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registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they will continue to increase annually the state pensions of UK citizens living in EU member states once the UK has withdrawn from the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>In its publication: The United Kingdom’s Exit from the European Union: Safeguarding the Position of EU Citizens Living in the UK and UK Nationals Living in the EU of 26 June 2017, the Government has set out its offer, at paragraph 44, to continue to export and uprate the UK State Pension within the EU, subject to reciprocity.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wishes to reach a reciprocal agreement as quickly as possible to provide as much certainty as possible to the three million EU citizens in the UK and around one million UK nationals in Europe and for their lives to continue broadly as now.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/07/2017 10:08:40 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

750637

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claims were overturned at the mandatory reconsideration stage in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency in (a) January to December 2016 and (b) January to June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	4434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/07/2017 10:50:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

750638

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claims were overturned at mandatory reconsideration stage in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency in (a) January to December 2016 and (b) January to June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	4433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Between January and December 2016 there have been 1,480 initial decisions on claims for Personal Independence Payment in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. In this same period, 80 had their Award Changed at mandatory reconsideration.</p><p> </p><p>Between January and April 2017 there have been 710 initial decisions on claims for Personal Independence Payment in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. In this same period, 30 had their Award Changed at mandatory reconsideration.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/07/2017 10:50:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

750645

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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: Blockchain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what use his Department is making of blockchain technology.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	4379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Blockchain is an example of a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). DWP is not making use of DLT currently but it is of interest to the Department as it has a number of possible applications where there exists a lack of trust between the actors writing to a system. It is most applicable when there are requirements that the data be shared (for read and write access by multiple parties to multiple replicated masters), distributed (for resilience and high availability), immutable with non-repudiation of the committed writes. We are evaluating how and where DLT might be deployed to add the most value for taxpayers and citizens alike.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/07/2017 15:57:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

750667

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to obtain an assessment for employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	4312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Since the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments took over the contract to carry out assessments in March 2015, they have made a number of improvements to claimants’ experience of assessments, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Increasing the number of Healthcare Professionals by around 70% since the start of the contract, thereby ensuring that claimants go through the assessment process more quickly; and,</li><li>Increasing the number of assessment rooms used so that they can see more people at more locations.</li></ul><p> </p><p>As a result of these improvements, the time taken from referral to the supplier to the claimant receiving a face-to-face Work Capability Assessment has more than halved since the start of the contract.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/07/2017 10:56:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

750668

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of new universal credit claims were processed and paid within six weeks in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	4292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are intending to publish further data on payment timeliness in due course, but our latest internal data, for week ending 19 June, suggests some 80% of cases were paid in full at the end of the first assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>For the 20% of cases who were not paid in full we estimate around a third have not signed up to their claimant commitment so cannot be paid until they have. The other two thirds have an outstanding verification issue, such as providing bank statements, evidence of childcare costs, or proof of rent. Many of these claimants receive a part-payment where elements of the claim have been verified.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/07/2017 09:21:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

750669

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to verify the name, address, personal and financial circumstances of new universal credit claimants applying online.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	4293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>DWP take the security of Universal Credit very seriously, including verifying who our claimants are. We continue to work closely with Government Digital Service to support the success of the Verify online system. The high standards of ID verification achieved by Verify are used on our UC Full Service today in addition to a face-to-face alternative approach.</p><p> </p><p>We may also ask for separate documentary evidence, ask biometric questions based on data the department holds, or contact trusted third parties (such as a doctor) in order to verify a claimants identity and establish other personal and financial circumstances necessary for the processing of a Universal Credit claim.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/07/2017 09:46:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

750670

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest waiting time was for an assessment for employment and support allowance in the most recent 12 months for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	4394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available. A programme of work is currently underway to look into what information on ESA waiting times is available to publish as official statistics on the ESA-WCA process. When a decision has been made DWP Statisticians will pre-announce the statistics in accordance with the UKSA release protocols.</p><p> </p><p>The Labour Market statisticians are currently working on producing some published statistics based on the Median clearance times for the initial part of the customer journey.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/07/2017 16:31:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

750722

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Local Housing Allowance: Supported Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is the Government’s policy to continue with plans to cap housing benefit for supported housing tenants at the local housing allowance rate.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	4184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The application of the Local Housing Allowance rate to supported housing will be deferred until 2019/20. Developing a workable and sustainable funding model for supported housing is a priority for the Government. We will set out further details on our plans as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/07/2017 09:40:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

750796

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Rented Housing: Carbon Monoxide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of landlords’ gas safety checks in respect of carbon monoxide; and whether such checks should be carried out on more than just a representative sample of gas equipment in any one premises.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	4272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Gas Safety (Installations and Use) Regulations 1998 require landlords to ensure that each gas appliance and flue in a property provided for tenants’ use is checked to ensure it is operating safely by a Gas Safe registered engineer within 12 months of being installed and at intervals of not more than 12 months since it was last checked. Such checks must be done on each gas appliance – not just a representative sample.</p><p> </p><p>A recent consultation by the Health and Safety Executive on these Regulations involved an assessment of the adequacy of landlords’ gas safety checks, including with respect to carbon monoxide. This assessment and other evidence confirmed that the regulatory requirements for these checks are sufficient to ensure safety.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/07/2017 09:42:49 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman