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1678364

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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 households that will be subject to the benefit cap due to (a) increases in the local housing allowance and (b) the uprating of benefits in 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	7221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. There are various factors that determine whether a household is brought into scope of the benefit cap.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 7222 question first answered 11/01/2024 11:46:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1678365

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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 households that will be subject to the benefit cap due to proposed changes to the work capability assessment descriptors in 2025-26.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	7222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. There are various factors that determine whether a household is brought into scope of the benefit cap.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 7221 question first answered 11/01/2024 11:46:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1585409

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
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 steps his Department takes to ensure it can correctly identify benefits claimants in need of additional support.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	142831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>All benefit lines have processes in place to identify claimants in need of additional support. For example, all DWP staff are required to undertake mandatory mental health awareness training to ensure they recognise, and respond to, the needs of claimants with mental health conditions. As processes are different across benefits, however, the exact approaches to additional support can vary.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/02/2023 11:06:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1147509

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the benefit freeze will be lifted in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	293002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no intention of repeating or prolonging the current freeze on working age benefits. From 2020, the Government expects increases in benefits will resume in line with CPI.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 06:57:36 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1060641

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	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 she is taking to ensure that parity of esteem between mental and physical health extends to the social security system.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	221031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>This Department is committed to providing the best possible support to people who have health conditions and disabilities. Assessments used in determining entitlement to disability and incapacity benefits have been designed to assess the impacts of both mental and physical health conditions, and looks at the individual and what they are able and capable of doing, rather than assessing by condition. We also provide a wide range of support designed to help people better manage their conditions, to live more independent lives and take positive steps to return to work, where this is right for the individual.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is simplifying the benefits system and provides enhanced personalised support for people. All claimants, including vulnerable claimants and those with mental health conditions, receive continuous tailored support managed through personal work coaches, who know each person. We have started to deliver additional training in mental health that will be available to work coaches to build their expertise and provide the most effective support.</p><p> </p><p>Work coaches work closely with people on Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance equivalent and agree personalised support to help move them closer to the workplace.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/02/2019 13:56:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

810581

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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 plans to protect claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance Support Group and its Universal Credit equivalent from financial loss if they engage in work-related activity and are subsequently transferred to the Work-Related Activity Group or its Universal Credit equivalent.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	120926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Where an ESA claimant in the Support Group or the UC equivalent chooses to undertake some form of work-related activity, we provide encouragement, help and support to assist the claimant to do so. Volunteering to undertake some work-related activity does not mean, in itself, that the claimant will be transferred to the Work-related Activity Group.</p><p> </p><p>ESA and UC claimants whose condition improves so that following a Work Capability Assessment they move from the Support Group to the Work-related Activity Group will receive the relevant rate of benefit. Where the date of claim is prior to 3 April 2017 that will include the work-related activity component and the UC equivalent.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 15:56:35 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

806059

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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 he is taking to protect the income of (a) universal credit claimants and (b) claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance Support Group when they engage in work-related activity.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	119268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Employment and Support Allowance claimants in the Support Group and Universal Credit claimants in receipt of the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity element are not required to take part in work-related activity. They are however free to engage in work-related activity on a voluntary basis. If these claimants choose to engage in work-related activity the payment of their benefit will not be affected.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/12/2017 15:36:27 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

793972

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
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 he is taking to improve the quality of (a) assessments (b) subsequent decisions and (c) mandatory reconsideration for (i) Personal Independence Payment and (ii) Employment and Support Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	115061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is continually working to improve the claimant journeys for Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance, including working with our assessment providers to further improve the quality of assessments by clinical coaching, feedback and the support available to each assessor.</p><p> </p><p>There are strands of work in progress to drive continuous improvement in the decision making and appeals processes. These include the recruitment of approximately 150 Presenting Officers across both benefits, who are providing valuable insight into why decisions are overturned at appeal. This in turn will help to identify improvements that can be made at all stages of the claimant journey – including the assessment, initial decision and mandatory reconsideration stages. Furthermore, the Department is running a series of tests which explore the different ways we can improve evidence gathering and the quality of our decision making.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/11/2017 16:48:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

793973

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
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 consult disability organisations on the future contract specifications for contracted assessors of Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance claims.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	115062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department will engage with stakeholders on the future contracts for the delivery of these assessments in due course.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/11/2017 10:10:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova