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987718

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If she will take steps to improve access to home assessments for claimants of personal independence payment and universal credit who are unable to attend an assessment centre.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	907052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>It’s important to note that any claimant can request a home visit although I do recognise improvements can be made to ensure that those who need a home assessment are able to get one.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering aspects of our assessment processes, including how claimants requiring a home visit can be identified more effectively at the beginning of the process and the ease with which they can request one.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/10/2018 16:00:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

987719

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent changes the Government has made to universal credit to protect the incomes of the most vulnerable claimants.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	907057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>We have already spent £1.5 billion on improvements during the first assessment period. We have already committed more money to protect the most vulnerable, including the 500,000 people currently receiving the Severe Disability Premium. A million disabled people will be better off.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/10/2018 16:11:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

984765

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of occasions the time taken to authorise payment following an application for a Support for Mortgage Interest loan has exceeded her Departmental expectation of two weeks.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	177818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Where a claimant expresses an interest in taking up the offer of an SMI loan they will be sent a loan agreement and charge form to complete and return. They also receive detailed guidance on how to complete these documents.</p><p> </p><p>The Department determines that 6 weeks is a sufficient time period for claimants to make a decision whether to take up the offer of an SMI loan. The Department ask that the loan agreement and charge form are returned as soon reasonably possible to enable them to be processed efficiently. A reminder is sent out after six weeks if the documents have not been received. Claimants may change their mind whether to take or decline a loan at any time.</p><p> </p><p>Returned forms are checked for accuracy, and if correctly completed we would expect that, in the majority of cases, SMI Loan payments would be authorised within two weeks but this is dependent upon claimants benefit pay cycle.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold the data requested regarding how often payments are authorised within two weeks.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/10/2018 13:52:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

984775

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the criteria are for determining which WASPI cases submitted to the Independent Case Examiner are referred to the Parliamentary Ombudsman; and who makes the final decision on which cases are referred.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	177760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Independent Case Examiner is independent. All final investigation reports issued by the Independent Case Examiner explain that if the complainant is dissatisfied with the outcome of the investigation into their complaint, they can ask their Member of Parliament to escalate the matter to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Decisions on whether a referral is made to the Parliamentary Ombudsman rest with the relevant Member of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/10/2018 16:51:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

984776

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases relating to her Department have been considered by the (a) Independent Case Examiner and (b) Parliamentary Ombudsman in each month since January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	177761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The table below details the number of complaint examinations concluded by the Independent Case Examiner’s Office in relation to the Department for Work and Pensions and its service providers, in each month since January 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has agreed to write to the Hon. Member with the information requested.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Complaint Examinations Concluded by Independent Case Examiner’s Office</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/10/2018 16:51:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

984823

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Parental Pay: Self-employed
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 (a) financial and (b) psychological effect on self-employed people of being unable to access statutory maternity and paternity leave pay.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	177643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not conducted any analysis of the psychological or financial impacts on self-employed people who are ineligible for statutory family related leave and pay entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>Maternity Allowance (MA) is paid to eligible self-employed and employed women who are not entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay. Statutory family related leave entitlements focus on employees as they have less flexibility and autonomy over the work they do and when they take time off work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government agrees with the principle of equalising parental benefits for the employed and self-employed. But as set out in the Government Response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, it is right to only consider making changes to this area once we have carefully considered this in the wider context of tax, benefits and rights over the longer term.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/10/2018 14:00:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

984824

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Departments policy on sanctions of the report, Universal credit in work progression randomised control panel, published by her Department on 12 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	177743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The results from the In-work Progression Randomised Controlled Trial show positive, but relatively small, impacts on earnings, and the wider evaluation contains a range of findings about the delivery and reception of the interventions being tested, including that of conditionality and sanctions.</p><p> </p><p>This report is a starting point: we have more to do to further analyse the findings from the RCT, and we are developing a programme of research, analysis, tests and trials, to further develop the evidence base on progression.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/10/2018 16:43:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

984836

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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
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 her Department's universal credit In-Work Progression Randomised Controlled Trial, what steps she is taking to incorporate the results of that trial into policies on in–work claimants.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	177567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The results from the In-work Progression Randomised Controlled Trial show positive, but relatively small, impacts on earnings, and the wider evaluation contains a range of findings about the delivery and reception of the interventions being tested. This is a starting point: we have more to do to further analyse the findings from the RCT, and we are developing a programme of research, analysis, tests and trials, to further develop the evidence base on progression.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/10/2018 16:37:14 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

984838

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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
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 paragraph 6.16 of Autumn Budget 2017, how her Department has spent the £8 million committed to further develop the evidence base on in-work progression in universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	177568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The £8m allocated in Autumn Budget 2017 provides funding over four years to build the evidence base on progression. A programme of activity is being developed, including a large scale research project to understand the support needs of future cohorts of UC in-work claimants. We are reflecting on the findings from our Randomised Controlled Trial and other emerging evidence as we develop these plans, as well as engaging with stakeholders, including a range of academics and other external experts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/10/2018 16:39:14 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

984839

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Employment Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has held with independent providers of employment support to further develop the evidence base on what works to help people earn more and progress in work.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	177569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The In-work Progression Randomised Controlled Trial has now ceased but as we seek to further develop the evidence base on progression, we have regular discussions with a range of employment support providers, including those convened by the Employment Related Services Association.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 177570 question first answered 15/10/2018 16:35:12 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms