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999542

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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 claimants migrating from employment support allowance to universal credit will be have to provide medical evidence to demonstrate vulnerability.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	187020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Being vulnerable covers a wide range of factors, not just those related to having health conditions and disabilities and as such no medical evidence is necessary to demonstrate vulnerability.</p><p> </p><p>The managed migration process is being designed to ensure a smooth transition of continuous support for all claimants, especially the most vulnerable. The Department is working with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that the managed migration process works for everyone.</p><p> </p><p>Managed migration will commence in July 2019 during which up to 10,000 claimants will be migrated as part of the testing phase. This gradual and steady approach will allow us to ensure that the process works for everyone.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/11/2018 16:36:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

999601

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the effect of the full roll out of universal credit on the number of children living in poverty in (a) the UK, (b) the north east, (c) Northumberland and (d) Wansbeck constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	187025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment of the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>However, Universal Credit is designed to help people out of poverty. In line with this strategy, Universal Credit is designed to strengthen incentives for parents to move into and progress in work, and it is working. Universal Credit claimants move into work faster and spend more time looking for work.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Universal Credit provides improved support for childcare for parents, enabling them to reclaim up to 85% of their eligible childcare costs, which is expected to help 500,000 additional families at a cost of around £350m per year.</p><p> </p><p>Further improvements to UC were also announced in the Budget. For example, work allowance rates will be increased by £1000 from April 2019, directing additional support to some of the most vulnerable low paid working families. A two-week run-on of legacy benefits was also announced, enabling claimants to continue to receive Jobseekers’ Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, or Income Support for the first fortnight of a Universal Credit claim, with no need to pay back the overlap.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2018 15:52:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

999647

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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, how long people have waited on average to receive the elements of universal credit that are paid on the basis of health conditions or disabilities by condition in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what comparative assessment she has made of that waiting time with the average waiting time for standard allowance.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	187124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2018 11:45:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

999650

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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, how many people in receipt of universal credit have a (a) health condition (b) disability) and (c) a diagnosis of cancer.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	187125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2018 11:49:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

999654

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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, what the average waiting time is for a claimant of universal credit to receive a UC50 form as part of their work capability assessment as a result of a (a) health condition and (b) disability for each of those conditions and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	187126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. The Capability for Work questionnaire UC50 and covering letter is issued to the claimant by first class mail the day after they are referred for a Work Capability Assessment. They have a period of four weeks in which to return the completed questionnaire, and are issued a further reminder letter if they have not replied within three weeks.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/11/2018 16:28:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

999667

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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: Contracts
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 31 October 2018 to Question 184391 on Department for Work and Pensions: Contracts, how many contracts her Department has issued with any such clauses in each of the past three years; what proportion of those contracts have been breached; and what sanctions her Department has in place in the event that the clause is breached.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	186963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>In the last three years the Department has awarded 366 contracts. Management information on this type of provision is not readily available however the appropriate form of this type of standard provision is widely used in contracts across both the public and private sector.</p><p> </p><p>In the event of any contractual breach the Department would pursue a range of remedies depending on the severity. Remedies range from formal remediation plans, through financial redress to termination of the contract.</p><p> </p><p>To date the Department does not have any instances where a breach of the referenced terms has been pursued.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2018 15:45:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

999117

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) leukaemia, (b) myeloma ,(c) hodgkin’s lymphoma and (d) non-hodgkin’s lymphoma are in receipt of personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	186331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes a range of detailed statistics for Personal Independence Payment (PIP on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p>These statistics include monthly caseloads (claims in payment) for claimants of PIP broken down by disability including leukaemia, myeloma, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ul><li>The category “Leukaemia” includes 6 categories under the DLA computer system - Leukaemia - myelogenous (myeloid) acute, Leukaemia - lymphoblastic – acute, Leukaemia - myeloid - chronic, Leukaemia - lymphocytic – chronic, Leukaemias - Other / type not known, Cancer and Leukaemia.</li><li>The PIP Reassessment outcome in Table 1 shows the outcome of the first DWP decision on each reassessment claim (i.e. prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was made between 1st January 2015 and 31st October 2017.</li><li>DLA Entitlement is the DLA award at the time of PIP reassessment registration.</li><li>Reassessment outcomes are for individuals who were aged 16 to 64 on 8th April 2013</li><li>Data includes PIP claims made under both Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill. However, under DLA a claimant can be recorded as “Terminally Ill” rather than as having a named disability. Therefore, such cases are excluded from the above figures.</li><li>The statistics provided relate to DLA award levels so primary disabling condition is reported as recorded on the DLA computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</li><li>Primary disabling condition may be recorded differently on the PIP and DLA computer systems.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li># indicates a value of less than 10.</li><li>Totals may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>Great Britain only.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 186333 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:21:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

999119

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) leukaemia, (b) myeloma, (c) hodgkin’s lymphoma and (d) non-hodgkin’s lymphoma have (i) been reassessed from disability living allowance to personal independence payments and (ii) received a reduced rate of award.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	186333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes a range of detailed statistics for Personal Independence Payment (PIP on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p>These statistics include monthly caseloads (claims in payment) for claimants of PIP broken down by disability including leukaemia, myeloma, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ul><li>The category “Leukaemia” includes 6 categories under the DLA computer system - Leukaemia - myelogenous (myeloid) acute, Leukaemia - lymphoblastic – acute, Leukaemia - myeloid - chronic, Leukaemia - lymphocytic – chronic, Leukaemias - Other / type not known, Cancer and Leukaemia.</li><li>The PIP Reassessment outcome in Table 1 shows the outcome of the first DWP decision on each reassessment claim (i.e. prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was made between 1st January 2015 and 31st October 2017.</li><li>DLA Entitlement is the DLA award at the time of PIP reassessment registration.</li><li>Reassessment outcomes are for individuals who were aged 16 to 64 on 8th April 2013</li><li>Data includes PIP claims made under both Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill. However, under DLA a claimant can be recorded as “Terminally Ill” rather than as having a named disability. Therefore, such cases are excluded from the above figures.</li><li>The statistics provided relate to DLA award levels so primary disabling condition is reported as recorded on the DLA computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</li><li>Primary disabling condition may be recorded differently on the PIP and DLA computer systems.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li># indicates a value of less than 10.</li><li>Totals may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>Great Britain only.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 186331 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:21:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

997259

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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: Information Sharing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received from agencies of her Department on the effectiveness of data sharing with her Department.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	184872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) increased the obligations on both data controllers and processors in respect of data sharing. DWP engages with all of its Agencies (Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs)). Each ALB is also required to provide a Certificate of Assurance regarding compliance with GDPR regulations. Any representations on the effectiveness of data sharing with the Department will be addressed in line with the GDPR. At the moment there are none to consider.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/11/2018 16:04:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

997295

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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, if she will undertake a review of the accuracy of the assessments made by personal independence payment assessors.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	184930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring claimants receive high quality, objective assessments. All Health Professionals who undertake the assessments are subject to on-going audit by our assessment providers to ensure that they deliver high quality assessments. The Department also undertakes independent audit to ensure that the advice provided to the Department’s decision makers is of suitable quality, fully explained and justified.</p><p> </p><p>All Health Professionals undertaking PIP assessments are highly trained practitioners who must have at least 2 years post full registration experience or less than 2 years by individual, prior, written agreement with the Department.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2018 16:38:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson