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1136594

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department's policy that all female benefits claimants are asked whether they are or have been victims of domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	272899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department is sensitive to the fact that it can be difficult for any victim of domestic abuse to come forward and disclose this. Universal Credit claimants are assigned to a single work coach, with whom they can build a trusting relationship. All of our work coaches have received mandatory training, developed with input from domestic abuse charities, to help them recognise the signs of abuse. If it becomes apparent that a claimant has been or is a victim of domestic abuse, as soon as they feel able to disclose this personal and sensitive information, a discussion should take place about their circumstances, to enable their work coach to tailor the support they provide to the claimant’s needs. This includes signposting the claimant to expert organisations. Almost all Jobcentres have private rooms available so that individuals can discuss these sensitive issues in private.</p><p> </p><p>By summer 2019, we will have implemented advocates for domestic abuse services in every Jobcentre to further raise awareness of domestic abuse, and to support our work coaches.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/07/2019 12:36:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1138809

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Office for National Statistics Public Sector Employment data, what assessment she has made of the effect on the performance of her Department of the loss of over 20,000 staff since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	277229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Since 2013, through using a range of tools, we have improved the Department’s efficiency without dropping our performance levels. Our latest published figures show that we:</p><ul><li>delivered the lowest unemployment rate since 1974, getting on average 1,000 people into work every day since 2010</li><li>processed 78% of new claims within planned timescales and achieved customer satisfaction of 81%</li><li>processed Universal Credit (UC) faster - UC Full Service claimants for households with new claims receiving full payment on time had increased to around 86% in February 2019</li></ul> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/07/2019 14:31:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307942

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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: Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to reform benefits payments in order to protect recipients with complex needs from criminal exploitation.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	179299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department currently has no such plans.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>We take every care to prevent incorrect payments being made and to ensure that benefits are paid to the correct recipients; and that their payments are accurate from the outset of a claim.</p><p> </p><p>Operational staff also have instructions on how to alert DWP’s Serious Organised Crime (SOC) Team, who work closely with the National Crime Agency and the Home Office to investigate criminal activity, to potential cases of modern slavery, and receive guidance, for example, on raising awareness of the risks County Lines activity poses for our more vulnerable claimants who can be exploited by gangs.</p><p> </p><p>Further information may be found in DWP’s Universal Credit (UC) Guidance which covers all aspects of UC and its administration, including claims and payments. Updated chapters are deposited in the House of Commons Library periodically by the DWP and can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/universal-credit-information-sources/" target="_blank">https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/universal-credit-information-sources/</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:08:00 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1311002

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	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: Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer on 20 April 2021 to Question 179299 on Social Security Benefits: Payments, how many cases her Department's Serious Organised Crime team has (a) investigated and (b) prosecuted fully in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	185442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/04/2021 12:54:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 99514 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

990365

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on families with disabled children.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	181322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>In formulating Universal Credit policy for support for families with disabled children the Government’s aim was to simplify previous provision and align the lower disabled child addition with that for adults. This was in order to ensure that, for this group, the extra amounts that are payable for disability were aligned when the young person claims benefit in their own right. The Government also took the opportunity to refocus resources on the most severely disabled children and adults and extended eligibility for the higher rate to children who are registered blind.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting disabled people, improving the quality of life of those facing disadvantage and tackling poverty by addressing the causes driving it. We recognise that there can be extra costs associated with disability. Universal Credit provides additional support for disabled adults and disabled children. <br></p><p>No one, including households with disabled children, will have a reduced benefit entitlement at the point that they move over to Universal Credit as a result of managed migration.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit claimants who are responsible for a child or a qualifying young person may be entitled to a Disabled Child Addition for each eligible child. This continues to be available for all eligible children, regardless of the total number of children in the household.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 181163 181164 question first answered 23/10/2018 16:40:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

999163

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been refused personal independence payments as a result of the past presence rule on residency (a) since 2013 and (b) in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	186406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the data requested.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/11/2018 17:14:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

385920

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	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	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of removing tax credits on child poverty in Hove.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	4350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government’s commitment to make savings from the welfare budget was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4351 question first answered 30/06/2015 14:15:59 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

385921

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	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	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of removing tax credits on in-work poverty in Hove.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	4351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment to make savings from the welfare budget was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4350 question first answered 30/06/2015 14:15:59 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

418982

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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: Brighton
	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 received an assessment for both employment and support allowance and personal independence payment in (a) 2014 and (b) the first six months of 2015 in Brighton and Hove local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	10287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/10/2015 14:13:42 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

525067

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2016
	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: Hove
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants in Hove have been reimbursed for travel to the Lewes Assessment Centre since November 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	40502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>162 Employment and Support Allowance claimants living in Hove (the BN3 postcode) have been assessed at Lewes and claimed travel expenses for doing so.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/06/2016 10:59:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle