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837231

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	What steps her Department is taking to ensure that personal independence payment assessments are undertaken fairly and efficiently.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	903749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring claimants receive high quality, objective assessments. The Department holds regular performance meetings with Assessment Providers at local and senior levels. Assessments are independently audited and Departmental clinicians periodically observe assessments. Both providers have increased personalised clinical support to all Health Professionals. PIP Assessment Providers cost less than 4% of the total annual benefit spend on PIP.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 17:25:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

835942

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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, whether her Department has read the report by Gingerbread published on 12 January 2018 which states that the majority of single parents do not receive child maintenance payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	126297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>Officials have read Gingerbread’s report and continue to work closely with a range of external stakeholders when developing policy. The analysis of child maintenance payments referred to in the report is based on data collected in 2011/12, so predates the introduction of the reformed child maintenance scheme in 2013. We want to ensure that children from all separated families have an effective maintenance arrangement. Child Maintenance Options provides free and impartial information to support parents to make arrangements that work for them.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/02/2018 14:03:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

835946

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest: South 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 people in (a) Hove constituency, (b) East Sussex, (c) the South East receive Support for Mortgage Interest; and how many of those people receive (i) employment support allowance, (ii) personal independence payments and (iii) jobseeker’s allowance.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	126301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The table below gives the Department’s estimates of the caseload of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) split by benefit and one selected geography.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All SMI</p></td><td><p>SMI and Employment and Support Allowance</p></td><td><p>SMI and Job Seeker’s Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>11,000</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> Table 1: SMI caseload by benefit in one selected geography</em></p><p>Data is not available on:</p><ul><li>the number of SMI claimants in receipt of Personal Independence Payment;</li><li>the number of claimants of SMI in Hove and geographies smaller than Government Office Region.</li></ul><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000 cases.</p><p>‘-’ denotes under 500 cases.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/02/2018 10:55:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

835947

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of Support for Mortgage Interest have received information on forthcoming changes to that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	126302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>To date, the department has sent information to 105,000 SMI claimants.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/02/2018 10:59:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

835964

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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: Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of her Department make use of the childcare vouchers scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	126319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>Currently there are 1811 employees using the Childcare Voucher (Salary Sacrifice) scheme in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/02/2018 14:03:32 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

836013

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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: Ealing
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 the (a) London Borough of Ealing and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency were eligible for universal credit on 1 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	126368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit by parliamentary constituency and local authority 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>. 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 Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/02/2018 14:03:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

836015

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is after an application is submitted for universal credit before the first payment is received for claimants in (a) London and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	126370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s data on payment timeliness is not available by area or region.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The assessment period and payment structure of Universal Credit creates a fixed period between date of entitlement and the first payment. However advances of up to 100% of a claimant’s indicative award are available straight away.</p><p> </p><p>Most new claims to Universal Credit Full Service have their entitlement to Universal Credit calculated within 31 days of submitting their application. The assessment period runs for a full calendar month from the date of entitlement and the Universal Credit pay date is up to 7 calendar days after the end of the assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>Our latest research shows that around 80% of new claims are paid in full and on time. The Department’s internal data shows that for those cases where full payment has not been made, around a sixth have not signed their Claimant Commitment or passed identity checks, and the others have outstanding verification issues such as housing, self-employed earnings and childcare costs. Many of these claimants receive a part payment for those elements of the claim that have been verified.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/02/2018 14:03:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

836023

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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: Standard of Living
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 effect on living standards of universal credit claimants repaying advance payments.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	126378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of how advances interact with living standards. This is because advances are designed to meet a claimant’s immediate short term financial need and are not intended to address living standards. However, Universal Credit advances can be paid to a claimant on the same day in an emergency to prevent them falling into financial hardship. In addition regulations are also in place to protect claimants from excessive benefit deductions.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/02/2018 14:04:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

836024

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to publicise information to claimants eligible for universal credit who do not have internet access.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	126379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The attached table shows all the contracts DWP currently holds with Capita including the total value of the contracts.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our data shows that over 99% of claimants using the Universal Credit Full Service make their claim online.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department uses multiple channels to publicise information for claimants about Universal Credit. These include:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">Posters and leaflets in jobcentres, including a recent campaign to raise awareness about availability of advances.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">Working closely with stakeholder organisations (many of whom interact with claimants, face to face and by telephone). This also includes working with local authorities as part of our on-going partnership to improve digital access and capability.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">Playing short videos in Post Offices and GP surgeries in high claimant areas, and also advertising in transport hubs and shopping precinct locations.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To further support claimants without internet access, all jobcentres across the country have Wi-Fi and computers available, including 8000 additional computers installed to support the introduction of Universal Credit. This provides access to digital channels in every jobcentre for claimants to use when they do not have access at home. A telephone helpline and face to face support are also available for claimants to make and manage a Universal Credit claim.</ins></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/02/2018 16:12:02 question first ministerially corrected 09/02/2018 14:43:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 40066 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse attachment 1 file name 125893 Capita Contracts FR.docx title Capita Contracts
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

836033

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to offer additional support and guidance to hon. Members and their staff while their constituencies transition to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	126388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>We continue to invite Hon. Members to visit jobcentres within their constituencies and we write to all Hon. Members before jobcentres in their constituencies roll out to Universal Credit Full Service.</p><p> </p><p>As well as providing the name and contact details of the Senior Operational Leader in their area, who is available to answer any questions about the service in their Jobcentre(s), these letters provide a series of guides and online links that their offices may find helpful in assisting constituents.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we have also run information sessions on Universal Credit for both Hon. Members and Peers, which provided the opportunity to speak with Ministers and Senior Officials within the Department.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/02/2018 14:04:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq