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1680301

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Social Security Benefits: Neurology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that claimants with (a) fluctuating and (b) progressive neurological conditions are able to request to have their entitlements to benefits reviewed throughout their condition.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Whenever a claimant goes through the Personal Independence Payment assessment or the Work Capability Assessment, their functional ability, including the impact of any progressive and/or fluctuating condition, is considered and reflected in the outcome decision. The claimant can report a change in their circumstances, for example a deterioration or improvement in their condition, which they consider affects their existing award, at any time. This will be considered on its merits and the case reviewed as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/01/2024 17:09:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1680338

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Household Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he expects to receive the report of the joint process and impact evaluation of the Household Support Fund 4.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	8288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>We expect the evaluation of the Household Support Fund 4 to be completed in Summer 2024.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/01/2024 11:55:39 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1680339

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact the introduction of the online system for the determination of Access to Work applications has had on waiting times.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	8289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Access to Work team have introduced an improved online application service within the last quarter of 2023. Within the improved application there are more detailed questions on conditions and needs. It is envisioned that processing times may decrease due to the reduction in queries made on applications. We are still gathering data on the improved digital service for evaluation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/01/2024 11:57:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1680410

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Jobcentres: Armed Forces
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 Veterans' Strategy Action Plan 2022 to 2024, if he will list the 50 Jobcentre Plus offices where Armed Forces Champions have been appointed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	8294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Champions are allocated to Jobcentre Plus Districts, rather than individual Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>Our model for Armed Forces Champions comprises 50 Armed Forces Champions working alongside 11 Group Leads at managerial level in 37 Districts. This ensures that there is at least one Armed Forces Champion role allocated to each Jobcentre Plus District supported by a Group network, with resources in the network targeted where there is geographically particularly high levels of demand.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the Armed Forces Champions roles, all Work Coaches are trained to provide veterans and others with the help and support they need to access both benefits and employment support.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/01/2024 11:42:16 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1680413

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Universal Credit: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pension, how many veterans have been identified as Universal Credit claimants since the introduction of the new DWP marker.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	8295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) started collecting data on the Armed Forces status of Universal Credit (UC) claimants in Great Britain (GB) in April 2021. At first only new claimants were asked about their Armed Forces status. From June 2021 onwards, other UC claimants reporting changes in their work and earnings have also been able to report their status. From July 2021 onwards, UC agents have also been able to record claimants’ Armed Forces status if they are told about this via other means such as journal messages, face-to-face meetings or by telephone.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that Armed forces status is self-reported by claimants and is not verified by the Ministry of Defence or Office for Veterans’ Affairs. A claimant’s status can be recorded as “currently serving”, “served in the past”, “not served” or “prefer not to say”. Data is not collected on the specific branch of the Armed Forces that claimants are serving in or have served in in the past.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not held on the total number of UC claimants who have served in the Armed Forces in the past, but data is held on those who have identified themselves so far.</p><p> </p><p>By 12th December 2023, approximately 92,000 UC claimants had been identified as having “served in the past”. This figure includes current UC claimants and people who have claimed in the past.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. Data is not collected on the Armed Forces status of UC claimants in Northern Ireland. The figures provided only relate to Great Britain.</p><p>2. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p>3. Figures may be subject to retrospective changes as more up-to-date data becomes available or if methodological improvements are made.</p><p>4. The figure provided only includes claimants who have been associated with a UC contract for which a statement was generated. It is not consistent with the Official Statistics UC caseload definition.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/01/2024 11:45:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1680430

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Explosives: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many licences the Health and Safety Executive has issued for the purposes of manufacturing and storing explosives in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	8454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Under the provisions of the Explosives Regulations 2014 (as amended), the Health and Safety Executive has issued 470 licences for the purposes of manufacturing and storing explosives since 2015. The table details the number of licences issued by year:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Licences issued</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>470</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/01/2024 13:25:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1680434

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Complaints
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 about his Department were submitted to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in 2023; and how many and what proportion of those complaints were upheld.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	8458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Although the DWP holds some information relating to complaints received within the Department, which are submitted to the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), the PHSO holds all the information being sought in this question.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information can be found here: <a href="https://www.ombudsman.org.uk/publications/complaints-parliamentary-and-health-service-ombudsman-2022-23" target="_blank">https://www.ombudsman.org.uk/publications/complaints-parliamentary-and-health-service-ombudsman-2022-23</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/01/2024 13:21:38 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1680499

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Money Lenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to advise claimants on the financial risks associated with unauthorised money lenders.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring staff who engage with claimants identify and signpost them to the financial support they require. We continue to work closely with the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), which is an Arm’s Length Body of DWP, to identify and maximise all the touchpoints where it may be appropriate to signpost claimants to the expert financial help they need.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been working with MaPS to upskill our frontline staff to give them the confidence and skills to have those difficult and sensitive conversations with claimants regarding their finances before signposting them to the most suitable organisation. This may be for help with budgeting and money management, or with debt, as well as information on unauthorised money lenders. Customers contacting the Department’s Debt Management Team are routinely referred to this service.</p><p> </p><p>To help facilitate signposting discussions with claimants, staff have access to a database of national and local support information, the District Provision Tool, which ensures that claimants can access tailored support where required.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/01/2024 13:26:06 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1680503

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Local Housing Allowance: Private Rented Housing
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 on the potential impact of changes announced in the Autumn Statement of eligibility for allowances on recipients' ability to pay private sector rents.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>No Assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/01/2024 15:32:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1680504

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Social Security Benefits
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 help ensure that people whose allowances have been altered by measures announced in the Autumn Statement receive adequate financial support.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Autumn Statement 2023 claim closure measure will introduce legislation to close the claim of those on work-related benefits who do not re-engage for a continuous period of six months or more following an open-ended sanction decision. It remains unchanged that customers usually lose 100% of their Universal Credit Standard Allowance when a sanction is applied.</p><p> </p><p>The claim closure measure will not be applied where a customer receives additional amounts of Universal Credit (UC) for childcare, housing, or a disability. Where those in receipt of an additional amount of UC remain disengaged for a period of 2 months or more following an open-ended sanction, Targeted Case Reviews (TCR) will be conducted to encourage these customers to re-engage and to confirm their benefit entitlement. The TCR process forms part of our wider fraud and error agenda to ensure we are paying customers what they are entitled to, and a review could result in the customers benefit payment being maintained, reduced, or increased.</p><p> </p><p>For customers who demonstrate that they cannot meet their immediate and most essential needs as a result of a sanction, we have a well-established system of hardship payments. These needs can include heating, food, and hygiene.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/01/2024 12:08:18 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell