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1001922

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that a claimant will not receive less money in benefits as a result of moving to universal credit under the managed migration process.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	188120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Welfare claimants whose circumstances remain the same will not see their benefit entitlement reduced as a direct result of being moved on to Universal Credit through managed migration, as they will receive transitional protection. This will ensure that claimants who are managed migrated will have total entitlement to Universal Credit that is at least as great had been their total entitlement to existing benefits at the point they are migrated, so safeguarding their benefit entitlement until their circumstances change.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants whose entitlement is less in Universal Credit than their legacy entitlement will receive transitional protection to ensure their benefit allowance remains the same at the point of transition. The other claimants who are migrated onto Universal Credit as part of managed migration will receive the same or an increased entitlement as they receive on legacy benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we have announced that Tax Credits claimants with capital in excess of the £16,000 capital threshold will now receive a 12-month grace period during which they can receive transitional protection if eligible.</p><p> </p><p>We have also announced that, from 16 January 2019, we will prevent those claimants who are, or have been within the past month entitled to an award of an existing benefit that includes a Severe Disability Premium (SDP), from naturally migrating to Universal Credit following a change of circumstances. These claimants will continue to receive the relevant legacy benefit(s) appropriate to their change of circumstance and will only move to Universal Credit via managed migration (and therefore be eligible to transitional protection), safeguarding their existing benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>We will also provide both an on-going monthly payment to eligible claimants who have already lost the SDP as a consequence of moving to Universal Credit and an additional monthly payment to cover the period since they moved. Eligibility for these payments will depend on a number of criteria being satisfied, which include whether the basic qualifying conditions for SDP continue to be met.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/11/2018 14:33:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1170704

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	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: Torfaen
	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 living in Torfaen constituency claim universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	3253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.7 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit for the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/01/2020 12:48:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1171418

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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: Torfaen
	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 transferred onto universal credit in Torfaen constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	4415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 4416 4417 4418 question first answered 21/01/2020 18:24:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1171419

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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: 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 in Wales are claiming universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	4416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 4415 4417 4418 question first answered 21/01/2020 18:24:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1171420

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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: 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 in Wales have transferred onto universal credit in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	4417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 4415 4416 4418 question first answered 21/01/2020 18:24:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1171421

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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: Torfaen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was for people to be migrated onto universal credit in Torfaen constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	4418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 4415 4416 4417 question first answered 21/01/2020 18:24:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1171422

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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: Torfaen
	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 who were refused personal independence payment had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration in Torfaen constituency in 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	4419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>In 2018-19, 1,110 initial decisions following a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment were made for claimants in the Torfaen constituency. Of the 470 claimants where the initial decision was not to award PIP, the number of cases where the award was changed at Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) was 20. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/01/2020 17:59:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1171644

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2020
	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: Torfaen
	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 in Torfaen constituency were refused personal independence payment in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	4763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The latest available data (to October 2019) on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims which have been disallowed (refused) at initial decision can be found in the PIP clearances table at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/01/2020 11:07:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1403268

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2022
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Torfaen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Torfaen constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	105639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Rt hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19<sup>th</sup> January to question number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-14/104377" target="_blank">104377</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 105359 105413 105500 105532 105563 question first answered 20/01/2022 11:59:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

381131

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that people and households with no access to the internet are able to claim benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	2502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Where a claimant does not have internet access at home, DWP staff may be able to support claimants to find local internet access. Claimants contacting our agents, either via the telephony channel or face to face, will be provided with up to date information on where they can find external organisations that provide free public internet access.</p><p> </p><p>There are also public internet access devices available across the Jobcentre network for those claimants who are unable to find an alternative source of access. Staff will assist claimants in using these devices where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 11:34:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

381132

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	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 steps his Department is taking to support benefit claimants in managing their money on a (a) monthly and (b) fortnightly basis.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	2503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Jobcentres often provide budgeting support and can also signpost people to locally available support services. Within Universal Credit, the Personal Budgeting Support process provides a conversation with all claimants at their initial Interview to gauge their potential support needs – this could include money advice with a mix of online, telephone and face to face support. Alternative Payment Arrangements can be made for the minority of claimants that may struggle to manage monthly payments initially.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 16:22:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

381133

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Universal Credit: Torfaen
	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 set out the timetable for the roll-out of universal credit in Torfaen.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	2565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>In February of this year , we began the national roll out of Universal Credit to Jobcentre areas across Great Britain. Universal Credit has been available to new single claimants in Torfaen since April.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 11:47:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

385160

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: Torfaen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse arising from the under-occupancy penalty in Torfaen constituency in financial year 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	3849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested for those subject to the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy in Torfaen, is not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 13:40:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

385168

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Torfaen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of payment of (a) out-of-work and (b) in-work benefits to people in Torfaen constituency in financial year 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	3903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Information on benefit expenditure for 2014/15 at a Parliamentary Constituency level is not currently available. 2014/15 data is planned for publication in September. Data for 2000/01 to 2013/14 is available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/06/2015 13:32:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

385169

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Torfaen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the Government's projected £12 billion reduction in welfare expenditure that will take place in Torfaen constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	3904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment to reduce welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 13:44:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

385170

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people liable to the under-occupancy penalty (a) found alternative accommodation and (b) paid the penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	3906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested for those subject to the removal of the spare room subsidy for part a) is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for part (b) is not held.</p><p>However, an analysis of changes to the number of people subject to a reduction in their Housing Benefit award, including those who have downsized, from May to December 2013 was published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/removal-of-the-spare-room-subsidy-analysis-july-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/removal-of-the-spare-room-subsidy-analysis-july-2014</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 13:48:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

416691

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants with (a) Parkinson's disease, (b) rheumatoid arthritis, (c) motor neurone disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) cystic fibrosis have been (i) placed in the support group, (ii) placed in the work-related activity group and (iii) found fit for work since 2008; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	8972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Outcomes of initial and repeat Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) functional assessments and Incapacity Benefits Reassessments (IBR) by disease code: October 2008 – September 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cystic Fibrosis</p></td><td><p>Spinal Muscular Atrophy</p></td><td><p>Parkinson’s Disease</p></td><td><p>Multiple Sclerosis</p></td><td><p>Other Rheumatoid Arthritis</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Initial claim</p></td><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>6,900</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FFW</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Repeat claim</p></td><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FFW</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>IBR claim</p></td><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td><td><p>5,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FFW</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. “-“denotes nil or under 50.</p><p>2. SG – Support Group</p><p>WRAG – Work Related Activity Group</p><p>FFW – Fit For Work</p><p>3. The outcome recorded is the final DWP Decision Maker’s decision or the recommendation made by the Atos Healthcare Professional where the Decision Maker’s decision is not yet available.</p><p>4. Motor neurone disease is shown in the table as 'Spinal muscular atrophy'.</p><p>5. The data presented above comes from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work and Pensions. In October 2008, ESA replaced IB for new claims. Starting with a trial in October 2010, and reaching a full scale national roll-out in April 2011, existing IB claims began to be phased out, with claimants reassessed to see if they qualify for ESA instead.</p><p>6. The reassessment of existing incapacity benefits claimants was rolled out nationally from April 2011.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/09/2015 14:19:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

429161

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	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 his oral contribution of 20 June 2011, Official Report, column 52, on state pensions for women, what meetings he has had on the transitional arrangements referred to (a) between 20 June 2011 and 7 May 2015 and (b) since 8 May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	16900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Ministers discussed and considered transitional arrangements during the passage on the Pensions Bill 2011.</p><p>The Government carried out extensive analysis of the impacts of bringing forward the rise to age 66 when legislating for the change in State Pension age. A final Impact Assessment was published in November 2011 following Royal Assent the Pensions Act 2011.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181461/pensions-bill-2011-summary-of-impacts.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181461/pensions-bill-2011-summary-of-impacts.pdf</a></p><p>The Impact Assessment includes analysis of the decision to amend the timetable originally set out in the bill so as to cap the maximum increase at 18 months rather than 2 years. This concession benefited almost a quarter of a million women, who would otherwise have experienced delays of up to two years. A similar number of men also benefited from a reduced increase, and the concession was worth around £1 billion in total.</p><p>The Government will not be revisiting the State Pension age arrangements for women affected by the 2011 Act.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 16901 question first answered 23/11/2015 15:51:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

429162

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	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 his oral contribution of 20 June 2011, Official Report, column 52, on state pensions for women, whether he plans to make an announcement of transitional provisions prior to the introduction of the single-tier state pension.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	16901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Ministers discussed and considered transitional arrangements during the passage on the Pensions Bill 2011.</p><p>The Government carried out extensive analysis of the impacts of bringing forward the rise to age 66 when legislating for the change in State Pension age. A final Impact Assessment was published in November 2011 following Royal Assent the Pensions Act 2011.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181461/pensions-bill-2011-summary-of-impacts.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181461/pensions-bill-2011-summary-of-impacts.pdf</a></p><p>The Impact Assessment includes analysis of the decision to amend the timetable originally set out in the bill so as to cap the maximum increase at 18 months rather than 2 years. This concession benefited almost a quarter of a million women, who would otherwise have experienced delays of up to two years. A similar number of men also benefited from a reduced increase, and the concession was worth around £1 billion in total.</p><p>The Government will not be revisiting the State Pension age arrangements for women affected by the 2011 Act.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 16900 question first answered 23/11/2015 15:51:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

437399

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2015
	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	UK Advisory Forum on Ageing
	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 has taken to seek the views of pensioners on (a) his Department's policies and (b) winter fuel allowance since the closure of the UK Advisory Forum on Ageing.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	19732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK Advisory Forum on Ageing closed on 2<sup>nd</sup> December 2015. Since then the Department has continued to work with older people, employers, the financial services industry and other stakeholders on issues such as simplifying automatic enrolment into workplace pensions, the introduction of the new State Pension, and fuller working lives. For example, the Department has conducted structured research into the attitudes of people over 50 to fuller working lives, the new State Pension, and Class 3A Voluntary National Insurance Contributions. The Department is also working with the Money Matters Working Group of the Age Action Alliance on increasing take-up of benefits by older people, and especially take-up of Pension Credit.</p><br /><p>With specific regard to the Winter Fuel Payment, the Government has committed to help provide dignity and security in retirement by protecting it and other pensioner benefits, such as free bus passes, for the lifetime of this Parliament. Where issues arise linked to older people and fuel poverty, both the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Energy and Climate Change are active members of the Safe, Warm Homes Working Group of the Age Action Alliance, which is a valuable forum for both developing both policy and innovative ways of delivering support and advice to older people.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/12/2015 10:37:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

452540

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	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: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on developing proposals for implementing the Youth Obligation; and what organisations his Department are consulting to inform that process.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	26997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The detailed policy design is still under development. We will set out our policy design for the Youth Obligation in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will be conducting a stakeholder engagement exercise with organisations and employers shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/02/2016 11:51:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

458959

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	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: 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 and (b) proportion of children in each age group that will be in households in receipt of universal credit once it is fully introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	30466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of children in each age group estimated to be in households in receipt of Universal Credit, once fully rolled-out, is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br> Age of Child</p></td><td><p><br> Number of Children in Households not receiving UC</p></td><td><p><br> Number of Children in Households receiving UC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 0-2</p></td><td><p><br> 1,300,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,430,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 3-5</p></td><td><p><br> 1,090,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 6-8</p></td><td><p><br> 1,020,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 9-11</p></td><td><p><br> 960,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,050,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 12-14</p></td><td><p><br> 1,120,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 15-18</p></td><td><p><br> 1,310,000</p></td><td><p><br> 1,030,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of children in each age group estimated to be in households in receipt of Universal Credit, once fully rolled-out, is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br> Age of Child</p></td><td><p><br> Proportion of Children in Households not receiving UC</p></td><td><p><br> Proportion of Children in Households receiving UC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 0-2</p></td><td><p><br> 48%</p></td><td><p><br> 52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 3-5</p></td><td><p><br> 46%</p></td><td><p><br> 54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 6-8</p></td><td><p><br> 47%</p></td><td><p><br> 53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 9-11</p></td><td><p><br> 48%</p></td><td><p><br> 52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 12-14</p></td><td><p><br> 53%</p></td><td><p><br> 47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> 15-18</p></td><td><p><br> 56%</p></td><td><p><br> 44%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates have been made using the Department’s Policy Simulation Model, which is based on the Family Resources Survey (FRS)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The actual number of children in households receiving Universal Credit once fully rolled-out is dependent on a range of factors including demographic changes and the economic conditions at that time, and therefore these estimates are sensitive to changes in modelling and economic assumptions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/03/2016 17:35:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

459067

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	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	Industrial Health and Safety: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of deaths at work.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	30518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to preventing loss of life in the workplace. Great Britain is one of the safest places to work, having one of the lowest rates of fatal injuries to workers in leading industrial nations.</p><p> </p><p>In order to maintain and build on GB’s world class health and safety record, HSE launched a new strategy for the health and safety system called ‘Helping Great Britain Work Well’ last month. It will help protect lives, livelihoods and help Great Britain to become more prosperous.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2016 17:42:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

459068

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	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	Industrial Health and Safety: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many health and safety inspections of workplaces in the UK took place in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	30519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive undertook 22,240 targeted inspections in 2012/13, and 23, 470 in 2013/14.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2016 17:39:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

459069

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	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	Industrial Health and Safety: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of deaths at work related to (a) respiratory diseases and (b) mesothelioma.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	30520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s policy on reducing the number of deaths at work related to respiratory diseases, including mesothelioma, is well established. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has responsibility for occupational health and safety legislation which aims to prevent exposure to harmful substances that can cause these diseases.</p><p> </p><p>HSE focuses its activities on areas where there are high numbers of workers who are exposed and/or where there is evidence of a high incidence rate of disease. It does this through a range of approaches and interventions, specifically:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Securing effective risk management and control through a variety of interventions with businesses including licensing, inspections, investigations of incidents and concerns raised by workers and others;</li><li>Leading and engaging those who undertake or influence health and safety; and</li><li>Ensuring that the regulatory framework remains effective.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2016 17:47:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds