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795242

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Disability Living Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to means test Disability Living Allowance.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We have no plans to means test Disability Living Allowance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 11/12/2017 16:48:50 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

795299

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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: Disability
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 11 July 2017 to Question 3585, on disability: employment, what steps his Department is taking to achieve its target of 1 million more disabled people in work over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	115720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We remain committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment to get one million more disabled people in work over the next ten years gives us a clear, ambitious, and time-bound goal.</p><p>The employment rate of disabled people is 49% – up 4.7 percentage points since 2014. There are 3.5 million disabled people in work – an increase of over 530,000 since 2014. We know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so. Today (November 30<sup>th</sup> 2017) the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions have published our response to the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper consultation in <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>. This sets out our vision for a 10 year programme of reform, the actions we have taken since the Green Paper and our immediate next steps.</p><p>We will track the number of disabled people in employment and publish a statistical update annually. We will also consider other useful statistical indicators, which give more information about how disability and employment change over this time period, and inform our actions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 115721 question first answered 30/11/2017 17:15:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

795300

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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: Disability
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 11 July 2017 to Question 3585, on disability: employment, how his Department plans to report its progress on getting 1 million more disabled people into work over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	115721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We remain committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment to get one million more disabled people in work over the next ten years gives us a clear, ambitious, and time-bound goal.</p><p>The employment rate of disabled people is 49% – up 4.7 percentage points since 2014. There are 3.5 million disabled people in work – an increase of over 530,000 since 2014. We know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so. Today (November 30<sup>th</sup> 2017) the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions have published our response to the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper consultation in <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>. This sets out our vision for a 10 year programme of reform, the actions we have taken since the Green Paper and our immediate next steps.</p><p>We will track the number of disabled people in employment and publish a statistical update annually. We will also consider other useful statistical indicators, which give more information about how disability and employment change over this time period, and inform our actions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 115720 question first answered 30/11/2017 17:15:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

795321

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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: Self-employed
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 20 November 2017 to Question 114593, on universal credit: self-employed, whether he plans to make that information available in the future.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	115742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit official statistics consultation ran from 13 September 2017 to 24 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing the responses to the consultation and a link to the results of the consultation will be published on the Universal Credit Statistics page which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/11/2017 16:46:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

795323

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if his Department is required to consider all evidence in support of an individual's application for Personal Independence Payment if that evidence is submitted before the Department's stated deadline for the application.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	115744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>When making their decision, case managers will look at all the available evidence to determine eligibility for PIP. Additional evidence can be submitted at any point up to where the case manager makes a decision. It’s a requirement that the PIP 2 questionnaire is returned within the deadline given, although rules and procedures allow claimants additional time to complete the form where that is reasonably required.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/12/2017 13:36:46 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

795345

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
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 15 November 2017 to Question 111488, on Department for Work and Pensions: telephone services, which and how many of his Department's phonelines fall within the parameters laid out by Ofcom.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	115766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>All calls to the Department for Work and Pensions phone lines fall within the parameters laid out by Ofcom.</p><p> </p><p>As at 28<sup>th</sup> November 2017, there are currently:</p><ul><li>250 phone lines where the number starts 0345 and 18 phone lines where the number starts 0300;</li><li>74 phone lines where the number starts 0800 and 4 phone lines where the number starts 0808;</li><li>298 telephone numbers starting 0845 which are no longer in use. Anyone that dials one of the 0845 numbers will hear a recorded message advising them to redial the relevant alternative number. There is no charge for the call to the 0845 number.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, DWP has individual phone lines for members of staff – generally 01 or 02 numbers, although also some mobiles. Calls to these would also fall within the parameters laid out by Ofcom, but there is limited volume of customer traffic direct to these numbers.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/12/2017 14:51:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

795363

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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: East Renfrewshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions how many residents in East Renfrewshire constituency are in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	115784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The available information on people and households on Universal Credit, by parliamentary constituency, is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/12/2017 15:21:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

795376

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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: Personal Savings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	whether savings held in the name of children are taken into account in applications for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	115797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Savings and other capital held in the name of children are not taken into account in the assessment of Universal Credit entitlement. As with other means tested benefits, however, there are rules to prevent claimants depriving themselves of capital in order to claim Universal Credit or increase their entitlement to Universal Credit. If claimants deprive themselves of capital by gifting the capital to their children or placing it in a child’s account, notional capital of the amount deprived may still be taken into account when assessing entitlement to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/12/2017 15:25:13 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

795377

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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, how much his Department has spent on Housing Benefit claims in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	115798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The information is already published and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/646032/hb-and-ctb-by-la-2016-17.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/646032/hb-and-ctb-by-la-2016-17.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/11/2017 12:26:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

795379

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Fracking: Ryedale
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 adequacy of the KM8 pipeline to transport shale gas safely from the KM8 well, if he will publish the evidence on which that assessment has been made; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	115800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has inspected the pipeline and is content that the gas from the KM8 well can be safely conveyed within the pipeline, under the current risk management systems employed by Third Energy. If there is any breach of the health and safety regulations resulting in formal enforcement action, HSE will make this public.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/11/2017 16:14:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell