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1581656

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what the average length of time taken to process claims under the Access to Work Scheme was from 1 January to 31 December 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL5193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The average length of time taken to process claims under the Access to Work Scheme for the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 was 52.1 days</p><p>The time taken to process different application types can vary, some can be cleared very quickly, and decisions made in a day, whereas others, if complex, may take longer and require a Workplace Assessment to recommend a tailored package of support for individual customers.</p><p>Access to Work has received a significant increase in applications over the last year. In response, we have recruited new staff to meet the increased demand and reduce the time it takes to make decisions, and we are continuing with this over the year. We are also transforming the Access to Work service through increased digitalisation, that will make the service more efficient, make the application process easier, and improve the time taken from application through to decision.</p><p><em>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution. </em></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 14/02/2023 12:37:43 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1581673

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
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	Pesticides: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will report on the outcome of the Government Oversight Group review of the stewardship regime for professional use of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides in the UK after five years of operation; and what steps they are taking to end the use of previously banned substances still being deployed in the countryside to poison wildlife.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL5214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The detailed work of the review of the stewardship scheme for anticoagulant rodenticides is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Oversight Group for Rodenticides, chaired by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the industry’s representative body, the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use met in December 2022 to discuss the existing stewardship regime and agree areas of focus for its review. Discussions also included establishing a timetable for the work required to take the review forward during 2023.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to the issue of wildlife poisoning, there are robust, multi-agency arrangements in place for enforcing the illegal supply and use of chemicals; with the illegal poisoning of protected species investigated by a dedicated Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/02/2023 14:51:15 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1581467

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Cost of Living Payments
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 his Department's press release entitled Millions of low-income households to get new Cost of Living Payments from Spring 2023, published on 3 January 2023, if he will make a comparative assessment of the effect of the (a) Energy Price Guarantee and (b) Energy Bill Support Scheme on the estimated average incomes on a real-terms basis of (i) households in receipt of means-tested benefits, (ii) people with disabilities and (iii) pensioners between financial years (A) 2022-23 and (B) 2023-24; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	133959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The analysis requested is not readily available and to produce it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living this winter and is taking action to help. The Government's Energy Price Guarantee will save a typical British household around £900 this winter, based on what energy prices would have been under the current price cap - reducing bills by roughly a third. This is in addition to the £400 non-repayable discount to eligible households provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme, paid over six months starting in October 2022.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/02/2023 16:05:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1581484

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Multiple Sclerosis
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 with Multiple Sclerosis are in receipt of (a) income-related Employment and Support Allowance and (b) new-style contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	133935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>In May 2022, there were around 21,800 people on ESA whose main condition was multiple sclerosis. Of these, around 4,000 were in receipt of Income-Related ESA and around 12,000 were in receipt of Contributory (New-Style) ESA, with a further 4,300 in receipt of both Income-Related and Contributory ESA. There were also around 1,500 who were only receiving National Insurance Credits.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/02/2023 15:20:58 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1581485

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Multiple Sclerosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people with Multiple Sclerosis who are in the Employment and Support Allowance (a) Support Group and (b) Work-Related Activity Group.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	133945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>In May 2022, there were around 21,800 people on ESA whose main condition was multiple sclerosis. Of these, around 400 were in the Work-Related Activity Group and around 20,000 were in the Support Group, with the remainder being in the assessment phase or receiving National Insurance credits only, and not assigned to a particular group.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/02/2023 15:22:59 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1581486

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Unemployment: Multiple Sclerosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people with Multiple Sclerosis who are economically inactive.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	133946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has tasked the DWP’s Secretary of State to look in detail at the issue of workforce participation. This involves working with other Government departments, including the Department of Health and Social Care, to identify and understand the barriers preventing people from joining the workforce and/or resulting in people leaving the workforce early.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled people and people with health conditions are a key focus of this work, which will build on the Government’s existing package of support to help disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Headline estimates on employment, unemployment and economic inactivity are produced using the Labour Force Survey (LFS), which provides internationally recognised information on the UK labour market. The LFS also asks respondents about any long-term (lasting or expected to last 12 months or more) physical or mental health condition they may have with 18 different conditions, or groups of conditions, to select from. Multiple Sclerosis would normally be recorded under the category Progressive Illnesses (not included elsewhere), which also includes conditions such as Cancer, symptomatic HIV, Parkinson’s Disease and Muscular Dystrophy. A breakdown for the individual conditions within this category is not available from the LFS.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021/2022, the number of economically inactive people who reported having a Progressive Illness was 410,000 (or 5% of the total number of people who were economically inactive).</p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2022" target="_blank">The employment of disabled people 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/02/2023 12:28:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1581529

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Child Maintenance Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve Child Maintenance Service's enforcement action towards self-employed parents.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	134029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has made improvements to enforcement processes to increase effective use of powers. This includes simplifying deductions from earnings, increasing efficiency by reducing the manual intervention required, making better use of deductions from bank accounts therefore increasing the volume of deductions leading to more money being collected quicker for children and working in partnership with HMCT to reduce Court processing times by introducing Virtual Court presenting and electronic exchange of documentation. There is also a Private Members bill sponsored by the Honourable Member for Stroud that removes the requirement to make court applications for liability orders which enable CMS to progress with enforcement action faster and improve efficiency, whilst protecting appeal rights.</p><p> </p><p>The CMS FIU considers all allegations relating to income, either that received from HMRC or from declarations from paying parents, where the information and intelligence indicates that the income used in a CMS assessment has been underdeclared, the FIU carry out a full and thorough investigation and where additional income is found cases are re-assessed and any fraudulent activity considered for referral to the Crown Prosecution Service.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/02/2023 17:52:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1581530

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Child Maintenance Service: Staff
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 are employed in the Child Maintenance Service; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing staffing capacity on timescales for enforcement action.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	134030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service, at the end of December 2022 employed 4,747 people, equivalent to 4,046 FTE. This includes colleagues in GB and Department for Communities in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Our resourcing levels are regularly reviewed against forecast intake and performance v actuals to ensure a timely and consistent service. Following our most recent Winter forecasting review our request to increase resources directly into our Enforcement segment was approved. An exercise to recruit around 70 staff is currently underway.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/02/2023 17:49:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1581531

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Child Maintenance Service: Information Sharing
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 improve the sharing of information across Government departments to aid the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	134031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) constantly strives to both maintain and improve contacts and appropriate data sharing agreements with all relevant government departments.</p><p> </p><p>The CMS does this through engaging in a collaborative and positive manner to reinforce existing agreements and establish new channels of communication and contacts within relevant departments and areas.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/02/2023 17:56:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1581532

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Child Maintenance payments for people in contract work are calculated fairly.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	134032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The child maintenance calculation is initially based on paying parent’s historic income information received directly from HM Revenue &amp; Customs for the latest complete tax year.</p><p> </p><p>If historic income is not available, or a paying parent’s actual income is at least 25% different from the historic income figure then current income can be used. This is based on evidence from a wide range of credible sources which ensures liabilities remain fair and based on accurate income information. The liability is reviewed annually or at either parents’ request if the income changes by at least 25%.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/02/2023 10:26:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley