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1147920

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date	02/10/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of October 1 to Question 290635 on universal credit, what evidence her Department used to reduce the repayment level from 40 per cent to 30 per cent of universal credit award.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department collects and analyses data on Universal Credit regularly, including on the rate of deductions. Alongside this, the Department is always building our understanding on the impact deductions can have on claimants, and has heard evidence from external organisations on this issue. We have to balance these impacts with the need for claimants to meet their obligations.</p><p> </p><p>We believe the reduction from 40 percent to 30 percent strikes a fair balance between a claimant’s need to make essential repayments and their ability to ensure they can meet their day-to-day needs. It maintains our policy to enforce social obligations such as the payment of fines and Child Maintenance, ensure Government debt is recovered and vitally to safeguard claimants from the potential impacts of not repaying priority debts, such as homelessness or the deduction of fuel.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/10/2019 13:16:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147923

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the amount of money people have received out of local welfare assistance schemes in each local authority area since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Since 2015-16 Local Welfare Provision funding has been rolled into Revenue Support Grant. This decision was made to further simplify and decentralise funding, because local authorities know better how to make good local decisions to help vulnerable people</p><p><br>The Ministry does not give local authorities specific direction about what to spend revenue support grant on. Local authorities are open to spend non ringfenced funding as they see fit to meet local priorities, and are accountable to their local electorate for their spending. However, we do publish data on total expenditure on Local Welfare Assistance Schemes by each local authority, which is available through the link below in each year to 2017/18.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Flocal-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGrace.Death%40communities.gov.uk%7C0e469d514fa9467e19e508d74b23f91b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637060490179823743&amp;sdata=lw3mOsC8Z2Ro1TAckvqPAzfS1JYs5yINbJ3UMUquAYg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing.</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 07/10/2019 16:13:25 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147924

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to waive immigration application fees for members of the armed forces and their families.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is listening carefully to those with concerns about how members of HM Forces can have the support of their families whilst serving our country.</p><p>We are continuing to discuss the impact of immigration fees on members of the HM Forces with MOD.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/10/2019 15:46:49 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147925

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the inclusion of pension strain within the £95,000 cap on public sector exit payments on long-serving public servants on low to middle salaries.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The government was clear during the passage of the primary legislation that the cap will have no impact on the majority of public sector workers. We do however accept that there will be some circumstances where it is necessary or desirable to relax the cap. As such, a waiver system is in place for use in exceptional situations, including where imposing the cap would cause genuine hardship.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment was conducted and published in the 2016 consultation ahead of the primary legislation. This impact assessment took the inclusion of pension strain into account and can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-public-sector-exit-payment-cap/consultation-on-a-public-sector-exit-payment-cap#impact-analysis" target="_blank">here</a>. A further equalities assessment will be conducted on the final version of the regulations. The government is currently considering responses to the consultation on the draft regulations to implement the public sector exit payment cap and will respond to the consultation in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The government believes it is right to include all payments related to exit within the cap. The cap does not affect any pension that a person has earned through their years of service or have any impact on accrued pension rights. The cap ensures additional contribution to that pension made by the employer to fund early access to a pension is limited to no more than £95,000, on account these costs are ultimately funded by the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 10:03:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147996

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hormone Replacement Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department has taken to ensure that women who are unable to use alternative forms of HRT have access to HRT patches.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department fully understands that maintaining access to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medications is vitally important to many people in this country.</p><p>We are aware of ongoing supply issues with some HRT transdermal patches due to manufacturing issues. We have been working closely with all suppliers of HRT transdermal patches to maintain overall supply to patients. Although some HRT transdermal patches are affected by supply issues, supplies of other alternative HRT transdermal patches have remained available.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 07/10/2019 16:53:50 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147499

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Workplace Pensions: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding was allocated to (a) the Money Advice Service, (b) the Pensions Advisory Service and (c) Pension Wise in each of the five years up to and including 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	292822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Money Advice Service was previously an HMT sponsored levy funded arm’s length body. When this and the other legacy bodies were merged to create the Money and Pensions Service (formerly Single Financial Guidance Body) historic budgets were transferred to the new Government sponsors - Department for Work and Pensions - as part of a Machinery of Government change. The historic amounts transferred to DWP were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£79.8m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£80.5m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£79.4m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£76.3m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£79.6m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£82.1m</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Funding for the Pension Advisory Service is contained in the Supplementary Estimates for each year hosted on the link below. The data can be found in Part III: Note E of the Department for Work and Pensions section. The Pension Advisory Service is Levy funded.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-supplementary-estimates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-supplementary-estimates</a></p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise costs for the Period are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>N/A</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>N/A*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£31.7m**</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£24.4m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£18.1m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£16.9m***</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Pension Wise was in set up phase in 14/15</p><p>** Pension Wise was in HMT in 15/16</p><p>*** Includes Pension Wise expenditure in DWP and Single Finance Guidance Body (now Money &amp; Pensions Service)</p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise is levy funded.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/10/2019 11:12:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147500

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Money and Pensions Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding the Money and Pensions Service will receive in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	292823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Funding for Money and Pension Service is shown in the Central Government Supply Estimates (19/20). Page 156 shows funding of £125.6m for the Single Financial Guidance Body which was later renamed Money and Pension Service.</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/800671/main_estimates_2019-20_web.pdf</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/10/2019 10:59:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1145734

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2019 to Question 263684, what assessment his Department has made of the compliance of schools with (a) equalities legislation and (b) the schools admission code in their admittance and treatment of children with SEND.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, the member for Saffron Walden (Mrs Kemi Badonoch) gave on 5 September 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2Clords&amp;uin=281573" target="_blank">281573</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 18:46:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137426 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe