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1491558

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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: Employment and Support Allowance
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 to ensure that people who are on Contributions Based ESA and are not eligible for the Cost of Living Payment are being supported in the context of increased costs of living.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	42056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Non-means tested benefits are not eligible benefits for the Cost of Living Payment in their own right because people receiving these benefits may have other financial resources available to them. Many will also have been in receipt of an eligible means tested benefit on the qualifying date for the £326 Cost of Living Payment.</p><p>Individuals who do not qualify for a Cost-of-living Payment, may</p><p> </p><ul><li>benefit from of the wider support package, including the £400 rebate for domestic electricity customers provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme and the £150 rebate for Council Tax Band A to D households in England.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Government is providing a further £500m towards the cost of essentials bringing total funding via the fund to £1.5bn. In England, £421m will be used to further extend the Household Support Fund (October 2022 – March 2023). Guidance and individual local authority indicative allocations for the further extension will be announced in due course.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, Personal Independence Payment is available to help with the extra costs faced by people with a long-term health condition or disability. Disability benefits can provide a gateway or passport to a wide range of additional support or help.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/09/2022 15:55:20 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1491559

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Pensioners: Cost of Living
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 to ensure that people who are on the State Pension and are not eligible for the Cost of Living Payment are being supported in the context of the increased costs of living.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	42057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2022 answer text <p>In 2022/23, we will spend over £134bn on benefits for pensioners in GB. This includes spending on the State Pension which is forecast to be over £110bn. The full yearly basic State Pension is now over £2,300 higher, in cash terms, than in 2010 which is around £720 more than if it had been up-rated in line with prices.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living. This is why we are providing £37bn of support this year which includes a one-off payment of £300 to pensioner households as an addition to the Winter Fuel Payment. All households with a domestic electricity bill will also benefit from the £400 support being provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We are also providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1.5 billion.</p> answering member constituency Hertford and Stortford answering member printed Julie Marson question first answered 15/09/2022 10:45:38 answering member 4768 label Biography information for Julie Marson
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1491561

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Seasonal Workers: Cost of Living
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 to ensure that people who (a) have not qualified for the Cost of Living Payment as a result of seasonal work and (b) are receiving a nil payment for the period ending 25 May 2022, are being supported in the context of the increased costs of living.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	42058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living, which is why it is providing over £37 billion of support this year.</p><p> </p><p>Those who do not meet the eligibility criteria for the first Cost of Living Payment instalment may qualify for the second instalment of £324 later in the year.</p><p> </p><p>The Cost of Living Payments are only one part of the support available. All households with a domestic electricity bill across the UK will benefit from the £400 being provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme, for example. We are also providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1.5 billion. In England, the current Household Support Fund is already providing £421m of support for the period 1 April – 30 September 2022. Devolved administrations have received £79 million through the Barnett formula.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also extending the support Jobcentres provide to people in work and on low incomes to help them to increase their earnings and move into better paid quality jobs. Through a staged roll-out, which started in April 2022, around 2.1m low-paid benefit claimants will be eligible for support to progress into higher-paid work.</p><p> </p><p>This is on top of the support we have already provided by giving the lowest earners a pay rise by increasing the National Living Wage by 6.6% to £9.50 an hour, providing an extra £1,000 a year for a full-time worker and we raised the National Insurance threshold to £12,570 from 6 July 2022, which is a saving of over £330 a year for a typical employee.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/09/2022 16:01:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1461496

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to announce the timetable for the managed migration from legacy benefits to Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring the final phase of Universal Credit is rolled out safely and is responsibly delivered by the end of 2024. We are currently focused on the discovery phase of managed migration beginning with 250 claimants respectively in both Bolton and Medway</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/05/2022 12:03:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1461497

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to notify people in Universal Credit managed migration areas.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department is currently focussed on the discovery phase of managed migration starting with 250 claimants in Bolton and Medway respectively. We started to issue migration notices in these two locations from 9 May 2022 and will consider the timeframe for other locations in due course.</p><p>There are no managed migration areas, we are conducting discovery work in a number of locations with controlled volumes in those locations.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/05/2022 15:19:23 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1461498

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her timeframe is for managed migration of Universal Credit in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department is currently focused on the discovery phase of managed migration starting with 250 claimants in Bolton and Medway. We are committed to ensuring the final phase of Universal Credit is rolled out safely and is responsibly delivered by the end of 2024 in Scotland and the rest of Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/05/2022 15:22:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1461500

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to make funding available for third sector organisations supporting their service users through managed migration to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department recognises the importance of establishing the best possible support arrangements for those moving from legacy benefits to Universal Credit. We will start the managed migration of legacy benefit claimants by initially moving very small numbers, beginning with 250 claimants respectively in both Bolton and Medway. There will be a range of support available to individuals, including a dedicated DWP telephone line and signposting to independent support through the Help to Claim service. As we develop our learning, we will gradually increase the cases over time. It is important that we learn how to safely move people to Universal Credit, and understand the support required to do so. We are also currently considering what further independent support might be needed to support those considering a voluntary move to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/05/2022 15:14:52 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1388103

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
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	Sick Pay
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 potential merits of allocating funding to support an increase in the rate of statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	93783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government has previously consulted on Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) reform as part of Health is Everyone’s Business. The Government’s response to the consultation acknowledged that, while the consultation posed several important questions on the future of SSP which require further consideration, the pandemic was not the right time to introduce changes to the sick pay system.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/01/2022 17:58:36 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1380889

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the constituent of the hon. Member for Glasgow Central will receive payment of her State Pension as was confirmed via email on 6 October 2021 by DWP Visiting, Central Team 1, reference ZA24802.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	79405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>DWP provided an email response to the office of Alison Thewliss MP on 22 November 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/11/2021 14:20:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1365598

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to answer Questions 57102, 57103 and 57104 tabled by the hon. Member for Glasgow Central.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	68339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>I apologise to the honourable member for the delay in answering these questions. This was due to extensive Quality Assurance to ensure the figures are accurate. Please find the responses to these questions <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-15/57102" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/11/2021 17:48:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss