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1536908

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2022
	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	Motability
	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 27 October 2022 to Question 69539, what the approximate annual cost of providing each Motability Scheme lease agreement vehicle was in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	72941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>Whilst the department works closely with Motability and is responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability scheme, Motability is an independent charitable organisation that is wholly responsible for the terms and the administration of the scheme, along with oversight of Motability operations. Any questions relating to the terms and conditions of a lease should be directed to Motability.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/11/2022 15:25:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1667529

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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	Motability
	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 provide additional funding to the Motability Scheme over the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	90
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The department does not provide direct funding to Motability.  DWP transfers only the mobility part of relevant benefits to Motability for eligible customers choosing to join the scheme.  Motability is an independent charitable organisation that is wholly responsible for the terms and the administration of the scheme.</p><p /> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/11/2023 17:44:26 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1669830

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2023
	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 was the average time taken to make a decision on an Access to Work assessment from (a) October 2022 to March 2023 and (b) April 2023 to November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	1821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The average time taken to make a decision on an Access to Work assessment from</p><p>(a) October 2022 to March 2023 was 60.5 days</p><p>(b) April 2023 to (end of) October 2023 was 47.0 days</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 20/11/2023 16:47:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1671780

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	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	Motability: Electric Vehicles
	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 13 November 2023 to Question 90 on Motability, if he will make it his policy to increase the mobility element of relevant benefits to enable those choosing to use the Motability scheme to afford electric vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	2790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The department is responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability scheme, which enables disabled people in receipt of a relevant benefit to lease cars, powered wheelchairs and scooters. The Motability scheme includes electric vehicles in its offer. Disability benefits are increased yearly in line with CPI. It was announced at Autumn Statement that benefits will rise by 6.7% in April 2024. Motability Foundation is an independent charitable organisation that is wholly responsible for the terms and the administration of the scheme together, with oversight of Motability Operations and this includes support for leasing electric vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 27/11/2023 11:39:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1673176

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2023
	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	Disability: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were received by his Department's disability service centre's enquiry lines in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	3744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The table below shows data for Calls Offered to Agent Queue (number of calls received) for Disability Services, for each of the last two complete reporting years, 2021/22 and 2022/23.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reporting Year</p></td><td><p>Directorate</p></td><td><p>Calls Offered to Agent Queue</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-2022</p></td><td><p>Disability Services</p></td><td><p>7,788,882</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-2023</p></td><td><p>Disability Services</p></td><td><p>8,415,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,204,367</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p>Please note this information is derived from the Department’s management information designed solely for the purpose of helping the Department to manage its business. As such, it has not been subjected to the rigorous quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics. As DWP holds the information internally, we have released it. However, it is possible information held by DWP may change due to operational reasons and we recommend that caution be applied when using it.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/11/2023 15:15:48 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1672601

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2023
	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	Pensioners: Low Incomes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Trial encourages low-income pensioners to apply for extra financial support, published on 17 July 2023, what the priority objectives are of the invitation to claim trial.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	3444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>In addition to our ongoing Pension Credit communications campaign, in July we launched a more targeted ‘Invitation to Claim’ trial. Approximately 2,500 pensioner households across ten local authority areas in Great Britain were sent letters encouraging them to contact DWP and make a claim. The areas were chosen to be representative of urban, rural and coastal communities and target households were identified as most likely to be missing out because they were claiming Housing Benefit but not Pension Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The objectives of the trial are to learn whether using data in this way can help accurately identify eligible households; and whether directly contacting households in this way is an effective way of boosting Pension Credit applications.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/11/2023 11:04:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1675062

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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	Pension Credit: Publicity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the cost to the public purse of the communications campaign to raise awareness of Pension Credit between April 2022 and October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	4926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>To raise awareness of Pension Credit and increase take-up, the Department launched a nationwide marketing and communications campaign in April 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This campaign has included advertising on national TV, in regional and national newspapers, on local and national broadcast radio, medical centre and Post Office screens across Great Britain, as well as advertising on buses and digital street displays. Online marketing activity also included promotion of Pension Credit on social media, via internet search engines and sponsored advertising on targeted websites that pensioners, their friends and family are likely to visit.</p><p> </p><p>Our Pension Credit Day of Action last year saw claims more than double to 275% compared to the same week the previous year - and we’re continuing to build on this success through various creative no-cost media campaigns to boost awareness of the benefit through broadcast, radio and print media.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claims received in the financial year 2022/23 was higher than over the same period the year before.</p><p> </p><p>The total cost of the campaign in the 2022/23 financial year was <strong>£2,785,927.23</strong></p><p> </p><p>The cost of the campaign in the 2023/24 financial year to October 2024 is <strong>£485,939.07.</strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/12/2023 12:49:29 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1683311

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been convicted for offences relating to the fraudulent encashment of state pension payments which were for deceased recipients in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	10402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department is unable to provide convictions data for State Pension fraud cases relating to deceased individuals.</p><p> </p><p>State Pension fraud and error is low, but it does exist, with £100m estimated to have been overpaid in State Pension in 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/01/2024 10:43:53 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1693760

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	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	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government Minister urges pensioners to check eligibility for Pension Credit as Week of Action kicks off, published on 12 June 2023, how many additional claims for pension credit have been received as a result of the Invitation to Claim mailing trial.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	17058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The ‘Invitation to Claim’ trial ran from July 2023 in ten Local Authority areas across Great Britain: Eastbourne, Teignbridge, Pendle, Charnwood, Vale of White Horse, Redcar and Cleveland, Craven, Harrow, Powys and West Lothian. Approximately 2,500 pensioner households were sent letters encouraging them to contact DWP and make a claim.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the commitment given last year, we will be publishing a report covering the results from the trial shortly. Once the report has been published, we will have an indication of how many people applied for Pension Credit as a result of the trial.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 11/03/2024 15:54:48 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1694921

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reduction in fraud and error in the benefit system he expects by the end of 2024.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	17798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>DWP measures fraud and error in the welfare system via annual national statistics published each May.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a target to save at least £1.3 billion in 2023-24 from its dedicated counter fraud and error resource. Further information on this is included in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">DWP Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) Report</a>, available on GOV.UK. The ARA report for financial year 23/24 is expected to be published Summer 2024.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/03/2024 12:56:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell