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1662869

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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 he has made an estimate of the number of people whose benefit award would be assessed as lower if the number of points awarded for the (a) coping with social engagement and (b) getting about indicators was reduced.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	200723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The department has developed estimates across the range of options being considered in the Work Capability Assessment activities and descriptors consultation. The consultation runs until the 30th October and we will continue to refine these estimates as responses are considered following the end of the consultation period.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 200722 200724 200725 question first answered 18/10/2023 16:16:46 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1662871

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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 he has made an estimate of the additional number of people who would be found fit for work if the number of points awarded for the (a) coping with social engagement and (b) getting about indicators was reduced.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	200725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The department has developed estimates across the range of options being considered in the Work Capability Assessment activities and descriptors consultation. The consultation runs until the 30th October and we will continue to refine these estimates as responses are considered following the end of the consultation period.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 200722 200723 200724 question first answered 18/10/2023 16:16:46 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1544357

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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, with reference to his written statement of 17 November 2022 on Social Security Update, HCWS374, for what reasons he has set the benefit cap at the new level.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	93418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has completed his statutory review of the benefit cap levels and in doing so has considered a wide range evidence and statistics held in the department, and the implications of, and for, other policies and decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/11/2022 11:08:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1484717

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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, when she last reviewed the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	27503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>There is a statutory duty to review the levels every <ins class="ministerial">5 years</ins> <del class="ministerial">Parliament</del>. The last time the Benefit cap was reviewed was November 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 04/07/2022 16:01:45 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2022 08:27:10 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 10671 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1457402

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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, on what date her Department made the most recent equality impact assessment of (a) the benefit cap and (b) local housing allowance rates.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	153695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment of the benefit cap was published on 26 August 2016 and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a>.</p><p>The Secretary of State has complied with her duties under the Equality Act 2010 and had due regard to the equality impacts of the benefit cap for example in respect of the Covid 19 policy changes. There is no requirement to record or publish this in the form of an equality impact assessment and we do not intend to publish the analysis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In November 2021 the Secretary of State considered the equality impacts of the decision to maintain Local Housing Allowance rates in 2022/23 at the elevated cash rates agreed for 2020/21. Following PQ UIN 120618, a copy of the equality analysis was placed in the House of Commons library.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 21/04/2022 16:48:53 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1231241

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
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, how many people who applied for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments needed reasonable adjustments in order to make their claim in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	84634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>In relation to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP), the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to PIP, it is important that all of our claimants are able to access our services and that they do not face obstacles in applying and communicating with the Department and its providers. We have a variety of reasonable adjustments to make the claims process and communications easier for some of our most vulnerable customers and we offer a range of services to help claimants who have accessibility needs.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to ESA, we offer a number of different ways for customers to make the claims that would negate the need of a customer needing a reasonable adjustment. They can make a claim online, by telephone or on a paper based form. The Alternative Format team can arrange for reasonable adjustments to be applied such as correspondence in braille.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/09/2020 12:22:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1231243

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
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 updated assessment guidance stating that new-style employment and support allowance claimants who are unable to do a telephone assessment will receive the assessment rate until they have a face-to-face assessment also applies to universal credit limited capability for work claimants.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	84635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit (UC) claimants who are unable to participate in a work capability assessment (WCA) by telephone will continue to receive their appropriate UC Standard Allowance, plus any additions, for example, housing costs and children, during the period they are waiting for the outcome decision of a face-to-face WCA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/09/2020 12:31:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1201516

registered interest
date	05/06/2020
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 4 June to Question 51540, on Social Security Benefits, if she will publish the equality impact assessment on the potential effect of the benefit cap in relation to the recent increase to (a) the standard allowance of universal credit and (b) local housing allowance.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	55659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has complied with her duties under the Equality Act 2010 in respect of the recent policy changes and the potential impacts of the interaction with other policies. There is no requirement to record this in the form of an equality impact assessment and therefore, we do not intend to publish the analysis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/06/2020 15:07:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1198168

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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 her Department has carried out a recent equality impact assessment into the effect of the benefit cap in relation to the recent increase to (a) the standard allowance of universal credit and (b) local housing allowance.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	51540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has complied with her duties under the Equality Act 2010 in respect of the recent policy changes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/06/2020 13:54:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1181510

registered interest
date	28/02/2020
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 improvements have been identified in the Internal Process Reviews undertaken in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	22350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to improving the way it learns lessons from customers’ experiences.</p><p> </p><p>We are improving our internal guidance and communication to all staff and we are strengthening how we analyse reports and recommendations to identify systemic themes and issues so that effective improvements can be put in place.</p><p> </p><p>And, a centralised team has been established to coordinate improvement activity, including monitoring where issues have occurred and the implementation of improvements.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/03/2020 14:46:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 10342 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms