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1736876

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to maintain the link between Local Housing Allowance rates and rent cost increases each year.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Manuela Perteghella
uin	11087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates were restored to the 30th percentile of local market rents from April 2024 for one year.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on LHA for future years will be taken in the context of the Government’s missions, housing priorities, and the fiscal context.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 29/10/2024 11:37:58 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5122

1736937

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled Disability Price Tag 2024, published by Scope in September 2024, what steps her Department takes to support disabled households with the extra costs they face.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Abtisam Mohamed
uin	11098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 October 2024 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-10-04/5883" target="_blank">UIN 5883</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 28/10/2024 12:20:35 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5142

1736938

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled Disability Price Tag 2024, published by Scope in September 2024, what estimate she has made of the extra costs incurred by disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Abtisam Mohamed
uin	11099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>DWP pays close attention to the evidence base on the extra costs faced by disabled people; including academic research, analysis by Scope, and DWP’s own commissioned research on the Uses of Health and Disability Benefits from 2019. In order to understand more, DWP is now undertaking a new survey of Personal Independence Payment customers to understand more about their disability related needs. This project has an advisory group of experts including representatives of the disability charity Scope and academic experts.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 29/10/2024 11:27:01 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5142

1736939

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled Disability Price Tag 2024, published by Scope in September 2024, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Personal Independence Payments at supporting disabled people with the extra costs of disability.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Abtisam Mohamed
uin	11100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 October 2024 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-10-11/8747" target="_blank">UIN 8747</a></p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 28/10/2024 12:17:00 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5142

1736956

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral answer of 14 October 2024 from the Minister for Veterans and People, Official Report, column 574, if he will clarify what the correct (a) welfare and (b) legal support are for veterans that are required to undergo legal proceedings relating to their service during the troubles in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	11024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important service of veterans and serving personnel and the sacrifices they made to keep us all safe in Northern Ireland during the troubles. We will provide any former or current member of the Armed Forces involved in legal proceedings relating to their official duties with the appropriate welfare and legal support.</p><p> </p><p>Welfare support is tailored to individual veterans’ needs and circumstances and given on an opt-in basis. The MOD delivers this support through the most appropriate agency depending on the nature of the veteran’s service. In many cases, this would be the Army Operational Legacy Branch, who have a team of dedicated military support officers.</p><p> </p><p>Legal support too is tailored to the circumstances, including in what capacity veterans are involved in legal proceedings. Veterans are offered independent legal support at public expense where they are at risk of prosecution relating to actions taken during their employment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 29/10/2024 08:32:09 answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1736984

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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, if she will make it her policy to (a) replace new Universal Credit claim (i) advance and (ii) benefit transfer loans with new claim grants and (b) to write off overpayments made in error.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Manuela Perteghella
uin	11088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>As not all new UC customers require the same level of immediate support, replacing every new customer’s advance with a UC grant would lead to significantly increased expenditure and the potential for increased fraud and error in the social security system.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to reviewing Universal Credit, to make sure it is doing the job we want it to. We will set out the details of this in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has an obligation to protect public funds and to ensure that, wherever possible, an overpayment is recovered. It is our policy to recover all debt where it is reasonable and cost effective to do so. Debts should be recovered as quickly and cost effectively as possible without causing undue financial hardship.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to write off overpayments made in error.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 29/10/2024 11:40:29 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5122

1737007

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 9771 on Social Security Benefits, for which benefit lines the Department records data on the birthplace of people claiming (a) out of work and (b) other benefits.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	11035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect data on the country of birth of individuals claiming any benefits.</p><p> </p><p>DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s specific country of birth does not play a role in this and the Department therefore does not collect the country of birth information at the point of benefit claim.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western grouped question UIN 11036 11037 11038 11039 11040 11041 question first answered 29/10/2024 11:40:02 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1737008

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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 and what proportion of people claiming Universal Credit were (a) born and (b) not born in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	11036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect data on the country of birth of individuals claiming any benefits.</p><p> </p><p>DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s specific country of birth does not play a role in this and the Department therefore does not collect the country of birth information at the point of benefit claim.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western grouped question UIN 11035 11037 11038 11039 11040 11041 question first answered 29/10/2024 11:40:02 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1737009

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming Employment and Support Allowance were (a) born and (b) not born in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	11037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect data on the country of birth of individuals claiming any benefits.</p><p> </p><p>DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s specific country of birth does not play a role in this and the Department therefore does not collect the country of birth information at the point of benefit claim.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western grouped question UIN 11035 11036 11038 11039 11040 11041 question first answered 29/10/2024 11:40:02 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1737010

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming the Personal Independence Payment were (a) born and (b) not born in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	11038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect data on the country of birth of individuals claiming any benefits.</p><p> </p><p>DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s specific country of birth does not play a role in this and the Department therefore does not collect the country of birth information at the point of benefit claim.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western grouped question UIN 11035 11036 11037 11039 11040 11041 question first answered 29/10/2024 11:40:03 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien