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1181577

registered interest
date	28/02/2020
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 cost to her Department is of processing a universal credit claim for a single one month assessment period.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	22382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The information is not held.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/03/2020 11:56:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1181202

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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: Mental Illness
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 will take to (a) identify and (b) support people with mental health problems during the migration to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	22005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>Our processes to move claimants over to Universal Credit will be co-designed with stakeholders, to ensure that we have listened and understood claimants’ experiences – we want a process that works well for everyone. The Managed Migration regulations provide the flexibility and fail-safes to protect vulnerable claimants. We are not moving everyone at once and we are designing a process to ensure a smooth transition with continuous support.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit provides unprecedented personalised support for people by simplifying benefits. People receive tailored support through work coaches, who know each person’s case.</p><p> </p><p>Work Coaches are trained to support claimants with mental health conditions and identify those who need support when transitioning to Universal Credit. The Department has developed an enhanced mental health training programme, which has been delivered to all work coaches, as well as other colleagues who may benefit from it, such as case managers and team leaders. We have also enhanced the role of the Disability Employment Advisers, who are actively providing advice and guidance on what works for claimants with disabilities, including those with mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, a commitment was made for monthly transitional payments to be made to eligible former Severe Disability Payment claimants who have already moved to Universal Credit due to a change in circumstances and to provide a lump sum arrears payment, where appropriate. This includes those who suffer from severe mental health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/03/2020 11:22:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1181226

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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: Digital Technology
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 holds digital pension records for all pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	21889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>The number of people claiming State Pension was 12.6 million at August 2019 with an estimated spend on State Pensions for 2018/19, at around £97 billion.</p><p> </p><p>References: <em>DWP benefits expenditure and caseload tables</em> publication, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2019</a> and the <em>August 2019 Statistical Enquiry</em>, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-benefits-statistics-february-2020/dwp-benefits-statistical-summary-february-2020#pensions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-benefits-statistics-february-2020/dwp-benefits-statistical-summary-february-2020#pensions</a></p><p>The DWP holds the digital information necessary to support the payment and administration of State Pensions.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/03/2020 14:59:40 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1181232

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
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 plans to provide financial support to people that do not qualify for statutory sick pay and have to take time off work to (a) self-isolate and (b) be quarantined as a result of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	22001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>Employers have been urged to make sure they use their discretion and respect the medical need to self-isolate in making decisions about sick pay. Gig workers and those on zero hours contracts may be entitled to sick pay and can check here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/statutory-sick-pay/eligibility" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/statutory-sick-pay/eligibility</a></p><p>Those who aren’t entitled to sick pay, including those who are self-employed, can make a claim to Universal Credit and/or new-style Employment and Support Allowance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/03/2020 13:59:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1181283

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	Sick Pay: Coronavirus
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 the oral contribution of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of 26 February 2020, Official Report, column 326, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that employees that are required to self-isolate to prevent the transmission of covid-19 receive their full entitlement of sick pay.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	22059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>Employers have been urged to make sure they use their discretion and respect the medical need to self-isolate in making decisions about sick pay.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review the situation and take appropriate measures in line with further developments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/03/2020 13:56:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1181297

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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 assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on the national disability strategy of the recommendations in Muscular Dystrophy UK’s report on disability benefits, entitled Below standard.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	21987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department places a strong emphasis on engaging with stakeholders to inform health and disability policy to ensure we are addressing the right problems in the welfare system. Muscular Dystrophy UK’s report entitled ‘Below standard: MDUK’s assessment of the benefits system’ offers insights into the challenges faced by people living with muscle-wasting conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Government will reflect carefully on these findings as part of the National Disability Strategy, which will be published by the end of the year, and in the DWP Green Paper on health and disability benefits and support.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/03/2020 13:02:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1181317

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) challenges have providers of personal independence payment health assessments made to auditors' rework requests and (b) of those challenges were successful in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	22003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>Independent audit data is available from July 2016. The table below shows the number of challenges, and challenges overturned made by providers to auditors for each calendar year since then.</p><p> </p><p>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10 and have been provided by the Independent Audit team.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Challenges</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Audit results overturned</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total number of audit results overturned equates to 1.1% of all audits from 2016 to present.</p><p> </p><p>Independent audit began in 2016; prior to that the audit process was performed by the providers and so we do not hold information earlier than that year.</p><p> </p><p>We have omitted stats for 2020 as there is only one month’s information.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/03/2020 10:58:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1181356

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims were (a) made, (b) refused and (c) granted for terminal illness payments using the DS1500 form in each month from January 2018 to December 2019; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	21930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The DS1500 can be completed by a terminally ill patient’s doctor or other healthcare professional and returned to DWP. The doctor or healthcare professional provides information about their patient’s condition, including its clinical features and ongoing or planned treatment on the DS1500. The DS1500 is not a claim form in itself and is not a requirement to support a claim under the special rules for terminal illness. A DS1500 can be completed during the claim process for various benefits: Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Universal Credit (UC), Attendance Allowance (AA) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA).”</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 21931 21932 21933 question first answered 03/03/2020 13:01:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1181357

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who received a payment in response to a DS1500 claim in each month from January 2018 to December 2019 died within (a) six months and (b) the first year of receiving their first payment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	21931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The DS1500 can be completed by a terminally ill patient’s doctor or other healthcare professional and returned to DWP. The doctor or healthcare professional provides information about their patient’s condition, including its clinical features and ongoing or planned treatment on the DS1500. The DS1500 is not a claim form in itself and is not a requirement to support a claim under the special rules for terminal illness. A DS1500 can be completed during the claim process for various benefits: Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Universal Credit (UC), Attendance Allowance (AA) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA).”</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 21930 21932 21933 question first answered 03/03/2020 13:01:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1181358

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants that were refused a payment of terminal illness benefits having submitted a DS1500 in each month from January 2018 to December 2019 died within (a) six months of their application being received and (b) one year of their application being made; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	21932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The DS1500 can be completed by a terminally ill patient’s doctor or other healthcare professional and returned to DWP. The doctor or healthcare professional provides information about their patient’s condition, including its clinical features and ongoing or planned treatment on the DS1500. The DS1500 is not a claim form in itself and is not a requirement to support a claim under the special rules for terminal illness. A DS1500 can be completed during the claim process for various benefits: Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Universal Credit (UC), Attendance Allowance (AA) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA).”</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 21930 21931 21933 question first answered 03/03/2020 13:01:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden