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930978

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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: Plastic Surgery
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 made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of disability benefit payments paid to people for injuries as a result of negligent cosmetic surgery procedures.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	157071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>No such estimate is available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Personal Independence Payment is based on the needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability and does not consider causation.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 03/07/2018 10:32:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

930980

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department offers families in receipt of universal credit to meet the cost of childcare deposits.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	157204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>DWP continues to continuously improve the Universal Credit experience for claimants and to ensure that they are supported throughout their journey. For those with children, this includes ensuring that help with up front childcare costs is available for Universal Credit households with a low income.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants with a firm job offer can claim Universal Credit Childcare costs up to 1 month prior to starting work to enable their children to settle into a new routine. We also offer extra support to enable parents to pay upfront childcare costs or deposits: for example, claimants may be eligible to receive an advance of their future Universal Credit entitlement, which is interest free. Work coaches and claimants work together to ensure that, where this is taken up, repayments are affordable and manageable.</p><p> </p><p>If a budgeting advance is not appropriate, the Flexible Support Fund may also provide assistance. Payments from this fund are non-repayable, and are managed locally to provide tailored and targeted support for claimants to move into work.</p><p> </p><p>From February 2018, Universal Credit claimants have been able to upload digital copies of their childcare cost receipts or invoices through their online Universal Credit account: most claimants reporting their in-month childcare costs are not asked to provide further evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 157205 157206 157617 157618 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:24:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

930981

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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 financial support her Department provides to families in receipt of universal credit to meet the costs of childcare deposits.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	157205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>DWP continues to continuously improve the Universal Credit experience for claimants and to ensure that they are supported throughout their journey. For those with children, this includes ensuring that help with up front childcare costs is available for Universal Credit households with a low income.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants with a firm job offer can claim Universal Credit Childcare costs up to 1 month prior to starting work to enable their children to settle into a new routine. We also offer extra support to enable parents to pay upfront childcare costs or deposits: for example, claimants may be eligible to receive an advance of their future Universal Credit entitlement, which is interest free. Work coaches and claimants work together to ensure that, where this is taken up, repayments are affordable and manageable.</p><p> </p><p>If a budgeting advance is not appropriate, the Flexible Support Fund may also provide assistance. Payments from this fund are non-repayable, and are managed locally to provide tailored and targeted support for claimants to move into work.</p><p> </p><p>From February 2018, Universal Credit claimants have been able to upload digital copies of their childcare cost receipts or invoices through their online Universal Credit account: most claimants reporting their in-month childcare costs are not asked to provide further evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 157204 157206 157617 157618 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:24:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

930984

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the waiting time for the reimbursement of upfront childcare deposits for families in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	157206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>DWP continues to continuously improve the Universal Credit experience for claimants and to ensure that they are supported throughout their journey. For those with children, this includes ensuring that help with up front childcare costs is available for Universal Credit households with a low income.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants with a firm job offer can claim Universal Credit Childcare costs up to 1 month prior to starting work to enable their children to settle into a new routine. We also offer extra support to enable parents to pay upfront childcare costs or deposits: for example, claimants may be eligible to receive an advance of their future Universal Credit entitlement, which is interest free. Work coaches and claimants work together to ensure that, where this is taken up, repayments are affordable and manageable.</p><p> </p><p>If a budgeting advance is not appropriate, the Flexible Support Fund may also provide assistance. Payments from this fund are non-repayable, and are managed locally to provide tailored and targeted support for claimants to move into work.</p><p> </p><p>From February 2018, Universal Credit claimants have been able to upload digital copies of their childcare cost receipts or invoices through their online Universal Credit account: most claimants reporting their in-month childcare costs are not asked to provide further evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 157204 157205 157617 157618 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:24:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

931030

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Independent Case Examiner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, from what acceptance date the Independent Case Examiner's Office is currently allocating complaints to an investigation case manager.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	157243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The Independent Case Examiner’s Office is currently allocating complaints to investigation case managers that were accepted for examination between March and May 2017. The time it takes to allocate complaints for investigation has been impacted by the on-going Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) complaints campaign.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/06/2018 16:44:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

931031

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints relating to women born in the 1950s who have been affected by changes in the state pension age have been through the full review process of the Independent Case Examiner's Office.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	157244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>As at 26 June 2018, the Independent Case Examiner had fully reviewed and concluded 123 investigations into complaints from women born in the 1950s who were affected by changes in the State Pension retirement age.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/06/2018 16:44:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

931032

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints relating to women born in the 1950s who are affected by changes in state pension age are awaiting allocation to an investigation case manager at the Independent Case Examiner's Office.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	157245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>As at 26 June 2018, there were 2,035 complaints from women born in the 1950s who are affected by changes in State Pension age awaiting allocation to an investigation case manager.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/06/2018 16:44:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

931033

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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 many Child Maintenance Group complaints are awaiting allocation to an investigation case manager at the Independent Case Examiner's Office.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	157246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>As at 26 June 2018, the Independent Case Examiner’s Office had 274 Child Maintenance Group complaints awaiting allocation to an investigation case manager, this compares to the 1.2 million cases recorded on Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance Service systems.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/07/2018 14:40:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

931034

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Independent Case Examiner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) disability, (b) pensions, (c) working age and (d) debt management complaints are awaiting allocation to an investigation case manager at the Independent Case Examiner's Office.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	157247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>As at 26 June 2018, the Independent Case Examiner’s Office had: (a) 84 Disability; (b) 62 Pensions; (c) 398 Working Age; and (d) 28 Debt Management complaints awaiting allocation to an investigation case manager.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/07/2018 10:46:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

931035

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Independent Case Examiner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of her Department's service providers' complaints are awaiting allocation to an investigation case manager at the Independent Case Examiner's Office.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	157248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>As at 26 June 2018, the Independent Case Examiner’s Office had 310 service provider complaints awaiting allocation to an investigation case manager.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/07/2018 10:57:31 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden