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1547573

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Local Housing Allowance: Uprating
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 make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision not to uprate Local Housing Allowance in line with September 2022 CPI inflation on the proportion of homes available to rent in Wales in respect of which the requested rent would be fully covered by LHA rates in the next twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	101703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates determine the maximum housing support available to claimants in the private rented sector. They are not intended to cover all rents in all areas.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that rents are increasing but the challenging fiscal environment means that difficult decisions were necessary to ensure support is targeted effectively. The Chancellor announced at Autumn Statement a package of targeted support worth £26 billion.</p><p> </p><p>To protect the most vulnerable, working age and disability benefits will be increased in line with inflation for 2023-24, increasing expenditure by £11 billion in 23/24. In addition, to ensure that households will see an increase in their benefits following uprating – the benefit cap will also be increased in line with CPI (10.1%) in April 2023.</p><p> </p><p>For those who require extra support, the government is extending the Household Support Fund providing an additional £1 billion of funding, including Barnett impact, to enable the extension of the Household Support Fund in England in the next financial year. In England this will be through an extension to the Household Support Fund backed by £842 million, running from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. It will be for the devolved administrations to decide how to allocate their additional Barnett funding (£158m).</p><p>For those who require additional support with housing costs, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are available. Since 2011 we have provided nearly £1.5 billion in funding for DHPs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/12/2022 11:37:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1547634

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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: Veterans
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 2 November 2022 to Question 72201 on Universal Credit: Veterans, how many Universal Credit claimants have been identified as (a) serving and (b) having previously served in the Armed Forces for the assessment periods ending in October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	101692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) started collecting data on the Armed Forces status of Universal Credit (UC) claimants in Great Britain (GB) in April 2021. Initially only new claimants were asked about their Armed Forces status. From June 2021 onwards, other UC claimants reporting changes in their work and earnings have also been able to report their status. From July 2021 onwards, UC agents have also been able to record claimants’ Armed Forces status if they are told about this via other means such as journal messages, face-to-face meetings or by telephone.</p><p> </p><p>Data coverage continues to improve over time and by October 2022 data was held on the armed forces status of approximately 56% of the GB UC caseload (see table below).</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that Armed forces status is self-reported by claimants and is not verified by the Ministry of Defence or Office for Veterans’ Affairs. A claimant’s status can be recorded as “currently serving”, “served in the past”, “not served” or “prefer not to say”. Data is not collected on the specific branch of the Armed Forces that claimants are serving in or have served in in the past.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not held on the total number of UC claimants who are currently serving in the Armed Forces or who have served in the past, but data is held on those who have identified themselves so far.</p><p> </p><p>The way the data is collected means the claimants for whom an Armed Forces status is recorded are not representative of the UC caseload as a whole. This means it is not yet possible to produce reliable estimates of the overall number or proportion of UC claimants who are currently serving in the Armed Forces or who have served in the past.</p><p> </p><p>Increases in the numbers of claimants, on UC, with a recorded status of “currently serving” or “served in the past” do not necessarily mean the overall numbers of claimants who are currently serving or have served in the past have increased and may reflect increases in the number of claimants for whom data is held as data coverage improves over time.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of the GB UC caseload with a recorded Armed Forces status. It also shows how many claimants on the caseload had a recorded status of each type.</p><p> </p><p>GB UC caseload by recorded Armed Forces status</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>UC caseload Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of caseload with a recorded status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Currently serving</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Served in the past</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not served</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Prefer not to say”</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>43,500</p></td><td><p>3,173,000</p></td><td><p>23,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. Data is not collected on the Armed Forces status of UC claimants in Northern Ireland. The figures provided only relate to Great Britain.</p><p>2. Percentages are rounded to the nearest percent and numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.</p><p>3. Figures may be subject to retrospective changes as more up-to-date data becomes available or if methodological improvements are made.</p><p>4. Due to methodological improvements, these figures are based on the Official Statistics UC caseload definition. Some previous figures have used an alternative caseload definition based on assessment period end dates.</p><p>5. Further information on the caseload definition used for the UC official statistics can be found on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/12/2022 11:53:39 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1547679

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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: Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Hardship Payments for Universal Credit were (a) received and (b) approved in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	101728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>It is not possible to respond to this Question with sufficient precision as there is no data on applications made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/12/2022 12:42:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1547682

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Work and Health Programme
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 have left the Work and Health programme as a result of finding employment in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	101731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The number of job outcomes each month for the Work and Health Programme is available on GOV.UK and can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-and-health-programme-statistics-to-august-2022" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/12/2022 11:56:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1547683

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Work and Health Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on the Work and Health programme in each of the last five calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	101732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The contract costs for Work and Health Programme over the last 5 financial years.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ACTUAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ACTUAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ACTUAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ACTUAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ACTUAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHP – National Contracts</p></td><td><p>5,859,285</p></td><td><p>32,939,838</p></td><td><p>46,939,390</p></td><td><p>58,036,873</p></td><td><p>67,314,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHP – Devolved Contracts</p></td><td><p>887,827</p></td><td><p>13,044,931</p></td><td><p>15,947,618</p></td><td><p>17,138,146</p></td><td><p>16,730,739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,747,112</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>45,984,769</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>62,887,009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75,175,019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>84,045,212</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/12/2022 11:29:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1547687

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Cost of Living Payments and 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 1 December to Question 96602 on Cost of Living Payments and Universal Credit, if he will take steps to collate the cost of living payment and Universal Credit payments so that claimants avoid benefit overlap which would require them to reapply for Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	101726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to the response I gave to her last <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-25/96602/" target="_blank">PQ 96602</a>, the cost of living payments have no impact on existing benefit awards, and so they do not cause claimants to have to reapply for Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/12/2022 14:04:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1547322

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
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: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the decision to uprate the earnings limit of Carer's Allowance below the September 2022 rate of the consumer price index on carers' incomes.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	100898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The weekly Carer’s Allowance earnings limit will be increased from £132 to £139 net from April 2023. This increase of 5.5% is in line with growth in Average Weekly Earnings for the year to May-July 2022 as published by the Office for National Statistics. The rate of Carer’s Allowance will increase by 10.1% in line with the increase in the Consumer Prices Index in the year to September 2022, as will the relevant rates of Universal Credit for carers.</p><p /> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/12/2022 11:16:57 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1547466

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce Access to Work waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	100965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Access to Work has received a significant increase in applications over the last year and have recruited new staff to meet the increased demand and reduce the time it takes to make decisions. Customers making new applications where they are starting work within the next 4 weeks, or have a grant coming to an end that requires renewal, are prioritised to ensure customers are able to enter and remain in the labour market. We are also transforming the Access to Work service through increased digitalisation, that will make the service more efficient, will make the application process easier, and improve the time taken from application through to decision.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/12/2022 12:16:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1547469

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
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: Residency Requirements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons there is a residency requirement for British citizens moving back from abroad for Personal Independence Payments but not for other disability benefits.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	100966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP), in line with the other extra costs disability benefits, Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance, applies a habitual residence test and a past presence test whereby a claimant must have been present in Great Britain for 104 of the last 156 weeks to be entitled to payment. These rules operate to ensure that claimants, including British citizens returning from overseas, have a recent and long-standing association with Great Britain to justify receipt of a non-contributory, non means tested benefit funded by the British taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/12/2022 12:13:53 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1547471

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
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	Employment: Disability
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 left the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme as a result of entering employment in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	100967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES) programme provides support for disabled people with complex barriers to work. Participants receive up to fifteen months of intensive pre-employment support and six months of intensive in-work support when they start work.</p><p> </p><p>When participants enter employment, they continue to receive support from their IPES provider and do not leave the programme. Support will usually end when the participant achieves a higher threshold outcome. There were 900 higher threshold outcomes in the year ending October 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Data Source: The figures come from management information (MI) that is derived from the Provider Referral and Payment system (PRaP) used by DWP and providers to manage referrals. The MI is not routinely published but equivalent data has previously been released, for example as part of an FOI that was released here. <a href="https://www.base-uk.org/news/ipes-performance-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.base-uk.org/news/ipes-performance-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/12/2022 11:52:30 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth