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1203493

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date	15/06/2020
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 4 June (HL4841), whether those who are not already in receipt of an ‘exempt benefit’ but who are in the process of claiming one will be subject to the benefit cap.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>New claims for benefits which could provide an exemption to the Benefit Cap for an eligible household continue to be taken and processed, as such an exemption will apply once benefit entitlement is established.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants can approach their Local Authority for a Discretionary Housing Payment if they need additional help to meet rental costs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 06/07/2020 14:36:02 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1203496

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Visual Impairment: Social Distancing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in response to research by the Royal National Institute of Blind People to ensure that the two-thirds of blind and partially sighted people identified as feeling that they have lost their independence during lockdown are able to access services as the restrictions in place to address COVID-19 are lifted.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to supporting disabled people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. We are ensuring that disabled people continue to have access</p><p>to updated guidance, including workplace and transport related guidance during the COVID-19 outbreak. All equality and discrimination laws and obligations continue to apply during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>We worked with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) to transcribe gov.uk pages on general coronavirus guidelines and financial advice into spoken word formats. This guidance is available on RNIB phone lines. This ensures that visually impaired people without access to the internet are able to receive the same advice as sighted people with internet access.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office Disability Unit continues to work with stakeholders, such as the RNIB, and across Government Departments to ensure that the needs of disabled people are considered in the Government’s response to COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 29/06/2020 16:44:04 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1203535

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government when a decision will be made on whether the current suspension of face-to-face assessments for welfare benefits will be extended, and how this will be communicated.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gale
uin	HL5662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>Our priority throughout this health emergency continues to be to protect the public and staff, while ensuring people get the benefits they are entitled to quickly and safely. Reviews and reassessments remain suspended while we review what activity we can gradually start reintroducing in line with the latest public health advice. We will confirm next steps as soon as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 29/06/2020 15:19:05 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	2503 label Biography information for Baroness Gale

1203561

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that no one resident in the UK will suffer hardship with which they cannot cope in the next year.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>This Government’s current focus is on supporting people whose finances have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including through income protection schemes, mortgage holidays and additional support for renters.</p><p> </p><p>For those most in need, we have injected more than £6.5 billion into the welfare system, increasing Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit by over £1,000 for this financial year. We have also increased Local Housing Allowance rates - putting an average of £600 into people’s pockets.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 01/07/2020 16:14:56 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1203649

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last met with the Secretary of State for International Development to discuss Official Development Assistance spending.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	59626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets with her Cabinet colleagues, including the Secretary of State for International Development, on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/06/2020 16:18:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1203675

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for bereavement support payment were (a) made and (b) successful at the (i) higher and (ii) lower rate in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	59648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Experimental official statistics for Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) are published quarterly here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistical-summaries" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistical-summaries</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics were published in May 2020 and Table 1 provides the number of BSP claims received by month between April 2017 and December 2019 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-benefits-statistics-may-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-benefits-statistics-may-2020</a></p><p> </p><p>Additional BSP statistics are not currently available and will be published in due course, however, BSP caseload statistics, by rate, are published in the benefit expenditure and caseload tables here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2020</a> <br></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/07/2020 16:47:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203676

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in bereavement support payments in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	59649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Annual Bereavement Support Payment expenditure statistics are published in the benefit expenditure and caseload tables here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2020</a> <br></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/07/2020 16:43:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203677

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Bereavement Support Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bereavement support payment decisions were (a) appealed and (b) overturned at appeal in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	59650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The type and volume of tribunal cases received and disposed of are published quarterly by the Ministry of Justice here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p /><p><br></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2020 12:50:47 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203678

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bereavement support payment claims were made more than three months after the related death, in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	59346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2020 12:48:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203679

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Bereavement Support Payment: Cohabitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for bereavement support payment were refused on the grounds that a co-habiting couple is not eligible, in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	59347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/07/2020 16:30:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey