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1700027

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	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff worked in his Department’s Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt unit in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	20844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Please see the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) numbers for Counter Fraud Compliance &amp; Debt (CFCD) and its predecessor Counter Fraud &amp; Compliance (CFC). To ensure compliance with GDPR, seven years of data is the maximum that we hold.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Paid Staff at specified date, Full Time Equivalent</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CFC/CFCD</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>5209.8</p></td><td><p>CFC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2019</strong></p></td><td><p>5488.3</p></td><td><p>CFC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>7519.4</p></td><td><p>CFCD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2021</strong></p></td><td><p>6941.6</p></td><td><p>CFCD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2022</strong></p></td><td><p>8289.7</p></td><td><p>CFCD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2023</strong></p></td><td><p>9080.2</p></td><td><p>CFCD</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/04/2024 15:48:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1699009

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	AEA Group: Workplace Pensions
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 Third Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of 2023-24 on Defined benefit pension schemes, HC 144, published on 26 March 2024 and the Fifty-Seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of 2022-23 on AEA Technology Pension Case, HC 1005, published on 14 June 2023, if he will publish a redress scheme for AEA Technology pension scheme members by 23 July 2024.
tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
uin	20493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>This is a complex issue, which spans the responsibility of several departments. My officials are in discussion with their counterparts at the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the government’s response to the Third Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of 2023-24 on Defined Benefit pension schemes (HC144) we will carefully consider this issue, involving other relevant departments as appropriate and respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/04/2024 10:05:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

1699164

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of levels of in-work poverty in Poplar and Limehouse constituency.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	20802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Statistics are not available at the constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on the number and percentage of people in “in-work poverty”, including regional-level data, is published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. This can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2023" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/04/2024 10:51:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1699184

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Brain: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council on classification as an industrial injury of neurodegenerative conditions linked to repeated head impacts.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	20737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department is advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC), an independent scientific body, on changes to the list of occupational diseases for which Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) can be paid. IIAC is currently considering whether there is a link between certain neurodegenerative diseases and professional sportspeople.</p><p> </p><p>IIAC has reviewed over 100 studies relating to ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and will need to give more consideration to the evidence before it can make a decision. IIAC will also likely consult experts (neurologists) in this field and will then publish its findings when the investigation is complete.</p><p> </p><p>It would be premature to speculate on how the Council’s investigation will progress or whether there is enough evidence of a link between certain neurodegenerative diseases and professional sportspeople to meet the threshold for a new ‘prescribed disease’ to be recommended by IIAC for the purpose of IIDB entitlement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>If recommendations are made by IIAC on this matter, they will be carefully considered by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/04/2024 15:57:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1698333

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	Housing Benefit: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans received Housing Benefit in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	20143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>As previously stated, veteran status is supplied voluntarily by claimants therefore the information requested is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/04/2024 14:04:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1698026

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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	Poverty: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Markham on 11 March (HL Deb col 1802), and taking account of the latest Households Below Average Income data, which shows a 300,000 increase in the number of children living in absolute poverty in the past year, what assessment they have made of the impact on health and well-being of the two-child limit for child benefit; and what assessment they have made of the strengths and weaknesses of using the measure of absolute poverty rather than relative poverty.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leicester
uin	HL3520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>It is not possible to produce a robust assessment of the impact of the two-child limit.</p><p> </p><p>Child Benefit continues to be paid for all children in eligible families.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Relative poverty sets a threshold as a proportion of the UK median income and moves each year as average income changes.</p><p>Typically, a household is in relative poverty if its income is less than 60 per cent of the median household income.</p><p>Absolute poverty, by our definition, is a threshold as a proportion of the UK average income in a given year (2010/11) and moves each year in line with inflation.</p><p> </p><p>This government prefers to look at Absolute poverty over Relative poverty as relative poverty can provide counter-intuitive results.</p><p>Relative poverty is likely to fall during recessions, due to falling median incomes. Under this measure, poverty can decrease even if people are getting poorer.</p><p>The absolute poverty line is fixed in real terms, so will only ever worsen if people are getting poorer, and only ever improve if people are getting richer.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 27/03/2024 16:34:59 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4947 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leicester

1697262

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Brazil: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the letter they received from the government of Brazil in 2011 that sought a reciprocal social security agreement with the UK, and a copy of their response to that letter.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions received diplomatic correspondence from the Brazilian government in 2011 and DWP officials met with officials at the Brazilian Embassy in London to discuss the request. There was no further action.</p><p> </p><p>We do not publish another country’s diplomatic correspondence or the content of negotiations without their consent.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/04/2024 13:04:58 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German