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692087

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2017
	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	Benefits Rules: Attendance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that all Jobcentre Plus staff are fully trained in the correct procedures for applying sanctions for missed appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	64662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>All Jobcentre staff have access to a comprehensive learning framework which is designed to build the core skills and knowledge essential to their role. This learning covers the appropriate use of sanctions, including in instances where a claimant has missed an appointment, and the support available for people who have been sanctioned. Independent assurance managers undertake quality checks to ensure that Work Coaches have followed the correct operational instructions when making sanction referrals.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/02/2017 16:51:22 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

715196

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	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	Council Tax Benefits: Liverpool City Region
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region were in receipt of council tax benefit subject for each year from April 2010 until April 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	69779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The information requested for Liverpool Local Authorities is published and available for each month from November 2008 to February 2013 and can be found in Table 10 of the publications at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-caseload-statistics--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-caseload-statistics--2</a></p><p> </p><p>Council Tax Benefit (CTB) was replaced in April 2013 by the Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme and in England the Department for Communities and Local Government is now responsible for these statistics. The Scottish and Welsh Governments have similar responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Garston and Halewood Parliamentary Constituency was not readily available during that period and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However a Parliamentary Constituency breakdown for CTB was produced as a one-off exercise for January 2011 and this is published at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107093842/http:/statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/hb_ctb/hb_ctb_parlc_jan11.xls" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107093842/http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/hb_ctb/hb_ctb_parlc_jan11.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/04/2017 11:49:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

715165

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Garston and Halewood
	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 households in Garston and Halewood constituency in receipt of council tax support had a (a) working age tenant and (b) tenant in receipt of (i) disability living allowance or (ii) personal independence payments in each year since April 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	69780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not have responsibility for the Localised Council Tax Support Scheme, which lies with the Department for Communities and Local Government.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 69781 question first answered 24/04/2017 14:49:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

715166

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Liverpool City Region
	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 households in Liverpool City Region in receipt of council tax support had a (a) working age tenant and (b) tenant in receipt of (i) disability living allowance or (ii) personal independence payments in each year since April 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	69781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not have responsibility for the Localised Council Tax Support Scheme, which lies with the Department for Communities and Local Government.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 69780 question first answered 24/04/2017 14:49:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

712526

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Brexit
	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 March 2017 to Question 65653, on Department for Work and Pensions: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within his Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	68529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) is within this department's remit<em>. </em>This department engages with a range of stakeholders. We do not disaggregate the time and resource spent on this engagement.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/03/2017 16:05:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

705726

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations within his Department's remit the Government plans to withdraw from when the UK leaves the EU, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	65653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the recent White Paper (The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union), the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States our future status and arrangements with regard to EU agencies. It would not be appropriate to prejudge the outcome of the negotiations.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/03/2017 13:30:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

984906

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	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	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
	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 24 July to Question 167889 on Disability Living Allowance: Appeals, what estimate she has made of the length of time it will take for claimants of disability living allowance to receive backdated payments as a result of decisions made by her Department being overturned on appeal.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	177612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Information about the length of time it takes for claimants of Disability Living Allowance to receive backdated payments as a result of decisions made by DWP being overturned on appeal is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/10/2018 16:18:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

947270

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	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	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to ensure that child claimants of disability living allowance who appeal the outcome of a mandatory reconsideration do not see their payments stopped between lodging of the appeal and the tribunal date.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>For Disability Living Allowance (DLA), if a claim has been disallowed, a claimant is not eligible for any component of DLA, therefore no benefit is payable, including during the appeal phase. If the dispute is about eligibility to a higher rate and/or different component, as long as eligibility exists, the relevant component will remain in payment during the appeal phase. If a decision is overturned at appeal and the benefit awarded then the payment will be backdated.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/09/2018 10:17:04 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

789310

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from (a) the Trussell Trust and (b) other UK food bank providers over the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	113104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>DWP has had regular contact with Trussell Trust over the last 12 months, at Ministerial and official level, on welfare reforms and how local Jobcentre Plus offices work with food banks. There has been no central contact with other UK food bank providers.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/11/2017 11:37:19 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

715195

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	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	Housing Benefit
	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 carry out an impact assessment on the restrictions to backdating housing benefit introduced in April 2016 for working-age claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	69786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Qualitative research into the limiting of backdating with Local Authority Housing Benefit Managers has been undertaken. This was published in January 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The full report is available here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/584664/local-authority-insight-research-wave-32.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/584664/local-authority-insight-research-wave-32.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>A quantitative survey is planned and the findings will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/04/2017 15:59:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle