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1690825

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date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Shared Ownership Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to amend the shared ownership scheme to prevent residents paying fees to (a) extend their lease and (b) sell their part of the property.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	15008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-07/13515" target="_blank">13515</a> on 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/02/2024 14:40:51 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1690833

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the impact of the level of employment support for veterans in jobcentres on trends in the number of veterans finding employment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	15009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>DWP supports people across the country to move into and progress in work through a range of support including face-to-face time with work coaches, job-search advice and more intensive employment programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Veterans were eligible for the Work and Health Program (WHP), through the Early Access Group (EAG), which was on a voluntary basis. Evidence from the participant surveys suggests that the WHP has had some positive impacts on participants’ work readiness compared with the control group. This is most evident for voluntary WHP participants relative to their control group. Among both mandatory and voluntary participants, six in ten thought the support received had increased their chances of moving into work.</p><p> </p><p>Veterans will also be eligible for the Universal Support (US) programme which is currently in development. This will be evaluated to provide evidence on the effectiveness of the program for its participants.</p><p> </p><p>The is currently no analysis of veteran’s outcomes on Universal Credit (UC). The armed forces marker on UCFS was introduced in 2021. Coverage is not yet at the level required for robust analysis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/02/2024 10:20:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1690835

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	New Business: Veterans
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 take steps to encourage more veterans to establish businesses in the defence, aerospace and cybersecurity sectors.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	15010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 20 February 2024 to PQ<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-06/13224/" target="_blank">13224</a>.</p><p /><p>The same applies to those looking to start up a business.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/02/2024 10:23:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1690836

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2024 to Question 11564 on Universal Credit: Veterans, for what reason the Department did not seek to capture data on the number of veterans that claimed Universal Credit prior to April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	15011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>Once it became clear that an “identifier” on the Universal Credit system would be the best way to help ensure that veterans and other members of the armed forces community received appropriate help and support, we introduced it as soon as operationally feasible, taking account of other high priority changes required for the Universal Credit systems.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/02/2024 10:25:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1690453

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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	Jobcentres: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2024 to Question 11563 on Jobcentres: Birmingham Selly Oak, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating Armed Forces Champions to every Jobcentre in England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	14788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>Each of our 37 Jobcentre Districts has an Armed forces Champion available for every Jobcentre, including Selly Oak JCP, to access.</p><p> </p><p>Our Work Coaches are trained on how to provide tailored and personalised support to claimants dependant on their individual circumstances. Jobcentres vary in size and structure therefore the support required will vary for each site. In those areas where there are particularly high levels of demand, for example garrison towns, the local manager will ensure that the right level of support can be accessed.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/02/2024 10:53:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1690454

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 8295 on Universal Credit: Veterans, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of Universal Credit claimants who have been identified as having served in the past in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	14789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 6 February 2024 to question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-30/11939" target="_blank">11939</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 14792 question first answered 29/02/2024 10:57:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1690457

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 8295 on Universal Credit: Veterans, if he will take steps to collect data on the specific branches of the armed forces that Universal Credit claimants are serving in or have served in the past.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	14790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>We currently have no plans to collect this data. Where the branch in which someone served is relevant to their Universal Credit claim or the employment support they need, this will be discussed with the Work Coach or Armed Forces Champion supporting the claimant concerned.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/02/2024 10:59:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1690458

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2024 to Question 11938 on Veterans: Employment, if he will take steps to help ensure that the Office for National Statistics collects data on veterans in the labour market on a non-experimental basis.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	14791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The process the independent Office for National Statistics take to evaluate whether statistics should be labelled experimental statistics or not, is outlined <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/methodologytopicsandstatisticalconcepts/guidetoexperimentalstatistics#:~:text=Experimental statistics are official statistics,clearly explained within the release." target="_blank">here.</a></p><p /><p>ONS welcome feedback on their plans for the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/labourmarkettransformationupdateonprogressandplans/latest" target="_blank">transformation of the Labour Force Survey</a> by emailing them at <a href="mailto:labour.market.transformation@ons.gov.uk" target="_blank">here.</a> Currently all data from the Transformed Labour Force Survey is badged as experimental because it is still in the development phase including data on veterans in the labour market.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/02/2024 11:02:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1690460

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to help veterans into work.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	14792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 6 February 2024 to question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-30/11939" target="_blank">11939</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 14789 question first answered 29/02/2024 10:57:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1689995

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Mental Health Services: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans in the West Midlands accessed Op COURAGE in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	14451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>Since 2017, NHS England has expanded the services available to veterans with the introduction of the Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (TILS) in 2017, followed by the Complex Treatment Service (CTS) in 2018 and the High Intensity Service (HIS) in 2020. The commissioning of each of these services led to the introduction of the overarching name Op COURAGE.</p><p>From 1 April 2023, a new integrated Op COURAGE service has been operational. This new service has brought together the previously three separate mental health services for veterans into a single service to make it easier for veterans to access the support they need when they need it.</p><p>Between January 2023 and December 2023, there were 6,524 referrals into Op COURAGE. In the same period, there were 568 referrals from general practices within a West Midlands integrated care board. It is possible that a veteran has had more than one referral into the service.</p><p>Veterans can also choose to use Talking Therapies and other mental health services commissioned by NHS England. Between January 2023 and December 2023, there were 20,485 veteran referrals into Talking Therapies services.</p><p>In 2021, the Government committed an additional £2.7 million to March 2025, to expand Op COURAGE following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.</p><p>In January 2024, NHS England launched a national campaign to raise awareness of Op COURAGE and encourage veterans struggling with their mental health to seek help from the service. The campaign will run until March 2024.</p><p>As well as the National Health Service-commissioned Op COURAGE service, the Government is providing an additional £10 million to support the Veterans’ Places, People and Pathways Programme to increase support to a significant community of vulnerable veterans throughout the UK and enable the programme to become self-sustaining.</p><p>The Principal Social Work Network for Adults across England meet on a regular basis to review all aspects of social work practice and training underpinned by statutory and policy guidance which includes the needs of the Veterans community.</p><p>NHS England is the commissioner of Op COURAGE and other mainstream mental health services. NHS England has engaged with international counterparts on best practice on tackling veterans’ mental health issues and will continue to collaborate in this way to ensure the services in England reflect best practice and evidence-based learnings in the commissioning of bespoke services for veterans.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 14452 14453 14454 14455 question first answered 28/02/2024 17:24:16 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe