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1466316

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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: Autism
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 potential merits of not requiring autistic people to undertake reassessments for Personal Independence Payments in the context of that condition not having a cure.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	10043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Entitlement to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is assessed on the basis of the needs arising from a health condition or disability, rather than the health condition or disability itself. Award rates and their durations are set on an individual basis, based on the claimant’s needs and the likelihood of those needs changing. Award reviews allow for the correct rate of PIP to remain in payment, including where needs have increased as a consequence of a congenital, degenerative or progressive condition.</p><p>We announced in the Shaping Future Support: Health and Disability Green Paper that we will test a new Severe Disability Group (SDG) so that those with severe and lifelong conditions can benefit from a simplified process to access PIP, ESA and UC without needing to go through a face-to-face assessment or frequent reassessments. We will consider the test results once complete to influence thinking on the next stages of this work.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/06/2022 14:57:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1466333

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Carers Allowance applications are awaiting a decision as of 26 May 2022; and what the average waiting time is for someone who has applied for Carers Allowance to receive a decision about their claim in the latest period for which that information is available.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	9850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>As of 23 May 2022 (latest data available) there were 39,071 Carer’s Allowance claims awaiting a decision.</p><p> </p><p>The current average clearance time for a Carer’s Allowance claim decision to be made is 37 working days.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/06/2022 15:01:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1466350

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Social Security Benefits: Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder
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 adequacy of support available to families with children affected by foetal valproate syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	10047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>There is a wide range of disability-related financial support, including benefits, tax credits, payments, grants and concessions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises the extra costs disabled people can face in their everyday lives. Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Carer’s Allowance are intended to help with these extra costs. Claimants are able to use their benefit according to their own priorities. These benefits are tax-free, non-contributory and are uprated annually in line with inflation. They are paid in addition to other benefits such as Universal Credit, which someone may be entitled to claim.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/06/2022 14:52:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1466378

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of universal credit and subject to deductions (a) with children and (b) without children had (i) up to five per cent, (ii) between six and 10 per cent, (iii) between 11 and 15 per cent, (iv) between 16 and 20 per cent, (v) between 21 and 25 per cent and (vi) more than 25 per cent of the Standard Allowance deducted in the most recent month for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	9854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested for Universal Credit Households with children with deductions is provided in the attached spreadsheet.</p><p>The UK Government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. Under Universal Credit there is a co-ordinated approach to deductions from benefit, which supports claimants to manage their financial obligations. We carefully balance our duty to the taxpayer to recover overpayments with our support for claimants.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 09/06/2022 15:44:09 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley attachment 1 file name 9854 Spreadsheet.xlsx title Spreadsheet
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1466379

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of Universal Credit and subject to deductions of their Standard Allowance who were (a) assessed and (b) not assessed to have (i) limited capability for work and (ii) limited capability for work and work-related activity had (A) up to five per cent, (B) between six and 10 per cent, (C) between 11 and 15 per cent, (D) between 16 and 20 per cent, (E) between 21 and 25 per cent and (F) more than 25 per cent of their Standard Allowance deducted in the most recent month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	9855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested for Universal Credit households with limited capability for work and work-related activity with deductions is provided in the attached spreadsheet.</p><p> </p><p>Deductions are made for a number of reasons including to help claimants pay back rent arrears or debt to energy companies so they are not evicted and can heat their homes, as well as to pay court fines.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 10/06/2022 13:31:21 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley attachment 1 file name PQ9855 Spreadsheet.xlsx title Spreadsheet
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1466465

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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
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 her oral contribution on 26 May 2022 in the House, in what way the increases to the Housing Support Fund will be distributed.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	9925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>From October 2022, Government is providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, bringing the total funding for this support to £1.5 billion. In England £421m will be used to further extend the Household Support Fund (October 2022 – March 2023).</p><p> </p><p>Guidance and individual local authority indicative allocations for this further extension to the Household Support Fund will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 09/06/2022 15:12:21 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1466468

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Housing: York
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 make an assessment of the impact of house price increases in the centre of York on the broad market rental area boundaries to determine if the York boundary should change.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	9926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>Broad rental market areas are not determined by house prices. They are determined in accordance with requirements laid out in legislation. Each must contain a variety of property types and tenures, sufficient privately rented accommodation and access to facilities for health, education, recreation, banking and shopping.</p><p> </p><p>Rent Officers at the Valuation Office Agency have responsibility for setting broad rental market area boundaries in England. Where rent officers decide that a boundary should be moved, they must carry out a review, consulting with affected local authorities among others, and submit a recommendation to the Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions to make a decision.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 09/06/2022 15:15:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1466482

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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
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 her Department's publication entitled Benefit Expenditure and caseload tables 2022, what the level of expenditure on Category D retirement pensions is in each year from 2019-20; what estimate she has made of the level of fluctuations from year to year in the total amount paid; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	10014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the total level of expenditure on Category D retirement pensions for each financial year from 2019/20 to 2026/27. The year-on-year change is also included in the table to show the fluctuations in total Category D expenditure over this period. The increase in outturn in 2020/21 relates to the Department’s estimated liability due to underpaid Category D State Pension. The increase in forecast in 22/23 reflects the increased expenditure for the year in which it will be repaid to customers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>£ million, nominal terms</p></td><td><p>19/20</p></td><td><p>20/21</p></td><td><p>21/22</p></td><td><p>22/23</p></td><td><p>23/24</p></td><td><p>24/25</p></td><td><p>25/26</p></td><td><p>26/27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension (non contributory 'Category D')</p></td><td><p>£119</p></td><td><p>£275</p></td><td><p>£149</p></td><td><p>£271</p></td><td><p>£187</p></td><td><p>£174</p></td><td><p>£180</p></td><td><p>£188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year on year change</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£156</p></td><td><p>-£126</p></td><td><p>£122</p></td><td><p>-£84</p></td><td><p>-£13</p></td><td><p>£6</p></td><td><p>£8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p /><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2022" target="_blank">Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/06/2022 14:48:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1466506

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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: State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of making carer's allowance available to carers in receipt of a state pension; if she will estimate the cost to her Department of continuing to pay carer’s allowance to those carers in receipt of a state pension; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	9869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave on 20 April 2022 to question UIN 154461.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-04-14/154461" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-04-14/154461</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/06/2022 15:18:36 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1466511

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what way allocations to local authorities are to be calculated in the context of the £500 extension to the household support fund.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	9837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Government is providing an additional £500 million from October to help households with the cost of essentials, bringing the total funding for this support to £1.5 billion. In England £421m will be used to extend the Household Support Fund (October 2022 – March 2023).</p><p> </p><p>Guidance and individual local authority indicative allocations for this further extension to the Household Support Fund will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 06/06/2022 16:56:55 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts