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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

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