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1054728

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	Cold Weather Payments: Kirkcaldy
	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 using an alternative weather station to the one based in Leuchars for the KY6 – KY8 postcodes in the annual review for cold weather payments.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	216401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Head of the Met Office National Climate Information Centre reviewed the linkage of the postcode areas KY6-KY8 to the weather station at Leuchars in 2018. The review found that, based on the location and climate of the main population centres for KY6-8, Leuchars remains the most suitable Cold Weather Payment station for these postcodes.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/02/2019 10:55:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1054729

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	Cold Weather Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will publish the findings of the most recent annual review on cold weather payments.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	216402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The data used by the Met Office is not currently published.</p><p> </p><p>Representations made during the previous winter about the suitability of individual weather stations and the links with postcode districts are considered as part of the review. The responses to these are sent to the relevant Member of Parliament along with any weather station changes. A copy of the letters are also sent to the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/02/2019 12:18:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1059760

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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: Dundee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases are served by the Dundee service centre by (a) constituency and (b) local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	220283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The total number of claims assigned to the Dundee Service Centre was 48,046 as of December 2018. Information to constituency and local authority level is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/02/2019 16:49:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1059762

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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	Work Capability Assessment: Dundee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average length of time is for a claimant to be referred to a work capability assessment by the Dundee service centre.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	220284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/02/2019 15:30:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1061018

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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: Dundee
	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 number of claimants with unacceptable customer behaviour markings who were unable acquire a work capability assessment for universal credit from the Dundee service centre because the process for referring claimants was incorrect between September 2018 and January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	221787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/02/2019 16:55:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1086781

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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 plans she has in place for people to claim legacy benefits who have not been given access to universal credit in (a) full and (b) live service areas.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	230846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit is now fully rolled out to all jobcentres as of December 2018. For the extremely small number of people who need to make a new claim to legacy benefits in Great Britain, the Department provides support through a dedicated DWP telephony line to assist with new claims to legacy benefits. Should a claimant require face-to-face contact, advice and support continues to be available in local Jobcentres to assist claimants to access their entitlements</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/03/2019 10:00:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1128931

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on introducing video or audio recording of personal independence payment assessments as standard.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	259304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to continually improving the Personal Independence Payment service. As part of this, in November 2018, we started to pilot video recording of PIP assessments. The pilot is examining the potential benefits of video recording face-to-face assessments. We will be evaluating this pilot and will use the findings to inform our approach to video recording in the future.</p><p> </p><p>There is an existing process for those who wish to audio record their face-to-face assessment. The video recording pilot does not affect these existing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/06/2019 14:54:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1128932

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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 deduction from earnings requests were issued by the Child Maintenance Service in the last 12 months by local authority area; and how many of those deductions are being made.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	259305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 259306 259307 259308 question first answered 06/06/2019 10:00:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1128933

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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 much child maintenance has been collected using Deduction of Earnings Requests in the last 12 months by (a) constituency and (b) local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	259306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 259305 259307 259308 question first answered 06/06/2019 10:00:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1128934

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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 Deduction from Earnings Orders (DEOs) were issued by the Child Maintenance Service in the last 12 months by local authority area; and how many of those deductions are currently being made.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	259307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 259305 259306 259308 question first answered 06/06/2019 10:00:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant