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1695345

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	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	Care Homes: Republic of Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to help ensure that the treatment of payments made under the Republic of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme to those living in the UK do not discriminate against those in receipt of means-tested benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	18189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>Means-tested benefits have no specific disregard of payments made by the Republic of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme to those living in Great Britain and DWP currently has no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/03/2024 10:18:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1693785

	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	Unemployment: Eyesight
	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 estimate of the number of people economically inactive in England due to eyesight problems.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	17174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The latest published estimates for 2022/23 show that there were around 310,000 people aged 16 to 64 in the UK who were economically inactive and self-reported difficulties with their sight – this may not be the reason, or the only reason, for them being inactive. Of which, around 250,000 were living in England (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2023" target="_blank">source</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Figures for England are from the same underlying data source (Annual Population Survey) but are unpublished.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 17:00:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1670769

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2023
	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 Living Allowance: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of applicants awaiting a decision and (b) average time between receipt of an application and such a decision being made under the Disability Living Allowance for children as of 17 November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	2408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The information requested on the volume of applicants waiting for a decision, and the journey time from an application received by DWP to a decision made, is not readily available. To provide this would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/11/2023 15:43:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1613118

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2023
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: 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 and what proportion of First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Employment and Support Allowance hearings where his Department was the respondent were attended by an official from his Department in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	182161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>From January to December 2022, there were 53,010 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Personal Independence Payment appeals. Of these, 13,600 (26%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>From January to December 2022, there were 4,940 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Employment and Support Allowance appeals. Of these, 1,190 (24%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>Information available within cost shows that from January to December 2022, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service listed 4,840 Child Maintenance Service appeals. Of these 2,130 (44%) were allocated to a presenting officer to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p> </p><ul><li>This information is derived from internal administrative data and is not quality assured to Official Statistics standards;</li><li>This data is unpublished. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision;</li><li>We have provided data up to December 2022, in line with published statistics;</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages are rounded to the nearest percent; and</li></ul><ul><li>Appeals data is taken from the DWP computer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons, such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 182160 182162 question first answered 02/05/2023 10:09:56 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1613117

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2023
	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	Children: Maintenance
	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 First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Child Maintenance hearings where his Department was the first respondent were attended by an official from his Department in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	182160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>From January to December 2022, there were 53,010 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Personal Independence Payment appeals. Of these, 13,600 (26%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>From January to December 2022, there were 4,940 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Employment and Support Allowance appeals. Of these, 1,190 (24%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>Information available within cost shows that from January to December 2022, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service listed 4,840 Child Maintenance Service appeals. Of these 2,130 (44%) were allocated to a presenting officer to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p> </p><ul><li>This information is derived from internal administrative data and is not quality assured to Official Statistics standards;</li><li>This data is unpublished. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision;</li><li>We have provided data up to December 2022, in line with published statistics;</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages are rounded to the nearest percent; and</li></ul><ul><li>Appeals data is taken from the DWP computer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons, such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 182161 182162 question first answered 02/05/2023 10:09:56 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1613119

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2023
	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	Personal Independence Payment: 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 and what proportion of First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Personal Independence Payment hearings where his Department was the respondent were attended by an official from his Department in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	182162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>From January to December 2022, there were 53,010 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Personal Independence Payment appeals. Of these, 13,600 (26%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>From January to December 2022, there were 4,940 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Employment and Support Allowance appeals. Of these, 1,190 (24%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>Information available within cost shows that from January to December 2022, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service listed 4,840 Child Maintenance Service appeals. Of these 2,130 (44%) were allocated to a presenting officer to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p> </p><ul><li>This information is derived from internal administrative data and is not quality assured to Official Statistics standards;</li><li>This data is unpublished. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision;</li><li>We have provided data up to December 2022, in line with published statistics;</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages are rounded to the nearest percent; and</li></ul><ul><li>Appeals data is taken from the DWP computer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons, such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 182160 182161 question first answered 02/05/2023 10:09:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1602473

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2023
	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	Child Maintenance Service
	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 the timely allocation of complaints about the Child Maintenance Service for investigation by independent case examiner investigators.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	161327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>The ICE reviews complaints where the customer has exhausted the relevant complaints process and remains dissatisfied. Information about ICE investigation report outcomes is routinely included in the Independent Case Examiner’s Annual Report, which is published on the ICE page of the gov.uk website. The ICE Office can only accept a complaint for investigation once the customer has exhausted the relevant DWP complaints process.</p><p> </p><p>The ICE process has several stages. When a referral is received into the office, the team initially considers whether, without undertaking a detailed examination of the evidence, a resolution can be brokered with the relevant department or its supplier. If resolution cannot be achieved, and the complaint is accepted, the case awaits allocation to an investigator who, following a review of the evidence, will first consider if settlement is appropriate. This requires the relevant department or its supplier to agree action with the complainant. Full investigation reports of detailed findings and any recommendations for redress are based on a thorough examination of case evidence. Cases are currently, broadly, brought into investigation according to the date on which the complaint was accepted.</p><p> </p><p>At this point the customer (or their representative) is given an indication of when the investigation is likely to commence and how long it is likely to take. This gives the customer a far better sense of the process and what to expect from it. The cases appropriate for a full investigation are the most complex and the Independent Case Examiner will not compromise the quality of the investigation to achieve the 20 week aim.</p><p> </p><p>The ICE office continues to review its internal processes and structures to make the most efficient use of its investigative resource. The majority of those staff newly-recruited in 2022-23 have been deployed on CMS cases. A further 6 staff were recruited in January. Once they have consolidated training, further resource will be deployed on CMS cases.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/03/2023 17:56:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1585306

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2023
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	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 paragraph 5 on page 2 of the Institute for Fiscal Studies report, The number of new disability benefit claimants has doubled in a year, published in December 2022, whether he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the report's findings on trends in the number of people reporting that their health limits their daily activities.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	142750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>I have frequent discussions with other members of the Government on a range of issues in my role as Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work.</p><p> </p><p>Entitlement to Personal Independence Payment is assessed on the basis of the needs arising from a health condition or disability, rather than the health condition or disability itself.</p><p> </p><p>Claim volumes vary over time and not all claims are successful. Between the year ending October 2021 and year ending October 2022, the overall increase of new claims was 18.2%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/02/2023 13:15:07 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1585305

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2023
	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	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, what steps he will take to reduce the backlog of people awaiting a Personal Independence Payment claim to be assessed.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	142749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner. Reducing customer journey times for PIP claimants is a priority for the department, and we are working constantly to make improvements to our service.</p><p> </p><p>We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to review all the available evidence, including that from the claimant.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to see an improvement in PIP clearance times, with the latest statistics showing that the average end-to-end journey has reduced each quarter from 26 weeks in August 2021, to 16 weeks at the end of October 2022. This is because we are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Using a blend of phone, video and face-to-face assessments to support customers and deliver a more efficient and user-centred service;</li><li>Increasing case manager and assessment provider health professional resource; and</li><li>Prioritising new claims, whilst safeguarding claimants awaiting award reviews, who have returned their information as required, to ensure their payments continue until their review can be completed.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/02/2023 13:03:31 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1544841

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2022
	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	Universal Credit: National Insurance Contributions
	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 estimate of the number of Universal Credit claimants whose class three national insurance credits have not been credited and who do not have 30 qualifying years of national insurance contributions or credits that will reach state retirement age in the next two years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	94789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>All claimants in receipt of Universal Credit (UC) are entitled to receive Class 3 National Insurance credits and these are awarded automatically on an annual basis.</p><p>Any UC claimant not receiving these credits should contact HMRC.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 94788 question first answered 01/12/2022 17:49:23 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth