10 1 27 0 Department for Work and Pensions Ged Killen 1 Work and Pensions Support for Mortgage Interest Work and Pensions House of Commons 2018-01-16 2018-01-22T15:29:07.98Z North West Hampshire Kit Malthouse false 2018-01-22 Biography information for Kit Malthouse <p>Based on the assumptions in the 2017 Impact Assessment available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2017/117/pdfs/ukia_20170117_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2017/117/pdfs/ukia_20170117_en.pdf</a></p><p>the Department estimates that £156m will be loaned to homeowners in 2018/19, which is the first year following conversion of the Support for Mortgage Interest benefit to a loan.</p> Rutherglen and Hamilton West Biography information for Ged Killen 123073 To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of amount to be loaned to homeowners in the first year following the conversion of the Support for Mortgage Interest benefit to a loan. 29 false false To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether some universal credit claimants are being required to attend in-person appointments to reset their universal credit login details; and if he will ensure that all universal credit claimants are able to amend their account details using online portals. 119929 Work and Pensions 1 Department for Work and Pensions Universal Credit 29 Rutherglen and Hamilton West 2017-12-18 Work and Pensions Ged Killen 2017-12-21T15:14:08.29Z East Hampshire Damian Hinds false 2017-12-21 Biography information for Damian Hinds <p>Currently, Universal Credit requires claimants to attend the Jobcentre for a face to face interview to reset their Universal Credit login in details. We plan to automate this process in the very near future.</p> Work and Pensions 121062 Ged Killen Jobcentres 2017-12-21 1 false Rutherglen and Hamilton West 29 Work and Pensions 2018-01-08T15:44:45.747Z East Hampshire Damian Hinds false 2018-01-08 <p>DWP does not collect information on the travel times and distances for individual claimants.</p><p> </p><p>When DWP looked at proposed jobcentre closures, there was a reasonable expectation that claimants can travel 3 miles or 20 minutes by public transport to a new jobcentre location from their existing jobcentre.</p><p> </p><p>There are large areas of the country where claimants have always travelled further than this.</p><p> </p><p>If claimants are experiencing any difficulties with accessing DWP services, they should discuss their issues with their work coach who will be happy to help overcome any issues affecting their claim or work search.</p> Department for Work and Pensions To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average distance a claimant travels to reach their nearest job centre for an appointment; and what the average distance is in rural areas. Universal Credit 2017-12-21 121059 2018-01-08T15:54:52.88Z East Hampshire Damian Hinds false 2018-01-08 <p>In order to roll out Universal Credit safely and securely, improvements are built into the Universal Credit IT system using a test and learn approach. We learn from our data and research before features are considered, approved and progressed. Implementing the automated system is important to us and will be prioritised in due course.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 119929 on universal credit, when the automated system will be be operational. Work and Pensions Rutherglen and Hamilton West Department for Work and Pensions Work and Pensions false 29 1 Ged Killen Universal Credit Ged Killen 2017-12-20T15:41:04.527Z East Hampshire Damian Hinds false 2017-12-20 <p>Our Ministerial Correspondence Team has not received any letters relating to claimants facing technical or administrative problems when transferring from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to Universal Credit.</p><p>However, Universal Credit Programme colleagues have received representations from various customer support groups seeking clarification of the ESA to UC journey for their service users. These concerns have been raised informally at engagement events as well as through more formal routes into the Programme.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, the Department has worked to produce a set of communications, to help local partnership managers better explain the ESA to UC journey to our stakeholders.</p><p>In addition we are improving the learning for work coaches and case managers to better understand the process and how to support claimants effectively.</p> 119738 2017-12-14 false Rutherglen and Hamilton West Work and Pensions To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has received any representations on technical and administration problems regarding the transfer of claimants from employment and support allowance to universal credit. 1 Department for Work and Pensions 29 Work and Pensions 2018-01-08T15:51:12.083Z East Hampshire Damian Hinds false 2018-01-08 <p>Since the Written Ministerial Statement laid out in Parliament on 5 July 2017 confirming our plan to rationalise the DWP estate, the Department has closed 46 jobcentres up to and including 20 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The staff and services from 26 jobcentres have merged into nearby, larger Jobcentre offices, and there have been 20 co-locations with Local Authorities.</p> 2017-12-21 1 false Department for Work and Pensions Rutherglen and Hamilton West 29 Ged Killen Work and Pensions To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentre premises were closed in 2017, including centres that were merged with larger jobcentres or co-located in other government buildings. Work and Pensions 121061 Jobcentres: Closures 2017-12-19T16:39:48.63Z Gosport Caroline Dinenage false 2017-12-19 Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage <p>The Work and Pensions Secretary of State has a duty to review the Lower Benefit Cap levels once in each Parliament with regard to the national economic situation and any other matters he considers relevant, as set out in the 2016 Welfare Reform and Work Act. New lower and tiered Benefit Cap rates were introduced from November 2016 prior to the election in June 2017. We intend to review the Lower Benefit Cap during this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>For context, outside of London, around 4 in 10 households have net earnings less than the £20,000 cap level. In London around 4 in 10 households have net earnings of less than the £23,000 cap level.</p> Social Security Benefits: Uprating false Department for Work and Pensions 29 Work and Pensions 2017-12-14 Rutherglen and Hamilton West To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the change in the real terms value of the maximum amount of benefit entitlement as a result of inflation since the introduction of the benefit cap in November 2016. 119746 Ged Killen 1 Work and Pensions Personal Independence Payment Work and Pensions 2018-01-19T11:33:36.717Z Truro and Falmouth Sarah Newton false 2018-01-19 Biography information for Sarah Newton <p>The claiming process for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), including the arrangements to invite existing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants to claim PIP, was co-produced with the assistance of disabled people, carers and their representative support organisations to ensure it works effectively. Up to the end of October 2017 nearly 1,177,000 DLA to PIP claims had been registered, of which nearly 1,100,000 claims had been cleared. To ensure continuity of payment, DLA claimants continue to get paid while their PIP claim is being assessed.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State and Ministers receive a wide range of representations about PIP from individuals, organisations and Parliamentarians. However, as PIP is a different benefit to DLA, with different assessment criteria, someone moving from DLA to PIP will not automatically be entitled to PIP, or guaranteed the same level of award. PIP is intended to focus support on those who need it most and 38 per cent of those previously in receipt of DLA are currently receiving the highest possible rate of benefit compared with only 15 per cent on DLA of working age at May 2013.</p> false Ged Killen 29 To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the transfer from disability living allowance to personal independence payments is made effectively; and what representations she has received on claimants whose payments have changed significantly despite there being no change in their circumstances. 123045 Work and Pensions 2018-01-16 1 Rutherglen and Hamilton West Department for Work and Pensions Work and Pensions Rutherglen and Hamilton West false 123037 2018-01-22T15:28:39.013Z North West Hampshire Kit Malthouse false 2018-01-22 <p>The department does not hold data on the number of paying parents who are acting as company directors.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Maintenance Service is currently in the process of assuring employment data and therefore this will be available at a future date when it would be released in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> Department for Work and Pensions 2018-01-16 29 Children: Maintenance To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of paying parents involved in pay arrangements though the child maintence service who are listed as self-employed or as company directors. Ged Killen 1 Work and Pensions 29 Work and Pensions 2017-12-20T15:43:01.1Z East Hampshire Damian Hinds false 2017-12-20 <p>The information is not available in the format requested. However, we do have data for the declaration date to payment date.</p><p> </p><p>Data published on 2 October 2017 shows that, 81% of new Universal Credit households received their first payment in full and on time. Across the whole of Universal Credit 92% of all households received full payment on time. The published data can be found here. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-timeliness-january-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-timeliness-january-to-june-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The policy intention is that claimants receive the first payment 5 weeks after their date of entitlement (6 weeks if waiting days are served). This mirrors the world of work and allows for time in which to gather information about a claimant’s earnings.</p><p> </p><p>Our internal data shows that for those cases where full payment has not been made, around a sixth, have not signed their Claimant Commitment or passed identity checks . The others have outstanding verification issues, for example, housing, self-employed earnings and child-care costs.</p><p> </p> 1 Work and Pensions Department for Work and Pensions 119724 To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for claimants of universal credit from (a) the opening of a universal credit account and (b) an interview at a job centre to the first payment of universal credit. Universal Credit Ged Killen Rutherglen and Hamilton West false 2017-12-14