of ‘The employment of disabled people 2019’ official statistics publication which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2019</a>. The next release of these statistics, covering 2019/20, is due in Spring 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The not in employment category includes people who are unemployed and economically inactive. Reliable estimates for these two sub-categories are not possible due to small sample sizes.</p><p><br><strong>Background</strong></p><p>Source: Annual Population Survey, April 2018 to March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>Reliable data on ‘Difficulty with hearing’ is only available using annual estimates due to sample sizes.</li><li>Numbers shown are to the nearest 1,000 percentages to the nearest 1 per cent.</li><li>Figures are for the working age population, comprised of people aged 16 to 64.</li><li>Disability is defined according to the Government Statistical Service harmonised standard, in line with the Equality Act 2010 core definition.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><ul><li><strong> </strong></li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/11/2020 17:43:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1247470

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	Minimum Wage: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support is available for people on the National Minimum Wage, who are ineligible for the self-isolation payment, in the event that they have to self-isolate.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	109435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>People who are infected with Covid-19, or self-isolating in line with Government guidance are eligible for ESA, subject to the normal conditions of entitlement. We have removed the waiting days and claimants will be treated as having Limited Capability for Work in ESA without the requirement for fit notes or a Work Capability Assessment from day one. Households may also be able to claim Universal Credit where eligible. New claim advances are available urgently if a claimant needs financial support. These advances allow claimants to receive up to 100% of their estimated Universal Credit payment upfront. The Budget already announced that claimants will be able to access advances via phone or online, instead of having to attend the jobcentre. This applies to all claimants, including those who are required to self-isolate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2020 11:42:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders