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1254293

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	Covid Winter Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish further details on the Covid Winter Grant Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	119314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>Detailed guidance for local authorities was published on gov.uk on 24 November and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-winter-grant-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-winter-grant-scheme</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/11/2020 14:25:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1254364

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that universal credit assessment periods that include two wage payments dates do not include both of those payments in the calculation of a claimant's universal credit payment.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	119302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>The legislation we introduced to remedy the Court of Appeal Judgment in the case of <em>Johnson and Others</em> came into force on 16<sup>th</sup> November and means that in future, for cases affected by this issue, monthly earnings can be reallocated to another assessment period, which means that only one set of earnings should be taken into account rather than two.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/11/2020 14:08:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1253800

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Pension Wise: Bury South
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 living in Bury South constituency have had a Pension Wise guidance appointment by telephone or in person in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	118141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>The Money and Pensions Service published annual data on pension wise appointments for 2019-2020 here:</p><p><a href="https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pension-Wise-Service-Evaluation-report-2019-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pension-Wise-Service-Evaluation-report-2019-2020.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This records that there were over 97k face to face and around 62k telephone appointments in 2019-20. This is the latest available annual published data.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 118142 118143 question first answered 27/11/2020 15:42:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1253801

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Pension Wise: Greater Manchester
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 living in Greater Manchester have had a Pension Wise guidance appointment by telephone or in person in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	118142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>The Money and Pensions Service published annual data on pension wise appointments for 2019-2020 here:</p><p><a href="https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pension-Wise-Service-Evaluation-report-2019-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pension-Wise-Service-Evaluation-report-2019-2020.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This records that there were over 97k face to face and around 62k telephone appointments in 2019-20. This is the latest available annual published data.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 118141 118143 question first answered 27/11/2020 15:42:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1253802

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Pension Wise
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 have had a Pension Wise guidance appointment by telephone or in person in the last 12 months, by UK region.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	118143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>The Money and Pensions Service published annual data on pension wise appointments for 2019-2020 here:</p><p><a href="https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pension-Wise-Service-Evaluation-report-2019-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pension-Wise-Service-Evaluation-report-2019-2020.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This records that there were over 97k face to face and around 62k telephone appointments in 2019-20. This is the latest available annual published data.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 118141 118142 question first answered 27/11/2020 15:42:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1253264

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	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 assessment her Department has made of the benefits of excluding (a) savings in lifetime and (b) help-to-buy ISAs from the eligibility calculation for housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	117242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. The fundamental purpose of Housing Benefit is to help people on low incomes pay their rent. As it is an income related benefit, regard must be had to all income and capital when assessing entitlement. Whilst it is important to encourage saving, it has never been thought right for substantial amounts of capital to be ignored altogether when deciding entitlement to a benefit based on need.</p><p> </p><p>However, as ISAs are treated as capital, entitlement to Housing Benefit is only affected if the amount held in an ISA exceeds £6,000 for working age people or £10,000 for people over pension age. Housing Benefit claimants who are also receiving a passporting benefit such as Income Support or Pension Credit have all their capital disregarded.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/11/2020 13:50:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1253431

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Universal Credit: Coronavirus
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 his Department has made of representations from civil society organisations on the efficacy of extending the £20 universal credit uplift to a permanent level of universal credit payment, in order to tackle financial hardship as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	117243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>The £20 per week temporary Universal Credit increase remains in place until April 2021. As the Government has done throughout this crisis, it will continue to assess how best to support low-income families, which is why we will look at the economic and health context in the new year before making any decisions.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/11/2020 14:48:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy