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938619

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	Child Tax Credit and 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 claims have been rejected under each exception to the two child limit for (a) child tax credits and (b) universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	163137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>There are no circumstances in which a claimant has been refused an exception where they meet the conditions and have provided relevant evidence to support their request.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/07/2018 17:05:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

938489

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	Child Maintenance Service: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when new training on domestic abuse, piloted in May 2017, for Child Maintenance Service staff was rolled out nationally.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	163146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Training delivery commenced 5<sup>th</sup> March 2018 and is due for completion by the end of October 2018 for all Child Maintenance Service (CMS) Staff. 3,996 people have been identified as requiring this training. 2,426 CMS colleagues have undertaken training up to June 2018 and the remainder are on track for this to be completed by October 2018</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/07/2018 09:57:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

938490

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	Child Maintenance Service: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Child Maintenance Options staff have received the new training on domestic abuse, piloted in May 2017 for Child Maintenance Service staff.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	163147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Child Maintenance Options provide impartial information to support parents in making the most appropriate maintenance arrangement for their circumstances. All Child Maintenance Options staff receive comprehensive training at induction which includes domestic violence and abuse.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/07/2018 09:55:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

938809

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Post Offices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether state pensions can be collected at post offices.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
	uin	HL9425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The majority of pensioners have their State Pension paid into a bank account. As most bank accounts can be accessed at the Post Office, claimants can collect their payments that way. Since January, 99% of banks’ personal customers are able to withdraw cash, deposit cash and cheques, and make balance enquiries at a Post Office counter via its network of 11,600 branches. The Department also has arrangements in place to ensure that the majority of those who cannot access a bank account, can collect their State Pension at the Post Office using a Post Office card account.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 17/07/2018 13:23:09 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

938485

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total monthly receipts to the public purse were from (a) the fee charged for applications to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), (b) the collection fee for paying parents using the CMS Collect and Pay service, (c) the collection fee for receiving parents using the CMS Collect and Pay service and (d) enforcement fees levied on paying parents in each month since and including April 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	163063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The introduction of fees and on-going collection charges are designed to act as an incentive for parents to pause and consider the different options available to them for a child maintenance arrangement, rather than applying to the statutory Child Maintenance Service ‘by default’. Charges make a small contribution to a service that is heavily subsidised by the taxpayer.</p><p>Receipts in relation to the Child Maintenance Service 2012 scheme, from April 2016 to March 2017, are provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Applications £000's</p></td><td><p>Paying Parent Charges £000's</p></td><td><p>Receiving Parent Charges £000's</p></td><td><p>Enforcement Charges £000's</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>158.7</p></td><td><p>682.1</p></td><td><p>131.4</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>134.0</p></td><td><p>667.0</p></td><td><p>130.0</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>151.9</p></td><td><p>790.7</p></td><td><p>152.7</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>139.3</p></td><td><p>793.3</p></td><td><p>154.1</p></td><td><p>24.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>132.2</p></td><td><p>753.9</p></td><td><p>145.7</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>161.7</p></td><td><p>886.6</p></td><td><p>171.6</p></td><td><p>22.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>163.4</p></td><td><p>884.2</p></td><td><p>170.7</p></td><td><p>20.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>161.1</p></td><td><p>870.8</p></td><td><p>168.5</p></td><td><p>17.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>105.0</p></td><td><p>1,001.6</p></td><td><p>192.9</p></td><td><p>25.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>175.0</p></td><td><p>1,003.7</p></td><td><p>193.0</p></td><td><p>24.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>151.9</p></td><td><p>995.0</p></td><td><p>191.5</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>165.4</p></td><td><p>1,165.1</p></td><td><p>223.7</p></td><td><p>31.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,799.4</p></td><td><p>10,493.8</p></td><td><p>2,025.7</p></td><td><p>267.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/07/2018 14:19:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

938487

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	Children: Maintenance
	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 receipts to the public purse from Child Maintenance Service charges in each year from 2020-21 up to and including 2025/26.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	163064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>We are not able to provide details of estimates for receipts to the public purse from Child Maintenance Service charges for 2020-21 up to and including 2025-26, figures will comprise part of the Spending Review which has yet to be agreed.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/07/2018 09:51:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

938495

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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 alternative provision her Department plans to put in place for hon. Members' staff to use in place of the Basildon Service Centre for universal credit full service enquiries.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	162976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Prior to the roll-out of Universal Credit Full Service in their constituency, we write to each hon. Member. The letter explains the implicit consent arrangements for MPs and also provides the telephone number and email address of the District Manager in the constituency, so that MPs can contact District Managers if there are urgent constituent cases that need attention. This is the best route to raise issues on behalf of constituents and works well because MPs’ offices can establish local relationships.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/07/2018 10:38:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

938566

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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: Motor Neurone Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will hold discussions with (a) the Motor Neurone Disease Association and (b) people who have motor neurone disease on extending the special rules for terminal illness to include motor neurone disease.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	163205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>I will be meeting representatives of the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Motor Neurone Disease, Madeleine Moon MP, on 19 July.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting the needs of terminally ill claimants and ensuring that benefit rules are applied sensitively.</p><p /> <p>The special rules for people who are terminally ill are not condition-specific. Claimants who have Motor Neurone Disease (MND) already claim under the special rules, for example of the 1,565 people in receipt of Personal Independence Payment with MND as their primary disabling condition at the end of April 2018, 650 are receiving it under the special rules.</p><p>We will continue to keep the rules on entitlements to benefits under review to ensure they are working effectively and meeting the needs of claimants both now and in the future.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/07/2018 16:39:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

938807

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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: Blood Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last issued any guidance to Department for Work and Pensions disability assessors on the functional effects of thalassaemia and sickle cell disease on claimants; and whether they have any plans to address this issue specifically in the training programme undertaken by assessors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
	uin	HL9423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Guidance on Sickle Cell Disease, including the functional effects, was developed and first issued to Centre for Health and Disability Assessments Healthcare Professionals in June 2014. It is quality assured by external specialist practitioners and regularly updated. It was most recently reissued on 18 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Personal Independence Payment assessment is not a medical assessment and there is no requirement for the Disability Assessor to diagnose a condition and recommend treatment options. We do not issue guidance on specific clinical conditions to Capita and Independent Assessment Services. Their Disability Assessors are trained to be experts in disability analysis and have knowledge of the functional effects of a wide range of health conditions. Each Provider develops their own guidance as part of their ongoing training</p><p> </p><p>All Healthcare Professionals have access to a range of resources as well as experienced clinicians to support them in assessing claimants with conditions that they may not be familiar with.</p><p> </p><p>We work extensively with our Assessment Providers to make improvements to guidance and training to ensure that all claimants receive objective, accurate and high quality assessments and have agreed to work directly with the Sickle Cell Society and Thalassemia Society to review our current materials and approach.</p><p> </p><p>Assessment Providers continue to engage with medical experts, charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen, review and update their training programmes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/07/2018 11:53:33 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

938500

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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 people making a claim for universal credit have applied for an advance payment in the most recent 12 months for which data are available; and how many of those people have been (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in such an application.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	162992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested. Applications for a Universal Credit advance payment can be made in person, by telephone or (since July 2018) online. For applications made in person or by telephone, only applications that are successful are recorded.</p><p>To collect information on unsuccessful applications made in person or by telephone would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/07/2018 14:17:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead