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1683062

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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	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, with reference to Q26 of the evidence given by Neil Couling to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 10 January 2024, HC 417, whether it is his policy that where a claim is subject to checking that claim is not suspended and there is no interruption to payments so long as the claimant cooperates with that process.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	10272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Where customers provide all evidence requested, within the timescales requested, to enable DWP to verify entitlement to benefit then no payment will be interrupted. If the evidence is not provided within the timescale or there is a high risk of fraud and/or error DWP’s Enhanced Review Team (ERT) may suspend payments to prevent further loss and the customer to build up possible debt.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/01/2024 15:13:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1680504

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	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 steps he is taking to help ensure that people whose allowances have been altered by measures announced in the Autumn Statement receive adequate financial support.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Autumn Statement 2023 claim closure measure will introduce legislation to close the claim of those on work-related benefits who do not re-engage for a continuous period of six months or more following an open-ended sanction decision. It remains unchanged that customers usually lose 100% of their Universal Credit Standard Allowance when a sanction is applied.</p><p> </p><p>The claim closure measure will not be applied where a customer receives additional amounts of Universal Credit (UC) for childcare, housing, or a disability. Where those in receipt of an additional amount of UC remain disengaged for a period of 2 months or more following an open-ended sanction, Targeted Case Reviews (TCR) will be conducted to encourage these customers to re-engage and to confirm their benefit entitlement. The TCR process forms part of our wider fraud and error agenda to ensure we are paying customers what they are entitled to, and a review could result in the customers benefit payment being maintained, reduced, or increased.</p><p> </p><p>For customers who demonstrate that they cannot meet their immediate and most essential needs as a result of a sanction, we have a well-established system of hardship payments. These needs can include heating, food, and hygiene.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/01/2024 12:08:18 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1678364

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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	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, whether he has made an estimate of the number of households that will be subject to the benefit cap due to (a) increases in the local housing allowance and (b) the uprating of benefits in 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	7221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. There are various factors that determine whether a household is brought into scope of the benefit cap.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 7222 question first answered 11/01/2024 11:46:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1678365

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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	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, whether he has made an estimate of the number of households that will be subject to the benefit cap due to proposed changes to the work capability assessment descriptors in 2025-26.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	7222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. There are various factors that determine whether a household is brought into scope of the benefit cap.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 7221 question first answered 11/01/2024 11:46:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1674135

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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	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, if he will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of applying the triple lock to the uprating of social security benefits in financial year 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	4330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>The triple lock is this Government’s commitment to increase the new and basic State Pensions annually in line with the highest of the increase in prices, the growth in average earnings, or 2.5%.</p><p> </p><p>Accordingly, the Secretary of State has decided that – subject to Parliamentary approval – for the financial year 2024/25, the new and basic State Pensions, along with the Standard Minimum Guarantee in Pension Credit, will increase by 8.5%, in line with the growth in average earnings. Working-age and extra-costs disability benefit rates will – also subject to Parliamentary approval – increase by 6.7%, in line with the increase in prices and in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.</p><p> </p><p>Using 8.5% instead of 6.7% for these benefits would potentially add approximately £2.3bn to the cost of the social security system in that year.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/12/2023 11:26:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1669310

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	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 steps his Department is taking to help people with the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Aylesbury
tabling member printed	Rob Butler
uin	900021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and is taking action to help. Overall, we are providing total support of over £94bn over 2022-23 and 2023- 24 to help households and individuals with the rising cost of bills.</p><p> </p><p>This includes up to £900 in Cost of Living Payments for households on eligible means-tested benefits. The DWP successfully delivered the second payment of £300 to over 7 million households, 99% of those claiming DWP benefits who are eligible, between 31 October and 7 November. The remaining eligible households will continue to be automatically paid between now and 19 November by DWP. HMRC started to make their payments from 10 November. This follows on from the £301 payment issued in April 2023 to 8.3 million households. A further payment of £299 will be made by spring 2024 for those entitled.</p><p> </p><p>Also, more than eight million pensioner households across the UK will receive an additional £300 Cost of Living Payment during winter 2023-24 paid as a top up to the winter fuel payment, and 6.4 million individuals on eligible ‘extra-costs’ disability benefits have also received a further £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment.</p><p> </p><p>For people who require additional support, in England, the Household Support Fund will continue until March 2024. This year long extension allows Local Authorities to continue to provide discretionary support to those most in need with the cost of essentials. Local Authorities are expected to support households in the most need, and in particular those who may not be eligible for the other support Government recently made available but are nevertheless in need. The Devolved Administrations will receive consequential funding as usual to spend at their discretion.</p><p /><p>From April, we uprated benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%, and in order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions the benefit cap levels also increased by the same amount.</p><p> </p><p>To support those who are in work, from 1 April, the National Living Wage (NLW) increased by 9.7% to £10.42 an hour for workers aged 23 and over - the largest ever cash increase for the NLW.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/11/2023 17:00:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler

1662869

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	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, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people whose benefit award would be assessed as lower if the number of points awarded for the (a) coping with social engagement and (b) getting about indicators was reduced.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	200723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The department has developed estimates across the range of options being considered in the Work Capability Assessment activities and descriptors consultation. The consultation runs until the 30th October and we will continue to refine these estimates as responses are considered following the end of the consultation period.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 200722 200724 200725 question first answered 18/10/2023 16:16:46 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1662871

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	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, whether he has made an estimate of the additional number of people who would be found fit for work if the number of points awarded for the (a) coping with social engagement and (b) getting about indicators was reduced.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	200725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The department has developed estimates across the range of options being considered in the Work Capability Assessment activities and descriptors consultation. The consultation runs until the 30th October and we will continue to refine these estimates as responses are considered following the end of the consultation period.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 200722 200723 200724 question first answered 18/10/2023 16:16:46 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1659119

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
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	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, how many and what proportion of people claim (a) Attendance Allowance, (b) Personal Independence Payment and (c) Universal Credit in (i) each parliamentary constituency, (ii) the UK, (iii) Great Britain, (iv) England, (v) Scotland and (vi) North Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	198422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The latest available statistics on the number of people in Great Britain in receipt of Attendance Allowance (to February 2023), entitled to Personal Independence Payment (to April 2023), and on Universal Credit (to July 2023), by various geographical breakdowns including country, region and Westminster parliamentary constituency, are published monthly on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p><p> </p><p>Benefit statistics for Northern Ireland are published by the <a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics" target="_blank">Department for Communities</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Population estimates for Westminster parliamentary constituencies in Great Britain are published by the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/help/localstatistics" target="_blank">Office for National Statistics</a> on <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/contents.aspx" target="_blank">NOMIS</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/09/2023 11:02:42 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1654221

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reinstating the Universal Credit uplift of £25 per week and (b) extending the uplift to cover Employment Support Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	195100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear that the £20 increase was a temporary measure to support those households most economically affected by the economic shock of Covid-19. Since then, the Government has announced support to households to help with higher bills worth £94 billion across 2022-23 and 2023-24.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/09/2023 12:59:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins