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1673996

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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	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 many applications for Access to Work support were received in each month since 1 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	4568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested about Access to Work applications is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p>However, Access to Work statistics include how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2022/23. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p /><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 04/12/2023 11:54:31 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1674087

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the refreezing of Local Housing Allowance after 2025 on low income renters.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	4569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has completed his review of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates for 2024/25. As announced by the Chancellor in the recent Autumn Statement, from April 2024 the Government will be investing £1.2 billion increasing LHA rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This results in a significant investment of £7bn over five years and ensures 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit will gain, on average, nearly £800 per year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has committed to reviewing LHA rates annually and the rates for 2025/26 have not yet been reviewed.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/12/2023 16:25:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1672398

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	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, what the average length of time was for Access to Work applications to be processed in each month since May 2022.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	3348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Initial date of contact to decision Actual Average Clearance Time in days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>49.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>56.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>59.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>58.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>61.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>63.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>61.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>62.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>60.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-23</p></td><td><p>58.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-23</p></td><td><p>62.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-23</p></td><td><p>56.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-23</p></td><td><p>50.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-23</p></td><td><p>41.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-23</p></td><td><p>47.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-23</p></td><td><p>46.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-23</p></td><td><p>45.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-23</p></td><td><p>45.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 28/11/2023 17:46:21 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1672399

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	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, what the longest length of time has been for an Access to Work application to be processed in each month since May 2022.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	3349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The case that has taken the longest to have a decision was made on 13/12/2021 with a decision being made on 11/05/2023. This took 354 working days for a decision being made.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 28/11/2023 17:41:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1672400

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	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 many applications to the Access to Work scheme were rejected in each month since May 2022.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	3350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Applications not awarded AtW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>2480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>2577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>2792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>2873</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>3277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>3524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>2812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>3354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-23</p></td><td><p>2943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-23</p></td><td><p>3807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-23</p></td><td><p>2497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-23</p></td><td><p>3029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-23</p></td><td><p>3718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-23</p></td><td><p>3706</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-23</p></td><td><p>3698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-23</p></td><td><p>3392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-23</p></td><td><p>3566</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Applications not awarded include advice provided to the applicant, no contact with applicant, no evidence provided by the applicant, applicant not eligible, applicant not pursued application and closed other (those that do not fall in to the other categories).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.  </em></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 28/11/2023 17:45:22 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1672401

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	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, what the most common reason was for rejecting an application to the Access to Work scheme in each month since May 2022.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	3351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Reason for rejection</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>Application not pursued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>Application not pursued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>Closed Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>Closed Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>Closed Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>Closed Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>Closed Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>No Contact</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>No Contact</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-23</p></td><td><p>Application not pursued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-23</p></td><td><p>No Contact</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-23</p></td><td><p>No Contact</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-23</p></td><td><p>Closed Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-23</p></td><td><p>Closed Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-23</p></td><td><p>Closed Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-23</p></td><td><p>Closed Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-23</p></td><td><p>Closed Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-23</p></td><td><p>Closed Other</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reasons for the application being rejected/not awarded include:</p><ul><li>Advice provided to the applicant.</li><li>No contact with applicant.</li><li>No evidence provided by the applicant.</li><li>Applicant not eligible.</li><li>Applicant not pursued application.</li><li>Closed other (those that do not fall in to the other categories).</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.  </em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 28/11/2023 17:43:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1672471

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infected Blood Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding is being made available to provide compensation for those affected by the Infected Blood Inquiry; and when this funding will be made available.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	3352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>I thank the honourable Member for her question. I would like to reassure her that I am meeting with colleagues across Whitehall, including Treasury Ministers, to discuss the Infected Blood Inquiry recommendations, and the Government’s response, and will update the House as soon as I can.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/11/2023 17:00:26 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1671999

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for an exemption to the Life in the UK Test on the basis of a long-term (a) physical and (b) mental condition in each month since January 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	3050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>We are unable to provide this data as we do not record data relating to requests for exemption from the Life in the UK Test.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 3051 3052 question first answered 27/11/2023 12:18:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1672000

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were refused an exemption to the Life in the UK Test on the basis of a long-term (a) physical and (b) mental condition in each month since January 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	3051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>We are unable to provide this data as we do not record data relating to requests for exemption from the Life in the UK Test.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 3050 3052 question first answered 27/11/2023 12:18:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1672001

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was to process an application for an exemption to the Life in the UK Test in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	3052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>We are unable to provide this data as we do not record data relating to requests for exemption from the Life in the UK Test.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 3050 3051 question first answered 27/11/2023 12:18:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain