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800408

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money has been spent in (1) the past 12 months, and (2) each year since 2014, on the administration of Employment and Support Allowance mandatory reconsiderations in (a) England, (b) Scotland, and (c) Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL3795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL3796 question first answered 12/12/2017 12:14:42 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

800409

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money has been spent in (1) the past 12 months, and (2) each year since 2014, on the process of administering Employment and Support Allowance tribunals in (a) England, (b) Scotland, and (c) Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL3796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL3795 question first answered 12/12/2017 12:14:42 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

800410

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Pension Credit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is was the value of Pension Credit in each year since it was introduced from 2010–11; and what is their estimate of what that value would be from April 2018 if Pension Credit had been increased by the triple lock which has applied to the Basic State Pension.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL3797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Pension Credit was introduced in October 2003 and has a number of elements, including additional amounts for severe disability for example.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the value of the Pension Credit Standard Minimum Guarantee (PC SMG) for single claimants in weekly terms, between 2010/11 and 2017/18.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Table 1: Pension Credit Standard Minimum Guarantee for single claimants, 2010/11 to 2017/18</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£132.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£137.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£142.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£145.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£148.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£151.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£155.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£159.35</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In 2018/19, the PC SMG will be £163.00 per week for single claimants. It is estimated that, if from 2010/11 the PC SMG had been uprated in the same way that the basic State Pension was uprated; then the PC SMG for single claimants would be £171.20 per week in 2018/19.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/12/2017 12:17:35 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

800411

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Pension Credit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many single (1) women, and (2) men, over 80 years old are in receipt of Pension Credit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL3798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>In May 2017, there were 445,302 single women aged over 80 that were claiming Pension Credit, and 97,080 single men aged over 80 that were claiming Pension Credit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/12/2017 12:18:05 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

800425

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 28 July (HL954), in what ways, and by which means, (1) ministers, and (2) departments, work together to tackle the root causes of poverty, including through (a) committees, (b) units, (c) taskforces, and (d) forums.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL3812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p><em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, published on 4 April, set out a framework for improving outcomes for disadvantaged children, now and in the future. The Department for Work and Pensions continues to work with key stakeholders and with other Departments to take forward the four policies set out in the paper. Further announcements will be made in due course.</p><p> </p><p>This paper also set out national statutory and non-statutory indicators to track progress in tackling worklessness and associated disadvantages that can affect families’ and children’s lives. We made available the latest analysis and an evidence base to enable local authorities, local partners and others to understand, and act on, the complex factors of disadvantage in their local area. This includes local-level data on the factors of disadvantage that are available through a local government data tool (LG Inform).</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions works across government and is represented at a ministerial level at a number of groups and forums which focus on supporting those who are most disadvantaged, including the Social Reform Committee, Inter Ministerial Groups on Homelessness, Gangs and Violence against Women and Girls and the Drugs Strategy Group. In the future DWP will co-chair the Financial Inclusion Policy Forum with the Economic Secretary to the Treasury.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/12/2017 12:19:19 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

800427

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with the devolved administrations since 2010 about possible coordinated actions across the UK to reduce (1) poverty, and (2) child poverty; whether they have learned any lessons from specific initiatives introduced by those administrations that may now be applied in England; and if so, what.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL3814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to an approach to tackling poverty that goes beyond a focus on the safety net of the welfare system. Work is the best route out of poverty and our welfare reforms are designed to incentivise employment and support people to progress in work. There are now 954,000 fewer workless households and 608,000 fewer children in workless households across the UK compared with 2010. Through <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em> we have set out a framework for a continued focus for improving outcomes for workless families, now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government has powers in the Scotland Act 2016 to introduce new provision in areas where responsibility is devolved and the Devolved Government in Wales and Scotland are also free to develop their own approaches to tackling child poverty.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in DWP continue to have regular engagement with devolved administrations on a wide range of welfare issues, including constructive discussions about the Improving Lives evidence base and approaches to tackling poverty.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/12/2017 15:16:39 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

800462

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 28 November (HL3456), how they assess and evaluate (1) progress in tackling poverty, and (2) the impact of their fiscal and welfare policies on those vulnerable groups of people they have pledged to assist.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL3849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to action that tackles the root causes of poverty and disadvantage with policies that incentivise employment as the best route out of poverty. In <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, we set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s long-term outcomes. This includes nine national indicators to track progress in tackling the disadvantages that affect families and children. Four of these measures are set out in Primary legislation which places a duty on the Government report annually to Parliament on the parental worklessness and educational attainment indicators. Data on the non-statutory indicators will also be published each year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government carefully considers the equality impacts of individual policies on those with protected characteristics, including gender, race and disability - in line with both its legal obligations and with its strong commitment to equality issues.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) undertake distributional analysis, at each fiscal event, to assess the impact of tax, welfare and public spending changes on household incomes. The latest was published to accompany Autumn Budget 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name HL3849 HMT budget 2017.pdf title HMT Budget 2017 2 file name HL3849 improving-lives-helping-workless-families-print-version - Copy.pdf title Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families question first answered 15/12/2017 11:24:26 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

800561

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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: Midlothian
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of personal independence payment claimants in Midlothian who are refused entitlement to those payments upon making a claim.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	117182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) is published at parliamentary constituency level and local authority level and can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/12/2017 11:54:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

800562

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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: Midlothian
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of personal independence payment claimants in Midlothian who have been successful on appeal at tribunal in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	117183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The following Table shows the number of PIP claimants in Midlothian who have been successful on appeal in each of the last 3 years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Successful appeals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data is taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/12/2017 13:28:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

800563

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of armed forces veterans medically retired by the Ministry of Defence have to undertake further assessments in order to claim universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	117184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP uses Service Medical Board evidence so a severely disabled person does not have to undergo additional examinations for Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit purposes.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/12/2017 13:33:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley