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1650026

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
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	Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2023 to Question 186107 on Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses, whether his Department is undertaking further work to establish (a) whether and (b) to what extent there is a relationship between the growth in NHS waiting lists and long-term sickness in the labour market.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	192319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>A range of complex and interacting factors could be driving the rise in long-term sickness as the main reason for being economically inactive, including NHS waiting lists. The department is currently working with other departments and organisations to better understand these relationships as far as possible from available data.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 10/07/2023 13:16:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1646032

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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: 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 information his Department holds on the number of people aged 16 to 24 on Universal Credit with (a) Limited capability for work and (b) Limited capability for work and work-related activity who had a mental health condition as of March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	190349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The initial release of Official Statistics for <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-work-capability-assessment-statistics" target="_blank">Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments</a> (UC WCA) on 8 June 2023 covers key metrics on the number of people on the UC health journey, as well as WCA decisions and outcomes. As set out in the published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-wca-statistics-release-strategy/universal-credit-work-capability-assessment-statistics-release-strategy" target="_blank">release strategy</a> we are taking a phased approach to development and publication of additional statistics accounting for the complexity of source data that is in discovery. Future releases are planned to include new/repeat claims, medical conditions, Mandatory Reconsiderations and Appeals, and clearance times.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/06/2023 14:23:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1644257

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many households receiving Universal Credit either member of the household (a) had notified his Department of financial mismanagement or financial abuse, (b) had notified his Department that there were domestic violence issues and (c) was found to be unable or unwilling to budget for their own or their family’s basic day-to-day needs in February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	189368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested cannot be provided because it is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/06/2023 15:09:27 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1642604

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
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 Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be supported into work through the universal support programme in financial year 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	188289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>On Sunday 11 June, the Secretary of State announced the expansion of the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) programme in England, which forms the first phase of Universal Support.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested over £58 million to support over 25,000 disabled people and those with health conditions to find and stay in work through IPSPC by March 2025. This funding will provide additional employment support through services covering 41 top tier local authorities in England.</p><p> </p><p>The first phase of IPSPC delivery began from April 2023, with six lead authorities receiving funding for services covering 30 LAs, supporting around 12,700 disabled people. These are:</p><p> </p><p>South Yorkshire (Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham);</p><p>Greater Manchester (Manchester City, Bolton, Bury, Tameside, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Trafford, Wigan);</p><p>West London Alliance (Ealing, Barnet, Brent, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow);</p><p>Norfolk;</p><p>Cheshire West and Chester; and</p><p>West Midlands (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton).</p><p> </p><p>IPSPC will be expanded to cover a further 12,900 people, with six more lead authorities receiving funding for services covering 11 local authorities in England. These are:</p><p> </p><p>Enfield;</p><p>Essex;</p><p>Newham (Newham, Hackney, Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets);</p><p>Nottingham (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby);</p><p>Slough; and</p><p>Surrey.</p><p> </p><p>The services supported by this funding are being mobilised and all are expected to be in delivery from summer 2023.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/06/2023 10:59:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1642631

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2023 to Question 186405 on Universal Credit: Fraud, whether he plans to publish the equalities assessment of trials using machine learning algorithms to detect fraud in claims for Universal Credit advances.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	188292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The DWP will not publish the equalities assessment (EA). Providing specific information contained within our EA would enable fraudsters to understand our services and the way our IT systems work, leading to new frauds and greater losses to the public purse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/06/2023 11:00:59 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1626600

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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 Trust Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2023 to Question 183063 on Court of Protection, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on allowing access to Child Trust Funds using DWP Appointee status as a proxy for approval.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	184387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The DWP appointee system gives access to social security benefits only. It does not give access to monies held in Child Trust Funds. Where the child is incapable of accessing the funds themselves, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 provides for how a third party can do that on the child’s behalf, namely, through the Court of Protection. There are no plans to change this approach.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/05/2023 14:01:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1626614

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	Recruitment
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 KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation's publication entitled Report on Jobs April, published on 10 May 2023, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of permanent staff recruited between January 2021 and April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	184389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made in the light of that report. DWP regularly monitors and assesses a range of timely internal and external indicators on the performance of UK labour market and economy.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/05/2023 11:06:35 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1608364

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Universal Credit claimants who will be moved into the Intensive Work Search regime as a result of the introduction of additional conditionality for Universal Credit claimants who are lead carers of young children.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	175629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Information on lead carers is not centrally held in Universal Credit administrative data. Therefore, a precise estimate of how many individuals will move into the Intensive Work Search regime because of policy changes could only be established at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/04/2023 13:16:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1607109

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
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, for cases in the past year where Universal Credit has been reduced due to historical overpayment of tax credits due to official error, what the average debt was that each recipient was required to repay.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	173020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Tax Credit overpayments deemed by HMRC to be caused by official error are not transferred to the DWP for recovery where a customer makes a claim for Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 173019 173021 question first answered 29/03/2023 11:47:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1604209

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
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: 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 progress his Department has made on correcting the automated process to add Universal Credit claimant's data to their state pension records; and when that process will be completed.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	165378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department has been working with HMRC to resolve this issue. We expect NI records to be fully updated by HMRC, by the end of the financial year 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/03/2023 15:53:00 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth