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1716393

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
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	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to make the local District Provision Tool available to local partners in London to help (a) tackle youth unemployment and (b) increase education and training opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	25326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>A version of the District Provision Tool is available for local partners to use on GOV.UK and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/district-provision-tool" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/05/2024 16:58:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1716478

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
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	Access to Work Programme
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 awaiting a decision on their Access to Work applications as of 1 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	25283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> May 2024, there were 36,184 applications awaiting a decision on their Access to Work application.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/05/2024 16:41:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1716547

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of housing benefit in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) Wirral, (c) the North West and (d) the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	25172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>With the completion of the rollout of Universal Credit in December 2018, new claims for HB are predominately for pensioners and are administered by Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/05/2024 16:32:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1716548

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
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	Pensioners: Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households are entitled to but not in receipt of housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	25173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>DWP annually publishes estimates of benefit take up, which includes Housing Benefit for pensioners. The latest official statistics can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-ending-2022" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/05/2024 16:47:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1716008

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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: Carers
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 people who claimed Carer's Allowance were caring for someone in receipt of a Personal Independence Payment in the past 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	24846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>This information is only available at disproportionate cost to The Department for Work &amp; Pensions as the Department does not have a business requirement for this information to be retained.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24847 question first answered 13/05/2024 16:45:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1716009

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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 and Personal Independence Payment
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 people who claimed Carer's Allowance also claimed a Personal Independence Payment in the past 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	24847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>This information is only available at disproportionate cost to The Department for Work &amp; Pensions as the Department does not have a business requirement for this information to be retained.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24846 question first answered 13/05/2024 16:45:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1716010

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's proposed changes to Personal Independence Payments on unpaid carers.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	24848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p><em>Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper</em> looks at different options to reshape the current welfare system so that we can provide better targeted support to those who need it most. We are considering these options through our 12-week consultation which was published on Monday 29 April and will close on Monday 22 July at 11:59pm. Any possible impacts on unpaid carers will be considered as necessary.</p><p> </p><p>There will be no immediate changes to PIP, or to health assessments. All scheduled PIP assessments and payments will proceed as normal, and claimants should continue to engage as usual and provide any necessary information or updates regarding their circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage everyone to respond to the consultation which can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/modernising-support-for-independent-living-the-health-and-disability-green-paper" target="_blank">here,</a> so that we are able to hear from as many disabled people, people with health conditions, their representatives, and local stakeholders as possible on these important issues.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/05/2024 16:44:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1716045

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	WorkWell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department took to engage with (a) disabled people and (b) disabled people's organisations when developing the Work Well programme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	24965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The 15 WorkWell pilot areas, which were announced on 7 May, will receive funding to locally design and lead their integrated work and health support services to meet the needs of their local populations. Pilot areas will be engaging end users, including disabled people, in the design and delivery of these services.</p><p> </p><p>The lessons we learn from WorkWell will be critical to our longer-term work and will bolster the evidence base around what works to support disabled people to start, stay and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>Prospective WorkWell pilot areas submitted applications which were scored against four criteria published in the WorkWell Prospectus on gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workwell" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/workwell</a>):​</p><p>- Their understanding of the geography and demography of their chosen footprint;</p><p>- Their approach to work and health strategy integration;</p><p>- Their proposed delivery model for their WorkWell service;</p><p>- Their experience of and approach to, governance and working effectively with delivery partners across local systems.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a decision was taken to ensure that at least one site was selected in each of the 7 NHS England regions, and at least two of the 15 areas would be classified as predominantly rural.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned an independent consortium of evaluators to carry out a national evaluation of WorkWell that will look to measure the effectiveness of the pilot, using surveys, interviews and econometric measures of success.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24966 24967 question first answered 14/05/2024 16:22:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1716047

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	WorkWell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department used to select the pilot areas for the WorkWell programme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	24966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The 15 WorkWell pilot areas, which were announced on 7 May, will receive funding to locally design and lead their integrated work and health support services to meet the needs of their local populations. Pilot areas will be engaging end users, including disabled people, in the design and delivery of these services.</p><p> </p><p>The lessons we learn from WorkWell will be critical to our longer-term work and will bolster the evidence base around what works to support disabled people to start, stay and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>Prospective WorkWell pilot areas submitted applications which were scored against four criteria published in the WorkWell Prospectus on gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workwell" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/workwell</a>):​</p><p>- Their understanding of the geography and demography of their chosen footprint;</p><p>- Their approach to work and health strategy integration;</p><p>- Their proposed delivery model for their WorkWell service;</p><p>- Their experience of and approach to, governance and working effectively with delivery partners across local systems.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a decision was taken to ensure that at least one site was selected in each of the 7 NHS England regions, and at least two of the 15 areas would be classified as predominantly rural.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned an independent consortium of evaluators to carry out a national evaluation of WorkWell that will look to measure the effectiveness of the pilot, using surveys, interviews and econometric measures of success.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24965 24967 question first answered 14/05/2024 16:22:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1716048

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	WorkWell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department plans to measure the effectiveness of the WorkWell programme pilots.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	24967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The 15 WorkWell pilot areas, which were announced on 7 May, will receive funding to locally design and lead their integrated work and health support services to meet the needs of their local populations. Pilot areas will be engaging end users, including disabled people, in the design and delivery of these services.</p><p> </p><p>The lessons we learn from WorkWell will be critical to our longer-term work and will bolster the evidence base around what works to support disabled people to start, stay and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>Prospective WorkWell pilot areas submitted applications which were scored against four criteria published in the WorkWell Prospectus on gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workwell" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/workwell</a>):​</p><p>- Their understanding of the geography and demography of their chosen footprint;</p><p>- Their approach to work and health strategy integration;</p><p>- Their proposed delivery model for their WorkWell service;</p><p>- Their experience of and approach to, governance and working effectively with delivery partners across local systems.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a decision was taken to ensure that at least one site was selected in each of the 7 NHS England regions, and at least two of the 15 areas would be classified as predominantly rural.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned an independent consortium of evaluators to carry out a national evaluation of WorkWell that will look to measure the effectiveness of the pilot, using surveys, interviews and econometric measures of success.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24965 24966 question first answered 14/05/2024 16:22:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft