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1185252

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date	16/03/2020
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 steps she is taking to protect sick, elderly or disabled people in receipt of (a) employment support allowance, (b) personal independence payment and (c) universal credit from having to attend mandatory assessments or appointments in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	30000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As both the Prime Minister and Chancellor have made clear, the Government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by COVID 19 and we have been clear in our intention that no one should be penalised for doing the right thing. These are rapidly developing circumstances, we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">From 17<sup>th</sup> March, we suspended all face-to-face assessments for health and disability benefits. For existing claimants, we have also automatically extended awards and suspended any new review or reassessment activity, except where claimants notify us of changes to their needs that may result in an increase to their award. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have temporarily suspended the requirement for face-to-face Jobcentre Plus appointments for all claimants in Universal Credit, Job Seekers’ Allowance (JSA), Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Income Support. This means that claimants are not expected to contact their Jobcentre Plus while this temporary suspension is in place. They will continue to receive benefits as normal and they will not be sanctioned for not taking part in interviews with Jobcentres.</ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/03/2020 17:45:25 question first ministerially corrected 15/04/2020 15:02:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 13583 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1174272

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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 audited health assessment reports of personal independence payment claimants from each supplier were graded as (a) acceptable, (b) unacceptable, (c) acceptable with amendments required and (d) acceptable with feedback in each month in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	9726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p><em>Please see below the percentages of audited files for each supplier, Independent Assessment Services (IAS) and Capita by audit grade, for 2018 and 2019 as requested. Note the numbers are unpublished. </em></p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>IAS (L1&amp;3)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AF</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>U</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capita (Lot 2)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AF</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>U</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>IAS (L1&amp;3)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AF</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>U</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capita (Lot 2)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AF</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>U</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/02/2020 14:59:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 4643 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1171460

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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: Severe Disability Premium
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 complete the process of back paying claimants who were incorrectly moved from severe disability premium on to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	4395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The SDP gateway has been in place for over a year to prevent those claimants entitled to the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) as part of their legacy benefit from claiming Universal Credit. We have successfully identified eligible former SDP claimants who have already moved to Universal Credit due to a change in circumstances, providing them with monthly payments and a lump sum in arrears, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>As of 17 January 2020, 15,397 claims have been paid an SDP transitional payment. The average (median) value of the lump sum payments is £2,280. To date, over £51.5m has been disbursed to support former SDP claimants, including the recurring payments that have now commenced.</p><p> </p><p>Positive progress has been made and caseload growth has now slowed, however, in the event a new case is discovered payments will be in place quickly. It is not possible to estimate when we will have paid everyone who is entitled as some people become entitled to these payments retrospectively, and therefore the caseload is not a fixed number.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/01/2020 10:49:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 2161 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1171008

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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 and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what savings have accrued to the public purse under the £30 reduction for claimants of employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group in each month since that reduction was implemented.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There are no savings from the removal of the Employment and Support Allowance Work Related Activity Component for new claims from April 2017.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">This change enabled the Department to recycle money into providing practical support that will make a significant difference to the life chances of those in the Work-Related Activity Group. We have invested £330m over 4 years with £100m available in 2020/21 and will support those with limited capability for work to move towards and into suitable employment.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>The information requested on the savings accrued from the removal of the Work Related Activity Component (WRAC) is not available. It would incur disproportionate cost to calculate any actual net savings from the removal of the WRAC. </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>When the WRAC was removed we made a clear commitment to instead provide practical support that will make a significant difference to the life chances of those in the Work-Related Activity Group. We have been investing an additional £330m over 4 years to support those with limited capability for work to move towards and into suitable employment. </em></ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/01/2020 15:00:20 question first ministerially corrected 24/01/2020 14:36:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 1615 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1105758

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 whether Maximus is meeting the SC12 and SC13 targets in schedule 2.2 of the Health and Disability Assessment Services contract; and whether the Government collates data from individual assessment centres on those targets.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	237797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The supplier aims to deliver quality assessments as efficiently as possible. Our priority is to ensure that claimants who attend an assessment centre are seen and the supplier is achieving the SC1<ins class="ministerial">3</ins><del class="ministerial">2</del> target which measures the percentage of claimants sent home unseen. Currently, more people are waiting longer in assessment centres than we would like; the supplier is currently just below the SC1<ins class="ministerial">2</ins><del class="ministerial">3</del> target level which measures waiting times in assessment centres. SC12 and SC13 are national contractual service levels, but the Department does monitor performance at assessment centre-level. We are working closely with the supplier to improve waiting times for more claimants while ensuring the length of the assessment meets the individual claimant’s needs and claimants who attend for an assessment are seen.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/04/2019 13:46:25 question first ministerially corrected 29/04/2019 16:36:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 112078 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1012305

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of overpayment of Carers Allowance have been taken to court in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	194703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 194705 194706 question first answered 06/12/2018 15:17:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 87649 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1012307

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of overpayment of carers allowance have been taken to court under the Proceeds of Crime Act for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	194705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 194703 194706 question first answered 06/12/2018 15:17:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 87650 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1012308

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of overpayment of carers allowance are currently listed before the courts.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	194706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 194703 194705 question first answered 06/12/2018 15:17:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 87651 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1012309

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of overpayment of Carers Allowance her Department is pursuing; and of those cases how many relate to (a) 51 or fewer, (b) 52 to 103, (c) 104 to 155, (d) 156 to 207, (e) 208 to 259, (f) 260 to 311, (g) 312 to 363 and (h) 364 or more weeks of overpayment.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	194707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>Data shows that we are currently pursuing 69,609 Carer’s Allowance overpayments. However, not all these debts are currently in recovery as we can only recover one benefit debt at a time.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested relating to the number of weeks of overpayment is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/12/2018 15:55:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 87652 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1010390

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants receiving the housing element of universal credit are also claiming the state pension.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	192811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The table gives the estimated number of households receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Estimated number of households in payment and receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">471,800</del><ins class="ministerial">425,400</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claiming State Pension</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Household on Universal Credit dataset <strong>and</strong> Work and Pensions Longitudinal Survey.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>The figures are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.</li></ol><ol start="2"><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.</li><li>A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for households on Universal Credit.</li><li>Further information on the background and methodology for Universal Credit can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf</a></li></ol> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/11/2018 11:22:16 question first ministerially corrected 06/12/2018 16:58:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 87254 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams