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	date	18/07/2018
	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	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, with reference to paragraph 2.15 of the National Audit Office report, Investigation into Errors in Employment and Support Allowance, HC 837, published on 19 March 2018, if she will extend the scope of the exercise to review the benefit entitlements of people who were mistakenly awarded contribution-based employment and support allowance instead of income-based employment and support allowance to include lost entitlement to free school meals and NHS prescription charges.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	165571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>Eligibility for passported benefits such as free NHS prescriptions and school meals is determined by the relevant Department.</p><p> </p><p>People can also qualify for help in other ways, for example by applying for the NHS Low Income Scheme, which covers prescription, dental and eye care costs, wigs, fabric supports and assistance with healthcare-related travel costs. The Low Income Scheme assessment takes into account council tax and housing costs, so people could get help with health costs even if their income is too high to qualify for a means-tested benefit.</p><p> </p><p>At no point have we actually stopped individuals from making a claim to income-related benefits. When we transitioned people from Incapacity Benefit to Employment and Support Allowance, we protected the amount of Incapacity Benefit they were being paid. We sent out letters and attempted to call people at the time to advise them that they could also be entitled to income-related benefit and to contact the Department if they believed they were eligible.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/07/2018 14:15:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

944065

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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	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, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 March 2018, HCWS549 on employment and support allowance, how many claimants have been sent an ESA3 change of circumstances form; how many claimants have returned that form; how many claimants have had their claim reassessed; and how many claimants have received backdated payments.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	165572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The figures presented are based on DWP management information and are reported with only high level verification. The figures provided have been rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of claimants who have been sent an ESA3 change of circumstances form</p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA3s returned by post</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA3s completed by telephone, plus a small number completed by visit</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimants who have had their claim reassessed</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimants who have received back-dated payments</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/07/2018 15:39:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali