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997762

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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: Disability
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 made an estimate of the number of disabled people who previously received a disability premium that have been migrated onto universal credit without transitional protections.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	185631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We are not currently migrating any claimants from legacy benefits to Universal Credit. Claimants only move from existing benefits to Universal Credit through natural migration when they experience a significant change in their circumstances that triggers a new claim to benefit. Their entitlement is then calculated on the rules of their new benefit. This is a long-established principle which we maintain for Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to Parliamentary approval of the Managed Migration regulations, we will be spending £3.1 billion on transitional protections to ensure that no one loses out at the point of transition. This includes those currently receiving Severe Disability Premium (SDP). These regulations will prevent these claimants from moving over before the managed migration process, and provide financial protection for those who have already moved over.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on all disabled people receiving all disability premiums that have moved onto Universal Credit; however, published data shows that of the 42,000 people who were on Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and started a claim on Universal Credit Full Service within one month of closing their claim between May 2015 and February 2018, 15,000 were on ESA (Income Related) with Enhanced Disability Premium (EDP) and/or SDP. Of those, 1,000 were in receipt of SDP only, 11,000 in receipt of EDP only and 3,000 in receipt of EDP and SDP.</p><p> </p><p>This is published here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/714479/ad-hoc-statistics-income-related-employment-and-support-allowance-february-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/714479/ad-hoc-statistics-income-related-employment-and-support-allowance-february-2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/12/2018 12:03:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 83317 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

997765

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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: Mental Health
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 26 October 2018 to Question 182841 on Social Security Benefits: Mental Health, what the safeguards are that were referred to in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	185633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>All colleagues within DWP are required to understand, comply with and take appropriate action when dealing with individuals who may need additional support to enable them to access DWP Benefits and use our services. Guidance is clearly signposted within Cross Benefit Operational Instructions and is also available to front line operational colleagues through training programmes, Mental Health First Aiders (within ESA product lines) and within Customer Service A-Z instructions that are available to Telephony officers and staff within front line operational processing centres within the Working age Directorate. In addition, where an officer of the DWP is concerned that a customer has declared or may declare an intention to harm or kill themselves, the DWP has a specific action plan in place across the Working Age Directorate that supports the member of staff to understand their role in dealing with such threats.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/11/2018 17:07:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

997768

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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: Mental Health
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 26 October 2018 to Question 182841 on Social Security Benefits: Mental Health, what metrics her Department is using to measure the success of those safeguards.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	185634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>There are specific markers used within DWP Working Age Directorate systems that identify where a customer has declared a mental health condition or requires additional support. The marker information will help to target support where it is most needed, keep all staff informed in transferring information and reduce the need to obtain this information again. These markers are tracked through the customer’s journey to ensure safeguarding procedures are followed, but we do not record and report data on these cases against any measurable success criteria. This is currently being reviewed by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/11/2018 17:11:53 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

993633

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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: Mental Health
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 (a) made an assessment and (b) commissioned any reviews of the effect on people's mental health of participation in the social security system.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	182841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department recognises that many of those claiming benefits are particularly vulnerable and we continue to explore ways to improve the customer journey, especially for those with mental health conditions, and have safeguards in place to ensure that people are supported throughout the process.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/10/2018 13:28:02 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

993637

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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 assessment she has made of the effect of the roll-out of full service universal credit on (a) the number of food parcels distributed by local food banks (b) the number of evictions from private rented accommodation, (c) the number of evictions from local authority rented accommodation and (d) the academic attainment of children eligible for free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	182843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>People use food banks for many reasons, and it would be misleading to link them to any single cause. We are constantly reviewing research carried out by organisations including the Trussell Trust, to add to our understanding of food bank use. Work offers people the best opportunity to get out of poverty and Universal Credit gets people into work faster and staying in work longer than the outdated legacy benefits system. UC claimants are 4 percentage points more likely to be in work within 6 months than JSA claimants.</p><p> </p><p>Evictions are not a new feature of the rental market. These are matters between tenants and landlords and not directly related to the provision of benefits. This is not something the Department collects data on.</p><p> </p><p>As a safeguard for people needing more support, we have a well-established system of hardship payments, benefit advances and budgeting loans. The Autumn Budget 2017, introduced a further package of measures, these include: making advances of up to 100 per cent of the indicative award available and increasing the repayment period to 12 months; removing the 7 day waiting period; providing an additional payment of 2 weeks of Housing Benefit to support claimants when they transition to UC.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s new criteria for free school meals eligibility are forecast to increase the number of children eligible for this vital benefit by 2022, compared to the previous benefits system. In addition, our transitional protections will mean that all children currently receiving a free meal will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>In the government’s response to its consultation on the new free school meals criteria, published in February 2018, we indicated that the impact of the new free school meals threshold and the roll out of Universal Credit, on data, showing the performance of disadvantaged pupils is likely to be relatively minor, in the context of the normal levels of change schools see in their free school meals cohorts year on year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/10/2018 13:51:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

984950

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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: Work Capability Assessment
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 place in the Library copies of assessments conducted by her Department relating to the mental well-being of applicants during and/or immediately after the work capability assessment process in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	177749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not completed any such assessments within the timeframe, though in the latest official DWP survey, 82 per cent of Employment and Support Allowance claimants said that they were satisfied with their overall experience of the benefit journey: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-claimant-service-and-experience-survey-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-claimant-service-and-experience-survey-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As well as this a number of safeguards were built into the Work Capability Assessment from the outset, and we have introduced further improvements to try and ensure that people who have mental health conditions are treated fairly and sensitively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/10/2018 12:20:48 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

984956

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Pensions: Consumer Information
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 plans to allow private companies to access state pension data as part of the Pensions Dashboard scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	177752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>On Tuesday 4 September 2018, I published a <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-04/HCWS933/" target="_blank">written statement</a> providing an update on pensions including the pensions dashboard.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Department's feasibility work we have been considering whether State Pension data should be available alongside private pension information. We will shortly report on the findings from the feasibility study.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/10/2018 17:01:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

984958

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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 assessment her Department has made of the effect of the removal or reduction of personal independence payment on claimants’ mental health.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	177753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Under Personal Independence Payment (PIP) a higher proportion of people with a mental health condition receive the top rates than under Disability Living Allowance (DLA): 65 per cent get the enhanced Daily Living rate compared to 22 per cent under DLA; and 33 per cent get the enhanced mobility award compared to 10 per cent under DLA.</p><p> </p><p>Regular reviews of PIP, which can be paid at one of eight rates, are a key feature of the benefit and ensure that not only do awards remain correct where needs may change, including where needs become greater, but that we also maintain contact with the claimant.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/10/2018 16:37:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 78287 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

909472

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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: Disqualification
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 made an estimate of the (a) number and (b) proportion of benefit claimants who have been sanctioned and subsequently find employment at (i) 3 months, (ii) 6 months and (iii) 12 months after having been sanctioned.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	146913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made the estimates requested, however Departmental statisticians are currently developing these statistics further to look at destinations into employment following a sanction.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes experimental statistics on claimants receiving a benefit sanction which currently show information on the number and proportion of individuals receiving sanctions, including time spent on benefits following the sanction. These figures can be found in our quarterly Benefit Sanction Statistics available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/710021/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-january-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/710021/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-january-2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/06/2018 11:01:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

846313

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which external recruitment agencies are used by his Department's non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	128977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Recruitment Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Used By </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adecco</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Ombudsman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashe Consulting</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Ombudsman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Badenock and Clark</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita (CL One Framework)</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DGH Recruitment</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drew Chapman</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Ombudsman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreman IT</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hays</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Advisory Service The Pensions Ombudsman The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hayes Executive</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IRG Advisors LLP (t/a Odgers Berndtson)</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Methods Consulting</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Michael Page Recruitment</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive The Pensions Advisory Service The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office Angels</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Ombudsman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People Source Ltd (Experis)</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RBW Consulting</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reed Business Support</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive The Pensions Advisory Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reed Employment</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reed Technology</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROC Search</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sammonds Pensions</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Advisory Service The Pensions Ombudsman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Search</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tate</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/02/2018 16:09:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens