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1015532

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Palliative Care: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will develop outcome indicators to measure the extent to which children with life-limiting conditions and their families are able to make choices on the palliative care they receive.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	196297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has no plans to develop indicators on the extent to which children with life limiting conditions and their families are able to make choices on the palliative care they receive. Data is not held on patient preferences for palliative care on which to base such indicators.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/12/2018 17:39:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

999659

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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: Disability
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 effect of measures related to universal credit announced in Budget 2018 on disabled people who are (a) in work and (b) out of work.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	187026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We will spend over £50 billion in 2018/19 on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the budget we have announced that work allowance rates will be increased by £1000 from April 2019 and uprated in line with inflation thereafter. Raising the current work allowances will direct additional funding to working disabled people by allowing them to keep more of their earnings before the earnings taper is applied. By increasing the work allowances many disabled families on UC will be £630 better off, in a package worth £1.7bn in 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>It has also been announced that income related legacy benefits, Income Support (IS), Income Related Employment and Support Allowance and Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance will continue for two weeks after a claim for Universal Credit has been made. This change will particularly support vulnerable claimants who may have been on benefits for some time, have little or no savings to fall back on and currently rely on regular payments at shorter intervals.</p><p> </p><p>We have also previously announced that transitional payments for former recipients of Severe Disability Premium (SDP) and protection for those who are receiving SDP as part of their existing benefit entitlement. These claimants will now only move to UC with transitional protection. Those who have already moved to UC will be considered for a lump sum payment that will be back-dated to the start of their UC claim, and will receive ongoing monthly payments.</p><p> </p><p>These regulations provide transitional support to recipients of the SDP while removing the complexity of dealing with different rules for seven different disability additions. 500,000 vulnerable people receive the SDP alongside their benefit awards. All of these people will ultimately move to UC and benefit from this enhanced support.</p><p> </p><p>Not replicating the Severe Disability Premium in UC means the government can target additional support to a wider group. UC provides a higher level of support for the most severely disabled people than the benefit it replaces, worth up to £328.32 per month.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 187027 question first answered 06/11/2018 17:52:11 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

999660

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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: Disability
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 had made of the levels of spending on social security for disabled people as a result of the provisions of Budget 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	187027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We will spend over £50 billion in 2018/19 on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the budget we have announced that work allowance rates will be increased by £1000 from April 2019 and uprated in line with inflation thereafter. Raising the current work allowances will direct additional funding to working disabled people by allowing them to keep more of their earnings before the earnings taper is applied. By increasing the work allowances many disabled families on UC will be £630 better off, in a package worth £1.7bn in 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>It has also been announced that income related legacy benefits, Income Support (IS), Income Related Employment and Support Allowance and Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance will continue for two weeks after a claim for Universal Credit has been made. This change will particularly support vulnerable claimants who may have been on benefits for some time, have little or no savings to fall back on and currently rely on regular payments at shorter intervals.</p><p> </p><p>We have also previously announced that transitional payments for former recipients of Severe Disability Premium (SDP) and protection for those who are receiving SDP as part of their existing benefit entitlement. These claimants will now only move to UC with transitional protection. Those who have already moved to UC will be considered for a lump sum payment that will be back-dated to the start of their UC claim, and will receive ongoing monthly payments.</p><p> </p><p>These regulations provide transitional support to recipients of the SDP while removing the complexity of dealing with different rules for seven different disability additions. 500,000 vulnerable people receive the SDP alongside their benefit awards. All of these people will ultimately move to UC and benefit from this enhanced support.</p><p> </p><p>Not replicating the Severe Disability Premium in UC means the government can target additional support to a wider group. UC provides a higher level of support for the most severely disabled people than the benefit it replaces, worth up to £328.32 per month.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 187026 question first answered 06/11/2018 17:52:11 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

999661

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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: Self-employed
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 potential effect of changes to universal credit announced in Budget 2018 on self-employed people.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	187028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The legacy system serves to prop up unsustainable enterprises indefinitely and trap claimants in welfare dependency. We want to support people to be self-employed when it is the right thing for them to do to be financially self-sufficient. Key to this is continuing to support people in, or considering, self-employment to progress to a level of sustained financial self-sufficiency.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that it takes time for new businesses to grow and that even established businesses can experience difficulties. Last month’s Autumn Budget announced a 12-month exemption period from the Universal Credit Minimum Income Floor (MIF) for all new gainfully self-employed claimants, and an extension of the New Enterprise Allowance programme for a further two years beyond its current expiry date of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We already provide a 12-month start-up period where the MIF is not applied for newly created businesses. The new 12-month exemption period will include new claims, such as from those running a long-standing business and those moving from legacy benefits to Universal Credit, whether following a change of circumstances or moved by DWP. This also includes those existing Universal Credit claimants who become gainfully self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>These changes will provide all gainfully self-employed claimants with an equal chance, and support from specially trained work coaches, to grow their earnings, prepare and adjust for the application of the MIF. Currently, we forecast that, in 2023/24 130,000 self-employed people will have the space to grow a successful business when moving on to Universal Credit</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/11/2018 17:47:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

997277

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to the universal credit helpline were (a) received and (b) abandoned in each month from November 2017 to date .
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	185027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of calls received each month to the Universal Credit helplines and the total number of calls abandoned by the caller in each month.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Calls Received</p></td><td><p>Calls Abandoned</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-17</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>802,752</p></td><td><p>101,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>1,093,644</p></td><td><p>106,273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>988,243</p></td><td><p>120,511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>1,056,778</p></td><td><p>133,124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>1,028,343</p></td><td><p>122,402</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>1,065,983</p></td><td><p>153,988</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>1,128,677</p></td><td><p>214,973</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>1,230,751</p></td><td><p>249,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>1,230,985</p></td><td><p>256,914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>1,171,124</p></td><td><p>209,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>The data provided is for Universal Credit Full and Live Service, including outsourced helplines and is derived from unpublished management information, collected and intended for Departmental use. This has not been quality assured to national statistics or official statistics publication standards.</li><li>Calls “Abandoned” is the total number of calls abandoned by the caller.</li><li>Accurate telephony data for the complete month of November 2017 is not available due to a technical issue during roll out of the DWP Next Generation Contact Centre (NGCC) system.</li></ol> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/11/2018 16:32:19 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

986400

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Hearing Impairment
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 with a primary disability of deafness or hearing impairment aged between 16 to 25 applied for personal independence payment in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	178504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>In the application process, claimants’ main disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. It is not recorded at the point of application. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of applicants to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) with a primary disability of deafness or hearing impairment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 178374 question first answered 22/10/2018 11:13:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 79250 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

986401

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications her Department has received from deaf people aged 16 to 25 for personal independence payments in the last 12 months; and (a) what the outcome of each claim was and (b) how many of those applicants have requested a mandatory reconsideration or appealed to the social security tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	178505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>In the application process, claimants’ main disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. It is not recorded at the point of application. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of all applicants or outcome of all applications to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for people with a primary disability of deafness or hearing impairment.</p><p> </p><p>For those who have undergone a PIP assessment, information on the number of initial decisions in 2017/18, and mandatory reconsiderations and appeals, for people aged 16 to 25 with a main disabling condition of a hearing disorder are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Initial decisions, mandatory reconsiderations and appeals</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Initial Decisions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awarded</p></td><td><p>620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed</p></td><td><p>830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mandatory Reconsiderations</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Registrations</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clearances</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision - Award Changed</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision - Award Unchanged</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Not Revised</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Withdrawn/<br> Cancelled</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Receipts</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clearances</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision overturned</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision maintained</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Components may not sum to totals due to rounding.</p><p>'#' fewer than 5 decisions in this category.</p><p>The data relates to initial PIP decisions in 2017/18 and any MRs and appeals relating to those initial decisions recorded up to June 2018 (the latest published data on appeals). Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.</p><p>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</p><p>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</p><p>Appeals data is taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeals data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 178375 question first answered 22/10/2018 11:22:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 79251 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

973201

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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, with reference to the draft Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of claimants in receipt of (a) severe disability premium and (b) enhanced disability premium under employment support allowance who will see a reduction in social security support as a result of moving to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	174727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has already made a commitment that anyone who is moved to Universal Credit without a change of circumstance will be protected. Transitional protection will be provided to eligible claimants, including those in receipt of severe disability or enhanced disability premiums, to safeguard their existing benefit entitlement until their circumstances change.</p><p>We are also changing the system to prevent those claimants in receipt of Severe Disability Premium on existing benefits from moving to Universal Credit until they qualify for transitional protection. In addition, we will provide both an on-going payment to claimants who have already lost this Premium as a consequence of moving to Universal Credit and an additional payment to cover the period since they moved.</p><p> </p><p>These changes are subject to parliamentary approval of the Universal Credit Managed Migration and Transitional Protection Regulations which we intend to bring forward in the autumn. In the legacy system there are £2.4bn of unclaimed benefits not taken up by people who need them, because they do not know about them. These Regulations will ensure that 700,000 more people will get paid their full entitlement under Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/10/2018 16:19:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

972383

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment
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 Written Statement of 19 January 2018 on Welfare, HCWS414, how many of the 1.6 million personal independence payment cases have been reviewed by her Department to date.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	174060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Written Statement of 25 June 2018 (HCWS793), my Department is carrying out an administrative exercise to identify anyone who may be entitled to more support under Personal Independence Payment (PIP) as a result of the MH and RJ judgments.</p><p> </p><p>As additionally outlined in the Written Statement of 25 June 2018, I am committed to updating the House regularly and a statement on progress of this exercise will be tabled in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The administrative cost of the exercise will depend on a number of factors, including the number of cases identified.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 174061 question first answered 09/10/2018 10:44:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

972384

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Health
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 2 February 2018 to Question 125505 on Personal Independence Payment: Mental Health, what recent assessment she has made of the administrative costs to her Department of reviewing the 1.6 million personal independence payment claims.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	174061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Written Statement of 25 June 2018 (HCWS793), my Department is carrying out an administrative exercise to identify anyone who may be entitled to more support under Personal Independence Payment (PIP) as a result of the MH and RJ judgments.</p><p> </p><p>As additionally outlined in the Written Statement of 25 June 2018, I am committed to updating the House regularly and a statement on progress of this exercise will be tabled in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The administrative cost of the exercise will depend on a number of factors, including the number of cases identified.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 174060 question first answered 09/10/2018 10:44:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams