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425498

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2015
	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	Workplace Pensions: Small Businesses
	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 has given to micro-businesses in adapting to new automatic enrolment pension schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	14316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting small and micro-businesses to adapt to their new automatic enrolment duties. Together with The Pensions Regulator, we have launched a new broadcast-led communications campaign to raise awareness of automatic enrolment amongst small employers.</p><p>The Pensions Regulator has also recently launched a new interactive and simplified online step by step guide to automatic enrolment, designed to meet the specific needs of employers who may not have pensions experience, including those with just one or two staff. Employers using the website can access tailored information relevant to their circumstances. The Pensions Regulator also provides online content for business advisers who play an important role in supporting smaller employers to meet their legal duties. To raise awareness and understanding, the Regulator has had over 500 meetings with intermediary firms and spoken at over 300 events around the UK during the last year</p><p>The Regulator sends a series of letters to every employer starting at least 12 months before their staging date, which is the date that the law applies to them. These letters set out what an employer needs to do and by when to comply with the law and signposts to the relevant information on the Regulator’s website.</p><p>To help employers adjust to the costs of automatic enrolment the minimum employer contribution level starts at 1% and increases gradually to 3% by October 2018. In addition, to ensure that all firms have access to quality, low-cost pension provision, The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) was established by the Government and has a public service obligation to accept any employer that chooses NEST for automatic enrolment.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 14445 question first answered 05/11/2015 15:05:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

425499

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2015
	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	Workplace Pensions: Small Businesses
	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 effect of his proposals for automatic enrolment of employees in pension schemes on businesses with fewer than 10 employees.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	14313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>In 2010 the independent Making Automatic Enrolment Work (MAEW) review considered the impact of automatic enrolment on small and micro businesses. DWP’s impact assessments and on-going evaluation of Automatic Enrolment continue to monitor the costs and benefits of automatic enrolment on small businesses, including those with fewer than 10 employees.</p><br /><p>DWP’s evaluation reports and impact assessments are all available online.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/11/2015 14:06:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

771354

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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: Telephone Services
	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 the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Sefton Central of 12 October 2017 to the Leader of the House, Official Report, column 469, if he will remove the charge for telephone calls to his Department on universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	107750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State at the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 18 October 2017, DWP plans to change the Universal Credit helpline to a freephone number over the next month.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 107919 question first answered 19/10/2017 14:07:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1362194

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	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: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received on the impact of using the universal credit online journal on people with mental health conditions .
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	60398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a 24 hour, seven days a week, digital service that allows claimants to manage their own data and account online at a time which is convenient for them. Via their account, claimants can check their Universal Credit benefit payments, notify us of changes and record notes on the online journal facility.</p><p> </p><p>To enable Work Coaches to provide a tailored experience for all claimants, including those with mental health conditions, Work Coaches are able to record in a free text format, through the use of ‘pinned notes’ in the Universal Credit system, information which supports staff in identifying and recording circumstances of individual claimants.</p><p> </p><p>However, if claimants are unable to make a digital claim, they can make and maintain their claim via our Freephone Universal Credit helpline. When a claim is made by telephone, claimants do not need to provide an email address and are not given an online account to maintain, nor an online journal to manage. A telephone claim is also clearly marked on the service to remind DWP staff to use alternative channels to communicate information with claimants and their monthly award statement will be sent via post.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Help to Claim support delivered through Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland offers tailored, practical support to help people make a Universal Credit claim up to receiving their first full correct payment on time. This support has been bolstered by the announcement in March this year of a further 12 months of funding for Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland to deliver Help to Claim.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/10/2021 13:35:24 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1360004

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of varying the taper rate of universal credit for workers in the social care sector.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	57002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. Universal Credit was designed with the aim of simplifying the benefits system and making work pay, and does not differentiate by different sectors of work. The single taper rate makes it much easier for people who are working or who are considering a job to see clearly how much financial support they will receive and to understand the advantages of work.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/10/2021 16:45:40 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1359980

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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: Forecasts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the extent of delays in responding to requests for State Pension forecasts for people who have deferred their State Pension.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	57001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>Where customers have deferred making their State Pension claim, there is no delay to DWP responding to such requests for State Pension forecasts. All such requests are being processed.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/10/2021 12:28:52 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 25566 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

788677

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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 his policy is on continuing his Department's Your Simple Payment account service.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	112747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Simple Payment service contract with Citibank is due to end in March 2018. We are actively encouraging customers to use an existing bank account or to provide new bank, building society or credit union account details into which their payments can be transferred.</p><p> </p><p>For those customers unable to provide an alternative method of payment a replacement service will be available. Contact with customers has already begun and there will be further contact and information as we approach transition. Customers will transition to the new service by the end of the current Citibank contract.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/11/2017 16:00:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1649563

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2023
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to email correspondence of 14 June 2023 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	192074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>The correspondence of the 14 June 2023 is being taken forward and a full response should be issued within the 20 working day target.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/07/2023 11:00:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

834073

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to the letter of 18 December 2017 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central on the personal independence payment award to Mrs Sheila Ellis.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	125830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, my hon. Friend the member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton), replied on 30 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/02/2018 15:40:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

754975

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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: Hearing Impairment
	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 for businesses to assist with the employment of staff with a hearing impairment.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	6457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not provide such support direct to businesses, but for individuals whose health or disability affects the way they do their job who are in work, or just about to enter work, Access to Work provides practical and financial support with additional costs.</p><p> </p><p>The type of support is tailored to an individual’s needs and can include travel to work, support workers and specialist aids and equipment for the individual, as well as advice for employers and awareness raising sessions for their staff.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work does not replace the duty an employer has under the Equality Act to make reasonable adjustments. Instead it provides support that is over and above that which is a reasonable adjustment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the new Disability Confident scheme, launched by the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work in November 2016, works with employers to create a movement for change, by encouraging them to think differently about disability and to take action to improve how they attract, recruit and retain disabled workers. This involves business talking to business, with disability confident employers sharing their evidence and experiences with other employers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 06/09/2017 10:58:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson