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1464962

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether tax credit recipients who have more than £16,000 in savings will lose all their support on being migrated to Universal Credit after the one year grace period, or whether they will be entitled to further transitional protection.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	6670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>Tax Credit claimants will have any capital they hold above £16,000 disregard for up to 12 months once moved to Universal Credit as part of the managed migration process. This means that the normal rules for the treatment of capital, that would usually prevent them claiming UC, will not be applied during this period.</p><p> </p><p>Normal UC rules for capital will still be applied to the capital they hold between £6,001 and £16,000. If their capital falls to £16,000 or below during the 12 months, then the disregard is not re-applied, should their capital rise above £16,000 again.</p><p> </p><p>After 12 months, the disregard on tax credit claimants’ income that permits them to claim UC if their capital exceeds £16,000 will cease to apply and, like all claimants with capital over £16,000, they will not be entitled to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/05/2022 15:45:45 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1464983

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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	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 protections her Department has put in place for people with complex disabilities undergoing managed migration to Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	6671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to fully complying with the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p><p> </p><p>A variety of support is in place for those issued with migration notices including for individuals with a heath condition and disabilities. As we progress through discovery phase, we are keen to understand what additional support is required for people to make their claim to UC.</p><p> </p><p>Our current support consists of</p><p> </p><ul><li>A dedicated phoneline</li><li>Further guidance on the Gov.uk website</li><li>Specially trained staff in the JCP’s and Service Centres who can identify local tailored support</li><li>Support through help to claim</li></ul> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 6672 6673 question first answered 26/05/2022 14:49:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1457402

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	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, on what date her Department made the most recent equality impact assessment of (a) the benefit cap and (b) local housing allowance rates.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	153695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment of the benefit cap was published on 26 August 2016 and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a>.</p><p>The Secretary of State has complied with her duties under the Equality Act 2010 and had due regard to the equality impacts of the benefit cap for example in respect of the Covid 19 policy changes. There is no requirement to record or publish this in the form of an equality impact assessment and we do not intend to publish the analysis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In November 2021 the Secretary of State considered the equality impacts of the decision to maintain Local Housing Allowance rates in 2022/23 at the elevated cash rates agreed for 2020/21. Following PQ UIN 120618, a copy of the equality analysis was placed in the House of Commons library.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 21/04/2022 16:48:53 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1454014

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
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	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, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund in supporting low income families; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	146536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions requires Local Authorities provide management information (MI) returns detailing their spend and volume of Household Support Fund awards made in relation to food, energy and water bills, essentials linked to energy and water bills, wider essentials, and housing costs. MI returns also detail grant spend and the volume of awards made in relation to families with and without children.</p><p> </p><p>This information, for the scheme running 6 October 2021- 31 March 2022, will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/04/2022 10:02:18 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 61329 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1440843

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will re-introduce the six-month extension of Access to Work grant awards for claimants who rely on support workers and are experiencing delays in the processing of their renewal applications.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	139248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>In response to the increase in Access to Work applications, business processes have been regularly reviewed, including the Renewals process. As part of this, we will now treat applications that are classified as renewals for on-going support as a priority group.</p><p> </p><p>Although this is not an automatic extension of the award, the prioritisation of renewals will enable applications to be cleared more quickly. Where the decision is to put in place a new award, this will be put in place for the longest period appropriate (up to the current 3 year maximum) so that the customer has stability in terms of their award, rather than having to renew again in a very short timeline, as was the case with automatically extended awards.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/03/2022 15:59:07 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1440844

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to support Access to Work applicants facing delays in the processing of their application; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	139249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>Access to Work are currently receiving an increased level of applications for support and are working through all applications to ensure that they are progressed as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>For applications where a customer is due to begin a job in the next 4 weeks (whether employed or self-employed), and renewal applications for on-going support, their case will be prioritised and contact made as soon as possible. The Department is currently recruiting and training more people to work on Access to Work, as well the use of overtime working to support reducing the outstanding claim volumes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/03/2022 16:03:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1440919

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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: 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 proportion of Personal Independence Payment assessments have been carried out by (a) telephone, (b) paper based or (c) face-to-face assessments between (i) November 2021 and January 2022, (ii) August and October 2021, (iii) May and July 2021, (iv) February and April 2021 and (v) February 2020 and January 2021.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	139251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the table below.</p><p /><p>We have not included February and March 2020 as the data is not available. Therefore, the information provided in the table covers April 2020 to January 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Although not included in your question, it may be helpful to know that from autumn 2020, we have also been conducting video assessments, where appropriate, alongside telephone, paper based and face to face assessments. The proportion of video assessments have been included in the table for completeness.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>v</p></td><td><p>iv</p></td><td><p>iii</p></td><td><p>ii</p></td><td><p>i</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr 20 – Jan 21</p></td><td><p>Feb 21 – Apr 21</p></td><td><p>May 21 – Jul 21</p></td><td><p>Aug 21 – Oct 21</p></td><td><p>Nov 21 – Jan 22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paper based review</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td><td><p>16.1%</p></td><td><p>17.2%</p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Face to face assessment</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telephone assessment</p></td><td><p>82.5%</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td><td><p>82.3%</p></td><td><p>76.3%</p></td><td><p>77.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Video assessment</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Please Note:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The above data is derived from unpublished management information which is produced by the assessment providers and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the monthly totals have been calculated using weekly MI as there is no monthly MI available.</p><p> </p><p>All percentages have been rounded to the nearest .1%, therefore percentages may not add to 100%.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/03/2022 15:47:36 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 58586 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1440920

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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, how many people are awaiting a review of their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) award after registration; and what the average time taken to review a PIP award is in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	139252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>On 31st January 2022 (most recent data available), there were around 220,000 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Award Reviews registered that were awaiting a decision.</p><p> </p><p>For PIP Award Review decisions made in January 2022 (most recent data available) the average (median) time from Award Review registration to DWP decision was around 16 weeks.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Customers awaiting an assessment to review their PIP will continue to be paid until the review is complete. We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, considering the need to review all available evidence, including that from the claimant.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>Data Source: PIP Atomic Data Store (ADS)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures refer to planned PIP Award Reviews, where a claimant has reached their scheduled review date and the Department has sent an AR1 form.</li><li>The average referred to here is the median. The median time is the middle value if you were to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value.</li><li>Processing times have been rounded to the nearest whole number of weeks.</li><li>The 'Award Review Registration to DWP decision (end to end)' processing time is measured as the average (median) time between the date of Award Review registration and the date of the DWP decision on the outcome of the review.</li><li>Median processing times are for Award Reviews where a decision was made in January 2022.</li><li>Processing Time measures do not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant during the review or claims that were disallowed by DWP prior to assessment (e.g. for failure to return paperwork).</li><li>Award reviews that are subsequently cancelled by DWP are excluded from these figures.</li><li>Figures are for Great Britain only.</li></ul> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/03/2022 15:42:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 58588 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1437551

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
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	Pensioners: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the equity of pension income being treated as equivalent to earned income for Universal Credit purposes whereas pension income inherited by the pensioner’s widow is deducted pound for pound from a Universal Credit award.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	133123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>The general principle is that income, other than earnings, which is provided to meet everyday living costs, is fully taken into account in the calculation of Universal Credit. This includes income from pensions and widow’s pensions.</p><p> </p><p>In common with the means tested legacy benefits it replaces, Universal Credit takes into account money available from other sources which allow a claimant to support themselves, allowing a fair balance to be struck between those in the greatest financial need and hardworking taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/03/2022 17:46:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1436480

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work grants are awaiting a decision.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	131033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member/ Rt Hon. Member to my response to parliamentary question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-22/127254" target="_blank">UIN 127254</a>, on 28th February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/03/2022 15:56:04 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms