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714609

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Easington of 15 February 2017, reference EN7643, relating to Mr Brown and the decision to overturn the Referred Cases Unit decision to issue a visa.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>The letter dated 15 February 2017, with the reference EN7643, was responded to by telephone on 6 March 2017. Given that events surrounding this case have progressed since then – including the receipt of a further letter from the hon. Member for Easington on 16 March 2017 – the Home Office will respond to this latest correspondence with further information. A response will be sent shortly.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/03/2017 13:31:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714643

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will give prison officers the right to take industrial action in cases where authorities refuse to address a health and safety grievance.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>In answer to the Right Honourable Gentleman, we do take any health and safety matters raised seriously and particularly so in the context of prison safety where I have been clear as to this being our priority. It is unlawful for prison officers to take industrial action and that includes the example provided in the question. Such action immediately places the safety of staff and prisoners at risk. I hope that the Right Honourable gentleman would agree that the right way to deal with any health and safety grievance raised by prison officers is through the continuation of local dialogue and then potentially further discussion at a regional and national level if an agreed way forward cannot be found. We are, for example, currently working constructively with the Prison Officers Association to address a number of health and safety actions which were discussed at a national level and jointly agreed in November 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/04/2017 15:27:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714688

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Universal Credit: Overpayments
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 write off overpayments of universal credit caused by official error.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>Legislation enables the recovery of all Universal Credit overpayments, including those caused by official error. There are no plans to change the Universal Credit policy on recovering official error overpayments, a policy which is designed to protect the public purse. The Secretary of State does of course have discretion not to seek recovery in exceptional cases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/04/2017 14:34:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714689

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	MAXIMUS Health and Human Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what penalty payments the Government received from Maximus related to that company's employment and support allowance contract.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department considers this information to be commercially sensitive and release would prejudice the interests of the service provider (Centre for Health and Disability Assessments – a MAXIMUS company) and the Department’s future dealings with it. Contractual remedies are in place if the provider fails to deliver against the service standards and service credits would be applied when appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/04/2017 14:27:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714690

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments Maximus completed within the first year of that company's employment and support allowance contract.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>In Year 1 (1 March 2015 – 29 February 2016) of their contract, Centre for Health Disability Assessments (CHDA) delivered a total of 792,302 Work Capability Assessments and 111,720 other assessments. For Year 2, the number of assessments completed overall by CHDA increased to 945,343 and 108,943 respectively. CHDA is a MAXIMUS Company.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/04/2017 14:32:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714691

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 introduce the mandatory recording of capability assessments for employment and support allowance and personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce the mandatory recordings of assessments for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payments (PIP).</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is no legal need to record assessments, claimants can request in advance that their ESA assessment is recorded. This is explained to claimants in the letter inviting them to their face-to-face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>On 13 March a small-scale pilot started to test whether there are any benefits to audio recording PIP face-to-face assessments. Once the results of this pilot have been processed and evaluated, we will be able to make further decisions on whether DWP will consider recording PIP assessments in the future.</p><p> </p><p>However, assessment recording will always be entirely voluntary and subject to claimant consent.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/04/2017 15:14:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714692

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to announce the list of conditions that would exempt a person from an employment and support allowance reassessment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to a previous question 64797</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2015-05-07&amp;answered-to=2017-03-22&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=64797+" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2015-05-07&amp;answered-to=2017-03-22&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=64797+</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/04/2017 15:15:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714693

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of regional variations in life expectancy when reviewing the state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government will present its first Review of the State Pension age to Parliament in May 2017. It will consider the reports produced by the Government Actuary and the independent reviewer John Cridland CBE. The Review will be forward looking and will not recommend State Pension age changes to be made before 2028. Any proposed changes would be brought for Parliamentary consideration and would require primary legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of National Statistics published figures on life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by local areas for the UK last November, as part of their publication on health state life expectancies. The publication and accompanying data can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/healthstatelifeexpectanciesuk/2013to2015" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/healthstatelifeexpectanciesuk/2013to2015</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 05/04/2017 14:53:25 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714695

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the time taken between opening a new claim for universal credit and receiving the first payment on people's (a) financial security, (b) housing security and (c) ability to access work opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit assessment period and payment structure is a fundamental part of the design; it helps reduce welfare dependency by mirroring the world of work, where 75% of people are paid monthly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a number of safeguards in place to help claimants transition to Universal Credit. Universal Credit Advances are available, which give the claimant up to 50% of their indicative monthly award, including housing costs, to support them until they receive their first monthly payment. We believe that this satisfies the same need as an interim payment.</p><p> </p><p>We also work closely with landlords, Local Authorities and community organisations to ensure that claimants are supported in understanding their new responsibilities for housing costs, and verifying those costs quickly, which in turn enables the Department to make payments on time, and claimants to stay up to date with the payments to their landlord.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Work Coaches can use the Flexible Support Fund to help claimants access work opportunities soon after they have made their claim.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 69544 69547 question first answered 05/04/2017 14:58:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714696

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Universal Credit
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 review the waiting time between opening a new claim for universal credit and the receipt of an initial payment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit assessment period and payment structure is a fundamental part of the design; it helps reduce welfare dependency by mirroring the world of work, where 75% of people are paid monthly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a number of safeguards in place to help claimants transition to Universal Credit. Universal Credit Advances are available, which give the claimant up to 50% of their indicative monthly award, including housing costs, to support them until they receive their first monthly payment. We believe that this satisfies the same need as an interim payment.</p><p> </p><p>We also work closely with landlords, Local Authorities and community organisations to ensure that claimants are supported in understanding their new responsibilities for housing costs, and verifying those costs quickly, which in turn enables the Department to make payments on time, and claimants to stay up to date with the payments to their landlord.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Work Coaches can use the Flexible Support Fund to help claimants access work opportunities soon after they have made their claim.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 69540 69547 question first answered 05/04/2017 14:58:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris