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994010

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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	Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether, the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of including provisions on automatic split payments in the draft Domestic Abuse Bill.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	183352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office and the Ministry of Justice led on the recent domestic abuse consultation and draft Domestic Abuse Bill. They will publish their response later this session.</p><p> </p><p>Split payments are already available on request in Universal Credit as part of our Alternative Payment Arrangements. Not all victims of domestic abuse will want a split payment and we work with claimants on an individual basis to provide support that fits their individual circumstances. We will provide all the support we can when an individual discloses they are suffering from domestic abuse, and direct them to third party professionals who can provide additional expert advice.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work closely with the Scottish Government to support the development and implementation of their split payment policy, and will observe the implementation of split payments in Scotland to further understand the impacts of such a policy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/10/2018 15:03:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

994027

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
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 publish the results of the arrears segmentation trial run by the Child Maintenance Group between April 2013 and April 2014; and what assessment she has made of how the results of that trial have informed her Department's approach to collecting child maintenance arrears.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	183359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010, The Child Maintenance Service has not undertaken an arrears segmentation trial.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/10/2018 15:33:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

994030

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training managers of her Department receive to support their employees with work-related anxiety; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of that training.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	183362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to developing managers who are confident in supporting mental health and have a good understanding of DWP tools and services available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides a 24/7 manager support line. EAP workshops are available to all managers including ‘Managing stress and stress risk assessments’ and ‘Supporting mental wellbeing at work’. Service Level Agreements are in place to ensure workshops are effective.</p><p> </p><p>‘Mental Health at Work’ learning also features in the Department’s recently launched Leadership and Management Fundamental Learning Journey (FLJ) which has been designed for all colleagues. The FLJ has been piloted to ensure its effectiveness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to training an additional 500 Mental Health First Aiders in 2019-20 (a total of 700) to provide acute, short-term and structured support to individuals as well as reassurance and signposting to sources of support as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/10/2018 15:04:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

993525

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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
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 2 July 2018 to Question 158169 on personal independence payment, what estimate she has made of the average time taken between a submission for an appeal and the resolution of that case; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Dame Louise Ellman
uin	182708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on the average length of time for Personal Independence Payment appeals to be cleared are provided in Table T.3 of the quarterly bulletin “Tribunals and gender recognition certificate statistics quarterly – April to June 2018” published by the Ministry of Justice. These can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/10/2018 13:32:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

993556

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much revenue has been raised from the £20 fee on applications to the Child Maintenance Service to date.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	182810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Applications fees data is not explicitly available but forms part of the broader Receipts and Payments Statement information within the published Client Fund Accounts these can be accessed at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667954/hc610-client-funds-account-2016-17-2012-cms.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667954/hc610-client-funds-account-2016-17-2012-cms.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578769/hc856-client-funds-account-2015-16-2012-cms.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578769/hc856-client-funds-account-2015-16-2012-cms.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on fees for 2017/18 financial year will not be available until audit of the 2017/18 Client Funds Account has been completed, anticipated by January 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/10/2018 13:46:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

993557

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
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 automatically include unearned income drawn from HMRC in all child maintenance calculations.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	182811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>We are working with HMRC to increase awareness among clients as to what unearned income is and the impact it can have on child maintenance liabilities. We believe that this, along with enhancing case worker training in this area, will help identify and factor unearned income into the calculation at an earlier point in case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/10/2018 09:36:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

993582

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
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 publish the results of the reclassification of arrears trial run by the Child Maintenance Group; and what plans she has to change the processes used to collect Child Maintenance arrears as a result of that exercise.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	182774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service has not undertaken any recent trials to reclassify arrears.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/10/2018 13:59:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

993586

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
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 introduce an exemption to permit students from low-income families to travel during a gap year without the family home incurring an under-occupancy penalty.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	182743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce an exemption from the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy to allow students from low income families to travel during a gap year without the household incurring a reduction in benefit due to under-occupancy.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/10/2018 14:01:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

993591

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding her Department has allocated to training staff on universal credit working in (a) her Department's call centres and (b) job centres.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	182823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>For the current financial year the Department has allocated £18m to learning and development for staff working in service centres and jobcentres on Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/10/2018 12:33:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

993633

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has (a) made an assessment and (b) commissioned any reviews of the effect on people's mental health of participation in the social security system.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	182841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department recognises that many of those claiming benefits are particularly vulnerable and we continue to explore ways to improve the customer journey, especially for those with mental health conditions, and have safeguards in place to ensure that people are supported throughout the process.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/10/2018 13:28:02 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens