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1129653

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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 what reasons maternity allowance and statutory maternity pay are classified differently under the universal credit rules.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	259894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a means tested system of support. Where claimants have income available to meet their everyday living costs, such as maternity allowance, it is right that their entitlement to UC is adjusted accordingly (as currently is the case with other DWP legacy means tested working age benefits).</p><p>Statutory maternity pay is paid by an employer and is therefore a form of earnings subject to the work allowance and tapering within Universal Credit, as are other earnings.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 259895 question first answered 12/06/2019 13:51:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129654

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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 assessment she has made of the effect of the deduction of maternity allowance from universal credit as unearned income on the (a) affordability for new mothers of (i) housing costs, (ii) nappies and (iii) and other baby essentials and (b) children of those mothers in respect of the principle set out in section 1(1) of the Children Act 1989.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	259895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a means tested system of support. Where claimants have income available to meet their everyday living costs, such as maternity allowance, it is right that their entitlement to UC is adjusted accordingly (as currently is the case with other DWP legacy means tested working age benefits).</p><p>Statutory maternity pay is paid by an employer and is therefore a form of earnings subject to the work allowance and tapering within Universal Credit, as are other earnings.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 259894 question first answered 12/06/2019 13:51:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129655

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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: Flintshire
	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 living in Flintshire who previously received disability living allowance care component at the (a) lower, (b) middle and (c) higher rate received no personal independence payment daily living component after being invited to apply for that payment in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	259896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Table 1(a) below shows the level of Care component a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimant in the Flintshire Local Authority area received prior to them being reassessed onto Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and being awarded Nil Daily Living. This data is split by calendar year from the first PIP reassessment clearances in 2014 to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018, the latest date for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>For additional context, Tables 1(b) and 1(c) show the level of DLA Care Component in the Flintshire Local Authority area received prior to being reassessed onto PIP and being awarded the Standard Daily Living component and the Enhanced Daily Living component respectively over the period 2014 – 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018. For reference, 2,760 claimants in Flintshire were given a PIP award on reassessment from DLA over this time period.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1(a): DLA Care Component Award for claimants who were awarded Nil PIP Daily Living<sup>1</sup> at reassessment from DLA to PIP</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA Care Award Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Middle</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p><strong>290</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>180</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>110</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>640</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><ol><li>Data includes PIP Reassessments that were awarded the PIP Daily Living component at the Nil rate – this includes claimants who were awarded PIP and thus were awarded either Standard or Enhanced mobility rate and those who were completely disallowed PIP and were awarded Nil Mobility.</li></ol><strong>Table 1(b) DLA Care Component Award for claimants who were awarded the standard level of the PIP Daily Living Component at reassessment from DLA to PIP</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA Care Award Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Middle</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p><strong>340</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p><strong>470</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>290</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>300</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,050</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table 1(c) DLA Care Component Award for claimants who were awarded the </strong> <strong>enhanced level of the PIP Daily Living Component at reassessment from DLA to PIP</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA Care Award Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p><strong>570</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Middle</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p><strong>460</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p><strong>340</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>270</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>350</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>320</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,370</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol start="2"><li>2018 data to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> PIP ADS, DLA Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study claimant data and Customer Information System data.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8th April 2013, and include both PIP Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claims.</li><li>This data also includes DLA claimants who were invited to claim PIP and those who chose to claim PIP once their DLA award had ended.</li><li>Figures are correct as at 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Components may not sum to the whole due to rounding.</li></ul><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/06/2019 13:21:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129656

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Pension 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 applications by mixed-age couples for Pension Credit have been rejected since 15 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	259897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>From 15 May 2019 both members of a couple need to have reached State Pension age in order to be eligible for Pension Credit. However, mixed age couples who would be eligible for Pension Credit under the previous rules have up to 13 August to make a backdated claim. Couples not eligible for Pension Credit are advised that they may be eligible for Universal Credit and signposted accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>The specific Information regarding the number of unsuccessful claims to Pension Credit by mixed age couples since 15 May is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/06/2019 15:48:14 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129657

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Pension 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 who are part of a mixed-age couple have been advised by CAPITA call centre staff not to make a claim for Pension Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	259898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>G4S now provide the initial call service facility for Pension Credit. The contract with CAPITA ended in September 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Mixed age couples not eligible for Pension Credit are advised by call centre staff that they may be eligible for Universal Credit and signposted accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/06/2019 15:59:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129658

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training her Department has provided to (a) her Department's and (b) CAPITA call centre staff on the rules for backdating pension credit claims for mixed-age couples.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	259899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>G4S now provide the initial call service facility for Pension Credit. The contract with CAPITA ended in September 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department has provided a comprehensive package of training material regarding the mixed age couple policy change to Pension Credit claim processing agents and call centre staff, who provide the initial Pension Credit ‘triage’ function. The training material specifically includes guidance on handling backdated claims to Pension Credit for mixed age couples, including highlighting the deadline of 13 August to potential claimants for making a backdated claim.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/06/2019 16:07:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129659

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Pensions and Social Security Benefits: Windrush Generation
	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 the volume of (a) benefits and (b) pensions incorrectly refused to Windrush generation claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	259900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information and to produce it would incur disproportionate cost. DWP has helped over 400 Windrush generation claimants to resolve issues with benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>DWP staff continue to support people of the Windrush generation with their benefits and pensions claims and are also working closely with other Government bodies to assist those who apply to the Home Office’s Windrush Compensation Scheme. This scheme will take into account loss of income, such as barriers to employment and/or access to benefits and pensions.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259901 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:20:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129662

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the state pension entitlement for people who have been unable to make national insurance contributions because they could not prove their status despite being resident since 1973.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	259901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information and to produce it would incur disproportionate cost. DWP has helped over 400 Windrush generation claimants to resolve issues with benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>DWP staff continue to support people of the Windrush generation with their benefits and pensions claims and are also working closely with other Government bodies to assist those who apply to the Home Office’s Windrush Compensation Scheme. This scheme will take into account loss of income, such as barriers to employment and/or access to benefits and pensions.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259900 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:20:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami