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982484

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	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 16 April 2018 to Question 134635 on the Department for Work and Pensions: telephone services, how many times her Department has made a referral to the National Trading Standards Board about a website that has failed to publicise the cost of a call to her Department since the introduction of freephone numbers in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	176702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Since the introduction of freephone numbers at the end of 2017, the Department for Work and Pensions has referred 6 websites to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau following concerns about the how the information relating to the cost of calls is displayed.</p><p> </p><p>The referrals were made to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau rather than the National Trading Standards Board due to the nature of the concerns relating to the information on the cost of calls.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/10/2018 16:07:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

982488

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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 plans she has to extend direct to landlord payments to all claimants of the housing element of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	176608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit incentivises work by making the journey from unemployment to employment as smooth as possible, without the hurdles that exist within the current system. Paying claimants their housing costs direct means their landlord sees no changes in rent payments when they move into work. Consequently the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will, in the majority of cases, pay eligible housing costs directly to the claimant as has been the case for Housing Benefit in the Private Rented Sector since 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Nonetheless, both the claimant and landlord are able to request an alternative payment arrangement (APA) to have rent paid direct to the landlord at any point in the claim should the need arise.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/10/2018 10:57:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

982489

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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: Private Rented Housing
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 she has made of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on the financial sustainability of private sector landlords.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	176609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>There are many complex factors which contribute to and affect the financial sustainability of landlords in this sector. Research carried out by the National Federation of ALMOs shows over three quarters of their tenants come onto Universal Credit with pre-existing rent arrears.</p><p>Arrears are usually temporary and the majority of claimants do succeed in paying their rent, managing their monthly payments and clearing their arrears over time</p><p>We continually review and improve Universal Credit in response to feedback. In 2018, following Autumn Budget 2017, we have implemented a comprehensive and wide-ranging package of improvements worth £1.5 billion. These include making advances of up to 100% of the indicative award available (from the start of a claim) and increasing the repayment period to 12 months, removing the 7 waiting days, providing an additional payment of 2 weeks of Housing Benefit to support claimants when they transition to Universal Credit, and changing how claimants in temporary accommodation receive support for their housing costs.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/11/2018 16:14:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

982491

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to require senior personnel in the (a) North Central England office and (b) rest of her Department to sign their correspondence (i) to and (ii) from hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	176108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s main aim is to provide the best service to hon. Members. To do this correspondence from hon. Members to officials is generally handled at the most appropriate level to provide an appropriate response. Operational expediency and good customer service will mean that the official addressed may not be the official who replies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/10/2018 15:01:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

982560

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) passports and (b) driving licenses have been removed from people for non-payment of child maintenance; and how many people received a custodial sentence for non-payment of child maintenance in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	176035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Child Support regulations recently laid in Parliament include changes to enable the Child Maintenance Service to disqualify a paying parent with child maintenance arrears from holding or obtaining a UK passport. These changes are expected to come into force in November subject to them gaining Parliamentary approval.</p><p>The number of driving licences removed and the number of custodial sentences as a result of non-payment of child maintenance for the period of June 2017 to June 2018 is as follows:</p><ul><li>Immediate disqualification from driving 7</li><li>Immediate imprisonment 4</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/10/2018 09:32:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

982599

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many DS1500 forms have been issued in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	176268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected as DWP do not issue the DS1500 report. GPs and Consultants have direct access to the blank DS1500 report and send the completed report to DWP.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2018 12:04:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

982600

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	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, when her Department plans to publish the updated guidance on reassessments for personal independence payment claimants with severe or progressive conditions requiring high level support.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	176269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 10 October 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-09-12/174062/" target="_blank">UIN174062</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2018 13:33:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

982607

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 171381 on Employment and Support Allowance, what estimate she has made of the cost of providing information on how many people flowed off Employment and Support Allowance whose date of death was at the same time, and who had a Work Capability Assessment decision of fit for work between March 2014 and February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	176672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However the Department does monitor requests we receive for statistics and consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate. The Department is therefore looking at this with a view to providing statistics on this issue in the future.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 31/10/2018 16:07:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 77742 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

982610

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Home Care Services: 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 Government’s response to recommendation 45 (c) in its follow up report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concluding Observations, what steps the Government plans to take to tackle the wide variations in local authority support for disabled people to live independently as a result of the (a) closure of the Independent Living Fund, and (b) decision not to provide ring-fenced funding to local councils when responsibility was devolved.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	176674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Independent Living Fund (ILF) was transferred to local authorities and devolved administrations in 2015. When the Department transferred responsibility to the local authorities and devolved administrations it provided extensive support and committed to monitor the impact. The review was published in January 2017.</p><p>The Department of Health has responsibility for on-going ILF policy through the Care Act, which regulates Adult Social Care; The <em>Ministry</em> of <em>Housing</em><strong>, </strong><em>Communities and Local Government</em> decide how much funding local authorities receive.</p><p>To ensure that these new responsibilities were handled in a way which was appropriate to the local context, the transference of responsibility did not stipulate a national framework, nor was there any mandatory ring-fencing of the funds. Local authorities and devolved administrations therefore adopted different approaches to manage the transition within a local context.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2018 13:29:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

982612

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
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 29 January 2018 to Question 124308 on Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness, what the timeframe is for the completion of the review; and what estimate she has made of the number of claimants affected by that review.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	176675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Written Statement of 25 June 2018 (HCWS793) my Department has begun carrying out an administrative exercise to identify anyone who may be entitled to more support under Personal Independence Payment (PIP) as a result of the MH and RJ judgments.</p><p> </p><p>We have estimated that approximately 200,000 claimants will gain as a result of the MH judgment by 2023-24 and will be monitoring the outcomes of the exercise.</p><p>In regard to timing, we absolutely understand the urgency of this work, but we are also committed to carrying it out safely and correctly to ensure claimants receive the payments they are entitled to. I have committed to keeping the House updated and a statement on progress of the exercise will be tabled in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2018 12:00:55 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova