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752800

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Delyn
	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 Delyn constituency have had their personal independence payments overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	5346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsideration decisions where the award was changed by year since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituencies of Torfaen, Delyn and Jarrow.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table 1 - Number of Mandatory Reconsiderations decisions where the award changed by financial year of decision.</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of Mandatory Reconsideration</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/ 15</p></td><td><p>2015/ 16</p></td><td><p>2016/ 17</p></td><td><p>2017/18 (April 17 only)</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jarrow</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Tables 2-4 below show the Number of appeals found in favour of appellant by financial year, data from Ministry of Justice.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Table 2 </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>Jarrow<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td><td><p>Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)<sub>2</sub></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>58%<em><sup>5</sup></em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Table 3</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Torfaen constituency<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td><td><p>Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)<sub>2</sub></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>Less than 5</em></p></td><td><p><em>Less than 5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>80</em></p></td><td><p><em>69%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>488</em></p></td><td><p><em>74%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>516</em></p></td><td><p><em>70%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Table 4 </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Delyn constituency<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td><td><p>Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td><td><p><em>0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>22</em></p></td><td><p><em>42%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>194</em></p></td><td><p><em>52%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><em>479</em></p></td><td><p><em>67%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Social Security and Child Support data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. For appellants living in Jarrow appeals are attributed to the South Shields venue. For appellants identified as living in Torfaen Constituency this would be Langstone Tribunal venue. For appellants identified as living in Delyn Constituency this would be this would be either Prestatyn or Wrexham Tribunal Venues.</p><p><sup>2. </sup>Percentage Found in favour of Appellant this is based on the number found in favour as a percentage of the appeals cleared at hearing. In line with the published stats, data are not available at a level more-detailed than hearing venue.</p><p><sup>3 </sup>By financial year - from April to March.</p><p><sup>4 </sup>PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. As such, appeal volumes in HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service in the Year 2013-2014 are low.</p><p><sup>5</sup> Indicates the population where the decision was in favour with 30 appeals or less</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5111 5955 question first answered 25/07/2017 13:34:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

752802

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Delyn
	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 Delyn constituency who had been categorised as lifelong recipients of disability living allowance have subsequently been judged as ineligible for personal independence payments in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	5347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5132 5183 5324 5326 5328 5397 question first answered 20/07/2017 12:49:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

752838

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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	Children: Poverty
	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 percentage of children were living in poverty in Delyn constituency in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	5493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of children in relative low income are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication. The number and proportion of children in relative low income is not available at local authority or constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p> </p><p>Latest 3-year estimates for Wales of the proportion and number of children in low income are available in Table 4.16ts and Table 4.17ts in the file “4_children_timeseries_risk” from this link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/07/2017 10:55:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

828133

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	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 waited (a) less than one month, (b) less than two months, (c) less than three months, (d) less than four months, (e) less than five months, (f) less than six months and (g) six months or more for mandatory reconsideration in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	124093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Mandatory Reconsiderations cleared within each time period</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1 month</p></td><td><p>2 months</p></td><td><p>3 months</p></td><td><p>4 months</p></td><td><p>5 months</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>6 months +</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014 - Mar 2015</p></td><td><p>158,700</p></td><td><p>67,800</p></td><td><p>31,200</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>264,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2015 - Mar 2016</p></td><td><p>225,800</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>233,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2016 - Mar 2017</p></td><td><p>264,900</p></td><td><p>5,500</p></td><td><p>4,600</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>278,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2017 - Dec 2017</p></td><td><p>209,300</p></td><td><p>7,700</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>220,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The data provided relates to all DWP benefits apart from Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Child Maintenance Group and Personal Independence Payment who do not record clearance time data in this format.</p><p> </p><p>The data provided is counting the number of Mandatory Reconsideration claims cleared within each given time period, no claim will appear in more than one column.</p><p>- Less than one calendar month</p><p>- More than 1 month less than 2 months etc.</p><p>- More than 6 calendar months</p><p> </p><p>The calculation for a cleared claim is the number of days from the Mandatory Reconsideration being received by the Department to the date a decision was made.</p><p> </p><p>The data has been provided in financial years, 01<sup>st</sup> April to 31<sup>st</sup> March with the exception of this financial year which runs from 01<sup>st</sup> April to 31<sup>st</sup> December</p><p> </p><p>Data is only available from 1 April 2014. This is because The Social Security, Child Support (Decision and Appeals) Regulations 1999, were amended on 28th October 2013 and only from then could the Secretary of State require a person to apply for a decision to be revised (i.e. apply for a mandatory reconsideration), before appeal. Pre October 2013 data is not comparable to current volumes. Volumes from October 2013 – April 2014 (initial Appeals Reform roll-out) were small and so not reflective of normal trend.</p><p> </p><p>Annual figures cannot be directly compared to each other as different benefits have been included over time for example Universal Credit (UC) did not commence until November 2014</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p>Decision Making and Appeals Case Recorder (DMACR)</p><p> </p><p>The data provided is internal management information that does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 29/01/2018 17:01:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

832980

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	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	Universal Credit
	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 payments have been made to credit unions in each month since its introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	125296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/02/2018 13:52:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

833776

	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	Universal Credit: 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 Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124093, on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, how many people waited (a) less than one month, (b) less than two months, (c) less than three months, (d) less than four months, (e) less than five months, (f) less than six months and (g) six months or more for mandatory reconsideration for universal credit in each year since its introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	125534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Universal Credit (UC)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) cleared within each time period</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1 month</p></td><td><p>2 months</p></td><td><p>3 months</p></td><td><p>4 months</p></td><td><p>5 months</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>6 months +</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014 – Mar 2015</p></td><td><p>1,890</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2015 – Mar 2016</p></td><td><p>16,370</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>16,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2016 – Mar 2017</p></td><td><p>18,000</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td><td><p>3,890</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>27,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2017 – Dec 2017</p></td><td><p>24,480</p></td><td><p>7,190</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>32,990</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>‘#’ means fewer than 5 in this category.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/02/2018 10:56:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

838268

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	Universal Credit: Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with the Ministry of Justice on the merits of awarding universal credit to prisoners who are nearing completion of their sentence before they leave prison.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	127165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We are currently working with the Ministry of Justice to look at ways of developing the service for prison leavers claiming Universal Credit on release.</p><p>In the month leading up to their release, Prisoner Work Coaches can support prisoners in preparation to make a claim to Universal Credit. Following recent improvements to Universal Credit advances, claimants, including prison leavers, can now apply to receive up to 100% of their expected monthly entitlement from day one of their claim. Ministry of Justice and DWP are working collaboratively to ensure that prison leavers receive financial support and gain stability to find work on their day of release.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/02/2018 13:10:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

861166

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	Poverty: Wales
	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 deemed to be living in in-work poverty in each (a) constituency in Wales and (b) ward in Delyn in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	132315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of people living in in-work relative low income are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication. The numbers of people living in in-work relative low income is not available at constituency or ward level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p>The percentage of working age adults living in relative low income by economic status at a UK level can be found in file “5_workingage_timeseries_risk.ods”, table 5_11ts and the number of working age adults living in relative low income for Wales can be found in file “5_workingage_timeseries_region.ods”, table 5.18ts.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/03/2018 14:48:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

834113

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Police: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent representations he has received from Police and Crime Commissioners in Wales on police funding for Wales in 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	903573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Wales Office ministers meet regularly with representatives of the police in Wales to discuss a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently announced the proposed police funding settlement for 2018/19 which would see an additional £450m invested across England and Wales, including around £16m direct to Welsh PCCs.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 903572 question first answered 31/01/2018 17:39:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

731516

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community rehabilitation companies are in dispute with his Department on the payment mechanism.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>No Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) is in formal dispute with the department. We have undertaken an overarching review of probation, looking at the standards we set for providers and how we hold them to account. We have already made some changes to how CRCs are paid so they can focus on activities that best rehabilitate offenders and keep society safe. The details of these negotiations are commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/06/2017 13:37:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson