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1134526

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	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	Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total monetary amount is of civil penalties which have been passed to debt collection agencies by her Department in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	269122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below details the total monetary amount of Civil Penalties which have been passed to Debt Collection Agencies in each of the last 12 months.*</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Total Monthly Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>£32,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>£42,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>£38,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>£28,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>£26,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>£35,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>£25,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>£43,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>£26,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>£26,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>£35,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>£31,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£392,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A £50 Civil Penalty may be imposed by both Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Local Authorities where an individual incurs a recoverable overpayment as a result of failing to provide accurate information as part of their benefit claim or in connection with an award of benefit, and has not taken reasonable steps to correct the error.</p><p> </p><p>When recovering overpayments, DWP ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants from any undue financial hardship. Like the Department, private collection agencies will look to establish sustainable repayment arrangements.</p><p> </p><p><em>*The data provided in this response has been sourced from internal management information and was not intended for public release. It should therefore not be compared to any other, similar data subsequently released by the Department. All figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</em></p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/07/2019 16:47:20 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1029312

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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	Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of penalties charged in cases of over payment of Carers Allowance were in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	204629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>DWP can impose a £50 Civil Penalty for claimant error where enquiries show that a claimant has failed to provide accurate information as part of their benefit claim or in connection with an award of benefit, they have not taken reasonable steps to correct the error and their action has resulted in an overpayment of over £65.</p><p> </p><p>An Administrative Penalty may be offered to claimants as an alternative to a prosecution where an overpayment of benefit has occurred due to an act or omission by that person and there are grounds for instituting proceedings for an offence against the person relating to the overpayment.</p><p> </p><p>The minimum amount of the Administrative Penalty is £350 or 50% of the recoverable overpayment, whichever is greater, up to a maximum of £5,000.</p><p> </p><p>A debtor would not be expected to repay any recoverable benefit overpayment or DWP financial penalty all at once, as repayments can be made over time.</p><p>It is not possible to provide specific Administrative Penalty rates as applied to Carer’s Allowance overpayment cases as this information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/01/2019 17:22:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 94122 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1037869

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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: Work Capability Assessment
	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 claiming employment and support allowance have been migrated onto universal credit due to an unsuccessful work capability assessment.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	206454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 206455 question first answered 11/01/2019 14:30:04 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1037894

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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, how many employment and support allowance claimants who have appealed their unsuccessful work capability assessment have been transferred onto universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	206455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 206454 question first answered 11/01/2019 14:30:04 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

853319

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2018
	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	Disability Premium
	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 were receiving (a) severe disability premium, (b) enhanced disability premium or (c) severe and enhanced disability premiums as of May 2017.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	130768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The information available for Income Support, Pension Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants in May 2017 who were in receipt of severe and enhanced disability premiums is in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Income Support, Pension Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants in receipt of the severe disability premium and enhanced disability premium, May-2017, Great Britain</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Income Support</p></td><td><p>Pension Credit</p></td><td><p>Jobseeker’s Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe Disability Premium Only</p></td><td><p>10,450</p></td><td><p>502,110</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enhanced Disability Premium Only</p></td><td><p>21,990</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Both Severe and Enhanced Disability Premium</p></td><td><p>6,520</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: DWP 100% and 5% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study data</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ol><li>Income Support and Pension Credit figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Jobseeker’s Allowance figures are rounded to the nearest 100. “–“ denotes nil or negligible.</li><li>The JSA figures are from the 5% WPLS data. The best statistics on benefits are derived from 100% data sources. However, the 5% sample data still provide some detail not yet available from the 100% data sources. DWP recommends that, where the detail is only available on the 5% sample data, the proportions derived should be applied to the overall 100% total for the benefit. This is the methodology used to derive the JSA figures provided here.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department intends to release an ad-hoc statistics publication for Employment and Support Allowance recipients in receipt of severe and enhanced disability premiums.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not readily available for Housing Benefit and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2018 12:01:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

853320

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2018
	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	Disability Premium
	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 collate centrally information on the number of people claiming (a) enhanced disability premium, (b) severe disability premium or (c) enhanced and severe disability premiums alongside a payment of income-based employment and support allowance as of May 2017.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	130769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department intends to release an ad-hoc statistics publication for Employment and Support Allowance people in receipt of severe and enhanced disability premiums in the future.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2018 16:56:56 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

867479

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Guardianship
	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 the UK have (a) corporate appointeeship and (b) corporate deputy.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	133454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Public Guardian has reported that there are currently 33,581 deputies in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to corporate appointees and deputies being in receipt of Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance is not collated centrally by DWP and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 133456 133457 question first answered 27/03/2018 13:25:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 49827 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

867481

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Guardianship
	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 the UK with a (a) corporate appointeeship and (b) corporate deputy are in receipt of Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	133456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Public Guardian has reported that there are currently 33,581 deputies in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to corporate appointees and deputies being in receipt of Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance is not collated centrally by DWP and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 133454 133457 question first answered 27/03/2018 13:25:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 49873 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

867482

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Guardianship
	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 the UK with a (a) corporate appointeeship and (b) corporate deputy are in receipt of employment and support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	133457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Public Guardian has reported that there are currently 33,581 deputies in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to corporate appointees and deputies being in receipt of Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance is not collated centrally by DWP and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 133454 133456 question first answered 27/03/2018 13:25:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 49874 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

867488

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to allow third parties to submit DS1500 forms on behalf of terminally ill universal credit claimants.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	133463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that terminally ill patients are treated with the utmost sensitivity and care, and receive the support they need to make a claim to Universal Credit. The principles that apply to terminally ill people claiming Universal Credit are the same as for those claiming Employment and Support Allowance, and have remained the same for successive governments. People have several options for how they would like to progress their claim, and we will support them in the most sensitive way possible.</p><p> </p><p>For example, if they would rather not continue submitting information online, our Jobcentre staff can either telephone or visit them, to provide support in making their initial claim and completing any other administrative tasks required to ensure that they receive the correct payment. If a claimant does not want to tell us about their condition themselves, then they can appoint a representative, such as a doctor, charity or friend to let us know on their behalf. We accept information directly from claimant representatives, such as claimant appointees or third party organisations representing the claimant, as well as details supplied to DWP Universal Credit partnership managers or external engagement officials. We also continue to ensure that our work coaches have the flexibility to tailor support for individuals in difficult circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 133464 question first answered 28/03/2018 15:27:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George