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1644155

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Children: Maintenance
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 estimate of by how much the child maintenance upper weekly limit of £3,000 gross income set in 2012 under the Child Support Act 1991 would need to be increased to take account of inflation since that date; and if he will make it his policy to increase to that limit.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	189148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government’s response to the Independent Review of CMS’s handling of domestic abuse cases announced our intentions to look again at the child maintenance calculation to ensure it is fit for purpose and fair for both parents in light of societal changes since it was last looked at. Any changes will always be made according to the best interests of children.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 189149 question first answered 21/06/2023 16:02:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1644156

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will make it his policy to increase automatically the flat rate of child maintenance payments in line with the consumer prices index.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	189149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government’s response to the Independent Review of CMS’s handling of domestic abuse cases announced our intentions to look again at the child maintenance calculation to ensure it is fit for purpose and fair for both parents in light of societal changes since it was last looked at. Any changes will always be made according to the best interests of children.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 189148 question first answered 21/06/2023 16:02:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1644157

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Children: Maintenance
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 were (a) made and (b) granted to parents with care for a top-up maintenance order under the Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 as amended in the last year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	189150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service does not hold the information requested. This is because there is no legal requirement to capture the number of ‘top-up’ applications submitted and or granted to a paying parent in calculating child maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>It may be helpful to explain the maximum weekly gross income the Child Maintenance Service can take into account when calculating maintenance is £3000. A receiving parent can make a ‘top-up’ application directly to His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals service in respect of income above £3000. However, the Child Maintenance Service cannot take this into account in the main calculation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/06/2023 15:54:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1551761

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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: Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
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 22 November 2022 to Question 87733 on Universal Credit: Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, if he will extend Universal Credit disregards to bereaved next of kin recipients of VDPS payments; if he will enable bereaved recipients to establish a personal injury trust or annuity to benefit from Universal Credit disregards; whether there are other means bereaved recipients can benefit from such disregards; and what steps he is taking to enable bereaved recipients to have similar disregards to those who are directly injured.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	110559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department has no current plans to extend the disregards which apply in Universal Credit to people who receive Vaccine Damage Payments to next of kin recipients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/12/2022 14:10:47 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1542442

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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: Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether vaccine damage payments made in respect of covid-19 vaccines are treated as payments for personal injury and qualify for a twelve-month disregard in the calculation of entitlement to Universal Credit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	87733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The Vaccine Damage Payments made to individuals who have been severely disabled as a result of a vaccination against certain diseases, including Covid-19, will be considered to be a sum awarded to a person due to personal injury. For the purposes of any claim for Universal Credit, this sum awarded will be disregarded as capital for 12 months following the award of the payment. In that period it is expected that the injured person will place this sum into an appropriate trust fund, or use it to purchase an annuity to support them. If these funds are placed into a personal injury trust then the capital value of that trust and any income received from the trust will be disregarded for the calculation of their Universal Credit entitlement indefinitely. If the payment is used to purchase an annuity, then payments received from that annuity will be disregarded for the calculation of their Universal Credit entitlement indefinitely.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/11/2022 17:33:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1542537

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: 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 face to face medical assessments were carried out for claims for Industrial Injuries Disability Benefit in each of the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	87734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The number of face-to-face assessments carried out for claims for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB), in each of the last 12 months, is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>IIDB Clearances</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov 21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec 21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan </strong> <strong>22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb 22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar 22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr </strong> <strong>22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun </strong> <strong>22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul </strong> <strong>22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug 22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep 22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct </strong> <strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Face-to-face</strong></p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>1300</p></td><td><p>1150</p></td><td><p>1030</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>All volumes have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>All the above data is derived from contractual management information produced by the assessment providers or supplier. Please note: the above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/11/2022 11:19:58 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1542539

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
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 for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit have been awaiting a decision for more than (a) one year and (b) six months since the date of application as of 15 November 2022; and what the average time taken was between applications and decisions on such claims in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	87735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p>Decision times for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) assessments are available on in the ‘IIDB Assessments’ dataset at<strong>:</strong> <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Decision time data is recorded in working days and is available in time bands. Data is monthly and covers the period March 2017 to March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/11/2022 11:22:31 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1356346

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Coronavirus
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 her Department has received under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 in respect of covid-19 vaccines; how many applications have been (a) rejected and (b) accepted; and how many staff are engaged in processing those applications.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	50608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department has received 437 applications under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 in respect of Covid-19 vaccines. All applications have been acknowledged and no applications have been rejected. All applications are subject to medical assessment to identify if, in light of all the available evidence, it is more probable than not that there is a link between vaccination and disablement.</p><p> </p><p>Side effects of COVID-19 vaccines are rare and scientific understanding is continuing to grow. Following discussion with Department of Health and Social Care, DWP have now started the evidence gathering process for COVID-19 claims to allow the clinical assessment to happen, where the evidence has reached a position where a decision can be confidently made.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently four members of DWP staff processing vaccine damage claims. The team are responsible for processing Child and Adult flu vaccination claims as well as recording, acknowledging and commencing the evidence gathering process on COVID-19 claims NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) will take over the administration of the VDPS on November 1<sup>st</sup> 2021. In preparation for this, NHSBSA will be recruiting and training additional resource to undertake the administration of VDPS claims. DHSC own the policy.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/10/2021 14:52:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 22839 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1344359

registered interest
date	06/07/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed in processing and deciding applications made by people vaccinated against covid-19 for compensation under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979; and how many of those applications are being decided on each week.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	28054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions currently has four members of staff who are responsible for the administration of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS). This team supports the administration of Child, Adult and COVID 19 Vaccine Damage applications.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the number of applications that are decided each week. All customers who submit a Vaccine Damage Claim are having their claim acknowledged by the Department. Work is ongoing to understand potential causal links between Covid-19 vaccination and levels of disability.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/07/2021 12:57:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1343155

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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	Vaccine Damage Tribunal: Compensation
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 compensation under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 were received by her Department in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020; and how many of those applications are still awaiting a decision.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	25723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>The Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme (VDPS) provides a one-off tax free payment, currently £120,000, to those people who are severely disabled as a result of vaccination against a specified disease, within the meaning of the Act.</p><p> </p><p>It is not compensation. It is a payment to help ease the financial burden for those individuals where, on very rare occasions, vaccination has caused severe disablement.</p><p> </p><p>55 claims were received between 01/01/2019 and 31/12/2019, 1 of which is outstanding. From 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020 96 claims were received and 37 of those are outstanding.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/07/2021 12:23:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope