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1172651

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by the Access to Work scheme in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) England and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	6752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Access to Work scheme is only available to those living in England, Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Please see below the Access to Work expenditure seen in Table 11 and Table 11a of the official statistics broken down in terms of Scotland, Wales and England.</p><p> </p><p>The Access to Work official statistics can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Expenditure by country, 2009/10 - 2018/19 (Nominal Terms)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Country not recorded*</p></td><td><p>£369,000</p></td><td><p>£403,000</p></td><td><p>£417,000</p></td><td><p>£516,000</p></td><td><p>£636,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>£85,852,000</p></td><td><p>£85,764,000</p></td><td><p>£91,987,000</p></td><td><p>£98,362,000</p></td><td><p>£114,441,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>£4,121,000</p></td><td><p>£3,816,000</p></td><td><p>£4,204,000</p></td><td><p>£4,234,000</p></td><td><p>£5,322,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>£6,658,000</p></td><td><p>£6,500,000</p></td><td><p>£7,161,000</p></td><td><p>£7,712,000</p></td><td><p>£8,721,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£96,999,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£96,483,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£103,768,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£110,823,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£129,120,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Expenditure by country, 2009/10 - 2018/19 (Real Terms, 2018/19 prices)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Country not recorded*</p></td><td><p>£395,000</p></td><td><p>£428,000</p></td><td><p>£433,000</p></td><td><p>£525,000</p></td><td><p>£636,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>£91,951,000</p></td><td><p>£91,128,000</p></td><td><p>£95,563,000</p></td><td><p>£100,166,000</p></td><td><p>£114,441,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>£4,413,000</p></td><td><p>£4,055,000</p></td><td><p>£4,367,000</p></td><td><p>£4,311,000</p></td><td><p>£5,322,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>£7,131,000</p></td><td><p>£6,906,000</p></td><td><p>£7,440,000</p></td><td><p>£7,854,000</p></td><td><p>£8,721,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£103,890,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£102,517,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£107,802,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£112,856,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£129,120,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Disability Service Client (DiSC) administrative system; Single Operating Platform (SOP) payment system; Provider Referrals and Payments System (PRaP).</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>* ‘Not recorded’ is used throughout the Access to Work publication and denotes the customers where that variable is missing. In this case, it is where information relating to a person’s residence is missing, most commonly their postcode.</p><ol><li>The expenditure data in these statistics covers payments directly to individuals and employers, as well as to assessment providers and the Mental Health Support Service.</li><li>The expenditure data in these statistics does not include DWP’s staffing and operational costs relating to Access to Work.</li><li>Real terms expenditure (where actual spending has been adjusted to remove the effects of general price level changes (inflation) over time using price levels from a base year) has been calculated using the Consumer Prices Index published by the Office for National Statistics. Real terms figures provide a more meaningful measurement of change over time.</li><li>Expenditure figures have been calculated using a methodology consistent with that used in the published Access to Work statistics. Please see the background information and methodology note for more information, in particular the “Weighting” section on pages 8-9. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/access-to-work-statistics-background-information-and-methodology" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/access-to-work-statistics-background-information-and-methodology</a></li><li>Access to Work expenditure for each country is based on residency of the beneficiary as opposed to place of work.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 due to the weighting methodology used (see Note 4).</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/01/2020 17:29:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1171638

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
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 Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to maintain the Local Supported Employment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	4760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Local Supported Employment Proof of Concept ran between November 2017 and May 2019 and was delivered in partnership with 9 Local Authorities. We are currently considering our next steps to build on the findings from this test.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/01/2020 15:59:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1171639

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) disability employment adviser leaders and (b) disability employment advisers are employed by her Department in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	4761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>From April 2019, Jobcentre Plus introduced an enhanced Disability Employment Adviser and a new Disability Employment Adviser Leader role supporting Jobcentre colleagues to provide high quality services to disabled people and those with health conditions. One of the key transformational elements of Universal Credit is that it provides us with the opportunity to support people who are in work to progress and increase their earnings.</p><p> </p><p>As of December 2019, there are 10 full time equivalents Disability Employment Adviser Leader (DEALS) in place across the Jobcentre network in Scotland and 52 full time equivalents Disability Employment Advisers (DEAs). Nationally there are 98 full time equivalents DEALs and 501 full time equivalents DEAs.</p><p> </p><p>The actual headcount will be higher when taking account of part time and dual role workers.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided are taken from the Departments ‘Activity Based Management’ (ABM) system. The data is derived from unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal departmental use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/01/2020 16:08:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1171640

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers are signatories of her Department's Disability Confident scheme.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	4762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The latest published figures show that, as of 31 December 2019, 15832 employers were signed up to Disability Confident.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/01/2020 17:35:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1171344

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much child maintenance arrears is owed through (a) the Child Maintenance Service and (b) the Child Support Agency.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	4372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The information relating to Child Maintenance Service outstanding maintenance (arrears) is published and available online as part of the Child Maintenance Service statistics. The latest publication includes information to September 2019. This is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2019-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2019-experimental</a></p><p> </p><p>The requested information is published in the National Tables, Table 11 (“How much maintenance the Child Maintenance Service has arranged”). This shows as at September 2019 child maintenance that remains be paid as £315.3m.</p><p> </p><p>The information relating to Child Support Agency arrears is published and available online as part of the Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary Statistics. The latest publication includes information to June 2019. This is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2019-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2019-experimental</a></p><p><em> </em></p><p>The requested information is published in the National Tables, Table 2 (“Outstanding maintenance arrears on CSA systems”) and Table 4 (“Child Support Agency arrears transitioned to the Child Maintenance Service”).</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows outstanding maintenance on CSA systems as at June 2019 is £70,500 and table 4 shows outstanding maintenance on Child Maintenance Service is £701.4m</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/01/2020 13:34:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1170974

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Child Maintenance Service's policy is when a non-resident parent has overpaid child maintenance; and whether that overpayment is (a) repaid, (b) deducted from future calculations or (c) subject to another process.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has a range of options to resolve overpayments of child maintenance. The course of action depends on the circumstances of the overpayment and the impact of a particular course of action on any children Involved.</p><p> </p><p>Where a non-resident parent (NRP) has overpaid child maintenance, the CMS will first consider allocating the overpaid amount against any arrears due on the same case or against on-going maintenance. They will then look at allocating the overpaid amount to arrears due on any other case the NRP has.</p><p> </p><p>If the overpayment cannot be allocated against any arrears or on-going maintenance, the Service will consider reimbursement. If a reimbursement is made, the Service will seek to recover any overpayments from the parent with care.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/01/2020 17:04:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1170975

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service includes inheritance received by non-resident parents in their maintenance calculations.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Inheritance does not meet the legal definition of historic or current taxable income used for child maintenance (CM) calculation, consequently it is not included in the calculation. However, where a non-resident parent is earning income from inherited asset(s), such income could be included in the CM calculation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/01/2020 17:10:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1170976

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is for the collection of child maintenance where a person has been detained in medical care due to their mental health.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Decisions about collection and enforcement action are made on a case by case basis, taking into account the welfare of all parties and using the appropriate methods which have the greatest chance of securing money for children. Where a paying parent is confirmed to be a hospital in-patient or in residential care, the Child Maintenance Service will consider whether it is appropriate to pause the collection of arrears.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/01/2020 17:29:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1171008

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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, what savings have accrued to the public purse under the £30 reduction for claimants of employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group in each month since that reduction was implemented.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There are no savings from the removal of the Employment and Support Allowance Work Related Activity Component for new claims from April 2017.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">This change enabled the Department to recycle money into providing practical support that will make a significant difference to the life chances of those in the Work-Related Activity Group. We have invested £330m over 4 years with £100m available in 2020/21 and will support those with limited capability for work to move towards and into suitable employment.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>The information requested on the savings accrued from the removal of the Work Related Activity Component (WRAC) is not available. It would incur disproportionate cost to calculate any actual net savings from the removal of the WRAC. </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>When the WRAC was removed we made a clear commitment to instead provide practical support that will make a significant difference to the life chances of those in the Work-Related Activity Group. We have been investing an additional £330m over 4 years to support those with limited capability for work to move towards and into suitable employment. </em></ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/01/2020 15:00:20 question first ministerially corrected 24/01/2020 14:36:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 1615 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1171009

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Candidates: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will replicate the Scottish Government's Access to Elected Office Fund to increase the inclusion of candidates with disabilities at the next general election.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Political parties are responsible for their candidate selection and should lead the way in improving diverse representation, including from people with disabilities, at General Elections.</p><p>Successive recent UK Governments have helped in this process. An Access to Elected Office Fund ran on a pilot basis from 2012 to 2015, and was followed by the EnAble Fund launched in 2018 as an interim measure to allow political parties time to put in place more support. We welcome the positive steps taken by some political parties to support their disabled candidates and encourage all parties to embrace this approach.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/01/2020 12:57:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows