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810435

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many state pensions are being paid to people living overseas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is a contributory based pension payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, to those who meet the eligibility criteria. But it is up-rated abroad only where there is a legal requirement to do so - for example, where UK State Pension recipients are living within the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Gibraltar or in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating of the UK State Pension. This is a longstanding policy of successive Governments which has remained consistent for around 70 years.</p><p> </p><p>At May 2017, the latest date for which data is available, there were 1,215,200 recipients of the State Pension residing overseas; 678,100 recipients were resident in countries where annual increases of State Pension are paid, and 537,100 recipients were resident in countries where the State Pension is not up-rated. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL4404 question first answered 08/01/2018 17:04:50 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

810436

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people living overseas (1) benefit from annual state pension increases, and (2) have their state pension frozen.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is a contributory based pension payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, to those who meet the eligibility criteria. But it is up-rated abroad only where there is a legal requirement to do so - for example, where UK State Pension recipients are living within the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Gibraltar or in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating of the UK State Pension. This is a longstanding policy of successive Governments which has remained consistent for around 70 years.</p><p> </p><p>At May 2017, the latest date for which data is available, there were 1,215,200 recipients of the State Pension residing overseas; 678,100 recipients were resident in countries where annual increases of State Pension are paid, and 537,100 recipients were resident in countries where the State Pension is not up-rated. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL4403 question first answered 08/01/2018 17:04:50 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

810489

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,what estimate he has made of the (a) amount of time and (b) resources that his Department allocated to the production of impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU; and on what date work on those impact assessments started.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	120835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is carrying out an ongoing programme of assessment work since the Referendum. This will inform our negotiating position with the EU, to define our deep and special partnership and inform our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks. The Department for Work and Pensions is working in close coordination with the Department for Exiting the European Union, to ensure the delivery of a holistic programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s EU exit work is being centrally co-ordinated, but the breadth of issues to be considered, and the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, mean that it is not possible to provide an estimate of staff numbers, or time spent, on work in this area.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/01/2018 12:32:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

810506

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: Motor Neurone Disease
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 13 July 2017 to Question 3475 on Employment and Support Allowance: Motor Neurone Disease, if he will publish the process required for the 600 people with motor neurone disease who were in the support group for Employment and Support Allowance on 29 September when the severe conditions exemption commenced and are due a reassessment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	120852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>It is important to ensure that decisions on whether someone meets the severe conditions criteria are based on a Work Capability Assessment. This way the claimant has the best opportunity to share with us the most up to date information about the functional impacts of their health condition.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance used by Healthcare Professionals, who undertake the Assessments, has been designed to have the least possible impact on claimants. We will ask claimants to complete a new health questionnaire, and where appropriate we will ask their General Practitioner or Specialist Healthcare Professional for further, supporting evidence, so that in the vast majority of cases we should be able to make a decision on whether someone meets the criteria without the need for a face to face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>I am meeting the Motor Neurone Disease Association in February to discuss the implications of the introduction of the severe condition criteria.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 15:33:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

810509

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: Telephone Services
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 19 December to Question 118690, on Universal Credit: Telephone Services, what the evidential basis is to support the position that people abandoned calls to use the online service; what the cost to the public purse was of abandoned calls in each month since September 2016; and what the average length of abandoned calls was in that time period.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	121092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit Full Service is a digital service designed to enable customers to manage their own data and account online at a time which is convenient for them. As well as giving them access to online statements for payment information, and their journal for interacting with their dedicated Case Manager and Work Coach, customers are able to report changes online when they would previously have called us.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently hold any management information that specifically correlates abandoned calls to use of online services. However, as of November 2017, the percentage of customers claiming online is over 95%, and those reporting changes online is now over 80%. This type of channel shift is helping reduce the calls we receive as a percentage of the caseload: Universal Credit Full Service calls per claim ratio has decreased from 2.7 in April 2016 to 1.0 by the end of October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>There was no cost to the public purse for abandoned calls as this forms part of the contract we have with BT, and following the introduction of the free phone numbers to Universal Credit helplines in November 2017 there will no longer be a cost to the customer.</p><p> </p><p>Between September 2016 and October 2017 the average length of time before a call was voluntarily abandoned by the Universal Credit Full Service customer was 5 minutes 19 seconds.</p><p> </p><p>Notes –</p><p> </p><p>1) The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</p><p> </p><p>2) Data is not yet available for November 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 08/01/2018 12:37:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

810510

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: Medical Examinations
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 recommendation eight of the Government’s response to the Second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment Assessment, Cm 9540, what the optimum timeframe is for the completion of assessment reports after the assessment has taken place.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	120855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There are a number of factors that impact on the length of time taken to complete the report following the assessment, for example, whether the assessment was conducted in a person’s home or at an assessment centre. As the Second Independent Review of PIP acknowledged, the logistics in organising and conducting home visits will introduce some time delay in writing up reports immediately after the assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department expects assessment reports to be completed in a timely manner following the assessment but does not set a fixed timeframe for the completion of assessment reports following the assessment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2018 17:55:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

810511

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: Medical Examinations
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 recommendation six of the Government’s response to the Second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment Assessment, Cm 9540, what the timescale is for the proposed pilot due in early 2018 to understand the benefits of early case preparation in more complex cases.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	120856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>We are developing a process to gather information from Healthcare Professionals who deliver PIP assessments to gauge their opinion on the timescales needed to prepare effectively for assessments. This is due early 2018. The evaluation of the pilot, will help inform decisions about the specification for future contracts regarding pre-assessment preparation.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2018 17:58:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

810542

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by his Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>. For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/01/2018 14:49:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810569

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting his Department he is planning to propose (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>Decisions as to what extent EU directives, regulations or other legislation will continue to function once the UK has exited the EU have not been made, as this is a matter for the current negotiations, in which the Government is focused on ensuring the best outcome for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/01/2018 12:22:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810581

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to protect claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance Support Group and its Universal Credit equivalent from financial loss if they engage in work-related activity and are subsequently transferred to the Work-Related Activity Group or its Universal Credit equivalent.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	120926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Where an ESA claimant in the Support Group or the UC equivalent chooses to undertake some form of work-related activity, we provide encouragement, help and support to assist the claimant to do so. Volunteering to undertake some work-related activity does not mean, in itself, that the claimant will be transferred to the Work-related Activity Group.</p><p> </p><p>ESA and UC claimants whose condition improves so that following a Work Capability Assessment they move from the Support Group to the Work-related Activity Group will receive the relevant rate of benefit. Where the date of claim is prior to 3 April 2017 that will include the work-related activity component and the UC equivalent.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 15:56:35 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova