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1129595

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Metro Newspaper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints she has received on the recent universal credit campaign in the Metro newspaper; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	259861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>We are the biggest Government Department with a day to day operation on which around 22 million citizens depend. We have a responsibility to advertise Universal Credit and have been doing so for some time. This helps ensure people understand the benefits they may be entitled to and that they have the information they need when it comes to making a claim.</p><p>The Department has a responsibility to ensure claimants do not miss out on their full entitlements and to encourage people to make their claim as quickly as possible.</p><p>To identify complaint cases concerning the Universal Credit campaign in the Metro newspaper would require every complaint case to be examined. So, this data could only be collated at a disproportionate cost to the Department.</p><p>In November 2018 Ministers agreed to the principle of national media partnerships. The specific Metro campaign was taken forward by Departmental officials. Ministers agreed the content of the launch products.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259862 question first answered 11/06/2019 13:40:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1129607

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Employment: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration has been given to providing employers with information and support on mental health in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	260087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The DWP and DHSC Joint Work and Health Unit is overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that were made in <em>Thriving at Work: The Stevenson / Farmer review of mental health and employers</em> published in October 2017 these range from short term deliverables to longer term reform. Government is committed to working with the authors of the review and key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p><p>One of the review’s recommendations was about transparency as a significant opportunity to encourage cultural change around mental health. We have worked with partners, including employers, to develop a framework to support organisations to record and voluntarily report information on disability and mental health in the workplace. This framework was published on 22<sup>nd</sup> November 2018 and is aimed at large employers with 250 or more employees. To improve information and advice for employers we are working with Mind and the Royal Foundation to continue developing their Mental Health at Work website (<a href="https://www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk" target="_blank">https://www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk</a>) which launched on 11<sup>th</sup> September 2018.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/06/2019 12:58:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1129653

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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, for what reasons maternity allowance and statutory maternity pay are classified differently under the universal credit rules.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	259894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a means tested system of support. Where claimants have income available to meet their everyday living costs, such as maternity allowance, it is right that their entitlement to UC is adjusted accordingly (as currently is the case with other DWP legacy means tested working age benefits).</p><p>Statutory maternity pay is paid by an employer and is therefore a form of earnings subject to the work allowance and tapering within Universal Credit, as are other earnings.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 259895 question first answered 12/06/2019 13:51:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129654

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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, what assessment she has made of the effect of the deduction of maternity allowance from universal credit as unearned income on the (a) affordability for new mothers of (i) housing costs, (ii) nappies and (iii) and other baby essentials and (b) children of those mothers in respect of the principle set out in section 1(1) of the Children Act 1989.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	259895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a means tested system of support. Where claimants have income available to meet their everyday living costs, such as maternity allowance, it is right that their entitlement to UC is adjusted accordingly (as currently is the case with other DWP legacy means tested working age benefits).</p><p>Statutory maternity pay is paid by an employer and is therefore a form of earnings subject to the work allowance and tapering within Universal Credit, as are other earnings.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 259894 question first answered 12/06/2019 13:51:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129655

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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: Flintshire
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 Flintshire who previously received disability living allowance care component at the (a) lower, (b) middle and (c) higher rate received no personal independence payment daily living component after being invited to apply for that payment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	259896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Table 1(a) below shows the level of Care component a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimant in the Flintshire Local Authority area received prior to them being reassessed onto Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and being awarded Nil Daily Living. This data is split by calendar year from the first PIP reassessment clearances in 2014 to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018, the latest date for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>For additional context, Tables 1(b) and 1(c) show the level of DLA Care Component in the Flintshire Local Authority area received prior to being reassessed onto PIP and being awarded the Standard Daily Living component and the Enhanced Daily Living component respectively over the period 2014 – 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018. For reference, 2,760 claimants in Flintshire were given a PIP award on reassessment from DLA over this time period.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1(a): DLA Care Component Award for claimants who were awarded Nil PIP Daily Living<sup>1</sup> at reassessment from DLA to PIP</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA Care Award Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Middle</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p><strong>290</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>180</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>110</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>640</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><ol><li>Data includes PIP Reassessments that were awarded the PIP Daily Living component at the Nil rate – this includes claimants who were awarded PIP and thus were awarded either Standard or Enhanced mobility rate and those who were completely disallowed PIP and were awarded Nil Mobility.</li></ol><strong>Table 1(b) DLA Care Component Award for claimants who were awarded the standard level of the PIP Daily Living Component at reassessment from DLA to PIP</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA Care Award Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Middle</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p><strong>340</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p><strong>470</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>290</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>300</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,050</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table 1(c) DLA Care Component Award for claimants who were awarded the </strong> <strong>enhanced level of the PIP Daily Living Component at reassessment from DLA to PIP</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA Care Award Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p><strong>570</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Middle</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p><strong>460</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p><strong>340</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>270</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>350</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>320</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,370</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol start="2"><li>2018 data to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> PIP ADS, DLA Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study claimant data and Customer Information System data.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8th April 2013, and include both PIP Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claims.</li><li>This data also includes DLA claimants who were invited to claim PIP and those who chose to claim PIP once their DLA award had ended.</li><li>Figures are correct as at 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Components may not sum to the whole due to rounding.</li></ul><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/06/2019 13:21:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129659

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Pensions and Social Security Benefits: Windrush Generation
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 volume of (a) benefits and (b) pensions incorrectly refused to Windrush generation claimants.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	259900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information and to produce it would incur disproportionate cost. DWP has helped over 400 Windrush generation claimants to resolve issues with benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>DWP staff continue to support people of the Windrush generation with their benefits and pensions claims and are also working closely with other Government bodies to assist those who apply to the Home Office’s Windrush Compensation Scheme. This scheme will take into account loss of income, such as barriers to employment and/or access to benefits and pensions.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259901 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:20:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129662

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the state pension entitlement for people who have been unable to make national insurance contributions because they could not prove their status despite being resident since 1973.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	259901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information and to produce it would incur disproportionate cost. DWP has helped over 400 Windrush generation claimants to resolve issues with benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>DWP staff continue to support people of the Windrush generation with their benefits and pensions claims and are also working closely with other Government bodies to assist those who apply to the Home Office’s Windrush Compensation Scheme. This scheme will take into account loss of income, such as barriers to employment and/or access to benefits and pensions.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259900 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:20:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129712

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Workplace Pensions: Fees and Charges
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 auto-enrolment on charging levels in the pensions sector.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	259885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>DWP’s latest pension charges survey, published in October 2017, found that most schemes charge between 0.38 and 0.54% depending on the type of pension. This is well within the 0.75% charge cap which applies to the default fund of pension schemes used for automatic enrolment.</p><p>The October 2017 charges survey can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652086/pension-charges-survey-2016-charges-in-defined-contribution-pension-schemes.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652086/pension-charges-survey-2016-charges-in-defined-contribution-pension-schemes.pdf</a></p><p>This matter is always kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/06/2019 16:46:18 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1129713

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Pensions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the pensions sector on increasing transparency in respect of charge cap levels.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	259886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>When the charge cap was introduced in 2015, DWP produced guidance for trustees on how to comply. Since this time DWP officials have met regularly with pension schemes and their service providers. As a result of this engagement DWP consulted earlier this year on an update to the charge cap guidance to provide more clarity for trustees on how to calculate charges.</p><p>The consultation can be found in chapter 5 in the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/defined-contribution-pensions-investments-and-consolidation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/defined-contribution-pensions-investments-and-consolidation</a></p><p>We are currently considering the feedback.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/06/2019 13:52:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1129714

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Pensions: Fees and Charges
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 consumer understanding of pension product charge cap levels.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	259887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>In February 2018 the DWP laid regulations to require trustees of occupational defined contribution schemes to publish their charges and costs annually online, and to tell members via their annual benefit statement where this information is available. There is no specific consumer survey but the charge cap holds charges down.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/06/2019 15:15:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle