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999542

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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, whether claimants migrating from employment support allowance to universal credit will be have to provide medical evidence to demonstrate vulnerability.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	187020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Being vulnerable covers a wide range of factors, not just those related to having health conditions and disabilities and as such no medical evidence is necessary to demonstrate vulnerability.</p><p> </p><p>The managed migration process is being designed to ensure a smooth transition of continuous support for all claimants, especially the most vulnerable. The Department is working with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that the managed migration process works for everyone.</p><p> </p><p>Managed migration will commence in July 2019 during which up to 10,000 claimants will be migrated as part of the testing phase. This gradual and steady approach will allow us to ensure that the process works for everyone.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/11/2018 16:36:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

999543

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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 25 October 2018 to Question 177771 on Universal Credit, whether the Department’s plans to check evidence of complex needs will include a requirement to undertake a home visit.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	187021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We have improved how our Work Coaches and Case Workers view the claimant’s</p><p>Universal Credit account so they can identify a vulnerable claimant, in order to tailor the support they need. This may include contacting the claimant’s healthcare professional.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking a slow, measured approach to managed migration and this will allow for on-going evaluation of the process to ensure that it is working successfully and will allow us to refine our methods to support claimants.</p><p> </p><p>Where it is identified that existing benefit claimants are vulnerable or have complex needs and they have not made a new UC claim by the deadline day, their existing benefit claims are not terminated. This can be delayed until the claimant feels comfortable continuing with the managed migration process or for a home visit to be arranged to help them make a new UC claim.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 187022 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:41:48 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

999544

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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 25 October 2018 to Question 177771 on Universal Credit, whether the Department’s plans to check evidence of complex needs will include a requirement to contact a claimant’s healthcare professional where that information is known.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	187022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We have improved how our Work Coaches and Case Workers view the claimant’s</p><p>Universal Credit account so they can identify a vulnerable claimant, in order to tailor the support they need. This may include contacting the claimant’s healthcare professional.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking a slow, measured approach to managed migration and this will allow for on-going evaluation of the process to ensure that it is working successfully and will allow us to refine our methods to support claimants.</p><p> </p><p>Where it is identified that existing benefit claimants are vulnerable or have complex needs and they have not made a new UC claim by the deadline day, their existing benefit claims are not terminated. This can be delayed until the claimant feels comfortable continuing with the managed migration process or for a home visit to be arranged to help them make a new UC claim.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 187021 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:41:48 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

999601

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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: Children
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 effect of the full roll out of universal credit on the number of children living in poverty in (a) the UK, (b) the north east, (c) Northumberland and (d) Wansbeck constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	187025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment of the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>However, Universal Credit is designed to help people out of poverty. In line with this strategy, Universal Credit is designed to strengthen incentives for parents to move into and progress in work, and it is working. Universal Credit claimants move into work faster and spend more time looking for work.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Universal Credit provides improved support for childcare for parents, enabling them to reclaim up to 85% of their eligible childcare costs, which is expected to help 500,000 additional families at a cost of around £350m per year.</p><p> </p><p>Further improvements to UC were also announced in the Budget. For example, work allowance rates will be increased by £1000 from April 2019, directing additional support to some of the most vulnerable low paid working families. A two-week run-on of legacy benefits was also announced, enabling claimants to continue to receive Jobseekers’ Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, or Income Support for the first fortnight of a Universal Credit claim, with no need to pay back the overlap.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2018 15:52:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

999619

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of welfare and benefits fraud committed by serious and organised criminals in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	187088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/11/2018 10:20:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

999642

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Work and Health Programme: Autism
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 have taken to record the employment outcomes of the Health and Work Programme for autistic people.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	187156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>Individuals with Autistic Spectrum Conditions may request that specific referral opportunities are used for their referral to the Work and Health Programme (WHP), to allow providers to recognise their support requirements, which also record any employment outcome. WHP providers are required to record in any participants Action Plan any complex needs/ additional support requirements they have been notified of, or identify themselves as part of their support. Providers have an opportunity to track employment outcomes for this customer group.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/11/2018 13:32:21 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

999643

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking (a) to measure the employment rate among autistic people and (b) to record autism in the Labour Force Survey.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	187157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>Department for Work and Pensions officials have been considering how to robustly measure the employment rate among autistic people, including whether it might be possible to collect this information through the Labour Force Survey. Recent Labour Force Survey estimates of employment among disabled people published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are currently subject to health warnings, while ONS investigate an unexpected increase in the number of people reporting disabilities from July-September 2017. We are awaiting further advice from ONS, following the conclusion of their investigations. We will further consider how best to collect information on employment among autistic people in the light of that advice.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/11/2018 13:23:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

999645

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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, what plans her Department has to consult on proposals for mandatory participation in pensions dashboards by pension providers.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	187095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Autumn Budget, The DWP will consult on the detailed design for pensions dashboards, and on how an industry-led approach could harness innovation while protecting consumers. As part of the consultation, due to be published shortly, the DWP will explore how to maximise the participation of pension schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/11/2018 12:43:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

999647

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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, how long people have waited on average to receive the elements of universal credit that are paid on the basis of health conditions or disabilities by condition in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what comparative assessment she has made of that waiting time with the average waiting time for standard allowance.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	187124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2018 11:45:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

999650

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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, how many people in receipt of universal credit have a (a) health condition (b) disability) and (c) a diagnosis of cancer.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	187125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2018 11:49:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine