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1129656

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Pension 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 applications by mixed-age couples for Pension Credit have been rejected since 15 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	259897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>From 15 May 2019 both members of a couple need to have reached State Pension age in order to be eligible for Pension Credit. However, mixed age couples who would be eligible for Pension Credit under the previous rules have up to 13 August to make a backdated claim. Couples not eligible for Pension Credit are advised that they may be eligible for Universal Credit and signposted accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>The specific Information regarding the number of unsuccessful claims to Pension Credit by mixed age couples since 15 May is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/06/2019 15:48:14 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129657

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Pension 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 people who are part of a mixed-age couple have been advised by CAPITA call centre staff not to make a claim for Pension Credit.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	259898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>G4S now provide the initial call service facility for Pension Credit. The contract with CAPITA ended in September 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Mixed age couples not eligible for Pension Credit are advised by call centre staff that they may be eligible for Universal Credit and signposted accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/06/2019 15:59:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129684

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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 claims under universal credit for the (a) standard allowance, (b) carer element, (c) child element, (d) childcare element, (e) disabled child element, (f) housing element and (g) limited capability for work element were not paid (i) on time and (ii) in full in each for the last six months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	259875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is available in the attached document for both new claims and existing claims. The Limited Capability for Work (LCW) addition is no longer payable on new claims to Universal Credit (UC) since 3rd April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the proportion of claims paid in full on time is subject to fluctuation. This particularly effects the figures for LCW in the first assessment period which are subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants in the Limited Capability for Work and Work Related Activity (LCWRA) group may not receive their additional element within the first assessment period due to the additional element being calculated based on the outcome of their Work Capability Assessment (WCA) which, due to the need for medical evidence and assessment, may not be complete by the end of the first assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who naturally migrate to UC from Employment and Support Allowance, and are currently receiving the LCW / LCWRA addition, will continue to receive it on their UC claim from day 1 as long as there has been no break in their claim and they have declared the same health condition when they moved across to UC.</p><p> </p><p>UC payment timeliness has continued to improve during its rollout, we are also continually introducing improvements to its design, for example most recently, by making childcare and housing verification easier. These improvements are not yet fully reflected in the data supplied.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/06/2019 15:05:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma attachment 1 file name PQ259875 data tables.xlsx title PQ259875 data tables
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1129813

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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: Bulgaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is discussing reciprocal social security agreements with her Bulgarian counterpart.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	259864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is seeking to protect the social security coordination and reciprocal healthcare rights of UK nationals in the EU by reaching reciprocal arrangements with the EU or Member States to maintain existing rights for a transitional period until 31 December 2020 in a no deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259865 259866 259867 259868 259869 259870 259871 259872 259873 question first answered 13/06/2019 14:54:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1129814

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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: Czechia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is discussing reciprocal social security agreements with her Czechian counterpart.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	259865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is seeking to protect the social security coordination and reciprocal healthcare rights of UK nationals in the EU by reaching reciprocal arrangements with the EU or Member States to maintain existing rights for a transitional period until 31 December 2020 in a no deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259864 259866 259867 259868 259869 259870 259871 259872 259873 question first answered 13/06/2019 14:54:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1129815

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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: Estonia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is discussing reciprocal social security agreements with her Estonian counterpart.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	259866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is seeking to protect the social security coordination and reciprocal healthcare rights of UK nationals in the EU by reaching reciprocal arrangements with the EU or Member States to maintain existing rights for a transitional period until 31 December 2020 in a no deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259864 259865 259867 259868 259869 259870 259871 259872 259873 question first answered 13/06/2019 14:54:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1129818

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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: Greece
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is discussing reciprocal social security agreements with her Greek counterpart in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	259867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is seeking to protect the social security coordination and reciprocal healthcare rights of UK nationals in the EU by reaching reciprocal arrangements with the EU or Member States to maintain existing rights for a transitional period until 31 December 2020 in a no deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259864 259865 259866 259868 259869 259870 259871 259872 259873 question first answered 13/06/2019 14:54:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1129819

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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: Hungary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is discussing reciprocal social security agreements with her Hungarian counterpart in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	259868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is seeking to protect the social security coordination and reciprocal healthcare rights of UK nationals in the EU by reaching reciprocal arrangements with the EU or Member States to maintain existing rights for a transitional period until 31 December 2020 in a no deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259864 259865 259866 259867 259869 259870 259871 259872 259873 question first answered 13/06/2019 14:54:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1129820

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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: Latvia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is discussing reciprocal social security agreements with her Latvian counterpart in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	259869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is seeking to protect the social security coordination and reciprocal healthcare rights of UK nationals in the EU by reaching reciprocal arrangements with the EU or Member States to maintain existing rights for a transitional period until 31 December 2020 in a no deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259864 259865 259866 259867 259868 259870 259871 259872 259873 question first answered 13/06/2019 14:54:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1129822

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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: Lithuania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with her Lithuanian counterpart on potential reciprocal social security agreements in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	259870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is seeking to protect the social security coordination and reciprocal healthcare rights of UK nationals in the EU by reaching reciprocal arrangements with the EU or Member States to maintain existing rights for a transitional period until 31 December 2020 in a no deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 259864 259865 259866 259867 259868 259869 259871 259872 259873 question first answered 13/06/2019 14:54:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans