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1683464

	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	Jobcentres: Gower
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of job centre clients that have been assisted by an armed forces champion in the Gower constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	10502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>Since July 2023, 30 members of the local Armed Forces community have been supported in the Gower constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces Champions have specific responsibilities for supporting members of the Armed Forces community, including building staff capability within their districts, personally handling some claims, supporting veterans into work and helping resolve complex cases where necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Every Work Coach is trained on how to provide tailored and personalised support to members of the Armed Forces community and their families, working in partnership with their Armed Forces Champions. In those areas where there are particularly high levels of demand, for example garrison towns, this will form a significant part of the work done in individual Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/01/2024 14:37:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1683131

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	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	Universal Credit: Gower
	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 17 January 2024 to Question 9262 on Universal Credit: Gower, how many universal credit recipients were subject to sanctions in Gower constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	10223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>Statistics are published regularly showing the number of Universal Credit full service claimants with a payment that has been reduced due to a sanction. These can be found in the UC sanction rates dataset on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a> and are available by Westminster parliamentary constituency monthly from April 2019 to August 2023.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/01/2024 09:58:55 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1681633

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Gower
	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 constituents in Gower constituency have had their personal independence payments overturned as a result of mandatory reconsideration in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	9259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number and percentage of initial decision awards for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after a Mandatory Reconsideration (MR), in the Gower constituency by the financial year of the initial decision.</p><p /><p><strong>Table 1 </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year of Initial Decision</p></td><td><p>PIP Decisions Changed after MR</p></td><td><p>% PIP Decisions Changed after MR</p></td><td><p>All Initial <br> Decisions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows the number and percentage of Award Reviews (AR) and Change of Circumstances (CoC) awards for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after a Mandatory Reconsideration (MR), in the Gower constituency by the financial year of the AR or CoC decision.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year of AR and CoC</p></td><td><p>PIP Decisions Changed after MR</p></td><td><p>% PIP Decisions Changed after MR</p></td><td><p>All ARs and CoCs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><ul><li>Figures in Table 1 and Table 2 are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Percentages in Table 1 and Table 2 are calculated using unrounded figures, then rounded to the nearest percent.</li><li>These figures include initial decisions (New Claims, Reconsiderations), award reviews and change of circumstances following an assessment for PIP up to 30<sup>th</sup> June 2023, the latest date for which published data is available.</li><li>These figures include mandatory reconsideration outcomes up to 30<sup>th</sup> September 2023, the latest date for which published data is available. Note that more MRs could be made and completed after September 2023, so numbers may change as it can take some time for an MR to be lodged and then cleared after the initial decision, award review and chance of circumstances.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/01/2024 13:32:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1681634

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Gower
	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 people in Gower constituency had personal independence payments overturned as a result of an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	9260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number and percentage of initial decision awards for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after an appeal tribunal hearing, in the Gower constituency by the financial year of the initial decision.</p><p /><p><strong>Table 1 </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year of Initial Decision</p></td><td><p>Appeals Overturned at Tribunal Hearing</p></td><td><p>% PIP Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing</p></td><td><p>All Initial <br> Decisions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows the number and percentage of Award Reviews (AR) and Change of Circumstances (CoC) awards for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after an appeal tribunal hearing, in the Gower constituency by the financial year of the AR or CoC decision.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year of AR and CoC</p></td><td><p>Appeals Overturned at Tribunal Hearing</p></td><td><p>% PIP Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing</p></td><td><p>All ARs and CoCs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><ul><li>Figures in Table 1 and Table 2 are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Percentages in Table 1 and Table 2 are calculated using unrounded figures, then rounded to the nearest percent.</li><li>In Table 1, the figures for the financial year 2023/24 were excluded because their values and proportions rounded to zero.</li><li>In Table 2, the figures for the financial year 2023/24 were excluded because their values and proportions rounded to zero.</li><li>These figures include initial decisions (New Claims, Reconsiderations), award reviews and change of circumstances following an assessment for PIP up to 30<sup>th</sup> June 2023, the latest date for which published data is available.</li><li>These figures include appeal outcomes up to 30<sup>th</sup> September 2023, the latest date for which published data is available. Note that more appeals could be made and completed after September 2023, so numbers may change as it can take some time for an appeal to be lodged and then cleared after the initial decision, award review and change of circumstances.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/01/2024 13:35:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1681640

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	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	Universal Credit: Gower
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit recipients were subject to deductions in Gower constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	9262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>There were 3,000 Universal Credit households in the Gower constituency that were subject to a deduction in the period September 2022 to August 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Household level figures have been provided as deductions are applied at the household level.</p><p>2. The number of households has been rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>3. Data for September 2022 - August 2023 has been provided in line with the latest available UC Household Statistics.</p><p>4. Deductions include advance repayments, third party deductions and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions.</p><p>5. The figure includes the number of distinct Universal Credit households subject to a deduction in the period September 2022 - August 2023. Any household with deductions in more than one assessment period within the period requested will only be counted once.</p><p>6. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/01/2024 12:52:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1656861

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	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, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of PIP descriptors for the assessment of people with fluctuating conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	196550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment criteria account for fluctuations by considering an individual’s ability to undertake 12 specific daily activities over a 12-month period.  It is essential for the assessment to accurately reflect the impact of variations in an individual's level of impairment - this is important for all health conditions and impairments, not only those which more typically fluctuate. For each activity, if a descriptor applies more than 50 per cent of the time, that descriptor should be chosen.</p><p> </p><p>All health professionals are required to assess individuals in line with the statutory requirements, including: whether an individual can complete each of the 12 activities; the manner in which they can do it; and whether they can complete each activity “safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time period”.</p><p> </p><p>Many of the changes set out in Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper aim to improve our assessment of fluctuating conditions, such as the way we use medical evidence, and developing the capability of our assessors. We will also explore options for introducing a new way of gathering evidence of fluctuation in a person’s condition before their assessment.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 197202 question first answered 07/09/2023 15:05:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1625714

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2023
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of service provision by the Future Pension Centre helpline.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	183802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The DWP Futures Pension Centre helpline has experienced unprecedented levels of contact from customers considering whether to pay voluntary National Insurance Contributions (VNICS) before the deadline. To ensure customers have the time and information to make an informed decision, HM Revenue &amp; Customs has announced it will extend the deadline to pay these contributions until 31 July 2023. DWP have provided additional resource directed to the telephony lines and continue to review resourcing options to meet the current call demand and improve the service.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 15/05/2023 16:30:13 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1611408

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2023
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an alternative disputes resolution process for people affected by changes in state pension age for women.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	181036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The equalisation of State Pension age has been the policy of successive governments dating back to 1995.</p><p> </p><p>The Ombudsman’s investigation is ongoing and section 7(2) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 states that Ombudsman investigations “shall be conducted in private”. This is a multi-staged process, and the Ombudsman has not given his final findings on the investigation. We are cooperating with the Ombudsman’s investigation.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 25/04/2023 10:03:35 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1605999

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to end child poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	170683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting low-income families. We will spend around £276bn through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2023/24 including around £124bn on people of working age and children.</p><p> </p><p>With 1.12 million job vacancies across the UK, our focus remains firmly on supporting individuals, including parents, to move into, and progress in work, an approach which is based on clear evidence about the importance of employment - particularly where it is full-time - in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children. The latest statistics show that in 2021/22 children living in workless households were around 5 times more likely to be in absolute poverty after housing costs than those where all adults work.</p><p> </p><p>At the Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced an ambitious package of measures designed to support people to enter work, increase their working hours and extend their working lives. The government’s employment package will focus on supporting inactive individuals aged 50+, disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, welfare claimants and parents. We are investing billions in additional childcare support for parents of toddlers, investing in wraparound childcare in schools, and increasing financial support for, and expectations of, parents claiming Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>From April, we are uprating benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%. In order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions the benefit cap levels are also increasing by the same amount.</p><p> </p><p>To further support those who are in work, including parents, from 1 April 2023, the National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by 9.7% to £10.42 an hour for workers aged 23 and over - the largest ever cash increase for the NLW.</p><p> </p><p>For 2023/24, we have also announced further cost of living support. Households on eligible means-tested benefits will get up to £900 in Cost of Living Payments. This will be split into three payments of around £300 each across the 2023/24 financial year. A separate £300 payment will be made to pensioner households on top of their Winter Fuel Payments and individuals in receipt of eligible disability benefits will receive a £150 payment. Also, the government is maintaining the Energy Price Guarantee at £2,500 for a further three months, from April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/03/2023 16:25:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1599970

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2023
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what process his Department has for determining which countries the UK will have reciprocal agreements with for up-rating pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	155200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-02-17/146826" target="_blank">146826</a> on 27 February 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 08/03/2023 16:16:23 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi