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732538

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit applicants did not have personal access to the internet in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>This information is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>99 per cent of Universal Credit claims are made online.</p><p> </p><p>All jobcentres across the country have Wi-Fi and computers available for claimants to access the internet. Claimants who are unable to manage their claim online can receive telephone and face to face support.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/07/2017 11:34:03 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732545

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is between universal credit applicants making their initial application and receiving their first payment since the introduction of that policy.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is currently not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/07/2017 11:24:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732569

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to contractors who carry out disability benefits assessments on how to raise the issue of suicidal thoughts with claimants without causing distress.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	1197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department issues guidance on how to conduct face to face assessments and interview skills. Contracted assessment providers then provide more detailed guidance to healthcare professionals carrying out assessments on how to raise issues on suicidal thoughts during the assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this guidance, healthcare professionals are given specific training in assessing individuals with mental health conditions. If there is any indication that a claimant has suicidal thoughts or intentions, healthcare professionals are trained to explore the person’s circumstances carefully. The Department also issues guidance that explains if the assessment provider has concerns that a claimant is at risk with regard to self-harm or suicide, they have a responsibility to act in order to safeguard the claimant’s welfare.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/07/2017 10:21:04 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

732608

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Jobcentres: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to announce his decision on the future of Maryhill Jobcentre.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	1110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department intends to confirm its plans for the DWP estate, including Maryhill Jobcentre, soon and will make a statement in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 29/06/2017 10:18:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

732638

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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
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 page 104 of the report, UK Poverty: Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 6 September 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendation to review changes to Universal Credit to ensure that lone-parent family incomes continue to move them out of poverty.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	1080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister is clear that we need to build a country where no one and no community is left behind.</p><p> </p><p>We know that work is the best route out of poverty, and Universal Credit is designed to strengthen incentives for parents to move into and progress in work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government now provides more support than ever before to help parents with the costs of childcare, including providing 15 hours a week of free childcare in England for all 3 and 4 year olds and disadvantaged 2 year olds, doubling free childcare available for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds to 30 hours a week and enabling parents to reclaim up to 85% of their childcare costs which is expected to help 500,000 additional families at a cost of around £350m/year.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 1079 question first answered 03/07/2017 11:45:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

732642

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Local Housing Allowance
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 page 82 of the report, UK Poverty: Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 6 September 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendation to uprate local housing allowance in line with local market rents.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	1084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Currently, Local Housing Allowance rates are frozen for 4 years from April 2016. In practice, this means that they either remain at the April 2015 rate or are set at the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local rents if this is lower. There is however, Targeted Affordability Funding available and we have used this in 2017/18 to increase 48 LHA rates by 3 per cent in areas with high rental costs. Further funding will be available for this purpose in 2018/19 and 2019/20<strong>. </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/06/2017 16:01:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

732643

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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
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 page 104 of the report, UK Poverty: Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 6 September 2016; if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendation to reverse cuts to universal credit for young parents so that children receive the same level of support regardless of the age of their parents.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	1079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister is clear that we need to build a country where no one and no community is left behind.</p><p> </p><p>We know that work is the best route out of poverty, and Universal Credit is designed to strengthen incentives for parents to move into and progress in work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government now provides more support than ever before to help parents with the costs of childcare, including providing 15 hours a week of free childcare in England for all 3 and 4 year olds and disadvantaged 2 year olds, doubling free childcare available for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds to 30 hours a week and enabling parents to reclaim up to 85% of their childcare costs which is expected to help 500,000 additional families at a cost of around £350m/year.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 1080 question first answered 03/07/2017 11:45:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

732652

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will end the freeze on working-age benefits.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 has frozen the majority of working-age benefits for four tax years, from 2016-17 to 2019-20. These benefit rates will therefore remain the same.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/06/2017 16:04:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day