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942017

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 16 July (HL9124), whether they will now provide an estimate of the number of working families with two children or more currently using foodbanks following reductions in benefit entitlement or delays in benefit payments.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not record the number of people using foodbanks or other types of food aid. [Some food aid providers, such as the Trussell Trust, produce statistics on the number of food parcels distributed.]</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 23/07/2018 16:16:51 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

942060

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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: Reviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Department for Work and Pensions has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL9574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 23/07/2018 16:16:58 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

942455

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Jobcentres: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was for telephone callers kept on hold before speaking to a Job Centre Plus adviser in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	164515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>Telephone calls made to a Jobcentre Plus Work Coach are made to the direct number they provide rather than via a switchboard. Although there is a facility to put the caller on hold, Jobcentre telephone systems do not record the length of time a caller is put on hold.</p><p>Universal Credit Full Service claimants can also contact their Work Coach and Case Manager via their online journal.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/07/2018 14:25:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

942478

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average her Department took to respond to correspondence from an hon. Member in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	164392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>Information about the performance of Departments and Agencies on handling correspondence from Members is published annually by way of a written statement by the Cabinet Office.</p><p>The statement, covering 2017, was made on 26 June 2018, Official Record Vol. 643 HCWS22.</p><p> </p><p>The statement, covering 2016, was made on 11 July 2017, Official Record Vol. 627 HCWS35.</p><p> </p><p>The statement, covering 2015, was made on 21 July 2016, Official Record Vol. 613 HCWS118.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/07/2018 11:19:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

942641

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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 projection her Department has made of the amount it will pay in universal credit in the 2018-19 financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	164254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>At the Spring Statement, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that DWP will spend £8bn on Universal Credit in 2018/19, this is in line with our expectations. This includes an increase of £130m, to account for the cost of abolishing waiting days.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 164255 question first answered 19/07/2018 16:48:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

942643

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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, by how much her Department's projected spend on universal credit in the 2018-19 financial year has changed as a result of the reduction of the minimum waiting time for payment of claims from six weeks to five.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	164255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>At the Spring Statement, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that DWP will spend £8bn on Universal Credit in 2018/19, this is in line with our expectations. This includes an increase of £130m, to account for the cost of abolishing waiting days.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 164254 question first answered 19/07/2018 16:48:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

942668

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Industrial Health and Safety: 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 assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of including the reporting of work-related mental health problems as part of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	164373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR 2013), which carefully define the range of health conditions that must be reported. These health conditions are linked with occupational exposure to specified hazards.</p><p> </p><p>Work-related mental ill health, i.e. stress, is subjective; what one person finds stressful may have no detrimental effect on another. In addition, it is not usually possible to fully attribute the causes of stress solely to work-related issues on an individual basis. Factors outside of the workplace, such as financial problems and relationships, can contribute to the overall situation. This would make identifying an objective level of reportable stress very difficult to do.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/07/2018 11:07:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

942669

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many DS1500 applications there have been in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	164292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The DS1500 is not a claim form and its use in providing evidential support for claims from people who are terminally ill claiming benefit is not obligatory.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 164293 question first answered 19/07/2018 10:03:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

942670

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of DS1500 forms that have been submitted without an accompanying claim form in (a) England and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	164293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The DS1500 is not a claim form and its use in providing evidential support for claims from people who are terminally ill claiming benefit is not obligatory.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 164292 question first answered 19/07/2018 10:03:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

942673

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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, how many and what proportion of face-to-face appointments have been conducted to verify a claimant's identity; and what the average waiting time was from the point of claiming Universal Credit to receiving a face-to-face assessment in order to verify a claimants identity since the introduction of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	164374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>This information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/07/2018 16:39:36 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden