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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

1643919

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the current annual savings to the Exchequer provided by (1) the benefit cap, and (2) the two-child limit on social security payments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL8403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The saving to the Exchequer provided by the benefit cap in 2021/22 – the latest year for which data are available - was £400m.</p><p> </p><p>For the policy that provides support for a maximum of 2 children in Universal Credit (UC) and Child Tax Credits, it is not possible to provide a current annual savings measure and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In our previously published analysis on the cost of ending the policy that provides support for a maximum of 2 children in Universal Credit (UC) and Child Tax Credits over the period 19/20-23/24 we estimated that the cost of ending this policy to be around £5bn up to 23/24.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s view is that providing support for a maximum of two children or qualifying young persons in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit ensures fairness between claimants on the one hand and, on the other, those taxpayers who support themselves solely through work. Where they are able to, Individuals should consider whether they are financially prepared to support a new child without relying on benefits.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some claimants are not able to make the same choices about the number of children in their family, which is why exceptions have been put in place to protect certain groups. On migration to Universal Credit families’ existing entitlement will be protected, so long as they remain responsible for the same children and entitled to benefit.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 26/06/2023 17:00:05 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1608689

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 169369 on Social Security Benefits, for what reason people who are found not fit to work but not in receipt of the severe disability premium are subject to the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	176769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Many claimants who have a health condition choose to work. This is why the department continues to provide support to those claimants not exempt from the benefit cap to help prepare and move into or towards work.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2023 14:03:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1599881

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
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, if his Department will made of an assessment of the potential merits of working with the Office for National Statistics to use their experimental analysis articles on the different levels and impacts of inflation between the highest and lowest disposable income households to help decide (a) working age and (b) non-working age benefit payments.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	155166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Successive Governments since 1987 have used the relevant price index for the year to September in the conduct of the statutory annual review of State Pension and benefit rates. The Secretary of State currently uses the Consumer Prices Index for this purpose. At the present time there are no plans to change this approach.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/03/2023 15:18:24 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1589110

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
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, if he will publish the data used to inform the review of the Benefit Cap carried out under S96A of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	152182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to publish the data used to inform the review of the Benefit Cap levels carried out under S96A of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/03/2023 14:27:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1588550

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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, what estimate he has made of the savings in benefits payments that will be made because of the restriction on social housing rents increasing by the lower rate of seven per cent in the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	151240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Details of the DWPs estimated expenditure were published at Autumn Statement 2022 and can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2022-documents." target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/03/2023 17:37:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1545046

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
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, whether the annual review of benefits will take into account the real term reduction in benefits claimants’ incomes since April 2022 due to the gap between the rate at which benefits are paid and the accelerating rate of inflation.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	94783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>CPI has been the default inflation measure for the Secretary or State’s statutory annual review of benefit rates since 2011. The relevant index for 2022 was 10.1%. This is the latest available figure confirmed by the Office for National Statistics prior to the annual review and allows sufficient time for the complex delivery process to take place.</p><p> </p><p>Using the same benchmark every year ensures consistency over time, allowing Up-rating to balance out over a number of years.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living, which is why, in addition to the £37 billion of support we have provided for cost-of-living pressures in 2022/23, we are acting now to ensure support continues throughout 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure stability and certainty for households, in the Autumn Statement the Government has announced £26 billion in cost-of-living support for 2023/24. In 2023/24, households on eligible means-tested benefits will get up to a further £900 in Cost-of-Living Payments. A £300 payment will be made to pensioner households and individuals in receipt of eligible disability benefits will receive a £150 payment. Also included is the amended Energy Price Guarantee which will save the average UK household £500 in 2023/24 and raising the benefit cap by 10.1% in line with inflation.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/12/2022 16:53:37 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1543217

registered interest
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