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1127016

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
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	Universal Credit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applicants for Universal Credit have made their application by means other than the online application system since its introduction; and what are the available methods for doing so.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
uin	HL15777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>The Universal Credit Full Service Claimant Survey found that 98 per cent of claimants claimed online.</p><p> </p><p>For those claimants who are unable to access or use our digital services, assistance to make and maintain their claim is available via the Freephone Universal Credit helpline. Face-to-face support is also available in Jobcentres. In exceptional circumstances, a home visit can be arranged to support a claimant in making and maintaining their claim.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Citizens Advice Help to Claim service offers tailored, practical support to help people make a Universal Credit claim and receive their first full correct payment on time. It is available online, over the phone and face to face through local Citizens Advice services across Great Britain.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/05/2019 13:36:32 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

1092795

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Housing Benefit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 20 March (HL14427), what guidance they have given to local authorities to assess the amount of housing benefit to which those individuals identified as entitled to income-related employment and support allowance (ESA) but who were moved to contributory-based ESA from incapacity benefit would have been entitled, and on the steps taken to compensate those individuals for any loss.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
uin	HL14746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>As part of the ESA underpayment exercise we are informing local authorities of any new, past awards of income-related ESA in line with our business as usual procedures; including guidance on treatment of awards for past periods. This will support local authorities to consider any possible impacts of the ESA underpayment exercise and pay any arrears of past Housing Benefit that are due.</p><p> </p><p>Our focus is on paying arrears to claimants in line with the primary legislation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 03/04/2019 14:45:47 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

1092796

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 20 March (HL14428), what guidance they have given to local authorities to assess the amount of (1) council tax benefit, and (2) council tax support to which those individuals identified as entitled to income-related employment and support allowance (ESA) but who were moved to contributory-based ESA from incapacity benefit would have been entitled, and on the steps taken to compensate those individuals for any loss.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
uin	HL14747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Local Council Tax Support schemes are designed and operated by individual local authorities. The Government is considering whether individuals being placed on contributory Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), rather than income-related ESA, may have impacted their eligibility for council tax support or council tax benefit and the levels of support granted to them. Subject to the outcomes of this work, the Government will consider the need to produce any specific guidance for local authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 01/04/2019 14:10:16 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

1092797

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they provide religious literacy training to staff who decide asylum applications.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
uin	HL14748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office have worked closely with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for International Freedom of Religion or Belief and the Asylum Advocacy Group (AAG) for many years, to help improve their approach to religious based claims and have recently worked with them to develop and produce a specialist training package.</p><p>The aim of this course is to ensure that where religion or belief is raised in an asylum claim, asylum decision makers appropriately consider all the available evidence in accordance with International, European &amp; Domestic law and Home Office Asylum Policy, when interviewing asylum applicants and making decisions on their claims.</p><p>The Asylum Learning and Development Team (AL&amp;D) also delivers the Foundation Training Programme (FTP) to all new asylum decision makers. This intensive five-week course provides staff with training on all aspects of asylum decision making, including religious-based claims, religious conversion and has been endorsed by the UNHCR. During the course, trainees consider case studies involving religion or belief-based persecution. This course is followed by a period of mentoring.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/04/2019 16:28:19 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

1088578

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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 Fund: Employment and Support Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were moved to contributory-based ESA from Incapacity Benefit who were eligible for Social Fund payments that they were then unable to claim as a result of that move; and what plans they have to compensate those individuals for any such missed payments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
uin	HL14538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide an estimate of the number of claimants affected, due to differences in the way that these payments are administered and because of the variation in individual circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>For example, some Social Fund Payments, such as Sure Start Maternity Grant and Funeral Expense Payments, have to be claimed. Some claimants on contributory Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) may not have made a claim to the Social Fund at all, while others may have qualified for Social Fund payments through an entitlement to other means-tested benefits such as Housing Benefit and Child Tax Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Cold Weather Payments are paid automatically to those who are entitled and payments may only be made for the most recent winter. However, we are looking at amending the regulations to ensure that those eligible for Cold Weather Payments from December 2017, when we began the ESA underpayment exercise, be paid any arrears that may be due. An estimate of the numbers who may be affected by the change to the regulations could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 26/03/2019 14:39:44 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

1087563

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Employment and Support Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were moved to contributory-based ESA from Incapacity Benefit who were eligible for free prescriptions that they were then unable to claim as a result of that move; and what plans they have to compensate those individuals for any prescription charge paid.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
uin	HL14481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care is currently liaising closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, NHS England and the NHS Business Service Authority on this important issue, and reviewing all available evidence.</p><p>As part of this work, the Government is carefully considering how to proceed with regard to individuals who were placed on contributory, rather than income-related, Employment and Support Allowance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14484 question first answered 26/03/2019 17:51:11 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

1087564

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Employment and Support Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were moved to contributory-based ESA from Incapacity Benefit who were eligible for free dental treatment and dentures that they were then unable to claim as a result of that move; and what plans they have to compensate those individuals for any charges paid for such treatment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
uin	HL14482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care is currently liaising closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, NHS England and the NHS Business Service Authority on this important issue, and reviewing all available evidence.</p><p>As part of this work, the Government is carefully considering how to proceed with regard to individuals who were placed on contributory, rather than income-related, Employment and Support Allowance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14483 question first answered 26/03/2019 17:51:32 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

1087566

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services: Employment and Support Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were moved to contributory-based ESA from Incapacity Benefit who were eligible for free sight tests and glasses that they were then unable to claim as a result of that move; and what plans they have to compensate those individuals for any charges paid for such sight tests and glasses.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
uin	HL14483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care is currently liaising closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, NHS England and the NHS Business Service Authority on this important issue, and reviewing all available evidence.</p><p>As part of this work, the Government is carefully considering how to proceed with regard to individuals who were placed on contributory, rather than income-related, Employment and Support Allowance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14482 question first answered 26/03/2019 17:51:32 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

1087567

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Employment and Support Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were moved to contributory-based ESA from Incapacity Benefit who were eligible for free wigs and fabric supports that they were then unable to claim as a result of that move; and what plans they have to compensate those individuals for any charges paid for such wigs and fabric supports.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
uin	HL14484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care is currently liaising closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, NHS England and the NHS Business Service Authority on this important issue, and reviewing all available evidence.</p><p>As part of this work, the Government is carefully considering how to proceed with regard to individuals who were placed on contributory, rather than income-related, Employment and Support Allowance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14481 question first answered 26/03/2019 17:51:11 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

1087568

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Out-patients: Travel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were moved to contributory-based ESA from Incapacity Benefit who were eligible for financial assistance with travel fares to attend hospitals or other establishments for NHS treatment or services that they were then unable to claim as a result of that move; and what plans they have to compensate those individuals for any charges paid for such travel fares.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
uin	HL14485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care is currently liaising closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, NHS England and the NHS Business Service Authority on this important issue, and reviewing all available evidence.</p><p>As part of this work, the Government is carefully considering how to proceed with regard to individuals who were placed on contributory, rather than income-related, Employment and Support Allowance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 26/03/2019 17:51:52 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock