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1543217

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date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to provide equivalent pensions and other benefits to Ghurkas and members of the Nepalese community living in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	89700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Medical discharges in the UK Armed Forces involve a series of practices and protocols, which differ in each Service to meet their specific employment requirements. Due to these differences, data is presented separately for each Service.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the numbers and percentage of UK Regular Armed Forces personnel who were medically discharged with a principal cause of mental and behavioural disorders between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2022, by Service and financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Royal Navy</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures include trained and untrained UK Regular personnel. Army Regular personnel include Gurkha and Military Provost Guard Service. The Royal Navy includes both Royal Navy and Royal Marines.</p><p> </p><p>Percentages presented are the percentage of all cause coded medical discharges.</p><p> </p><p>Medical discharges due to mental and behavioural disorders were identified as personnel discharged with a principal or contributory cause of discharge coded as F00 - F99 according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems Tenth Revision (ICD-10).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for cause information between 2019-20 and 2021-22 are provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/11/2022 14:43:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1543003

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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, if it remains his Department's policy to not publish the evaluation of the lowered Benefit Cap completed in Spring 2019.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	88784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State's initial priorities have included very urgent decisions relating to the recent Autumn Statement. The Secretary of State will be receiving further advice regarding the evaluation of the lowered Benefit Cap, and he will make decisions about its publication in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/11/2022 16:16:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1538060

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward the next review of the level of the benefit cap in the context of the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	75823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Under section 96A of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, the Secretary of State must, at least once every five years review the benefit cap levels to determine, whether it is appropriate to change them, and this will happen at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/11/2022 17:01:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1537745

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that families that have reached the benefits cap have enough money.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	74767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Getting claimants back into work remains our primary concern and, returning to employment will significantly increase the likelihood of a household not being affected by the cap.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities can support claimants with reviewing their housing options and provide budgeting advice.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants can also approach their local authority to be considered for a Discretionary Housing Payment. These can be paid to those entitled to Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit who face a shortfall in meeting their rental costs.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/11/2022 17:02:59 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1537747

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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, if he will make it his policy to remove the benefits cap.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	74768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>There is a statutory duty to review the levels of the cap at least once in every five years and this will happen at the appropriate time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/11/2022 16:40:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1537751

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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, what assessment he has made of the impact of freezing the benefits cap.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	74770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. There is a statutory duty to review the levels of the cap at least once in every five years and this will happen at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/11/2022 16:22:54 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1537752

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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, if he will take steps in the next fiscal event to ensure that families subject to the benefits cap do not fall into food and heating poverty in winter 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	74771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Price Guarantee is supporting millions of households with rising energy costs, and the Chancellor made clear it will continue to do so from now until April next year. This is in addition to the over £37bn of cost-of-living support announced earlier this year which includes the £400 non-repayable discount to eligible households provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>For those who require additional support the government has provided an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1.5 billion. For the period October 2022-March 2023, we are providing an additional £421million to help households in England with the cost of essentials, and the devolved administrations will receive £79 million through the Barnett formula.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants can also approach their local authority to be considered for a Discretionary Housing Payment. These can be paid to those entitled to Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit who face a shortfall in meeting their rental costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/11/2022 16:39:15 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1537127

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
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, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that people with a deteriorating condition (a) have the right level of social security support and (b) do not experience delays for the (i) assessment and (ii) processing of their claims.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	73863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The department is committed to assessing people as quickly as possible, in order that they receive the benefit and support they are entitled to in a timely manner.</p><p>With all of our disability benefits, Personal Independence Payment, Employment Support Allowance and Industrial Injuries Disability Benefits, where a claimants’ needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability have changed, they should report that change to the department. Once a change in circumstances has been reported, we will always review their existing award to see whether a change is required to their award to reflect their current needs.</p><p>We work continuously with providers to drive improvements to overall processing times. As part of the department’s response to the pandemic we introduced telephone and video assessments, and they continue to be delivered alongside face-to-face and paper-based assessments.</p><p>The department is always looking at ways to improve the assessment process and continues to work with all the assessment providers to maximise the number of assessments completed.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 02/11/2022 14:30:47 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1536993

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total saving to His Majesty's Treasury through (1) housing benefit subsidy, and (2) Universal Credit, of imposing a social housing rent cap at less than the usual level of Consumer Price Index plus one per cent.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL2947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government recently consulted on whether to make a temporary amendment to the CPI+1% cap on annual social housing rent increases. The consultation closed on 12 October and the government is carefully considering the responses.</p><p> </p><p>Any decision to change the CPI+1% cap would subsequently be reflected in the fiscal forecasts (including of Universal Credit and Housing Benefit expenditure) that are published by the Office for Budget Responsibility, and the more detailed breakdowns of these expenditure forecasts that are published by DWP.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 02/11/2022 17:15:36 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1523428

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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 17 October 2022 to Question 55061 on Social Security Benefits, on what date was the Benefit Cap last reviewed.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	65860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The benefit cap levels have not been reviewed since they were lowered and tiered from November 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory review obligation changed on 24 March 2022, under section 96A of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, the Secretary of State must, at least once every five years (i.e., by March 2027) review the benefit cap levels to determine whether it is appropriate to change them, and this will happen at the appropriate time</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/10/2022 16:52:19 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell