The Department has sent a copy of the memorandum of 2 May 2019 to the House\u2019s Library. We have been advised by the Library that it is currently processing the deposit of this document.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Colchester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-04T17:19:58.907Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions: Daily Mail and Metro Newspaper"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2019 to Question 323, when he plans to place the memorandum in the Library.", "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" : "7797"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167521", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167521/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Department has no plans to change the list of medical exemptions from prescription charges. Extensive arrangements are already in place to help people access National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of NHS prescription charge exemptions for which someone with asthma may qualify.<\/p>
People on a low income, who do not qualify for an exemption, may be eligible for full or partial help with prescription charges through application to the NHS Low Income Scheme.<\/p>
To support those with the greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption, the cost of the prescription pre-payment certificates has been frozen for another year. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4380", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Churchill"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bury St Edmunds"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jo Churchill"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-04T17:33:56.313Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Asthma: Prescriptions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policy of the report entitled, A Hidden Harm: Why healthcare professionals want to stop unfair asthma prescription charges published by Asthma UK with the Royal College of Nursing, Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists and Primary Care Respiratory Society.", "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" : "7799"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1166873", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1166873/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We have commenced our Move to Universal Credit pilot, as scheduled, in the area served by Harrogate Jobcentre. The goal of the pilot is to learn as much as possible, and to increase numbers as slowly and gradually as necessary.<\/p>
Testing the system and our processes will allow us to make sure we can provide the best possible service to those claimants who move to Universal Credit from their legacy claims.<\/p>
The Department has already committed to updating the House when appropriate progress has been made.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Colchester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-10-31", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-10-31T17:54:31.323Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to provide an update on the universal credit managed migration pilot that began in Harrogate in July 2019.", "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" : "6503"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1166874", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1166874/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.5 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.<\/p>
<\/p>
Around 60 per cent of new claims take up an advance. Subject to some fluctuation, this rate of advance take-up has been broadly consistent over the last 12 months. As the overall Universal Credit caseload grows, we expect the volume and value of advance payments to change in correlation. This shows that claimants are being made aware of advances and are using it where they need this help.<\/p>
<\/p>
Information surrounding the amount spent on Universal Credit advances each month since they were introduced is shown in the table below:<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
Jun-13<\/p><\/td> | £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jul-13<\/p><\/td> | £2,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Aug-13<\/p><\/td> | £3,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Sep-13<\/p><\/td> | £10,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Oct-13<\/p><\/td> | £10,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Nov-13<\/p><\/td> | £18,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Dec-13<\/p><\/td> | £18,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jan-14<\/p><\/td> | £25,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Feb-14<\/p><\/td> | £30,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Mar-14<\/p><\/td> | £47,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Apr-14<\/p><\/td> | £42,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
May-14<\/p><\/td> | £36,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jun-14<\/p><\/td> | £34,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jul-14<\/p><\/td> | £33,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Aug-14<\/p><\/td> | £48,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Sep-14<\/p><\/td> | £133,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Oct-14<\/p><\/td> | £153,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Nov-14<\/p><\/td> | £203,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Dec-14<\/p><\/td> | £278,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jan-15<\/p><\/td> | £360,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Feb-15<\/p><\/td> | £371,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Mar-15<\/p><\/td> | £607,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Apr-15<\/p><\/td> | £574,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
May-15<\/p><\/td> | £1,050,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jun-15<\/p><\/td> | £1,061,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jul-15<\/p><\/td> | £1,261,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Aug-15<\/p><\/td> | £1,605,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Sep-15<\/p><\/td> | £1,786,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Oct-15<\/p><\/td> | £1,762,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Nov-15<\/p><\/td> | £2,081,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Dec-15<\/p><\/td> | £2,171,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jan-16<\/p><\/td> | £2,736,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Feb-16<\/p><\/td> | £2,642,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Mar-16<\/p><\/td> | £4,080,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Apr-16<\/p><\/td> | £3,801,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
May-16<\/p><\/td> | £3,996,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jun-16<\/p><\/td> | £3,827,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jul-16<\/p><\/td> | £4,438,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Aug-16<\/p><\/td> | £4,629,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Sep-16<\/p><\/td> | £4,817,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Oct-16<\/p><\/td> | £4,801,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Nov-16<\/p><\/td> | £4,879,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Dec-16<\/p><\/td> | £5,452,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jan-17<\/p><\/td> | £6,062,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Feb-17<\/p><\/td> | £5,601,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Mar-17<\/p><\/td> | £7,876,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Apr-17<\/p><\/td> | £6,847,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
May-17<\/p><\/td> | £7,051,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jun-17<\/p><\/td> | £6,873,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jul-17<\/p><\/td> | £7,367,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Aug-17<\/p><\/td> | £8,002,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Sep-17<\/p><\/td> | £8,396,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Oct-17<\/p><\/td> | £9,363,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Nov-17<\/p><\/td> | £12,130,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Dec-17<\/p><\/td> | £13,254,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jan-18<\/p><\/td> | £25,685,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Feb-18<\/p><\/td> | £24,977,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Mar-18<\/p><\/td> | £25,721,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Apr-18<\/p><\/td> | £25,934,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
May-18<\/p><\/td> | £28,812,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jun-18<\/p><\/td> | £32,678,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jul-18<\/p><\/td> | £43,321,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Aug-18<\/p><\/td> | £46,636,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Sep-18<\/p><\/td> | £44,778,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Oct-18<\/p><\/td> | £55,693,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Nov-18<\/p><\/td> | £62,991,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Dec-18<\/p><\/td> | £58,697,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Jan-19<\/p><\/td> | £75,758,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Feb-19<\/p><\/td> | £79,955,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Mar-19<\/p><\/td> | £91,646,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Apr-19<\/p><\/td> | £91,957,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
May-19<\/p><\/td> | £103,096,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> Notes:<\/strong><\/p> The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants with children are not eligible for a budgeting advance to pay for upfront childcare costs due to (a) an existing budgeting advance, (b) not having made a debt repayment and (b) not claiming universal credit for a sufficient amount of time in the most recent period for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1150238/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We are committed to improving accessibility at rail stations, and have recently extended the Access for All programme with £300m to provide accessibility improvements at even more stations. This is in addition to improvements required whenever infrastructure work is carried out at a station by the industry.<\/em><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on rail stations that are inaccessible to people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1148856", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1148856/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We are the biggest Government Department with a day to day operation on which around 22 million citizens depend. The Department has a responsibility to communicate policy and essential information to claimants and other key audiences.<\/p> <\/p> The Metro partnership was designed to increase understanding of Universal Credit and ensure people have the right factual information they need to make a claim and understand their potential entitlement.<\/p> <\/p> We went to great lengths to ensure the factual accuracy of the campaign through extensive consultation within the Department, including the Government Legal Department. We also consulted with the Advertising Standards Authority Copy Advice Team prior to the launch and continued to do so throughout the campaign lifetime.<\/p> <\/p> The letter of 31 July 2019 placed in the House of Commons Library disclosed the full cost of the Department\u2019s partnership with Associated Newspapers. There were no advertising agencies, consultancy or additional costs associated with the campaign and detailed planning was taken forward by Departmental officials.<\/p> <\/p> We have already shared a copy of the memo of 2 May 2019 from the Director General of Universal Credit and Director of Communications to DWP staff with the Work and Pensions Select Committee but can also commit to placing a copy in the House of Commons Library.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government Legal Service approved the Universal Credit Uncovered advertising campaign in the Metro and the Mail Online in May and June 2019.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1148858/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The United Kingdom Government has proposed to all Member States that we should maintain existing reciprocal healthcare arrangements until 31 December 2020 if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal. This includes the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) which can support UK residents with long term conditions travelling to the EU who may require needs arising treatment.<\/p> The Government understands the concerns of patients with long term conditions and is working to secure the continuation of reciprocal healthcare arrangements, so UK and EU nationals have access to medical treatment in the same way they do now.<\/p> Guidance for travelling to the EU after EU exit is available on gov.uk, available at the following link:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-residents-visiting-the-eueea-and-switzerland-healthcare<\/a><\/p> The UK Government is advising people with pre-existing or long term medical conditions to also check the Money and Pensions Advice Service which has information on their website for people about their options for purchasing travel insurance. Further information is available at the following link:<\/p> |