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date	20/11/2018
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS prescription fines have been issued to people in (a) Easington constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of penalty charge notices (PCNs) issued in England between September 2014 and October 2018. This data is not available at constituency level.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total PCNs Issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>35,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>408,478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>864,366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,052,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,134,498</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p>NHS Business Services Authority assumed responsibility for the Prescription Exemption Checking Service in September 2014, so no data is held prior to this.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/11/2018 14:30:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010712

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2018 to Question 172598, if she will set a reasonable waiting time target for the hearing of cases by the social security tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice recognises that there are delays in the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction, which is the part of the tribunal system which deals with benefit appeals, and is tackling them by recruiting extra judicial office holders. We have appointed 225 medical members and 119 disability-qualified members have recently been recruited. The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from the fact that 250 fee-paid judges and 100 salaried judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, we have recently launched a new digital service to enable speedier processing of appeals and provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Information on the new digital service can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-service-launched-for-pip-appeals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-service-launched-for-pip-appeals</a>.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is not planning to set a waiting time target for the hearing of cases by the SSCS jurisdiction. This is because waiting times fluctuate geographically owing to a number of factors including venue capacity, the volumes of benefit decisions made locally, the complexity of the case and the availability of panel members. Furthermore, the listing of appeals, including consideration of whether a hearing should be expedited, is a function of the Tribunal’s judiciary.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/11/2018 12:03:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010713

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2018 to Question 172598, what the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average waiting time was for social security tribunal hearings at the Sunderland tribunal venue in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>It has not been possible to provide the information requested at a) and b) in the time available. I will arrange for a copy of these data requested to be placed in the House Library as soon as they are available.</p><p> </p><p>Information about (c) average waiting times of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/11/2018 15:50:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010714

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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: Disqualification
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 give universal credit work coaches greater autonomy over whether to apply sanctioning guidelines to a claimant when they consider that a sanction would hinder that person's ability to (a) engage further with Jobcentre Plus and (b) gain employment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Work coaches do not apply sanctions. Sanctions decisions are made by decision makers.</p><p> </p><p>Work coaches are required to set commitments that are tailored to individual circumstances, and to make referrals to a decision maker for consideration of a sanction where it appears that someone has failed to comply without good reason. In doing so, the claimant is asked to provide information they wish to be taken into account, for example, their reason for failing to attend an appointment with their work coach. A sanction is then only applied if the claimant does not show good reason for their failure to comply, and is applied according to current legislation and case law.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/11/2018 10:43:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010716

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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: Disqualification
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 review the (a) purpose, (b) merits and (c) economic and health effects of sanctioning social security claimants in receipt of an out-of-work benefit.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans at present to carry out a review of conditionality and sanctions policies for legacy benefits which will be phased out.</p><p> </p><p>Sanctions are only used in a small percentage of cases, and that is when people fail to meet their agreed commitments without good reason. 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 Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/11/2018 18:38:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010717

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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
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 18 September 2018 to Question 172595, what plans she has for the legacy benefit IT systems when the roll-out of universal credit is completed.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>We regularly review all legacy benefit systems and for those which may no longer be required as a result of the completion of the Universal Credit managed migration process, work will be undertaken to decommission them.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/11/2018 18:47:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010718

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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: Easington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit sanctions have been issued to Easington constituents in receipt of (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) universal credit in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The available information on Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support and Universal Credit sanction decisions by parliamentary constituency is published and can be accessed at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found 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><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department publishes quarterly statistics on sanctions, including a breakdown by sanction referral reason, as part of the Benefit Sanction Statistics publication:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions</a></p><p> </p><p>We take a number of steps to make sure our decisions are fair. 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 cause, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/11/2018 18:45:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010719

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	NHS: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 183335, if he will make an assessment of the effect on NHS staffing levels of the IR35 tax changes.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>As previously advised, all available evidence suggests that there has been no significant impact on the National Health Service of the IR35 changes. Recent HM Revenue and Custom research indicates that 58% of central public bodies have not had problems filling vacancies since the changes and 63% have not seen an increase in rates as a result.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement has confirmed that there has been no significant impact on the NHS of these changes and as such, we have not made a formal assessment of the effect of these changes on the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>It should also be re-iterated that NHS Improvement continuously monitors the levels of staffing in NHS trusts to ensure they are able to prioritise patient care.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/11/2018 17:46:02 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris