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1215970

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of educational support for disabled children during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	903540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Every family has had challenges during this period but those families with disabled children face the greatest.</p><p>We have surveyed families, schools and local authorities to monitor the situation.</p><p>90% of special schools were open last week, and we have invested £10 million in the Family Fund and provided specialist online resources.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 22/06/2020 15:54:28 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1204322

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of the limited capability for work component of universal credit died (a) from March to May 2020 and (b) from March to May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	59771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/06/2020 16:03:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1204332

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were estimated to be paid employees according to HMRC's PAYE and RTI data in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Oldham local authority and (d) Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency in each month from April 2019 to May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	59772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The table below sets out the quarterly numbers for paid employees in England and the North West, from April 2019 to March 2020, from HMRC PAYE RTI data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>April 2019 - June 2019</p></td><td><p>July 2019 - September 2019</p></td><td><p>October 2019 - December 2019</p></td><td><p>January 2020 - March 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>25,578,000</p></td><td><p>25,873,000</p></td><td><p>25,800,000</p></td><td><p>25,737,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>3,272,000</p></td><td><p>3,306,000</p></td><td><p>3,305,000</p></td><td><p>3,291,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Paid Employees in England and the North West</p><p><em>Figures rounded to the nearest thousand</em></p><p> </p><p>It is not possible for HMRC to provide answers to the other aspects of this question due to the time taken to calculate these figures.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/06/2020 07:03:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1203838

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of total claimants in receipt of personal independence payment died between (a) March and May 2020, and (b) March and May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	59467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically. The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows for each month from March 2019 – May 2019 and March 2020 – April 2020: (a) The number of PIP claimants with entitlement to PIP who died having had entitlement on the last day of each month.</p><p>(b) The total number of PIP claims with entitlement on the last day each month.</p><p>(c) The percentage of claimants entitled to PIP who died in each month which is calculated by dividing (a) the number of claimant deaths in each month by (b) the total number of PIP claims with entitlement in the same month.</p><p> </p><p>Note that April 2020 is the latest month for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Summary of PIP claimants with entitlement who died from March 2019 – May 2019 and March 2020 – April 2020</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Number of PIP Claimant Deaths</p></td><td><p>4,650</p></td><td><p>4,580</p></td><td><p>4,460</p></td><td><p>5,880</p></td><td><p>6,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Total PIP Claims with entitlement</p></td><td><p>2,098,090</p></td><td><p>2,113,170</p></td><td><p>2,134,400</p></td><td><p>2,455,300</p></td><td><p>2,485,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) Death rate of PIP claimants with entitlement</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td><td><p>0.21%</p></td><td><p>0.24%</p></td><td><p>0.25%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source: PIP ADS and Customer Information System and Stat-Xplore</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</li></ul><ul><li>Data for the number of claimant deaths has been sourced from the PIP ADS and the Customer Information System and data for the number of total PIP claims with entitlement has been sourced from Stat-Xplore.</li><li>Number of claimants has been rounded to the nearest 10 and the data for the death rate of claimants has been rounded to the nearest 0.01%.</li><li>Claimants’ dates of death are as recorded on the system at 12<sup>th</sup> June 2020 and may be subject to retrospection.</li></ul><ul><li>GB only</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/06/2020 16:52:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1203839

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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 Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of employment support allowance died between (a) March and May 2020 and (b) March and May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	59468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/06/2020 16:08:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1203841

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Income Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of income support died between (a) March and May 2020 and (b) March and May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	59469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 59470 question first answered 25/06/2020 13:21:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1203842

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of jobseeker's allowance died between (a) March and May 2020 and (b) March and May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	59470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 59469 question first answered 25/06/2020 13:21:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1203843

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of universal credit died between (a) March to May 2020, and (b) March to May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	59471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit can be claimed by a range of working age people, some of whom have health conditions or disabilities, which may be degenerative or life limiting. The decision to claim Universal Credit can be prompted by a range of a factors, including when someone is terminally ill, so mortality figures should not be viewed in isolation.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1st March 2019 and 31st May 2019, 1,600, or less than 0.1 per cent, applications were made to Universal Credit where the claimant died. Over the same period the volume of people on Universal Credit stood at 2.3 million.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1st March 2020 and 31st May 2020, 2,700, or less than 0.1 percent, applications were made to Universal Credit where the claimant died. Over the same period the volume of people on Universal Credit stood at 4.9 million.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2020 16:06:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 32176 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1193518

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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	Disability: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on disabled people who are in receipt of social security.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	902300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>DWP has made a number of changes to the benefits system in response to the pandemic to ensure the right support goes to those claimants who are more vulnerable, have a health condition or have a disability.</p><p>To provide greater financial security at this time, we have automatically extended awards by 6 months for existing claimants that were due to be reviewed or reassessed.</p><p>We have also suspended all face-to-face assessments of disability benefits for 3 months but continue to accept new claims, requests for a review where asked by a claimant and, as usual, prioritise claims made under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/05/2020 09:23:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1177486

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Dementia: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2020 to Question 10385 on Dementia: Health Services, when the Government plans to publish the Implementation Plan for the review of the Challenge on Dementia to take that strategy forward from 2020 to 2025.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	14721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>We have no plans to publish an implementation plan for the review of the Challenge on Dementia 2020.</p><p>We will be setting out our plans on dementia for England for the period 2020-2025 later this year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/02/2020 14:29:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams