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1082355

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date	05/03/2019
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: Internet
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 written statement HCWS1376, what steps she is taking to ensure that the benefits of a single digital platform are extended to claimants who do not have access to computers or the internet.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	228588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>We recognise the challenges for customers who cannot access our online services. We will have a choice of other channels available including assisted digital where customers can ask for assistance from friends, family or other organisations, or by contacting DWP by phone or face to face.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to increase this digital uptake over time, but are aware that we need to keep these channels open during and after our transition to digital.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2019 11:41:28 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 106857 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1077597

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
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: Fraud
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 25 February 2019 to Question 223480 on Social Security Benefits: Fraud, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of recording that additional data.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	226063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>To provide a costing for adding this functionality the Department would need to analyse this change in more detail, assess the amount of effort required to develop and test it, review the priority against other work that is already committed to, and assess any potential impact it could have on current operational procedures. This assessment process is resource intensive; therefore the Department cannot justify the use of this resource as there is no business reason to add this functionality.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/03/2019 14:36:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane