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808280

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people to progress at work and increase their earnings.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	902994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Universal credit provides us with the opportunity to support people to progress and we are developing the evidence base about what works.</p><p>Building on our existing suite of trials, which includes a large scale Randomised Control Trial, we have committed an additional £8m to testing different approaches to supporting people to progress.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/12/2017 17:37:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

808281

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment his Department has made of recent trends in the average level of household debt for people in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	902995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has taken a number of steps to reduce the risk of problem debt, including capping payday lending costs and promoting savings.</p><p>Within UC, there are also interest free Advances and a system of priority deductions to help claimants who have got into arrears.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/12/2017 17:56:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

808283

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of universal credit appeals.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	902998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Appeals against Universal Credit decisions are at a lower level than for the other main benefits and the rate has been broadly stable since the introduction of Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/12/2017 17:48:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

807157

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
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
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 his Department's publication ADM Memo 30/17, if he will publish the criteria used in the LEAP exercise to review awards of personal independent payment claimants who may be affected by the updated PIP Assessment Guidance detailed in the Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCWS218.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	119805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Assessment Guidance has been updated to reflect changes in how the Department considers whether an activity can be performed ‘safely’ and whether supervision is required.</p><p>The criteria that will be followed in the Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practices exercise to review awards of PIP is set out in in this guidance.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/12/2017 16:09:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

807158

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
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
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 the Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCWS218, whether previous personal independence payment applicants who may benefit from the update to PIP Assessment Guidance but whose applications were unsuccessful before 9 March 2017 should (a) reapply for PIP, (b) await contact from his Department regarding their claims or (c) request a review of their initial claim in light of the updated guidance.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	119806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Anyone in payment, or who has had a decision since 9 March, will be covered by the Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practices (LEAP) exercise.</p><p> </p><p>The judgment only affects entitlement from the 9 March.</p><p> </p><p>In line with legislation, anyone who was disallowed before 9 March would need to re-apply.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/12/2017 16:07:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

807159

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
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: Epilepsy
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 table 8D of the Personal Independence Payment: DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes, October 2017, what steps his Department is taking to address the disproportionate number of people with epilepsy who have seen their awards refused or reduced during the transition to personal independence payments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	119807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In line with our existing programme of continuous improvement we have recently made changes to the PIP Assessment Guide in relation to safety and supervision which may impact on those with conditions which affect consciousness such as epilepsy.</p><p> </p><p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is more modern, dynamic and fair than its predecessor, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), and focuses support on those experiencing the greatest barriers to living independently. As PIP is a different benefit to DLA with different assessment criteria, we would expect to see some variation between outcomes for different disabling conditions. Additionally, many DLA claimants have not undergone any kind of assessment of their needs for several years and their condition, treatment or therapy and needs arising from their condition may have changed substantially.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 14:03:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

807214

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
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: ICT
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 implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP is delivering a number of major IT contract exit programmes, and has followed the guidance detailed in the paper titles Large Expiring Contracts, Exit and Disaggregation: guidance for departments which precedes the paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, which is currently being reviewed by DWP, prior to implementation.</p><p> </p><p>DWP engages with Cabinet Office Complex Transactions Team from the outset, when exiting major IT contracts to utilise their knowledge and experience in defining, and implementing commercial strategies.</p><p> </p><p>These commercial strategies include all the points in a) to f) above and some recent examples are as follows;</p><p> </p><p>a) DWP utilises Crown Commercial Service Frameworks when sourcing disaggregated IT services. The market is engaged to establish supplier capacity, capability and alignment to DWPs key business objectives.</p><p>b) DWP has disaggregated a number of IT supply contracts in recent years, is currently in the process of disaggregating the complex services of the DWP Hosting contract and will exit and disaggregate its remaining Application Deployment &amp; Desktop contracts at an appropriate time.</p><p>c) Risk Assessment forms part of DWPs Contract Management Framework toolset and is assessed for all major contracts on a regular basis.</p><p>d) Detailed plans are produced and managed by Programme Leads for the exiting of all major IT contracts.</p><p>e) In conjunction with the work DWP is completing to disaggregate its historic contracts, DWP is further developing its supplier and contract management capabilities to equip the Department for the future; enhancing its major IT project delivery and contract exit commercial skills.</p><p>f) DWP utilises multi-disciplinary teams including Digital Group, Finance, HR, Legal and Commercial. Good programme governance is also followed both within DWP and through close working with HM Treasury and Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>DWP will continue to follow the guiding principles and critical tasks set out in this latest publication.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/12/2017 14:49:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807246

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
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	Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from measures to tackle the root causes of poverty taken by the devolved administrations, social enterprises, non-governmental organisations, charities and other organisations.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL4227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>Officials in DWP continue to engage with external organisations and with devolved administrations on a wide range of welfare issues, including constructive discussions about approaches to tackling poverty. The Government is very clear that work is the best route out of poverty and our welfare reforms are designed to incentivise employment and support people to progress in work.</p><p>In April this year we published Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families which sets out a framework to improve outcomes for workless families, now and in the future. Central to this approach is effective joint working between Jobcentre Plus and local partners, including third sector organisations, which specialise in supporting people with multiple and complex needs, to ensure coordination of support and sharing of expertise at a local level. Children in workless families are significantly more disadvantaged, and achieve poorer educational and employment outcomes than other children, including those in lower-income working families. That is why we will continue with policies that support and encourage employment - reforming the welfare system to make work pay. And these policies are working: since 2010, there are 3 million more people in work, with 954,000 fewer workless households, and 608,000 fewer children in workless households across the UK. The UK unemployment rate has not been lower since 1975 and the proportion of workless households is at its lowest since records began.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 22/12/2017 13:09:44 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name improving-lives-helping-workless-families-print-version.pdf title Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

807275

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
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	European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for future relationships post-Brexit between (1) UK public agencies, and (2) UK industry, and the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work.
tabling member printed	Lord Whitty
uin	HL4256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>No decisions have yet been made on our future relationship with the EU's agencies and bodies after leaving the EU. We are seeking a deep and special partnership with the European Union. Our relationship with the European Union's agencies and bodies, including the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, will be evaluated on this basis upon exit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/12/2017 14:45:34 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2444 label Biography information for Lord Whitty

806475

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Workplace Pensions
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 average monthly total amount per person, comprising employee employer and tax relief contributions, paid into pensions under the compulsory workplace pension scheme in 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	119551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally collate the data requested. However, the Department does publish annual workplace pension statistics for eligible employees, which includes data on annual amounts saved.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data available showed the average annual amount saved per eligible saver (those eligible employees saving into a workplace pension) in the private sector, in 2016, was £4,098.</p><p> </p><p>Our <em>Automatic Enrolment Review 2017: Maintaining the Momentum</em> was published on Monday 18 December, setting a clear direction to build a more robust and inclusive savings culture and specifically in supporting younger generations with the opportunity to save for a more secure retirement. Since 2012, over 9 million people have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension, although workers are free to opt-out within one month of being put into a workplace pension, and can cease saving at any time. By 2019/20 an estimated extra £20 billion a year will be saved into workplace pensions as a result of automatic enrolment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/12/2017 12:45:37 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell