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889826

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date	23/04/2018
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: Databases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the Department for Work and Pensions' data is hosted (1) in the UK, and (2) overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL7158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The breakdown of the Departments data hosting arrangements are (1) 95 per cent UK 2) 5 per cent overseas. The Department's overseas hosting is held within a single location within the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 30/04/2018 11:28:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

889876

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	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, pursuant to her Answer of 22 March 2018 to Question 133837, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of tendering a contract with a taxi company to enable vulnerable claimants to travel to assessments without having to pay travel costs upfront.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	136928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department expects the assessment providers to explore all possible options to ensure that an assessment can be carried out.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/05/2018 16:23:30 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

889880

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Parents: Counselling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in seeking views from local authorities on the forthcoming Reducing Interparental Conflict programme and the range of interventions to be made available through it, whether local authorities were made aware that reducing couple conflict, rather than improving parenting, would be the primary goal of that programme.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	136932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>We have been working closely with a wide range of local authorities to implement our Reducing Parental Conflict programme. The local authorities who will lead the areas where face-to-face interventions will be delivered have been drawn from participants in our Local Family Offer trial. So these areas have a good understanding of the need to address parental conflict, and have been working for some years to embed support for parental conflict into their services for families.</p><p> </p><p>When compiling the list of interventions we plan to test as part of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme, we carefully considered the evidence of their impact on parental conflict. We recognise that variants of some programmes designed to improve parenting have content which is focused on the quality of the parental relationship. If these are delivered with fidelity they can reduce conflict between parents. We have been clear with local authorities that it is these versions that we plan to offer as part of our Reducing Parental Conflict Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The organisations commissioned to deliver support in local areas under these contracts will be under contract to DWP and performance managed by this department. The local authorities hosting the contracts are fully committed to reducing parental conflict by supporting the delivery of the ten chosen interventions. We will be supporting other local areas to recognise the importance of this and embed interventions to reduce parental conflict into their services too.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/05/2018 11:00:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

889884

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	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 recent assessment his Department has made of the efficiency of the use of audio recording equipment during fitness for work assessments.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	136936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>I have interpreted the reference to fitness for work assessments as relating to Work Capability Assessments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Every person who attends a Work Capability Assessment can ask to have their face-to-face assessment audio recorded and all requests will be accommodated where possible. Recording equipment will be provided by the supplier or alternatively claimants can use their own equipment provided they meet certain conditions required by DWP. Despite the very low number of requests for audio recordings the Department will continue to make this service available to those claimants who request it in advance of the assessment.</p><p> </p><p>DWP will continue to keep the audio recording policy under review.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/04/2018 09:17:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

889890

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when people in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest will receive an acknowledgment from her Department confirming receipt of their loan application.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	136942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department aims to acknowledge the return of SMI loan documents within two weeks of receipt.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/04/2018 09:15:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

889891

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department are available to visit Support for Mortgage Interest claimants with additional needs who require face-to-face support in understanding and completing the loan application process.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	136943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department provides face-to-face support to SMI claimants using existing DWP Visiting Officers. The Department has not commissioned a specific number of staff for these home visits.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/04/2018 10:56:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

889892

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her departmental telephone helpline for Support for Mortgage Interest claimants has been fully functional in the last month.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	136944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The DWP does not operate a specific helpline for SMI and claimants may contact the Department in the normal way. All benefit enquiry phone lines have been fully functional in the last month. Serco are an independent service provider contracted to provide information to claimants in the form of letters, leaflets and telephone calls. SMI claimants can contact Serco to arrange an informed discussion on the numbers provided to them. This Information Discussion service has been operating to specification since being set up in July 2017.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/04/2018 10:56:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

889926

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of her Department's Claimant Service and Experience Survey for claimants with hearing loss.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	136978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Claimant Service and Experience Survey is a telephone survey conducted with 15,000 claimants annually across the 10 main benefits. Proxy interviews can take place where a claimant with hearing loss feels unable to participate, whereby a person answers on the claimant’s behalf or relays the questions to them and responds to the interviewer. We also offer a paper alternative version of the survey for completion upon request, which covers the key satisfaction questions used to report on the DWP’s customer charter areas. To make reasonable adjustment for a latest interview for a claimant with hearing loss, we are providing a face-to-face interviewer who will be accompanied with a BSL interpreter.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/04/2018 15:04:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

889928

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people of the Windrush generation have been denied out-of-work social security support in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	136980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>DWP officials are working with the Home Office and other Government bodies to help individuals to confirm quickly their residency in the UK and ensure that they receive the support to which they are entitled. The department does not collect statistical information by citizenship status and so does not hold the specific information requested.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has set up a dedicated team to confirm residence in the UK for those people who have engaged with the Home Office in order to apply for leave and have never received the necessary documentation to confirm they qualify. DWP has also arranged a fast-track service into the Home Office Task Force to swiftly confirm the status of Windrush cases who are unable to provide documentation in support of their benefit claim.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 136981 136982 question first answered 26/04/2018 16:43:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

889929

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people of the Windrush generation have been denied disability social security support in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	136981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>DWP officials are working with the Home Office and other Government bodies to help individuals to confirm quickly their residency in the UK and ensure that they receive the support to which they are entitled. The department does not collect statistical information by citizenship status and so does not hold the specific information requested.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has set up a dedicated team to confirm residence in the UK for those people who have engaged with the Home Office in order to apply for leave and have never received the necessary documentation to confirm they qualify. DWP has also arranged a fast-track service into the Home Office Task Force to swiftly confirm the status of Windrush cases who are unable to provide documentation in support of their benefit claim.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 136980 136982 question first answered 26/04/2018 16:43:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams