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1540000

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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: Visual Impairment
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 work with external parties and agencies to ensure that blind and partially sighted people are able to meet the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	80640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for DWP and I remain committed to improving disabled people’s lives and continue to meet colleagues across Government to push this important work forward.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands that people across the UK are worried about the rising cost of living and are seeing their disposable incomes decrease as they spend more on the essentials. Decisive action is needed to get households and businesses through this winter and the next, while ensuring we act in a fiscally responsible way.</p><p> </p><p>Over the summer, a number of meetings and focus groups have taken place to hear disabled people's experiences, including one which was set up jointly with RNIB. Alongside this, officials continue to engage with stakeholders to build the evidence base on how the cost of living is impacting disabled people. This information will feed into the Government’s considered response.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/11/2022 15:28:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1486863

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
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	Pension Credit: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in the Romford constituency were in receipt of pension credit in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	31777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The latest published data shows there were 1,746 Pension Credit claimants in Romford constituency.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates for the number of Pension Credit claimants per constituency can be found on Stat-Xplore. The latest data is for November 2021.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for using Stat-Xplore is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pension Credit applications and take up have improved dramatically following the Pension Credit awareness campaign in April, and the Pension Credit day of action on 15 June; this involved work with broadcasters, media, newspapers and other stakeholder partners who were encouraged to reach out to pensioners to promote Pension Credit through their channels.</p><p> </p><p>Although not all claims can be directly attributed to the campaign, early indications are that the day of action has been highly effective. Our internal management information suggests there have been over 10,000 Pension Credit claims made during the week of the media day – an increase of 275% compared to the same week in 2021, which itself was an enhanced week due to the 2021 Pension credit Action Day.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of these claim volumes on numbers of successful awards and on Pension Credit take-up will take longer to establish given the usual cycle involved in producing those statistics. However, the campaign is ongoing including a particular focus on getting the private sector to drive forward efforts to enhance claims, and specific effort to reach out to communities who have traditionally not claimed pension credit. That work is very much ongoing.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/07/2022 15:25:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1483401

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Pension Credit: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are in receipt of pension credit in Romford constituency as of 27 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	25752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>In November 2021, there were an estimated 1,746 Pension Credit claimants in Romford constituency.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates for the number of Pension Credit claimants per constituency can be found on Stat-Xplore. The latest data is for November 2021.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for using Stat-Xplore is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/07/2022 10:25:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1483402

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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: Fraud
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 have been convicted for benefit fraud in (a) Romford, (b) the London Borough of Havering and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	25753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>DWP does not hold the requested information broken down to local geographical level.</p><p> </p><p>Across England, Scotland and Wales, the number of convictions for benefit fraud over the last 5 full financial years is as follows*:</p><p> </p><ul><li>2017/18 – 4,800</li><li>2018/19 – 2,700</li><li>2019/20 – 1,900</li><li>2020/21 – 500</li><li>2021/22 – 600</li></ul><p> </p><p>*Figures – which are rounded to the nearest 100 – are based on internal management information and therefore have not been subject to the same degree of scrutiny and quality assurance as an official statistic</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, the department increased the prosecution threshold from £2000 to £5,000.</p><p>However, any case over £3000 is routed to DWP Investigations team.</p><p> </p><p>This meant most could generate better returns for the taxpayer by allowing trained investigators to focus on serious fraud. However, we reserve the right to refer any case for prosecution. Compliance Officers continue to conduct robust and challenging interviews in all other scenarios and all debt is recoverable.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the department diverted resources to tackle Advances Fraud in 2019, which is demonstrated by a corresponding increase in Administrative Penalties.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the last 2 years reflect the re-deployment of staff to help meet the unprecedented demand for financial support during Covid and the social distancing measures put in place, which constrained our ability to carry out face to face Interviews Under Caution.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to recruit Investigators and now have Covid compliant interview facilities in place, which means we expect to see a significant upturn in prosecution numbers over the next 2 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/07/2022 15:59:05 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1483403

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of (a) Universal Credit and (b) Personal Independence Payment reside in Romford constituency as of 27 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	25754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Monthly statistics on the number of people who are on (a) Universal Credit (UC) and (b) Personal Independence Payment (PIP), by Westminster parliamentary constituency, can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/<br> </a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/07/2022 16:13:12 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1463706

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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: Havering
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 recipients of Universal Credit in (a) Romford and (b) the Borough of Havering.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	3492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The latest available statistics on the number of people who are on Universal Credit, by parliamentary constituency and by local authority, are published monthly and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p><br> Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/05/2022 15:45:28 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1463708

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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: Romford
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 in Romford are recipients of legacy benefits; how many of those people have made applications to transition to universal credit; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people are made aware of the transition to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	3493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The data held for people in Romford who are on Legacy benefits is published at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. Data surrounding Universal Credit caseload growth at national, regional and constituency level is also published at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. Guidance for users is available at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a>. We do not centrally collate the number of claimants that have made a new claim to Universal Credit for claimants who move from existing legacy benefits, to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Everyone who is required to move to Universal Credit will receive a migration notice informing them that they need to make a claim for Universal Credit. Customers will need to make a claim for Universal Credit within three months</p><p>The Department is committed to raising awareness among legacy benefit claimants of the transition to Universal Credit and helping them decide whether moving sooner would be right for them. The latest data estimates that 55%<sup>1</sup> of legacy claimants could be better off on Universal Credit. A national multi-channel advertising campaign launched in March. It targets tax credit customers and encourages them to use an independent benefits calculator and seek independent advice to find out if they could be better off and help them decide whether to move to Universal Credit voluntarily.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1070847/completing-the-move-to-universal-credit.pdf" target="_blank">Completing the Move to UC Strategy</a><sup>1</sup> and supporting analysis and case studies, the Department will work with stakeholder organisations to help raise awareness about voluntary moves across their networks.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/05/2022 16:48:07 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1433790

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Employment: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to (a) level up and (b) ensure appropriate job opportunities are available and accessible to young people in Romford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	126574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Through our Plan for Jobs, DWP has several targeted schemes to support people of all ages and to help them prepare for and progress into work.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP Youth Offer has been extended to 2025 and has expanded eligibility to include 16 and 17-year olds, in addition to 18 to 24-year olds, who are claiming Universal Credit and searching for work through the network of Youth Hubs across England, Scotland and Wales. DWP is also delivering a comprehensive package of support for young people in collaboration with the Department for Education and National Careers Service in England, the Devolved Administrations, and other partners.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2021, we opened a new temporary Jobcentre in Romford which provides dedicated support to Havering residents. The Jobcentre has a dedicated Youth Team which provides access to Jobcentre services, current vacancies, apprenticeships, and a broad range of employment skills provision. This includes basic and digital skills courses and employer led Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs). In Romford, currently we have SWAPs in the following sectors: health, retail and warehouse, construction, and environmental engineering, although this list is not exhaustive.</p><p> </p><p>The local Jobcentre team works closely with Havering Works, the London Borough of Havering employment and skills brokerage service, and a range of local community and voluntary organisations to increase access to services, including employment and skills. A range of employer led skills programmes is also available through our partnership activity with New City College.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/03/2022 17:52:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1382841

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to negotiate new reciprocal social security agreements with (a) Australia, (b) Canada and (c) other countries to prevent British pensioners facing poverty in their retirement.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	83264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The policy on the up-rating of UK State Pensions paid overseas is longstanding and has been supported by successive post-war governments for over 70 years.</p><p /><p>The Government has no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/12/2021 14:29:06 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1365072

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a method to assess whether a benefit claimant has permanently left the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	67091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>DWP takes fraudulent claims very seriously, which is why we have a range of measures in place to identify when someone has permanently left the UK and is no longer entitlement to benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit, like certain other benefits, is only payable in the UK, although it can be claimed legitimately during limited periods of absence. Our operational staff are trained to deal with such cases, which helps ensure claimants do not receive benefits incorrectly. For Universal Credit, claimants will also have regular work-focussed interviews as part of their claim.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we regularly monitor claims, working closely with other Government Departments. For Universal Credit, our increased use of data and analytics, along with enhanced checks where intelligence indicates a risk of fraud, is proving extremely effective in preventing and detecting this type of loss.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly, a combination of data matching and Life Certificates is helping ensure that State Pension is paid correctly to people living overseas.</p><p> </p><p>All individuals in receipt of a DWP benefits are required to inform the Department if their address changes, including if they move to another country. This is clearly set out in our communications to customers. If claims are made where there is no entitlement, the Department will consider formal action and, where appropriate, prosecution. We will also recover any overpayment incurred.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 09/11/2021 16:10:47 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell