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1105486

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/04/2019
	date	27/03/2019
	date tabled	27/03/2019
	ddp created	27/03/2019 21:45:48
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	28/03/2019 16:48:20 17/06/2019 15:57:05
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	237575
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/06/2019 15:25:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether universal credit claimants are able to deduct the tax relief claimed by relief at source pension schemes from their earned income figure to calculate their award of universal credit.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 237575
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	237575
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>100% of contributions to employer pension schemes, whether Net or Relief at Source pensions, will be taken into account when calculating the level of employed earnings in UC. This means that a UC claimant that contributes to either type of pension will, automatically (where employers report the information correctly), have their UC entitlement calculated on their taxable pay, after their pension contribution. This ensures fairness for all affected UC employed claimants.</p><p> </p><p>If there is some discrepancy in the way in which it’s reported, DWP will manually ensure that the Relief at Source pension contribution is deducted before any UC entitlement is calculated on their employed earnings.</p> question first answered 17/06/2019 15:25:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1126837

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 18:25:25
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	16/05/2019 14:15:17 21/05/2019 17:15:02
	hansard heading	Working Links
	house id	1
	identifier	254799
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 16:43:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions officials in her Department have had with their counterparts in the Ministry of Justice on the Working Links: Ministerial direction correspondence published on 8 May 2019; and if she will introduce similar financial protections to her Department’s Working Links subcontractors.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 254799
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	254799
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>DWP Commercial have had discussions recently with MOJ colleagues to clarify the MOJ Ministerial direction correspondence published on 8 May 2019.</p><p>The MOJ are making payments to a small number of Permitted Sub Contractors on the basis of a) the unique nature of their services (statutory services) and b) the structure of their current market in the context of the transformation announced yesterday.</p><p>The Department considered the impact on stakeholders and sub-contractors, based on the Administrator’s statement of affairs at the point of Working Links going into administration, and has worked with both the Administrator and Fedcap, who have taken over a number of Working Links contracts, to minimise the impact on those supply chain partners owed monies by Working Links at the point of administration.</p> question first answered 21/05/2019 16:43:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	creator	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1126941

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 18:29:40
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	16/05/2019 14:15:24 03/06/2019 14:23:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	254734
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/06/2019 13:51:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2019 to Question 249847, what assessment of a universal credit claimant’s financial situation is made when calculating what percentage of their payment will be deducted in order to repay an advance.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 254734
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	254734
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The maximum amount a claimant can receive as a new claim advance payment is 100 per cent of their total indicative Universal Credit award. The claimant can decide the length of repayment period when they request the advance. This can be up to a maximum 12 months. The rate of repayment is decided by dividing the total advance amount by the agreed repayment period.</p><p>Affordability is managed by ensuring the recovery rate is not more than the equivalent of 40 per cent of the standard allowance and help is available for those struggling to meet the recovery rate once recovery begins. In many cases, because claimants choose to repay advances over many months, advance repayments constitute less than 40% of a standard allowance. In exceptional circumstances, recovery can be deferred for up to 3 months from the start of the recovery period.</p><p>Advances are not loans; they are an interest free advance payment of benefit, available to help people who need immediate financial support, which is then recovered over an agreed period. The Department has taken a number of steps to ensure that advances meet the needs of claimants and that recovery arrangements are personalised and reasonable. From October 2019 we are reducing the maximum rate of deductions to 30 per cent and from October 2021 we are increasing the maximum recovery period for advances from 12 to 16 months.</p> question first answered 03/06/2019 13:51:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1127607

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/05/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 21:00:43
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/05/2019 14:55:56 23/05/2019 10:01:03
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Highlands of Scotland
	house id	1
	identifier	256380
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/05/2019 09:29:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former disability living allowance claimants living in the Highland local authority area receive (a) a reduced or (b) no mobility element under personal independence payment.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 256380
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	256380
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants who were in receipt of the DLA mobility component and whom on reassessment to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) received (a) a reduced mobility element or (b) a zero mobility element at the first DWP decision. Figures are prior to any mandatory reconsideration, appeal or award review.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mobility award under PIP compared to mobility award under DLA for those who were in receipt of the mobility component on DLA</p></td><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>Highland Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Reduced Mobility</p></td><td><p>144,350 (13%)</p></td><td><p>680 (14%)</p></td><td><p>180 (14%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Mobility stopped</p></td><td><p>430,730 (39%)</p></td><td><p>1,690 (34%)</p></td><td><p>420 (31%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) Mobility the same</p></td><td><p>407,290 (37%)</p></td><td><p>1,980 (40%)</p></td><td><p>560 (42%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d) Increased mobility</p></td><td><p>128,410 (12%)</p></td><td><p>630 (13%)</p></td><td><p>180 (14%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number who were in receipt of DLA mobility</p></td><td><p>1,110,770</p></td><td><p>4,970</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>Data excludes claimants who did not previously receive a mobility component on DLA.</li><li>PIP mobility award shows the mobility award at the first DWP decision on each reassessment claim (i.e. they reflect outcomes prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was made between 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li><li>“Mobility stopped” includes claims disallowed prior to assessment, claims disallowed post-assessment and claims withdrawn by the claimant as well as claimants who were awarded PIP Daily Living but received no PIP Mobility award component.</li><li>Figures exclude rising 16s and claimants who did not respond to the invitation. Rising 16s are claimants who reach 16 years of age and so cease to be eligible for DLA but may be eligible for PIP.</li><li>Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013, and include both PIP Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claims.</li><li>Totals have been rounded to the nearest 10 and may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>Percentages are calculated using actual figures rather than rounded figures and have been rounded to the nearest 1%.</li><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul> question first answered 23/05/2019 09:29:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	creator	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1127667

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/05/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 21:03:40
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/05/2019 15:05:15 23/05/2019 10:31:02
	hansard heading	Pensioners: Fuel Poverty
	house id	1
	identifier	256409
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/05/2019 09:59:21
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of pensioners who forewent heating as a result of a lack of funds in the last four months of 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 256409
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	256409
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy administers the warm home discount scheme which provides assistance to around 2 million low income and vulnerable households (including 1.21m pensioners) with their energy costs. Further details can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme</a></p><p /><p>In 2018/19 the DWP is estimated to have spent £122bn on pensioner benefits which included £2bn on winter fuel payments to 12 million pensioners, the majority of whom received their payment before Christmas 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the DWP also administers the cold weather payment scheme. For the period from the 1 November 2018 to the 31 March 2019, we estimate 438,000 payments were made to Pension Credit customers. Further details about the cold weather payment scheme can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment</a></p><p> </p><p>The DWP does not hold the specific information requested.</p> question first answered 23/05/2019 09:59:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	creator	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1128976

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/06/2019
	date	03/06/2019
	date tabled	03/06/2019
	ddp created	03/06/2019 16:31:01
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	04/06/2019 16:25:10 06/06/2019 16:16:01
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Occupational Health
	house id	1
	identifier	259191
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/06/2019 15:45:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase access for small businesses to occupational health advice.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 259191
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	259191
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 employers are legally required to assess the risk of ill health that may result from activities undertaken in the workplace, and act on that assessment. The approach applies to all employers and directs them to take preventative action. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) sets standards and provides a range of resources and guidance for employers. As part of this work, the HSE is undertaking a programme of targeted activity with employers to help them put in place suitable and proportionate preventative measures designed to address three key work-related ill health issues; musculoskeletal disease, work-related stress and occupational lung disease. This programme involves a substantial body of cross-cutting interventions (including publicity and awareness-raising activities, sector-specific initiatives, and regulatory interventions) and forms part of HSE’s contribution to the health and safety strategy – <em>Helping Great Britain Work Well – </em>launched in 2016<em>.</em></p><p>We plan to consult later this year on measures to encourage and support all employers, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to play their part in retaining and reintegrating employees who are struggling with their health or who are off sick. This includes measures to improve access to cost effective and high quality occupational health services.</p> question first answered 06/06/2019 15:45:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	creator	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1130568

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2019
	date	06/06/2019
	date tabled	06/06/2019
	ddp created	06/06/2019 17:03:55
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	07/06/2019 12:55:12 11/06/2019 12:15:03
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	identifier	261118
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/06/2019 11:43:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to her Written Statement of 5 March 2019, HC WS1376, if she will place in the Library a copy of the contract terms for the extension of the Health and Disability Assessment Service.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 261118
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	261118
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The negotiations to extend the Health and Disability Assessment Service contract for 17 months until 31 July 2021 are still to be concluded<strong>.</strong> There are currently no plans to publish a redacted version of the contract which supports this extension in the House of Commons library.</p> question first answered 11/06/2019 11:43:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	creator	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1130670

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/06/2019
	date	07/06/2019
	date tabled	07/06/2019
	ddp created	07/06/2019 14:09:38
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	10/06/2019 14:55:05 12/06/2019 16:05:12
	hansard heading	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Dupuytren's Contracture
	house id	1
	identifier	261503
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/06/2019 15:31:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable a claimant be able to make an application for industrial injuries disabled benefit for Dupuytren’s contracture.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 261503
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	261503
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The inclusion of Dupuytren’s Contracture in the list of prescribed diseases, for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit was announced in the Autumn Budget of 2018.</p><p>Since the announcement, the Department has been working towards implementation and expects to bring forward legislation towards the latter end of 2019.</p><p> </p> question first answered 12/06/2019 15:31:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	creator	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1130744

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/06/2019
	date	07/06/2019
	date tabled	07/06/2019
	ddp created	07/06/2019 14:12:31
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	11/06/2019 09:45:08 12/06/2019 16:15:02
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	identifier	261484
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/06/2019 15:43:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of housing costs on the level of child poverty; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 261484
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	261484
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department looks at rates of child poverty both before and after housing costs. Absolute child poverty after housing costs has reduced from 28% in 2009/10 to 26% in 2017/18. However, this is higher than the absolute child poverty rate before housing costs which was 18% in 2017/18, suggesting that housing costs have an effect on rates of children in low income households.</p> question first answered 12/06/2019 15:43:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	creator	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1131002

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/06/2019
	date	10/06/2019
	date tabled	10/06/2019
	ddp created	10/06/2019 21:59:50
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	11/06/2019 12:55:10 13/06/2019 12:31:01
	hansard heading	Farms: Industrial Health and Safety
	house id	1
	identifier	262227
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/06/2019 11:59:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to provide advice to farmers on the potential dangers of mixing slurry.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 262227
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	262227
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has responsibility for the regulation of health and safety standards on Great Britain’s farms and has published guidance to farmers on the risks associated with managing slurry on farms at <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais9.pdf" target="_blank">www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais9.pdf</a>. HSE has also worked with the farming industry’s Farm Safety Partnership to highlight how the dangers of mixing slurry can be managed. Information is available on the National Farmers Union website at <a href="https://www.nfuonline.com/farm-safety-think-slurry-v10/" target="_blank">https://www.nfuonline.com/farm-safety-think-slurry-v10/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Research has been carried out by HSE to inform practical control strategies. The findings will inform future revisions of the guidance and will be shared with the farming industry through the Farm Safety Partnerships.</p> question first answered 13/06/2019 11:59:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	creator	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew