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922313

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2018 to Question 145403, how much of that funding spent on Employment Programmes was allocated to each region of England.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	152867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold expenditure analysis on the allocation of Employment Programme spend by each region of England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/06/2018 14:39:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

922367

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2018 to Question 150254, what estimate she has made of number of face-to-face interviews which have taken place as a result of a claimant forgetting all of their their universal credit online login details.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	152870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Password interviews and password reset only interviews are recorded under one interview type, and resets can also be conducted during any interview. Therefore quantifying and differentiating password reset interviews only is not possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/06/2018 13:03:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

922394

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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 plans her Department has to introduce a minimum protected income within the universal credit system to ensure that claimants are not left in poverty after any deductions are taken from their monthly award.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	152744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. Universal Credit already has procedures and regulations in place protect claimants from excessive deductions. The maximum rate of deductions cannot normally exceed 40% of the Universal Credit standard allowance. If a claimant is in financial difficulty as a result of the level of deductions being made they can contact the Department to request that a reduction in deductions be considered.</p><p>In January 2018, of all Universal Credit Full Service awards:</p><p>(a) 6% had a total deduction amount (either to a third party, for an advance, or for a fraud penalty) which equalled 40 per cent of the standard allowance</p><p>(b) Less than 0.5% had a total deduction amount which exceeded 40 per cent of the standard allowance. In these cases, a priority order is applied so that deductions for rent or fuel costs are applied first, in order to protect claimant welfare.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/06/2018 16:23:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

922405

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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 Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to introduce the video recording of personal independence payment assessments.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	152704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>Yes, we are starting behavioural testing with claimants and health professionals over the summer, followed by a live testing pilot later in the year, which will inform wider rollout decisions</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/06/2018 16:31:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

922481

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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 Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the allocation of funding is for GP reports on medical records for PIP cases in each year since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	152664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>The spending on GP reports of further evidence on medical conditions for PIP cases in each year since the inception of PIP is as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total PIP Clearance Volumes</p></td><td><p>94,091</p></td><td><p>651,404</p></td><td><p>706,060</p></td><td><p>995,841</p></td><td><p>888,096</p></td><td><p>3,335,492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GP Further Evidence Volumes</p></td><td><p>7,905</p></td><td><p>73,305</p></td><td><p>100,483</p></td><td><p>61,383</p></td><td><p>71,394</p></td><td><p>314,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GP further Evidence Cost (£)</p></td><td><p>264,818</p></td><td><p>2,455,718</p></td><td><p>3,366,181</p></td><td><p>2,056,331</p></td><td><p>2,391,699</p></td><td><p>10,534,745</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/06/2018 13:36:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

922487

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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, if she will introduce a facility on the universal credit journal for claimants to upload fit notes.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	152735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>We are currently considering the benefits of introducing the facility to upload fit notes to the Universal Credit journal.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/06/2018 13:22:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

922502

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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 Independence Payment: Appeals
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 3 April 2018 to Question 125594 on Personal Independence Payment, what assessment she has made of the reasons that 59 per cent of Personal Independence Payment appeals were decided in favour of the appellant in HMCTS North East Region between October 2016 and September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	152659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>As of March 2018, of the 3.3m decisions made since PIP was introduced, 4% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The majority of decisions are overturned because of the oral evidence provided by the claimant at the hearing; and because of new written evidence not previously seen by the Department’s decision makers.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/06/2018 16:28:20 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

922508

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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	Funeral Payments: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many funeral expenses payments have been made in Preston constituency since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	152647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/06/2018 14:38:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

922509

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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	Funeral Payments: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment Scheme her Department refused in Preston in each year from 2015 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	152648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/06/2018 14:39:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

922523

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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 employment support allowance recipients that have seen an overall reduction in benefit payments when council tax benefit has been withdrawn following the introduction of support for mortgage interest; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	152625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Council Tax benefit has been replaced with Council Tax reduction schemes, which are the responsibility of Local Authorities (LAs). Most LAs will offer the maximum level of relief for those receiving income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). The move to SMI loans will mean a very small number of claimants (around 100 across Great Britain) will lose entitlement to income-related ESA and will have to apply for Council Tax reduction on income grounds. It is open to any LA to adjust the way their scheme operates in the unlikely event that this results in any individuals receiving a lower level of support towards their Council Tax payments</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/06/2018 08:51:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne