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1535111

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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	Food Poverty: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to young people who are not able to afford food during the period of increases to the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	69634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>With 1.25 million vacancies across the UK, Government’s focus is firmly on supporting people, including young people, into and to progress in work. Our approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of employment, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risks of poverty. Employment support is a transferred matter in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and has taken further decisive action to help. The Energy Price Guarantee is supporting millions of households – including young people - with rising energy costs, and the Chancellor made clear it will continue to do so from now until April next year. <br> The Northern Ireland Energy Price Guarantee will provide households in Northern Ireland with equivalent financial support with their electricity and gas bills as for those in Great Britain beginning 1<sup>st</sup> November 2022 and backdated to 1<sup>st</sup> October 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the over £37bn of cost of living support announced earlier in the year, which includes Cost of Living Payments of £650 (paid in two lump sums of £326 and £324) to more than 8 million low-income households on means-tested benefits and £150 to individuals receiving disability benefits – including young people who are in receipt of eligible benefits. These payments are delivered UK-wide.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We recognise that some people may need further support, which is why the government has provided an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021. Of the £500m, the NI Executive is receiving £14m.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/11/2022 14:12:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1535131

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for Personal Independence Payment reassessment claims.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	69803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner.  We prioritise new claims, while ensuring claimants awaiting award reviews remain in payment until we can make a decision.</p><p> </p><p>We always aim to make an award review decision as quickly as possible, considering the need to review all available evidence, including that from the claimant.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, and in order to improve the service across all PIP activities, we are also:</p><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;</li><li>making decisions on award reviews where it is safe to do so without the need to refer the review to an Assessment Provider.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Claimants are asked to contact us if their condition changes so their review can be looked at more quickly.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 27/10/2022 13:52:48 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1535180

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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, what proportion of people who received a reduced personal independence payment award after being reassessed have had their original award reinstated after submitting a Mandatory Reconsideration or going to appeal.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	69711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 27/10/2022 13:59:38 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1535189

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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	Cost of Living Payments: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many eligible recipients have not received a disability cost of living payment as of 21 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	69648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>We will periodically make payments to people who have later been found to be eligible and have not yet received a payment. The payments will continue to be made automatically in the same way the qualifying benefit or tax credit is paid.</p><p> </p><p>The timetable for when Cost of Living Payments are made is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payment" target="_blank">Cost of Living Payment - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) </a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has published management information on the total number of Disability Cost of Living Payments made. As of 30 September 2022, 6,000,000 Disability Cost of Living payments had been made.</p><p>The information which will be updated as new payments are made can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-living-payment-management-information/cost-of-living-payment-management-information" target="_blank">Cost of Living Payment management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 14:54:24 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1535191

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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
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 she has made of the adequacy of the Basic State Pension in meeting the needs of pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	69649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The State Pension is the foundation of state support for older people. Since 2010, the full yearly amount of the basic State Pension has risen by over £2,300, in cash terms. That's £720 more than if it had been uprated by prices, and £570 more than if it had been uprated by earnings since 2010. The Government has committed to the Triple Lock for the remainder of the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>People in receipt of the basic State Pension may additionally receive some earnings-related additional State Pension or, if they had been contracted out, a work based pension or a combination of the two.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 13:36:45 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1535194

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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	Carer's Allowance
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 her Department has made of the adequacy of Carer's Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	69650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>This Government recognises and values the vital contribution made by carers in supporting some of the most vulnerable in society.<strong>  </strong>Unpaid carers can receive a range of support depending upon their circumstances, including from local authorities, the NHS and through the benefit system.</p><p> </p><p>In England, the Care Act 2014 requires local authorities to deliver a wide range of sustainable high-quality care and support services, including support for unpaid carers, and local authorities are required to undertake a Carer’s Assessment for any unpaid carer who appears to have a need for support and to meet their eligible needs on request from the carer.</p><p> </p><p>The primary purpose of Carer’s Allowance is to provide a measure of financial support and recognition for people who give up the opportunity of full-time employment in order to provide regular and substantial care for a severely disabled person.  It is not a “carer’s wage” or designed to fully replace the income from work that an unpaid carer may have foregone. The current rate of Carer’s Allowance is £69.70 per week. This means that since 2010 it has increased from £53.90 to £69.70 a week, providing an additional £800 a year for carers through Carer’s Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to Carer’s Allowance, carers on low incomes can claim income-related benefits, such as Universal Credit and Pension Credit. These benefits can be paid to carers at a higher rate than those without caring responsibilities through the carer element and the additional amount for carers respectively. Currently, the Universal Credit carer element is £168.81 per monthly assessment period, and the additional amount for carers in Pension Credit is £38.85 per week.  Around 433,000 (May 22 data) carer households on Universal Credit can receive around an additional £2,000 a year through the Carer Element. The Government has chosen to focus extra support on those carers who need it most.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 27/10/2022 13:49:27 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1535197

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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	Cost of Living Payments: 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 appeals her Department has received that have resulted in the cost of living payment being provided retrospectively after a nil award.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	69651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>There is no right of appeal against a Cost-of-Living Payment. Claimants have a right to appeal their benefit entitlement on the qualifying date and, if they are later found to have been entitled to a payment of a qualifying benefit in respect of the qualifying date, they will automatically be paid the Cost-of-Living Payment.</p><p /><p>A form to report potential missed payments for the first Cost of Living Payment was provided on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Welcome to GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> for anyone who thought they should have received the payment but hadn’t.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 16:28:17 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1535201

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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	Cost of Living Payments: 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 appeals for retrospective payment of the cost of living payment have been successful following an initial nil award.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	69652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>There is no right of appeal against a Cost-of-Living Payment. Claimants have a right to appeal their benefit entitlement on the qualifying date and, if they are later found to have been entitled to a payment of a qualifying benefit in respect of the qualifying date, they will automatically be paid the Cost-of-Living Payment.</p><p /><p> </p><p>A form to report potential missed payments for the first Cost of Living Payment was provided on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Welcome to GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> for anyone who thought they should have received the payment but hadn’t.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 16:26:28 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1535218

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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	Migrants: Cost of Living
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support individuals with No Recourse to Public Funds will be able to access this winter as part of (1) the £11.7 billion Energy Bills Support Scheme, and (2) the wider £37 billion cost of living assistance package for consumers.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL2809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The cost-of-living package is in addition to the over £22bn announced previously, with government support for the cost of living now totalling over £37bn this year. This means that eight million low-income households will get £1,200 of one-off support in total this year to help with the cost of living, with all domestic electricity customers receiving at least £400 through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.  The Energy Price Guarantee is supporting millions of households with rising energy costs, and the Chancellor made clear it will continue to do so from now until April next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme is open to all domestic electricity customers, with additional support to eight million low-income households, irrespective of their No Recourse to Public Funds condition.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 08/11/2022 13:38:21 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1535219

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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 and Working Age Benefits: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals with No Recourse to Public Funds, who have made the necessary national insurance contributions, are in receipt of contributory benefits including (1) contribution-based Jobseekers Allowance, (2) statutory sick pay, and (3) state pension.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL2810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the requested information.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 08/11/2022 13:09:10 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham