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1299959

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date	05/03/2021
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	Poverty: Coronavirus
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 she has made of changes in the level of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) disabled people, (ii) children, (iii) working age people and (iv) people of state pension age living in poverty since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	163691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>HMT’s recent distributional analysis released in March 2021 showed that Government interventions in response to Covid-19 are supporting the poorest working households the most (excluding any earnings gains). The poorest 10% of working households had seen no loss to household income as of November 2020. This is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/966207/DA_Document_Budget_2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/966207/DA_Document_Budget_2021.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/03/2021 18:06:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1299960

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Kashmir: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) speed of the covid-19 vaccination roll out in India to Indian-administered Kashmir.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	163692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK continues to monitor the response to Covid-19 globally, including in Kashmir. The FCDO is working with global institutions, including the World Health Organisation, to ensure supplies are directed to those in greatest need. We are monitoring information on supplies in both India-administered and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 10/03/2021 18:00:00 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 89210 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1299961

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Kashmir: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) speed of the covid-19 vaccination roll out in Pakistan to Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	163693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK continues to monitor the response to Covid-19 globally, including in Kashmir. The FCDO is working with global institutions, including the World Health Organisation, to ensure supplies are directed to those in greatest need. We are monitoring information on supplies in both India-administered and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 10/03/2021 17:41:19 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 89209 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1299962

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many small businesses closed in each financial year from 2010-11 to date.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	163694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>Data on business closures by size of business are not available. The data provided below covers all registered business closures in the UK for the periods specified.</p><p> </p><p>According to the business counts published in 2020 by the Office for National Statistics in <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/2020" target="_blank">UK business: activity, size and location</a>, 98.1% of all registered business are small (0 to 49 employees). Therefore, the vast majority of business closures are very likely to be small businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Data on business closures over the <strong>last 3 financial years</strong> are shown in table 1:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Table 1: Number of business closures by financial year, all registered businesses</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of business closures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>383,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>348,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>351,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Office for National Statistics: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/businessdemographyquarterlyexperimentalstatisticsuk/apriltojune2020" target="_blank">Business Demography, quarterly experimental statistics, UK</a> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2017 data are only available for calendar years, rather than financial years. The number of closures in each <strong>calendar year </strong>is shown in table 2:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Table 2: Number of business closures by calendar year, all registered businesses</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of business closures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>336,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>311,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>346,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>282,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>246,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>238,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>252,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>277,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Office for National Statistics: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/businessdemography/previousReleases" target="_blank">Business demography, UK statistical bulletin</a> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/03/2021 15:12:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1299631

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
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, how many claimants for (a) universal credit, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) personal independence payments have ceased their claims between March 2020 to present.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	163228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The information requested for Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, the latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-user-engagement-survey-report" target="_blank">Universal Credit statistics: user engagement survey report</a> does include a statement, in section 4, regarding the development of Universal Credit flows data, as part of the Universal Credit statistics release strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes ESA quarterly caseload figures and UC monthly caseload figures and these can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of claimants receiving PIP who ceased their PIP claim each month from March 2020 to October 2020, the latest data available, who were receiving PIP at the end of the previous month.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of PIP claimants who ceased their PIP claim, March 2020 – October 2020</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of PIP claims that are ceased</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>14,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>16,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>8,660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-20</p></td><td><p>9,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-20</p></td><td><p>7,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-20</p></td><td><p>11,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-20</p></td><td><p>11,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-20</p></td><td><p>14,930</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: PIP Atomic Data Store </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision. In particular, it may take some time for a death to be notified to the Department, so the figure for October 2020 is likely to increase with the inclusion of future data.</li><li>Volumes of off-flows have fluctuated due to the Operational measures implemented in response to Covid-19. In particular, due to the suspension of Department instigated Reassessment and Review activity from March 2020 to July 2020. Planned Award Reviews restarted in July 2020.</li><li>These data include claimants whose claim ceased as the result of an Award Review, Change of Circumstances or the claimant’s death as well as for other reasons. Claimants may see their PIP claim resume as a result of a mandatory reconsideration or appeal.</li><li>PIP data includes claimants awarded both under normal rules and special rules for terminally ill claimants.</li><li>Claimants receiving PIP include those whose claims are in payment and those whose payment is suspended or part-suspended.</li><li>Data covers Great Britain only.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/03/2021 17:37:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1299632

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
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	Access to Work Programme
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 received Access to Work funding in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	163229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The number of people who have received an Access to Work payment broken down by financial year up to 2019/20 is available in Table 6 of the Access to Work statistics publications.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for 2020/21 is intended for future release in the 2020/21 Official Statistics publication.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work official statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/03/2021 13:44:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1299633

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
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	Dementia: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received on the increase in prescribing of anti-psychotics to people with dementia during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	163230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>Stakeholders have made representations about an increase in the prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to people with dementia during our regular discussions about the impact of the pandemic on people living with dementia and their carers.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement continue to monitor the monthly data published by NHS Digital on the prescribing of anti-psychotic medication for people diagnosed with dementia and continue to have regular conversations with regional clinical network leads and local services to understand the patterns in prescribing and potential reasons for trends being seen.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/03/2021 15:17:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 88747 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1299635

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme by local authority to date.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	163231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>HMRC publish statistics on the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-february-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-february-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Table 5a provides a breakdown of claims by local authority.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/03/2021 14:15:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1299232

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
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: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) universal credit, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) personal independence payments have died between March 2020 and March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	162611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>(a)Universal Credit can be claimed by a range of working age people, some of whom have health conditions or disabilities, which may be degenerative or life limiting. The decision to claim Universal Credit can be prompted by a range of a factors, including when someone is terminally ill, so mortality figures should not be viewed in isolation.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1st March 2020 and 30th November 2020, 12,600 or 0.2 per cent of Universal Credit claimants died. The number of people who received Universal Credit at any point during this period was 6.2million.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The information requested for Employment and Support Allowance is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>(c)Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically. The cause of death of claimants on PIP is not collated centrally by the Department. The decision to claim PIP can be prompted by a range of a factors, including when someone is terminally ill, so mortality figures should not be viewed in isolation.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of claimants receiving PIP who died each month from March 2020 to October 2020, the latest data available, who were receiving PIP at the end of the previous month. Note that the numbers of PIP claimant deaths in March and April 2020 here differ to those presented previously in <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-15/59467" target="_blank">PQ 59467</a>, due to a methodological update.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of PIP claimants with entitlement who died each month from March 2020 – October 2020</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Number of PIP Claimant Deaths</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>6,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>7,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>5,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-20</p></td><td><p>4,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-20</p></td><td><p>4,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-20</p></td><td><p>5,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-20</p></td><td><p>5,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-20</p></td><td><p>5,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: PIP ADS and Customer Information System </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>PIP data includes claimants awarded both under normal rules and special rules for terminally ill claimants.</li><li>Claimants receiving PIP include those whose claims are in payment and those whose payment is suspended or part-suspended.</li><li>Claimants’ dates of death are as recorded on the system at 5<sup>th</sup> February 2021 and may be subject to change retrospectively.</li><li>Data covers Great Britain only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/03/2021 18:02:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1299233

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new applications for Access to Work funding have been received by her Department from March 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	162612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The information requested on number of applications received is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Access to Work statistics includes how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2019/20. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2020</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/03/2021 17:45:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams