1 0 2294 2019-10-04T11:03:45.637Z AtW expenditure regional breakdowns.xlsx AtW Expenditure Regional Breakdown North Swindon Justin Tomlinson false 2019-10-04 Biography information for Justin Tomlinson <p>Please see attached excel file.</p><p> </p><p>Here you will find Access to Work spending by region consistent with the published Access to Work statistics.</p> 291067 2019-09-25 Work and Pensions 1 Access to Work Programme Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport Work and Pensions House of Commons Department for Work and Pensions To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish details of Access to Work spending by region. Luke Pollard Biography information for Luke Pollard 29 false Asylum: National Insurance false 2018-03-14 Work and Pensions 132644 Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport Work and Pensions 1 To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will issue national insurance numbers to all asylum seekers when they are granted refugee status. 2018-03-21T12:19:21.437Z North West Hampshire Kit Malthouse false 2018-03-21 Biography information for Kit Malthouse <p>For those refugees granted leave to remain as a result of a successful asylum claim, a joint fast track National Insurance Number (NINo) application process operates between DWP and the Home Office. This process has been in place since 2005 but only included the main asylum applicant. This was extended to cover all adult dependants (aged 16 or over) in the refugee’s family from 15 January 2018.</p><p>Additionally from this date the NINo is now printed on the reverse of the refugees Biometric Residence Permit (BRP).</p> Luke Pollard 29 Department for Work and Pensions Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport Work and Pensions Work and Pensions Cost of Living Payments: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport false 60062 1 Department for Work and Pensions To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency did not receive the first cost of living benefit instalment due to them receiving a nil award during the relevant Universal Credit assessment period. Luke Pollard 2022-10-10 2022-10-19T17:02:06.76Z Banbury Victoria Prentis false 2022-10-19 Biography information for Victoria Prentis <p>There were 1,200 households containing 1,400 claimants in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport who have not received the first Cost of Living Payment due to a nil award.</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ol><li><em>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. </em></li><li><em>Great Britain level figures have been provided. </em></li><li><em>Nil awards have been defined as households that received a £0 Universal Credit payment and had no deductions for advance repayments, third party debts or government debts and had no money paid directly to their landlord by Universal Credit.</em></li><li><em>Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available. </em></li><li><em>The methodology used is different to those used to derive the Official Statistics Household series and therefore, figures may not be comparable.</em></li><li><em>The methodology and data source may be slightly different to those used to derive entitlement to the Cost-of-Living Payment.</em></li></ol> 29 Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated at the 2017 general election and who now work in her Department were appointed after a publicly advertised and open recruitment process. 2018-01-19 Department for Work and Pensions 2018-01-25T14:12:24.28Z North West Hampshire Kit Malthouse false 2018-01-25 <p>This data is not recorded or stored. Candidates taking up appointment into the Civil Service are required to be impartial and independent of political and other external influence.</p><p> </p> 123823 Work and Pensions Work and Pensions 29 Luke Pollard 1 Department for Work and Pensions: Former Members false To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of ivory items owned by or collated by her Department. Department for Work and Pensions: Ivory Work and Pensions Department for Work and Pensions 69183 29 2021-11-10T12:32:27.647Z Hexham Guy Opperman false 2021-11-10 Biography information for Guy Opperman <p>We have not made any estimates of the number of ivory items owned by or collated in this Department or institutions owned or managed by the Government.</p> Work and Pensions 2021-11-03 Luke Pollard Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport 1 false 29 2022-01-19 Employment and Support Allowance: Devon Work and Pensions 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 (a) Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, (b) Plymouth Moor View and (c) South West Devon constituency. Work and Pensions Department for Work and Pensions 107721 Luke Pollard 1 2022-01-21T12:22:05.673Z Norwich North Chloe Smith false 2022-01-21 Biography information for Chloe Smith <p>I refer the Honourable 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> Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport false 2019-01-21T15:34:19.67Z Truro and Falmouth Sarah Newton false 2019-01-21 Biography information for Sarah Newton <p>The enforcement of health and safety law in most leisure facilities, including escape rooms, is carried out by Local Authorities. Responsibility for assessing and managing health and safety risks in any business rests with the operator of the business and not the enforcement authority. Enforcement of fire safety legislation in escape rooms is a matter for the local fire and rescue service for that area.</p><p> </p><p>The general duty to ensure the safety of members of the public in Great Britain is set out in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the specific requirement to assess and control risk is contained in the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Fire safety responsibilities are contained within The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales. In Scotland this is Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, supported by the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulation 2006. Businesses that comply with the relevant legislation will be doing enough to ensure the safety of participants.</p> Work and Pensions 29 Luke Pollard To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the safety of escape rooms in the UK following deaths in a Polish escape room on 6 January 2019. Department for Work and Pensions 2019-01-14 Work and Pensions Escape Rooms: Safety Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport 208427 1 false false Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport Luke Pollard Department for Work and Pensions Work and Pensions Work and Pensions 1 Habitual Residence Test 29 132655 2018-03-21T12:26:54.577Z North West Hampshire Kit Malthouse false 2018-03-21 <p>A right to reside in the UK is one of the eligibility conditions for those claiming income-related benefits. Those that are required to provide evidence of their right to reside are subject to the Habitual Residence Test (HRT). The HRT contains two elements: an assessment of the legal right of residence and an assessment of factual habitual residence. Refugees who provide documentation which confirms their legal right to reside in the UK will satisfy the HRT. Refugees are exempt from the assessment of factual habitual residence if the Home Office have granted them leave to remain in the UK with recourse to public funds.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of whether refugees should be required to pass a habitual residence test for benefits after being granted refugee status. 2018-03-14 29 Department for Work and Pensions Oliver Colvile To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will initiate a review of the operation of the shared accommodation rate. Work and Pensions Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport 2014-10-24 2014-10-30T15:58:12.5485815Z Thornbury and Yate Steve Webb false 2014-10-30 Biography information for Steve Webb <p /> <p>The Department has no plans to review the way the Shared Accommodation Rates are calculated. The Rent Officer Services set the rates in line with the current DWP policy for uprating Local Housing Allowance and with reference to evidence of achieved rents in the local area.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014/15, 56 out of the 192 Shared Accommodation Rates have been increased by 4% in those areas where there is the greatest divergence between LHA rates and local rents.</p> Housing Benefit 1 Biography information for Oliver Colvile false 221887 Work and Pensions 1 Work and Pensions Independent Case Examiner: Complaints 2019-03-14 Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport 29 Work and Pensions 2019-03-19T14:47:32.34Z North Swindon Justin Tomlinson false 2019-03-19 <p>As at 15 March 2019, the Independent Case Examiner’s (ICE) Office was allocating cases to Investigation Case Managers that were accepted for investigation on the following dates:</p><p> </p><ul><li>DWP Pension, Disability and Working Age benefits - 29 November 2017</li><li>Child Maintenance Group - 5 December 2017</li><li>Contracted Provision - 8 January 2018</li></ul><p> </p><p>The ICE Office resources are reviewed on an annual basis and the Office received funding for thirteen additional staff in the current financial year (2018/2019). Productivity within the ICE Office has increased during the current reporting year, having cleared 1,139 complaints between March 2018 and February 2019, compared to 868 in the same period the previous year.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current waiting time is from the submission of a complaint to the office of the Independent Case Examiner to the allocation of the case to an Investigation Case Manager; and what steps she is taking to reduce that time. Luke Pollard false Department for Work and Pensions 232654 10