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968421

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Gardening Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff of her Department have been absent from work on full pay for more than twelve consecutive months.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	170683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>As at 31 July 2018, the latest date for which data is available, there were no members of the Department’s staff who were absent from work on full pay for more than twelve consecutive months.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 14:58:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

857070

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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	Christchurch Hospital: 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 the Macmillan Unit at Christchurch Hospital, registered charity number 268218, qualifies as a hospice for the purposes of personal independence payments entitlement for inpatients in the care of that Unit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	131582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>According to the Macmillan Unit’s website, the National Health Service (NHS) funds core services meaning that the Unit would not be treated as a hospice within the terms of regulation 30 of the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/377).</p><p> </p><p>Where someone is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in a hospital or similar institution funded by the NHS, payment of (but not entitlement to) the daily living and mobility components of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) cease after 28 days. This is on the basis that the NHS is responsible for the entirety of the person’s disability-related extra costs and to pay PIP in addition would be a duplication of public funds intended for the same purpose.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2018 12:04:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

753608

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Christchurch
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timetable is for roll-out of universal credit in Christchurch; and what the deadline for completion of that roll-out is.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	5842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit full service is due to rollout in Christchurch in November 2017. The intention is that all cases are migrated, and a full service is available nationally, by March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>A full rollout schedule has been published and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628958/universal-credit-transition-rollout-schedule.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628958/universal-credit-transition-rollout-schedule.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/09/2017 10:52:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

711115

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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	Work Capability Assessment: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessment appeals have been made by people in Dorset in the last year for which information is available; and what percentage of those appeals have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	67954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>In the period 1.4.2016 – 28.2.2017, the number of Employment Support Allowance Work Capability Assessment (ESA WCA) appeals that have been made by people in Dorset in the last year is 151.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the outcomes is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/03/2017 15:12:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

457791

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
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: Foreign Nationals
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 registered for the payment of universal credit who are not UK citizens to date.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	29846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not currently available. During 2016 we will be publishing further statistics on Universal Credit in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/03/2016 17:33:03 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

457792

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
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: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what checks his Department carries out to ascertain the (a) immigration status and (b) nationality of benefits claimants.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	29847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Access to means-tested benefits is conditional upon satisfying the Habitual Residence Test (HRT) where claimants must provide proof of their nationality and immigration status; their employment (where appropriate) and habitual residence in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Generally, access to disability benefits is conditional upon satisfying the Past Presence Test (PPT) where claimants must provide proof of their nationality and immigration status; their habitual residence in the UK; and presence in the UK for 2 years out of the last 3 years.</p><p> </p><p>Access to contributions-based benefits is not dependent on a residency test, but the claimant must be present in the UK and they must have made the required number of national insurance contributions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/03/2016 17:24:11 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

457625

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
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	National Insurance: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the non-UK EU nationals to whom national insurance number registrations were issued in the year to end of September 2015 were (a) resident in the UK, (b) in employment, (c) self-employed and (d) jobseekers at the time of registration.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	29754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/03/2016 17:35:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

429159

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on winter fuel payments for UK citizens living in (a) Cyprus, (b) France, (c) Gibraltar, (d) Greece, (e) Malta, (f) Portugal and (g) Spain in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	16925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. However, the annual numbers and amounts of Winter Fuel Payments paid to all recipients in the EEA and Switzerland, by country, are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payments-by-eea-country" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payments-by-eea-country</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/11/2015 11:54:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

429160

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
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	Disability Living Allowance: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department's review of guidance relating to the eligibility of children with Type 1 diabetes for Disability Living Allowance was initiated; and what conclusion that review reached.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	16926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The current guidance for DLA decision makers on children with type 1 diabetes has been under review since March 2015. It is now near completion with conclusions reached in close collaboration with subject matter experts and will be published shortly.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/11/2015 11:49:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

389008

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Welfare Reform and Work Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which provisions in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill apply (a) only to British citizens resident in the UK, (b) EU citizens resident in the UK and (c) any person with an entitlement to work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	6386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Provisions in the Bill relating to benefit measures will apply to anyone in receipt of those benefits. Entitlement to income-related benefits, Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit depends first on the claimant having a legal right to reside in the UK and then whether that right enables a claimant to access such support.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, persons subject to immigration control (including persons with permission to work in the UK) are generally not entitled to non-contributory benefits, Child Benefit and tax credits.</p><p> </p><p>The reductions in social housing rents will apply to current or future tenants of social housing in England (with some exceptions provided for in clause20 of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill) regardless of citizenship, immigration status, or entitlement to work in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/07/2015 16:02:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope