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1454878

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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	Pension Credit: North West Norfolk
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 people who are entitled to pension credit in North West Norfolk constituency who are not in receipt of it.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	148406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Estimates for the number of people eligible for Pension Credit are only available at the Great Britain level.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication relates to the financial year 2019 to 2020 and can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/03/2022 12:36:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1454001

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	Pension Funds: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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 Government’s proposals on net-zero transition plans, whether it is her policy that pension schemes will be required to publish transition plans.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	146739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/03/2022 13:17:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1454178

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	Pension Credit
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 21 March 2022 to Question 143642, how many people are eligible for pension credit in Great Britain as of 24 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	146592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>According to the latest data, 2,260,000 people were eligible for Pension Credit in Great Britain for the financial year ending 2020. The published data tables can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/03/2022 13:19:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1453538

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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	Carer's Allowance: Uprating
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 impact on the finances of unpaid carers of uprating Carer's Allowance by 3.1 per cent in the context of a predicted increase in inflation of 7.25 per cent.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	145978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to the answer I gave on 24 March 2022 to Question Number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-17/142004" target="_blank">142004</a>. <br> <br></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2022 15:21:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1453557

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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	Maternity Pay
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 Answers of 23 February 2022 to Question 125365 and 8 March 2022 to Question 134067 on Maternity Allowance, and with reference to the data on Statutory Maternity Pay starts provided by HMRC in Freedom of Information Act responses dated 5 June 2019 (FOI2019/01113) and 24 September 2021 (FOI2021/20932), what assessment she has made of the reasons for the absence of any decline in the number of Statutory Maternity Pay starts over the period in which the number of grants of Maternity Allowance to employed women has fallen by 45 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	145959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Statutory Maternity Pay is delivered through HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold the raw data on Statutory Maternity Payment starts.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/03/2022 13:35:33 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1453651

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of the announced increase of the Household Support Fund will be assigned to (a) Haringey and (b) London.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	145954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>Individual local authority indicative allocations for the Household Support Fund will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/03/2022 15:42:16 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1453146

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
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	Carers: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that unpaid carers are financially supported in the context of the increased cost of living; and what assessment she made of the potential merits of removing the earnings cap for eligibility of carer's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	145074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>On the first question, I refer the Hon member to the answer I gave on 24 March 2022 to Question Number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-17/142004" target="_blank">142004</a>.</p><p /><p>On the second question, I refer the Hon member to the answer I gave on 10 February 2022 to question number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-08/120937" target="_blank">120937</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2022 15:08:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1453149

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
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	State Retirement Pensions: Forms
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 plans to review (a) support and (b) processes for applicants who require large print versions of state pensions forms in a paper format.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	145077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The online State Pension new claims service, Get your State Pension (GySP) is an accessible service so citizens have the option to manually enlarge the text on screen if required. The invitation letter sent to all citizens to invite a new claim to State Pension (SP) has the opening paragraph: <em>If you would like Braille, British Sign Language, a hearing loop, translations, large print, audio or something else, please phone 0800 731 0469 or textphone 0800 731 7339. </em>Additionally, during the claims process, the citizen is also asked if they have any alternative format requirements, such as Large Print. If the citizen selects ‘yes’, this triggers the central computer system to be updated to show they want letters in large print and the letters they receive will automatically be in large print.</p><p> </p><p>A paper claim form, for State Pension (BR1) including large print and Braille versions, is readily available upon request. The form has recently been adapted to meet a RNIB request for accessibility. By contacting tele<em>phone 0800 731 0469 or textphone 0800 731 7339 </em>the citizen will be asked if an alternative format [such as Large print] is required. Again, the computer system is updated to show they want letters in large print and the letters they receive will automatically be in large print.</p><p /><p>The BR1 claim form is also available for printing on GOV.UK . This is for <strong><em>old rules</em></strong> citizens (men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953). When printing the BR1 form, the citizen can choose to change the paper size - to print the BR1 form on A3 size paper if required. The new State Pension BR1 form was removed from GOV.UK in 2021 as part of the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) review. This was due to the availability of an accessible on-line claiming service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Pension Service continually tries to improve its services to customers and ensures processes are kept under review as necessary.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/03/2022 15:18:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1453182

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder have (a) had a claim for Personal Independence Payments rejected at assessment and (b) have subsequently had decisions overturned on review in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	145003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/03/2022 13:21:31 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1453229

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
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	Minimum Wage: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs are listed on her Department's website that are advertised at rates under the national minimum wage of £9.50 per hour as of 22 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	144944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>All adverts listed on Find a job meet the National Minimum Wage, with the exception of a small number resulting from user error on the part of the employer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>When entering details of their job advert into Find a job the employer is presented with 2 options for stating the wages/salary. They can provide a minimum and maximum rate of pay and select the period this applies to, for example hourly, weekly or annually. Alternatively, they can confirm that the job will pay at least the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p>The employer is also required to state whether the job is full time (30 hours per week or more) or part time (less than 30 hours per week). When full time is selected Find a job validates that the wages/salary on offer meets National Minimum Wage. The advert cannot be posted until this condition is met.</p><p> </p><p>When part time is selected the validation ensures that the hourly rates entered meet or exceed National Minimum Wage and highlights to the employer where this is not the case; the employer cannot proceed with the advert until this condition is met. However, we know that on a small number of occasions the employer then goes on to mistakenly select the incorrect period this wage applies to. This can lead to adverts showing wages of, for example, £8.91 per year when clearly it should be per hour. Additional manual checks are performed to identify and remove such adverts.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, if a user finds any error with a job advert – with the rate of pay or anything else - they can use the ‘report this job’ feature and the DWP team will investigate and if appropriate remove the advert.</p><p> </p><p>There is no separate process in place for reporting employers to HMRC’s Minimum Wage Complaint Unit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 144945 144946 question first answered 28/03/2022 15:47:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens