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1222105

registered interest
date	08/07/2020
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 Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether young people in receipt of universal credit will be sanctioned if they do not take up a place on the Kickstart jobs scheme.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	71092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>A personalised, tailored claimant commitment is agreed between the work coach and the claimant. They will only set reasonable requirements, based on the claimant’s circumstances and the local/national public health guidelines. Further details about the Kickstart Scheme will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/07/2020 16:25:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1220916

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
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	Victim Support Schemes: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to allocate additional funding to support domestic abuse victims to maintain (a) employment and (b) economic independence.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	69457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>DWP is committed to providing the best possible support for all our claimants, including the most vulnerable in society. This includes those who are, or have been, victims of domestic abuse and economic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has a number of employment schemes that claimants, including victims of abuse, can access to improve their employability and skills. The Work and Health Programme gives ‘priority’ early access to victims of abuse. This programme supports people to enter and stay in work, and involves referrals to public, private and voluntary providers.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the landmark Domestic Abuse Bill, the Government is providing £35 million to combat domestic abuse. This is on top of the £2 million we have already made available since the Covid-19 crisis, to support domestic abuse charities and raise awareness of the support available. We are also providing £3 million that will go to specialist services for children who have both been directly and indirectly affected by domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Government Departments are working together to look at the overall support we provide for victims and to ensure that it is holistic and effectively fulfils their needs, so that victims can rebuild their lives.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/07/2020 15:52:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1221169

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
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: 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 proportion of people making special rules for terminal illness claims for universal credit are (a) unsuccessful and (b) told to apply for universal credit under standard rules.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	69501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Data exists in the system that would require matching across a number of data sets, which is a substantial piece of work. The required information is therefore not all readily available to analysts in a format that would enable them to undertake the analysis and quality assure the figures, to answer this PQ in the timescales.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/07/2020 15:36:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1220617

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
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 much child maintenance was (a) paid and (b) owed in the second quarter of 2020 in (i) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, (ii) North Lanarkshire, and (iii) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	68722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Child Maintenance statistics are published quarterly and the latest statistics to March 2020 are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>Statistics covering the second quarter of 2020 will not be published until September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 68723 question first answered 09/07/2020 16:33:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 35810 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1220618

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
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 and what proportion of parents registered with the child maintenance service (a) paid and (b) did not pay maintenance in the second quarter of 2020 in (i) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, (ii) North Lanarkshire, and (iii) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	68723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Child Maintenance statistics are published quarterly and the latest statistics to March 2020 are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>Statistics covering the second quarter of 2020 will not be published until September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 68722 question first answered 09/07/2020 16:33:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 35811 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1220619

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
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	Child Maintenance Service: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is owed in outstanding arrears under the child maintenance service in (a) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, (b) North Lanarkshire, and (c) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	68724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>As of the end of March 2020, across the whole of Great Britain, a total of £3.6 billion maintenance has been arranged through the Child Maintenance Service since its inception in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of arrears for Child Maintenance Service in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, North Lanarkshire and Scotland in March 2020 are given in the following table:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Total amount of arrears for Child Maintenance Service, March 2020</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> Total arrears (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>24,019,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>1,752,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell and Wishaw</p></td><td><p>460,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source</strong>: Child Maintenance Group administrative data</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>These figures do not include cases in which historical child maintenance arrears, originally arranged by the Child Support Agency, have been transferred to the CMS for collection.</li></ol><ol start="2"><li>The figures have been rounded to the nearest £1000.</li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/07/2020 16:45:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1220423

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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 role (a) claimants, (b) work coaches and (c) assessment providers have in determining whether benefit assessments are conducted (i) online, (ii) by telephone and (iii) face to face.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	68352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Assessments for health and disability benefits are not conducted online.</p><p> </p><p>Paper based reviews have always been a feature of Personal Independence Payment assessments and Work Capability Assessments, and wherever possible Assessment Providers will conduct a paper-based review, if there is sufficient evidence available to make a recommendation. Telephone-based assessments for suitable cases across health and disability benefits were introduced from 17 March due to Covid-19. Whether an assessment is conducted on the paper-based evidence alone or via a telephone consultation is a decision made by assessment providers based on the available evidence and ability to assess to health condition via these channels.</p><p> </p><p>Face-to-face assessments remain suspended but will be kept under review.</p><p> </p><p>We remain fully committed to making continuous improvements to the support we provide to people with health conditions and disabilities, and are evaluating the changes temporarily introduced to inform the approach taken to conducting assessments in the future.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 68351 question first answered 07/07/2020 14:04:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1220424

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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 recent estimate she has made of the number of people waiting for an (a) online and (b) telephone benefit assessment as at 2 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	68353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>I am interpreting your question to relate to all benefits where an assessment is made to determine entitlement to benefit. The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2020 13:54:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1219887

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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
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 Section 2.20 of Budget 2020, Extending Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR) exemptions, what his Department's definition is of (a) a rough sleeper and (b) victims of domestic abuse and human trafficking with regard to their exemption from the Shared Accommodation Rate.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	67572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Currently those aged 25-34 who have spent 3 months in a homeless hostel for the purposes of rehabilitation/re-settlement are exempt from the shared accommodation rate. Following the announcement at the Spring Budget, Government will amend legislation to extend that exemption to those under 25.</p><p> </p><p>The definitions for survivors of domestic abuse and human trafficking, with regard to their exemption from the Shared Accommodation Rate, will be set out in future legislation. In developing these exemptions, we will be working with key stakeholders, charities and other Government Departments to ensure they are fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/07/2020 14:39:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1219293

registered interest
date	30/06/2020
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: Disqualification
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 (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned research into the adverse effects of social security sanctions on a claimant's mental health.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	66872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>No research has been undertaken or commissioned by the Department to see whether there is any potential link between the sanctions regime on the mental health and wellbeing of individuals.</p><p>We engage at a personal and individual level with all of our claimants and are committed to tailoring support for specific individual needs, including agreeing realistic and structured steps to encourage claimants into or towards the labour market. These conditionality requirements are regularly reviewed to ensure that they remain appropriate for the claimant. This would include tailoring to reflect any mental health issues the claimant raised.</p><p>When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good reason, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/07/2020 13:34:55 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray