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1715283

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
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	Social Security Benefits
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 he has made of the potential impact of the benefit cap on people living in regions with high housing costs outside of Greater London; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) aligning the benefit cap with Local Housing Allowance rates and (b) exempting housing-related benefits from a benefits cap set at a lower rate.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	24509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>No assessment has been made and there are no current plans to change the policy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/05/2024 15:00:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1715285

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to distinguish between (a) studio and (b) one bedroom apartments in Local Housing Allowance rates.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	24510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>A one-bedroom rate for the calculation of Local Housing Allowance is defined as accommodation where the tenant has the exclusive use of only one bedroom and exclusive use of a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet and a room suitable for living in. This includes studio apartments. There are no plans to change this definition.</p><p> </p><p>Housing support is calculated according to the number of bedrooms a person needs based on the size of their household.</p><p> </p><p>The maximum housing costs support is the lower of the actual rent and service charges or the relevant Local Housing Allowance rate.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/05/2024 16:31:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1691657

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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: Viral Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive has plans to update its guidance on workplace transmission of blood borne viruses.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	15720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), is the regulator of workplace health and safety and publishes guidance aimed to assist employers in controlling workplace risks, including those from blood-borne viruses where this is relevant to their work activities.</p><p> </p><p>HSE’s approach to developing guidance is led by intelligence to ensure it remains appropriate. Whilst there is no evidence to suggest changes to workplace risks, HSE is currently working with experts from scientific advisory committees to review the guidance and will update it as necessary in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/03/2024 16:36:51 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1686233

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	Household Support Fund
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 assessment of the potential impact of the timing of a decision on the continuation of the Household Support Fund on the operation of local authority support services.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	12355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The current Household Support Fund runs from April 2023 until the end of March 2024, and the Government continues to keep all its existing programmes under review in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 06/02/2024 12:50:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1673638

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to reduce waiting times for PIP assessments.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	4239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner.  Reducing customer journey times for PIP claimants is a priority for the department and we are working constantly to make improvements to our service.</p><p /><p>We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to review all available evidence, including that from the claimant.</p><p /><p>We have seen a decrease in PIP clearance times, with the latest statistics showing that the average end-to-end journey has reduced from 26 weeks in August 2021 to 15 weeks at the end of July 2023. This is because we’re:</p><p /><ul><li>using a blend of phone, video and face-to-face assessments to support customers and deliver a more efficient and user-centred service;</li><li>increasing case manager and assessment provider health professional resource; and</li><li>prioritising new claims, while ensuring that claimants awaiting award reviews do not fall out of payment through no fault of their own.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, the Health Transformation Programme (HTP) is modernising health and disability benefit services to create a more efficient service, to reduce processing times and improving trust in our services and decisions. As part of this, from July 2023, a limited number of claimants have been able to begin their claim for PIP entirely online, which we aim to roll out across England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 04/12/2023 12:06:17 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1663212

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions, whether he plans to accept the invitation from Garden Court Chambers to attend mediation talks with Joanne Welch from CEDAWinLAW on an alternative dispute resolution for women born in the 1950s who were affected by changes in the State Pension age.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	201066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>In the legal challenge on changes to State Pension age, both the High Court and Court of Appeal have found no fault in the actions of the DWP, under successive governments dating back to 1995, finding Government acted entirely lawfully and did not discriminate on any grounds.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Additionally, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has not completed his investigation into communication of changes to women’s state pension. It would be inappropriate to enter into Alternative Dispute Resolution with third parties or comment while the PHSO investigation is ongoing. Section 7(2) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 states that Ombudsman investigations “shall be conducted in private”.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/10/2023 14:30:34 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1661896

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Pensions Regulator: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether employees of the Pension Regulator will receive the government-wide 4.5% pay increase deal.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	200422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>DWP does not play a role in determining the awards TPR will pay to their workforce, beyond reviewing proposals to ensure that they comply with the parameters set by the Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance and securing Secretary of State approval to proceed into negotiations. This year, the remit guidance allowed a maximum average increase of 4.5%, and an additional 0.5% could be used to target lower grades.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 17/10/2023 09:55:30 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1659372

registered interest
date	08/09/2023
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	Household Support Fund
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 it his policy to guarantee that the Household Support Fund will continue to be provided to county councils and unitary authorities in England after March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	198558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer given to PQ<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-09-01/196466" target="_blank">196466</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/09/2023 11:07:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1656515

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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
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 personal independence payment reassessments due to take place in 2022 were outstanding on 1 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	196344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Award Reviews cleared or outstanding after April 2023 cannot be released as PIP data after this point is intended for publication at a future date. <strong><em>    </em></strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/09/2023 15:03:01 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1656516

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Chronic Illnesses
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 it his policy to exempt people who were diagnosed with lifelong conditions at birth from personal independence payment reassessments.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	196345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>PIP awards are not condition-based as individuals can be impacted by their health condition(s) in different ways and those impacts can vary over time. However, we recognise that assessments and reviews are not always suitable for our claimants, including those with lifelong or long-term conditions and disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>We announced in the Shaping Future Support: Health and Disability White Paper that we will test a new Severe Disability Group in PIP to reduce unnecessary applications and assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The first light-touch reviews at the 10 year point for those with ongoing awards, started in August. These are primarily for those with long-term conditions on the highest level of support or whose conditions are stable. The design draws on discussions with charities and other organisations and involves a short form to check whether anything has changed, adjust the award if needed, and confirm we hold up-to-date information.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/09/2023 15:28:53 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle