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1701765

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
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: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of economically active individuals there were (a) in total and (b) with self-reported sight problems in England in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	22322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the table below.</p><p><strong>Labour market status by main or secondary long-term health condition,</strong></p><p><strong> 16 to 64, England, 2022/23</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Labour market status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Difficulty in seeing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>35,038,400</p></td><td><p>487,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economically active</p></td><td><p>27,551,700</p></td><td><p>238,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Annual Population Survey (APS) – unpublished</p><p>Notes:</p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100.</p><ul><li>Numbers are central estimates and subject to sampling variation. The precision of these estimates will be limited by sample size.</li><li>Annual Population Survey data has not been reweighted to incorporate the latest estimates of the size and composition of the UK population.</li><li>Figures for ‘Difficulty in seeing’ are unpublished but are a variation of those contained within: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2023" target="_blank">The employment of disabled people 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/04/2024 14:17:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1695345

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	Care Homes: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to help ensure that the treatment of payments made under the Republic of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme to those living in the UK do not discriminate against those in receipt of means-tested benefits.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	18189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>Means-tested benefits have no specific disregard of payments made by the Republic of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme to those living in Great Britain and DWP currently has no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/03/2024 10:18:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1693785

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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	Unemployment: Eyesight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people economically inactive in England due to eyesight problems.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	17174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The latest published estimates for 2022/23 show that there were around 310,000 people aged 16 to 64 in the UK who were economically inactive and self-reported difficulties with their sight – this may not be the reason, or the only reason, for them being inactive. Of which, around 250,000 were living in England (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2023" target="_blank">source</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Figures for England are from the same underlying data source (Annual Population Survey) but are unpublished.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 17:00:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1670769

registered interest
date	17/11/2023
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of applicants awaiting a decision and (b) average time between receipt of an application and such a decision being made under the Disability Living Allowance for children as of 17 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	2408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The information requested on the volume of applicants waiting for a decision, and the journey time from an application received by DWP to a decision made, is not readily available. To provide this would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/11/2023 15:43:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1613117

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
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, how many and what proportion of First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Child Maintenance hearings where his Department was the first respondent were attended by an official from his Department in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	182160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>From January to December 2022, there were 53,010 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Personal Independence Payment appeals. Of these, 13,600 (26%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>From January to December 2022, there were 4,940 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Employment and Support Allowance appeals. Of these, 1,190 (24%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>Information available within cost shows that from January to December 2022, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service listed 4,840 Child Maintenance Service appeals. Of these 2,130 (44%) were allocated to a presenting officer to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p> </p><ul><li>This information is derived from internal administrative data and is not quality assured to Official Statistics standards;</li><li>This data is unpublished. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision;</li><li>We have provided data up to December 2022, in line with published statistics;</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages are rounded to the nearest percent; and</li></ul><ul><li>Appeals data is taken from the DWP computer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons, such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 182161 182162 question first answered 02/05/2023 10:09:56 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1613118

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
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	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 First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Employment and Support Allowance hearings where his Department was the respondent were attended by an official from his Department in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	182161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>From January to December 2022, there were 53,010 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Personal Independence Payment appeals. Of these, 13,600 (26%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>From January to December 2022, there were 4,940 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Employment and Support Allowance appeals. Of these, 1,190 (24%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>Information available within cost shows that from January to December 2022, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service listed 4,840 Child Maintenance Service appeals. Of these 2,130 (44%) were allocated to a presenting officer to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p> </p><ul><li>This information is derived from internal administrative data and is not quality assured to Official Statistics standards;</li><li>This data is unpublished. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision;</li><li>We have provided data up to December 2022, in line with published statistics;</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages are rounded to the nearest percent; and</li></ul><ul><li>Appeals data is taken from the DWP computer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons, such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 182160 182162 question first answered 02/05/2023 10:09:56 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1613119

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
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: 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 and what proportion of First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Personal Independence Payment hearings where his Department was the respondent were attended by an official from his Department in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	182162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>From January to December 2022, there were 53,010 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Personal Independence Payment appeals. Of these, 13,600 (26%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>From January to December 2022, there were 4,940 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Employment and Support Allowance appeals. Of these, 1,190 (24%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>Information available within cost shows that from January to December 2022, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service listed 4,840 Child Maintenance Service appeals. Of these 2,130 (44%) were allocated to a presenting officer to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p> </p><ul><li>This information is derived from internal administrative data and is not quality assured to Official Statistics standards;</li><li>This data is unpublished. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision;</li><li>We have provided data up to December 2022, in line with published statistics;</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages are rounded to the nearest percent; and</li></ul><ul><li>Appeals data is taken from the DWP computer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons, such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 182160 182161 question first answered 02/05/2023 10:09:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth