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1700426

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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: Women
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 provide compensation to women who have been affected by changes to the State Pension age.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	21313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>In laying the report before Parliament at the end of March, the Ombudsman has brought matters to the attention of this House, and a further update to the House will be provided once the report's findings have been fully considered.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/04/2024 15:52:21 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1698637

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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: Telephone Services
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 potential merits of reducing the volume of calls to the Personal Independence Payment helpline by extending to two months the time limit for returning Payment (a) application and (b) review forms.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	20445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Claimants are advised that should they require more time to complete the “How your disability affects you” questionnaire and award review forms they can ask for additional time to do so. The sooner these forms are completed the sooner the Department can reach a decision on their claim or award review.<strong><em> </em></strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 13:00:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1698638

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of people phoning the Personal Independence Payment helpline asking for an extension on the deadline to return their Payment form in each of the last six months..
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	20446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made, as this information is not held.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 12:50:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1698639

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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 and Support Allowance: Publicity
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 promote the Employment and Support Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	20447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions signposts to Employment and Support Allowance through GOV.UK, helplines, GP surgeries, local libraries, and other support services such as Citizens Advice. There are also benefit calculators on the GOV.UK website which is available for those who wish to find out what support may be available to them. In addition, the Department for Work and Pensions is constantly working to improve the way it communicates information about benefits and other services to the general public.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 12:57:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1698640

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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 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, whether his Department has made an estimate of how many people entitled to the Employment and Support Allowance did not claim it in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	20448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Estimates for the number of entitled non-recipients and caseload take-up are available for income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Income Support (IS) up to financial year 2018/19. These can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">here.</a> Figures for 2018/19 were affected by no new claims for income-related ESA and IS from December 2018 as a result of Universal Credit rollout. No figures have been published for ESA/IS since 2018/19 due to the roll out of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>No estimates of the volume of entitled non-recipients of New Style (contributory) ESA have been made.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 12:51:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1698641

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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 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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility National Insurance criteria for Employment and Support Allowance to people who have paid National Insurance contributions over two full tax years in their lives.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	20449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>New Style Employment and Support Allowance (NS ESA) is a benefit for individuals with a limited capability to work based on the individual’s recent National Insurance (NI) record.</p><p> </p><p>Normally, to be entitled to NS ESA, a claimant has to satisfy two NI conditions:  to have worked and paid enough NI contributions in one of the two tax years prior to claiming NS ESA for at least 26 weeks; and to have either paid, or been credited with, enough NI contributions in both of the two tax years prior to claiming NS ESA that is at least 50 times the minimum threshold.</p><p> </p><p>Looking at the most recent tax years, ensures people have a recent record of paid contributions and therefore a close link with the labour market.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 12:49:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1698642

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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 and Support Allowance: Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Personal Independence Payment planning and following a journey descriptors to include (a) access to toilets and (b) fear of falling over due to mobility issues.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	20450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was developed in collaboration with independent specialists in health, social care and disability, including disabled people, and through public consultation between 2010-2012 prior to its introduction in 2013. This comprehensive consultation process informed the development of the PIP assessment criteria, as set out in legislation. There are currently no plans to change the criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Activity 11 was designed to assess barriers to mobility that individuals may face that are associated with mental, cognitive, intellectual or sensory ability, as opposed to physical ability. This includes whether people can leave home to make journeys and whether they are able to plan and successfully follow those journeys. With regard to access to toilets, any continence issues would be considered separately under activity 5, and mobility issues under activity 12. Fear of falling down due to mobility issues could be considered under activity 11 if it is sufficient to impact on a claimant’s ability to leave home, plan or follow journeys as per the PIP regulations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 12:48:55 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1698643

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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: Appeals
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 potential merits of paying people who are waiting for the outcome of their Personal Independence Payment appeal at the rate they received before their last decision.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	20451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is not an income replacement benefit. It is paid to help with the additional costs that arise from long term health conditions or disability where they impact on the activities set out in legislation. Claimants are assessed against the legislative criteria and a decision on entitlement is made by a DWP decision maker.</p><p>In line with the legislative requirement, applicable to most social security benefits, we continue to apply the latest decision on a PIP award until such time as a new decision is made. Payment of PIP after a claim has been disallowed, or at a rate higher than the latest decision whilst an individual is waiting for an appeal hearing could lead to inappropriate expenditure of public funds. If a subsequent first-tier tribunal decides to reinstate PIP, or give a higher award, then the Department will backdate any payments due, in line with the new decision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 12:52:45 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1698644

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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	Motability
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 it his policy to allow access to the Motability Scheme for (a) claimants of (i) Personal Independence Payment with standard rate mobility and (ii) Disability Living Allowance with low rate mobility, (b) claimants in the process of applying for Personal Independence Payment for up to 18 months to provide time for any appeals and (c) Blue Badge holders.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	20452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>To be eligible to join the Motability Scheme claimants must be in receipt of the higher-rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance, the enhanced-rate mobility component of Personal Independence Payment, Armed Forces Independence Payment or War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement. Customers in receipt of one of these benefits, may then choose to join the Motability scheme. If the person is not receiving one of the above benefits, they will not qualify for the Motability scheme. In line with legislative requirements the gateway for the transfer of benefits is dependent upon entitlement to specific mobility components and targets support to those with the most severe mobility needs.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to look at expanding the eligibility criteria for the Motability Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 12:55:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1696273

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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	Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) housing associations and (b) renter groups on the potential impact of a 53 week rent year in 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	18812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>There has been no recent conversations with housing associations or renter groups regarding the formula to convert weekly rental liabilities to calendar monthly values in Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit always converts weekly amounts to monthly sums using 52 weeks. This may lead to a slight advantage to the claimant when converting weekly incomes and to a slight disadvantage when dealing with outgoings. The system is used because it is simple to operate and understand. The department has considered alternative options for those with weekly tenancies, but each have their own limitations and disadvantages for claimants and so there are no plans to change.</p><p> </p><p>The legitimacy of this calculation formula in Universal Credit was confirmed by the High Court in 2020 who found it to be neither irrational or discriminatory.</p><p> </p><p>Discretionary Housing Payments can be paid to those entitled to Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs. Since 2011, the government has provided nearly £1.7 billion in Discretionary Housing Payments to local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/03/2024 16:40:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols