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1679189

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date	19/12/2023
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department investigate benefit fraud; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost of fraud to the public purse in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The latest information of the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff who are in paid employment and undertake investigations on benefit fraud is in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DWP Product</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CFC ESOC</strong></p></td><td><p>527.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CFC Fraud Investigations (Including Surveillance)</strong></p></td><td><p>627.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1154.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note the following caveats</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data is drawn at the end of each month. Data is correct as of end of November 2023.</li><li>Figures were derived from the Department’s Activity Based Model (ABM), which provides Full Time Equivalent (FTE) figures based on point in time estimate by Line Managers. They cover only FTE of staff with paid employment. They have been rounded to one decimal place.</li><li>Figures include all staff on CFC Economic Serious Organised Crime and CFC Investigations including staff undertaking surveillance activities.</li><li>The data is frequently revised and changes to definitions / benefits / DWP structure effect comparisons over time. It should therefore be treated with caution and must be seen as an indication of how staff have been deployed.</li><li>The number of staff is unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal department use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics standard. As the Department holds the information, we have released it.</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information on the cost of fraud to the public purse has been set out in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/01/2024 14:27:04 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679207

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against Personal Independence Payment decisions were lapsed by her Department in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal registrations and lapsed appeals. Data is provided for appeals registered in the 2022/23 financial year, the latest full financial year that data is available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Appeals registered in 2022/23 and how many were subsequently lapsed</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals registered</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals lapsed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>81,000</p></td><td><p>18,000 (22% of appeals registered)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>Data provided is for England and Wales (excluding Scotland).</li><li>These figures include appeal registrations and decisions for PIP New Claims, Reassessments, Award Reviews and Change of Circumstances. These figures include appeals registered in 2022/23 financial year and any lapsed appeals related to these appeal registrations up to the 30th September 2023, the latest date for which published data is available.</li><li>Appeals data has been taken from DWP PIP customer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li><li>This data is unpublished data. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/01/2024 12:05:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679211

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Jobcentres: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the most recent risk assessment on violence at work was conducted at Govan jobcentre.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions assess the risks around violence at work via the Jobcentre Claimant Facing Risk Assessment (JCFRA). Govan Jobcentre has a site-specific Jobcentre Claimant Facing Risk Assessment in place, and this was last reviewed 18<sup>th</sup> September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 11/01/2024 13:42:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679212

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Jobcentres: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the number of violence-at-work incidents that have been reported at Govan job centre.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions record all reported violence-at-work incidents. In the current financial year, April – October 2023, Govan Jobcentre recorded 27 incidents.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022/2023 financial year there were 19 incidents and in 2021/2022 financial year there were 20 incidents.</p><p> </p><p>All incidents reported at Govan Jobcentre have been categorised as verbal or written with none being classed as physical incidents.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 11/01/2024 13:50:49 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679214

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Jobcentres: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentre clients have been assisted by an Armed Forces Champion in Glasgow South West constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>Since April 2023, 231 members of the local Armed Forces community have been supported by an Armed Forces Champion in the Glasgow South West constituency.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/01/2024 17:27:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens