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845380

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 12 December 2017 (HL3812), which (1) ministers, (2) departments, (3) agencies, and (4) arm’s length government bodies, including non-ministerial departments, executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and public corporations, have responsibility for poverty, and issues relating to poverty.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL5580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to collective action that tackles the root causes of poverty and disadvantage through a range of policies, such as Universal Credit, the National Living Wage, tax changes, and up to 30 hours of free childcare a week to incentivise employment as the best opportunity for families to get out of poverty and become self-reliant.</p><p> </p><p>In <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, we set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s long-term outcomes. This includes nine national indicators to track progress across a number of departments in tackling the disadvantages that can affect families and their children. The Government has a statutory duty to report annually against two of these indicators - parental employment, and children’s educational attainment. The relevant departments and agencies - Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, HM Treasury and Department for Work and Pensions – all aim to publish data on the other, non-statutory indicators by the end of March.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 06/03/2018 13:30:24 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

845519

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Long Term Unemployed People: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of long-term unemployment on the mental health needs of claimants.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	128491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>We know that the longer a working age person is out of work, the more difficult it is for them to return to work and their health and wellbeing may worsen as a result, which is why improving employment support for people with mental health issues is a key priority for this Government.</p><p>The Command Paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>, published in November 2017, outlines actions to improve out of work support, including:</p><ul><li>Investment in trials, proofs of concept and feasibility studies to test ways to provide specialist support for people with mental health conditions;</li><li>Doubling the number of employment advisers working in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services by over 300 by 2019, enabling greater provision of integrated psychological treatment and employment support;</li><li>Enhancing mental health training for Jobcentre work coaches;</li><li>Supporting NHS plans to increase access to the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model – a model of integrated employment support within secondary mental health care services.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/02/2018 12:21:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

845693

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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 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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124897, and the Answer of 19 January 2018 to Question 122944, what plans she has to ensure that information for Employment Support Allowance is available in the same form as information for personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	128665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>As policies, processes and monitoring systems may vary, it is not always possible to produce the same statistics for each benefit administered by the Department. DWP statisticians work to produce statistics that most appropriately reflect the processes being measured for each individual benefit but, in cases where there are similarities, will aim to make the statistics as comparable as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes quarterly statistics on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA): Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments (WCA) which include figures on mandatory reconsiderations and appeals of WCA decisions. These statistics are not currently available to parliamentary constituency level but DWP statisticians are investigating how to extend the geography information provided. The statistics can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a></p><p> </p><p>With reference to Question 122944, equivalent national figures for appeals on initial and repeat ESA WCAs are available in Table 17 of these statistics. This table covers experimental statistics on the number of initial and repeat ESA WCA assessment which result in a mandatory reconsideration or an appeal.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on all appeals made with respect to ESA claims are published by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p>As these are not DWP statistics, responsibility for their format lies with HMCTS</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/02/2018 14:33:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

845780

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what resources are provided by her Department to (a) Citizens Advice and (b) other welfare rights organisation for the provision of representation services as referenced in section 4 of the Social Security and Child Support appeal form SSCS1; and what other representation services are available to claimants if services are not available from those organisations.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	128752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not provide resources to welfare rights organisations for the provision of representation services. Claimants are still represented but funding support for that is not provided by DWP.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/02/2018 11:07:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

843620

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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, what recent estimate her Department has made of the amount of savings that the introduction and roll-out of universal credit will generate for the public purse; and what the evidential basis is for that estimate.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	127961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The forecasted exchequer savings from the introduction of Universal Credit are provided in the table below (minus figure indicates a saving):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>£ billion unless otherwise stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Net effect on welfare spending</p></td><td><p>-0.1</p></td><td><p>-0.2</p></td><td><p>-0.6</p></td><td><p>-0.9</p></td><td><p>-0.8</p></td><td><p>-1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This forecast is produced by the Office for Budget Responsibility who set out their methodology in the Welfare Trends Report published in January 2018. The full report and accompanying data is available here: <a href="http://obr.uk/wtr/welfare-trends-report-january-2018/" target="_blank">http://obr.uk/wtr/welfare-trends-report-january-2018/</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition we expect the rollout of Universal Credit to generate economic benefits, consistent with the methodology of the Treasury Green Book, of up to £7 bn per annum, as set out in the Universal Credit Business Case, which will come from increased employment.</p><p> </p><p>Some of these economic benefits will result in exchequer savings, but these are not included in the table above.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/02/2018 16:33:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

843737

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Personal Income
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 net weekly household income was for people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East, (d) London, (e) the South East, (f) England and (g) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	128150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on average net weekly equivalised household income are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication. The average net weekly equivalised household income is not available at local authority or constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography (a and b).</p><p> </p><p>Latest 3-year estimates of the average net weekly equivalised household income for (c) the North East, (d) London, (e) the South East, (f) England and (g) the UK, in each year since 2010, are available in Table 2.5ts in the file “2_incomedistribution_timeseries” from the link below. Single year estimates for (g) the UK are also available in Table 2_1ts_Quintile.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/02/2018 16:51:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

843874

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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: Glasgow South
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 Glasgow South constituency are in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest payments in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	128139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the data requested. The data needed to make robust estimates of the number of recipients of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) at geographies smaller than Government Office Region is not available to Departmental analysts.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/02/2018 15:49:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

838924

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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: Scotland
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 hold discussions with representatives of the Scottish Government on the effect of her policies on WASPI women in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
uin	127486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>I have had regular correspondence with the Scottish Minister for Social Security on 16/07/2017, 25/08/17 and 05/02/18. As I said in my letter of 5<sup>th</sup> February,</p><p> </p><p><em>“</em><em>Should the Scottish Government wish to exercise their considerable powers to provide financial support to those impacted by the changes to the State Pension age they are able to do so. This would be entirely a matter for them and the UK Government would not seek to stop them”. </em></p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to meet with representatives of the Scottish Government to discuss this issue.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/02/2018 12:11:25 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson

838976

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Carillion: Insolvency
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 oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office of 15 January 2018, on Carillion, if she will place the annual reports of the 14 pension schemes forming part of the Carillion Group in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	127537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>Government Ministers do not have access to the annual reports of the pension schemes forming part of the Carillion Group. This would be a matter for the pension schemes’ trustees.</p><p>The trustees of defined benefit schemes are required to let members know that the scheme’s annual report and accounts are available on request within seven months of the end of each scheme year. The report must include a copy of the audited accounts and auditor's statement, details of the trustees and how they are appointed and removed, an investment report, including how the investments have performed and the actuary's certification of the adequacy of the schedule of contributions.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/02/2018 12:39:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 42152 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

839031

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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: PAYE
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 takes to validate the PAYE data it receives from HMRC on the amounts paid to claimants of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	127591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Before Pay As You Earn (PAYE) data is used by Universal Credit, an individual’s details are validated against both the DWP Customer Information System and HMRC’s Citizen’s Identification Framework to ensure they match between both government departments. This ensures the correct HMRC PAYE data is being used by Universal Credit for each individual. If the details do not match, the cases are investigated manually.</p><p> </p><p>Once an individual’s details have been successfully matched the HMRC Real Time Information System sends PAYE data to the DWP Real Time Earnings System. As the PAYE data is received, the DWP Real Time Earnings System performs a series of validation checks to ensure the correct PAYE data is used in Universal Credit payment calculations. This process validates for missing or incorrect data, including duplicate data, and also validates for Employer corrections and errors.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/02/2018 11:40:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms