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1174890

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	Maternity Allowance
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 of 27 January 2020 to Question 5322 on Maternity Allowance, what the average working day turnaround was for Maternity Allowance claims from (a) 16 to 31 December 2019 and (b) 1 to 15 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	10295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The service level agreement for processing a Maternity Allowance claim is 30 working days.</p><p /><p>The average working day turn-around for Maternity Allowance claims for the periods quoted are:</p><p> </p><p>a) From 16 to 31 December 2019 – 30 working days</p><p>b) From 1 to 15 January 2020 – 30 working days</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/02/2020 16:36:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1172065

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Maternity Allowance
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 the Answer of 5 November 2019 to Question 8582 on maternity allowance, what the average working day turn around for Maternity Allowance claims was from (a) 16 to 31 October 2019, (b) 1 to 15 November 2019, (c) 16 to 30 November 2019 and (d) 1 to 15 December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	5322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The average working day turn-around for Maternity Allowance claims for the periods quoted are:</p><p> </p><p>16<sup>th</sup>-31<sup>st</sup> October – 10.5 weeks</p><p>1<sup>st</sup> – 15<sup>th</sup> November – 9 weeks</p><p>16<sup>th</sup>-30<sup>th</sup> November – 7.5 weeks</p><p>1<sup>st</sup> – 15<sup>th</sup> December – 6 weeks</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 27/01/2020 17:39:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1172069

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Maternity Allowance
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 the Answer of 4 November 2019 to Question 1893 on Maternity Allowance, by what date she plans for her Department to meet its target of clearing Maternity Allowance claims within 24 working days.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	5323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>As of 23<sup>rd</sup> January our outstanding work volumes are below the aspirational target of 24 days. We continue to monitor progress on a weekly basis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/01/2020 13:42:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1169966

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is for claimants in the (a) support and (b) work-related activity groups to be awarded employment support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>As of May 2019, the latest point at which this information is available, the mean duration of a claim for Employment and Support Allowance claimants currently in the (a) support group is 5.15 years and (b) work-related activity group is 4.60 years.</p><p> </p><p>Alternatively, the median duration of a claim for Employment and Support Allowance claimants currently in the (a) support group is 5.49 years and (b) work-related activity group is 4.76 years.</p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP 100% Employment Support Allowance data source</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/01/2020 11:42:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1169967

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to her Department is of undertaking a work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Health and Disability Assessment Services (HDAS) Contract is let on a target cost of service basis alongside performance incentives and remedies rather than on an output cost per assessment or administrative task basis. Therefore we are unable to provide an average cost per assessment undertaken.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/01/2020 14:45:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1167475

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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	Bereavement Benefits: Cohabitation
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 made an assessment of the amount of money bereaved partners potentially missed by not being eligible to receive bereavement benefits reserved for married couples in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	7636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>We are still refining our methodology in our assessment of cohabitees that have not received bereavement benefits, and therefore cannot provide a final estimate of expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/11/2019 16:20:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe