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1037774

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date	08/01/2019
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 23 October to Question 182843 on Universal Credit, if she will publish he Department's review of research carried out by organisations including the Trussell Trust on food bank use.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	206395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The evidence that we have reviewed to date is already published and examples can be accessed through the following links :-</p><p> </p><p>The Trussell Trust (2018) ‘Left Behind: Is Universal Credit Truly Universal?’</p><p><a href="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/trusselltrust-documents/Trussell-Trust-Left-Behind-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/trusselltrust-documents/Trussell-Trust-Left-Behind-2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Trussell Trust (2018) ‘The next stage of Universal Credit: Moving onto the new benefit system and foodbank use’</p><p><a href="https://www.trusselltrust.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/10/The-next-stage-of-Universal-Credit-Report-Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.trusselltrust.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/10/The-next-stage-of-Universal-Credit-Report-Final.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Loopstra, R., and Lalor, D. (2017) ‘<em>Financial insecurity, food insecurity, and disability: the profile of people receiving emergency food assistance from the Trussell Trust Foodbank Network in Britain’</em></p><p><a href="https://trusselltrust.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/OU_Report_final_01_08_online.pdf" target="_blank"><em>https://trusselltrust.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/OU_Report_final_01_08_online.pdf</em></a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/01/2019 14:06:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1037784

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has made an assessment of the change in the relative value of overseas UK pensioners' state pensions for each percentage fall in the value of the pound.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	206207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong>No such assessment has been made. The exchange rate is subject to fluctuation. As a result state pension payments will change depending on the rate for foreign currency.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/01/2019 12:21:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1037789

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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: 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 1 November 2018 to Question 185101, if she will publish the agent led processes and supportive lines available to universal credit helpline staff to assist claimants.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	206444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Agent Led Processes (ALP’s) are low level business processes, designed to work as part of the Universal Credit service. They are embedded into the service and do not stand alone as separate guidance or instructions to staff.</p><p> </p><p>The “Digital Channel Product” is a guide which has been developed for Service Centre staff to use during telephone calls, to encourage claimants to check and use their online account as an alternative method of contacting the Department. The product gives staff some suggested ways to introduce a discussion regarding the online digital service with claimants.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this product, call handlers have access to comprehensive Universal Credit guidance. Universal Credit guidance is published in the House of Commons Library and the Department is committed to refreshing this at regular intervals.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/01/2019 14:38:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

1037804

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Members: Correspondence
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 respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow East, reference DL2143, dated 20 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	206448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>I replied to the hon. Member on 7 January 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2019 14:36:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1037814

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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 her oral contribution of 7 January 2019, Official Report, column 3, what discussions she has had with the Leader of the House on what date in 2020 the planned vote on managed migration to universal credit will take place.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has, in a Written Ministerial Statement today, set out a revised legislative plan for Universal Credit managed migration regulations.</p><p> </p><p>This change provides the reassurance Parliament has requested, that we will report on our findings from the pilot before bringing forward legislation to extend managed migration.</p><p> </p><p>This legislation will be subject to normal Parliamentary processes and any Parliamentary activity in relation to the revised regulations will be for parliament to consider.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/01/2019 14:15:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1037818

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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: Disability
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 in receipt of the severe disability premium under the legacy social security system were moved onto universal credit in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	206465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 206466 question first answered 11/01/2019 14:21:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1037832

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Personal Independence Payment: Newport East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals for personal independence payment were made in Newport East constituency in (a) 2017-18 and (b) since April 2018; and what proportion of those appeals were successful.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	206293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Since PIP was introduced 3.7m decisions have been made in Great Britain up to September 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.</p><p /><p>Breakdowns of the number of appeals completed in relation to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and the number and proportion of these where the decision was overturned in each parliamentary constituency in Wales (including Newport East) can be found in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>These figures include all PIP appeals; so they will contain appeals where claimants appealed for a higher PIP award as well as those appeals against a disallowance decision.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Constituency geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: the number of PIP appeals and the number and proportion of these where the decision was overturned in each Welsh constituency in 2017-18.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberavon</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberconwy</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alyn and Deeside</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arfon</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon and Radnorshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff Central</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff North</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff West</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd South</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd West</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gower</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islwyn</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouth</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montgomeryshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport East</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport West</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ogmore</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preseli Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea East</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea West</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Clwyd</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ynys Mon</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 2: the number of PIP appeals and the number and proportion of these where the decision was overturned in each Welsh constituency between April and September 2018, the latest date for which statistics have been published.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberavon</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberconwy</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alyn and Deeside</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arfon</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon and Radnorshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff Central</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff North</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff West</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd South</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd West</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gower</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islwyn</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouth</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montgomeryshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport East</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport West</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ogmore</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preseli Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea East</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea West</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Clwyd</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ynys Mon</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2019 14:34:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1037866

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Housing Benefit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the amount her Department has spent on housing benefit in each local authority area in Wales in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	206264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Housing Benefit expenditure by Local Authority from 1996/97 to 2017/18 is published on GOV.uk at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741593/hb-and-ctb-by-la-2017-18.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741593/hb-and-ctb-by-la-2017-18.ods</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/01/2019 09:45:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1037869

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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: 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, how many people claiming employment and support allowance have been migrated onto universal credit due to an unsuccessful work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	206454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 206455 question first answered 11/01/2019 14:30:04 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1037872

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the written statement of 7 June 2018 on Universal Credit, HCWS745, how many people in receipt of the severe disability premium have been naturally migrated onto universal credit since 7 June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	206466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 206465 question first answered 11/01/2019 14:21:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova