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1719972

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
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 whether, when referencing benefits, they will gross up the value of each benefit to demonstrate a direct and fair comparison with salaries paid to people who are not claiming benefits.
tabling member printed	Baroness Buscombe
uin	HL4850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 24/05/2024 12:05:05 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe

1713182

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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 steps his Department is taking to increase the number of claims processed within planned processing timescales.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	23138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department has seen a sustained increase in applications and demand for DWP services as a result of the pandemic and subsequent cost of living pressures, as well as ongoing publicity campaigns such as Help for Households and Pension Credit take-up.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we have seen an overall improvement in claims processed within planned timescales, and we expect that overall performance to continue to improve in the 24-25 figures, we acknowledge that across our services more needs to be done to improve the number of claims processed within the planned timescales.</p><p> </p><p>Through recruitment in 23-24 we have started 17,166 people in new roles (and have further candidates due to start in Q1 of 24-25). This level of recruitment has resulted in a net increase in our Service Delivery resource levels to meet customer demand. We also have utilised our existing contracts with external partners to increase our service delivery capacity.</p><p> </p><p>Across our service lines we continue to focus on productivity improvement activities, as well as continuing to modernise our benefit services through our digital transformation and Service Modernisation programmes, which mean an increasing number of claims can now be made online and through self-service. The Department strategy is to continue our modernisation programme, enable our people to focus on supporting more vulnerable customers who are unable to self-serve or need additional support.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/05/2024 14:32:09 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1712711

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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 equalities impact assessment of the policies announced in the Prime Minister’s speech on welfare of 19 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	22968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to meeting its obligations under the Equality Act 2010, and has considered equality impacts in the policies announced in the Prime Minister’s speech on welfare of 19 April 2024. This will be kept under regular review as each policy develops.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2024 16:31:55 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1701465

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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 steps his Department is taking to help people claim each benefit to which they are entitled.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
uin	22162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) provides information on eligibility and how to make a claim for benefits, including signposting to telephony routes (including textphone and Relay UK) for people who are unable to complete forms online. There are videos on the DWP YouTube channel that provide further information on a range of benefits including Personal Independence Payment, Universal Credit, Winter Fuel Payment, Pension Credit and DLA for Children and these explain how to claim and what to expect once a claim has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) includes information on benefits people may be able to claim and other financial support. This includes housing support, help with council tax and direct payments for social care. Where appropriate DWP letters include signposting to additional help and support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/04/2024 12:44:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1696829

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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 estimate he has made of the total revenue accrued by the Exchequer since the introduction of the benefit cap; and how many and what proportion of households are impacted in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland and (v) each parliamentary constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	19200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the benefit cap in April 2013 to November 2023 (the latest data available) an estimated £2.2 billion has been accrued in Housing Benefit (HB) and Universal Credit (UC) expenditure in Great Britain due to the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the number and proportion of working-age households in receipt of UC and HB who are capped up to November 2023 are available on Stat-Xplore for the requested geographies. Official Statistics on the total number of households in Great Britain on HB or UC for the same geographies are also available on Stat-Xplore up to November 2023. You can log in or access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a> as a guest user and, if needed, you can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p><p> </p><p>Benefit cap statistics for Northern Ireland are published by the <a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">Department for Communities</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>Source: Benefit Cap Official Statistics up to Nov-23 published in Mar-24</p><ul><li>Total savings are rounded to the nearest £100m</li><li>UC data is only available from October 2016 and for UC Full Service cases only</li><li>Figures do not include households capped in UC Live Service and so this figure will represent a small undercount of the total savings</li></ul> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/03/2024 12:51:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1696832

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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 assessment his department has made of the potential implications for household budgets of his policies on the (a) cap on benefits for out of work households and (b) two child limit for child support.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	19203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>It is not possible to produce a robust assessment.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/03/2024 14:44:59 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1694921

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
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 reduction in fraud and error in the benefit system he expects by the end of 2024.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	17798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>DWP measures fraud and error in the welfare system via annual national statistics published each May.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a target to save at least £1.3 billion in 2023-24 from its dedicated counter fraud and error resource. Further information on this is included in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">DWP Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) Report</a>, available on GOV.UK. The ARA report for financial year 23/24 is expected to be published Summer 2024.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/03/2024 12:56:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1694645

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
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 and what proportion of claimants referred by a DWP algorithm for case review as potentially containing fraud or error were (a) in receipt of disability benefit and (b) registered as disabled; and of these claims how many experienced benefits (i) stoppages and (ii) suspensions in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	17603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/03/2024 12:32:50 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1694646

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
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 proportion of cases in the targeted case review system were (a) discontinued and (b) endorsed on the grounds that they were likely to contain (i) fraud and (ii) error after being checked by a human reviewer in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	17604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The TCR process is led by specialised agents to find incorrectness on claims and put it right. Prior to starting a claim review, agents will preview the claim to make sure it meets the criteria for selection. Claims selected for review are not endorsed on the grounds they are likely to contain fraud or error. It is only once a claim review is complete that an agent can determine the outcome. Performance for the financial year 22/23 is included in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">DWP Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) Report</a>, available on GOV.UK. The ARA report for financial year 23/24 is expected to be published Summer 2024.</p><p> </p><p>We do not categorise claims as discontinued. A claim may be deselected for review if it does not meet the criteria.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 13/03/2024 15:01:46 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1693830

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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 implications for his policies of the report entitled Beneath the trends: A detailed look at the issues facing claimants going through managed migration, published by the Child Poverty Action Group on 13 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	17114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>There is no evidence to suggest slowing down Move to UC is necessary. We have recently published our latest findings<em>; </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/move-to-universal-credit-insight-on-tax-credit-migrations-and-initial-discovery-activity-for-wider-benefit-cohorts" target="_blank">Move to Universal Credit – insight on Tax Credit migrations and initial Discovery activity for wider benefit cohorts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a><em>, </em>further research is planned to improve our understanding of the service we deliver, to better support those transitioning to UC under managed migration.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/03/2024 16:59:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock