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631966

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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, if the Government will implement the recommendations of the report of July 2016 from the Social Security Advisory Committee on introducing freephone numbers for the personal independent payment enquiry line.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	52283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s current telephony numbering policy is that calls to claim benefit should be free, so it uses 0800 telephone numbers for these calls. The Department uses 0345 telephone numbers where customers call for other reasons. These are, typically, calls which take less time to resolve. If a customer raises concern over the cost of the call then we will offer to call them back.</p><p> </p><p>At the moment, extending 0800 telephone numbers to other lines, including the Personal Independent Payment enquiry line, would be expensive.</p><p> </p><p>That being said, DWP recognises that our numbering policy has been in place for some time and will be conducting a review. The Department will also be considering alternative contact channels for customers to transact with us.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/11/2016 15:09:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

631981

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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, what steps he is taking to ensure that all benefit applications are processed within five working days.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	52292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>All claims for benefit are processed as quickly as possible and individual expectations on the number of days this takes is tailored across all our different products and services.</p><p> </p><p>We are now processing benefits more quickly and accurately with 90% of key out-of-work benefits processed within planned timescales in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Where claimants are in urgent financial need and have claimed Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support, Employment and Support Allowance, Carers Allowance, Pension Credit and State Pension they can apply for an advance on their first benefit payment. This is called a Short Term Benefit Advance.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/11/2016 17:26:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

631983

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect of reducing the benefit cap to £23,000 in London and £20,000 elsewhere on the (a) health and wellbeing and (b) mental health of people affected by that reduction.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	52330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The new cap levels better reflect the circumstances of many hard working families in the country. Around 4 out of 10 households earn less than £20,000 and in Greater London around 4 out of 10 households earn less than £23,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that encouraging households to move into work through the new benefit cap will help to increase the household’s income and help to improve their wellbeing:</p><p> </p><p>Research shows that for people without work, re-employment leads to improvement in health and wellbeing, whereas further unemployment leads to deterioration. Research also shows that it is not in the best interests of children to live in workless households. For example, children in households where neither parent is in work are much more likely to have challenging behaviour at age 5 than children in households where both parents are in paid employment.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 52331 question first answered 18/11/2016 13:49:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

631984

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect of reducing the benefit cap to £23,000 in London and £20,000 elsewhere on the (a) health and wellbeing and (b) mental health of children living in households affected by that reduction.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	52331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The new cap levels better reflect the circumstances of many hard working families in the country. Around 4 out of 10 households earn less than £20,000 and in Greater London around 4 out of 10 households earn less than £23,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that encouraging households to move into work through the new benefit cap will help to increase the household’s income and help to improve their wellbeing:</p><p> </p><p>Research shows that for people without work, re-employment leads to improvement in health and wellbeing, whereas further unemployment leads to deterioration. Research also shows that it is not in the best interests of children to live in workless households. For example, children in households where neither parent is in work are much more likely to have challenging behaviour at age 5 than children in households where both parents are in paid employment.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 52330 question first answered 18/11/2016 13:49:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

631988

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to report on the pilot of the yellow card scheme for benefit sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	52335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>We plan to publish an interim report on the Jobseeker’s Allowance Sanctions Early Warning Trial in Scotland by the end of the year, with the final report due to be published around April 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/11/2016 13:25:37 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

631990

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to roll out the yellow card scheme for benefit sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	52336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>A decision on whether to extend the Jobseeker’s Allowance Sanctions Early Warning Trial process in Scotland to England and Wales will be taken next year in light of findings from that trial.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/11/2016 13:33:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

631993

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department is making on the rollout of the pilot yellow card scheme for benefit sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	52337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The Jobseeker’s Allowance Sanctions Early Warning Trial in Scotland ran until September 2016 and involved approximately 6,500 claimants. Data was collected throughout the trial period to assess the extent to which the warning trial affected sanction decisions.</p><p>Qualitative interviews are currently being undertaken with a sample of these claimants to gain an understanding of how the new process affected claimant behaviour. The trial has now finished and a full evaluation is being undertaken.</p><p>The interim report will be published at the end of the year and the final report around April 2017. Findings from the trial will inform any decisions on future roll-out.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/11/2016 11:20:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen