Explicit consent is not required to make a new claim. If claimants cannot make or manage their claim on-line, they can receive face to face support through their local jobcentre or assistance through our Freephone telephone number. Once the claim is made, claimants who require agencies to act on their behalf can provide explicit consent.<\/p>
In our response to the Social Security Advisory Committee in November 2018 in respect of the managed migration regulations, we have agreed to explore options for improving the process of explicit consent in collaboration with the committee.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Reading West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alok Sharma"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-07T18:01:25.76Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "What assessment her Department has made of the effect of explicit consent restrictions placed on advice agencies on the ability of people to make a claim for universal credit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4426", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paula Sherriff"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dewsbury"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paula Sherriff"} ], "uin" : "908386"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1030179", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1030179/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Universal Credit has had a positive impact since its start, as shown through published research and analysis. This research shows us that people are spending more time looking for work, applying for more jobs and even doing jobs they would not have considered doing before. Our Labour Market Impacts Analysis is available online at gov.uk.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Reading West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alok Sharma"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-07T18:02:07.68Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "What assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of universal credit in helping people into work.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1441", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bellingham"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North West Norfolk"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Henry Bellingham"} ], "uin" : "908382"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029314", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029314/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Full details of the 79 LEADER groups are available through the Rural Development Programme for England LEADER homepage on gov.uk.<\/p>
<\/p>
At a national level, the LEADER programme is on track to commit the majority of its funds by March 2019 with more than half of these groups now closed to new applications.<\/p>
<\/p>
Individual LEADER groups close their programmes when they have sufficient demand to spend their full allocation. As a result, the decision to close is made by the LEADER groups and is shown on their individual websites.<\/p>
<\/p>
A list of LEADER programmes currently open is provided in the table below.<\/p>
<\/p>
Beds and Hunts Claylands<\/p><\/td> | Chilterns<\/p><\/td> | Clay Vales<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coast, Wolds, Wetlands and Waterways<\/p><\/td> | Durham and Coast Lowlands<\/p><\/td> | East Kent<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Plateau<\/p><\/td> | Fieldfare<\/p><\/td> | Greensand Ridge<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Heart of Wessex<\/p><\/td> | Loddon and Test<\/p><\/td> | Mersey Rural<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Forest<\/p><\/td> | North Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> | North Pennine Dales<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Warwickshire Hinckley and Bosworth<\/p><\/td> | North Wessex Downs<\/p><\/td> | North York Moors, Coast and Hills<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td> | Northumberland Coast and Lowlands<\/p><\/td> | Northumberland Uplands<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plain Action<\/p><\/td> | Rural Surrey<\/p><\/td> | South East Cornwall<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> | South Pennines<\/p><\/td> | Vale Action<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wealden and Rother Rural Partnership<\/p><\/td> | West Cheshire and Warrington<\/p><\/td> | West Kent<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3934", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for George Eustice"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Camborne and Redruth"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Eustice"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-07T12:27:50.197Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Rural Areas: EU Grants and Loans"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the letter of 18 November from the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the hon. Member for High Peak on small abattoirs, if he will provide (a) a list the 79 LEADER groups in England and (b) the closing date of applications for each LEADER group in each area.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4662", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ruth George"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "High Peak"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ruth George"} ], "uin" : "204630"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029331", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029331/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Social Housing Green Paper asked if new safety measures in the private rented sector, such as requirements to install carbon monoxide alarms, should be extended to social housing. Alongside this, the Government is carrying out a review to establish whether requirements to install carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in private rented properties should be extended to any fuel burning appliance and social housing. The findings of this review are being considered alongside responses to the Social Housing Green Paper. We plan to set out the Government response to the Green Paper in Spring 2019.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4495", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kit Malthouse"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North West Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kit Malthouse"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-07T15:53:30.997Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Carbon Monoxide: Poisoning"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect social housing tenants from carbon monoxide poisoning; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4122", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alex Cunningham"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stockton North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Alex Cunningham"} ], "uin" : "204501"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029332", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029332/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The table below provides information on the cases closed by the Independent Case Examiner\u2019s (ICE) Office and the reason they were closed, for each month since September 2017.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Month<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Closed following issue of ICE <\/strong>Investigation Report <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Closed following resolution or settlement agreed with the complainant (without the need for an ICE Investigation Report)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Rejected (complaint failed to meet ICE acceptance criteria)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Closed for other reasons (includes withdrawn complaints and those closed following a High Court decision to grant permission for a Judicial Review of the Department\u2019s handling of the change to women\u2019s State Pension age)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 46<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 168<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> October 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 55<\/p><\/td> 26<\/p><\/td> 182<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> November 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 64<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 202<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> December 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 50<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 119<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> January 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 67<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td> 213<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> February 2018 <\/strong><\/p><\/td> 70<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 247<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> March 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 58<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 296<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> April 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 53<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td> 172<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> May 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 69<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td> 210<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> June 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 85<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td> 192<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> July 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 222<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 79<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 181<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 227<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> October 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 87<\/p><\/td> 53<\/p><\/td> 201<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> November 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 82<\/p><\/td> 42<\/p><\/td> 251<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> December 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 49<\/p><\/td> 26<\/p><\/td> 1102<\/p><\/td> 2521*<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> *Figure is related to the High Court decisions<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4105", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Tomlinson"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Justin Tomlinson"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Independent Case Examiner"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases the Independent Case Examiner has closed (a) after investigation and (b) without investigation; and for what reason those cases were closed in each month since September 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3976", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Williamson"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Derby North"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Williamson"}
], "uin" : "204482"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029355", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029355/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information requested is not held by the department. Local authorities must secure the provision specified in a child or young person\u2019s Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. Where this requires the local authority to provide additional \u2018top-up\u2019 funding, an agreement should be in place between the local authority and the institution that confirms the amount of top-up funding to be paid. This agreement does not form part of the EHC plan.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4113", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nadhim Zahawi"}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Special Educational Needs: Derbyshire"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school children on Education, Health and Care Plans in Derbyshire do not have extra funding allocated to their schools for their plan.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3952", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Toby Perkins"}
], "uin" : "204475"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029356", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029356/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Due to the volume of data required to answer this question, the information is attached as an annex to this answer.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4517", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Frazer"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lucy Frazer"}
, "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029356/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "204476 Annex to SEND PQ December 2018.xls"}
, "title" : "XLS Statistics Annex A"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-07T15:12:56.627Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Special Educational Needs"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a tribunal (a) has been required to meet to consider amendments, (b) found in favour of the application for amendment and (c) decided there would be no change to an Education, Health and Care Plan in each local authority area in each year since the plans were introduced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3952", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Toby Perkins"}
], "uin" : "204476"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029357", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029357/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " |