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1605340

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that those with disabilities are in receipt of benefits that they are entitled to receive.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL6596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government makes information on benefits widely available to all those who may wish to claim, including disabled people and people with health conditions, through a variety of channels including GOV.UK. In addition, information is available from a wide range of other sources, including organisations and charities, who provide advice and support. The DWP continually seeks to improve the information it makes available to encourage people to claim the benefits they may be entitled to.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/04/2023 15:15:42 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1605358

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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 Schemes: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the success of the Youth Offer and Kickstart scheme against their stated aims of supporting those under 25 to find employment.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Derby
uin	HL6617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Evaluations of the Youth Offer and the Kickstart Scheme are ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>The Kickstart evaluation will continue to assess the longer-term outcomes for Kickstart participants after they have completed their six-month jobs. The commissioned process evaluation will conclude in Spring 2023.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We aim to publish the findings of the Kickstart Scheme evaluation once complete.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 28/03/2023 11:41:40 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4714 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Derby

1605373

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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	Universal Credit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the statement in the Spring Budget 2023 factsheet – Labour Market Measures that over 700,000 lead carers of children in receipt of Universal Credit will be made to look for work or increase the number of hours they work, what is their estimate of how this number will be broken down by (1) age of youngest child, and (2) by lone parent/other; and what additional work-related requirements will be applied to such claimants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL6635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>1) Estimate of the proportion of lead carers broken down by age of youngest child</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age of youngest child</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>2) Estimate of the proportion of lead carers broken down by family type</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Family Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Single, with children</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Couple, with children</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Caveats &amp; Data Definitions:</p><ul><li>We do not hold data that explicitly identifies lead carers, as a result, figures are estimated assuming that if one member of the household has age of youngest child as required, and is in the relevant conditionality regime, then they are a “lead carer”.</li><li>Universal Credit conditionality regimes included are Intensive Work Search, Working with requirements, Planning for work and Preparing for work</li><li>Based on average volumes 2022/23</li><li>Based on internal Universal Credit Household dataset</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Lead carers of children aged 1-2 will be required to have regular work focussed conversations with a dedicated Jobcentre work coach more often.</p><p> </p><p>For lead carers of children aged 2, work coaches can offer claimants more support with work preparation activities such as, job readiness workshops; help with developing a CV; practicing interviewing skills; skills assessment; participating in training or employment programme.</p><p> </p><p>Lead carers of children aged 3-12 will be supported by their work coach to increase their work search and preparation activity and will be required to be available for higher paid or longer hours jobs to align with Department for Education’s 30hr free childcare offer.</p><p> </p><p>Work search activities could include carrying out work searches, making job applications and creating and maintaining online job profiles. The requirements will be tailored to a claimant’s circumstances (e.g., location of job, claimant eligibility for free childcare provision, availability and location of childcare provision, and transport).</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/04/2023 15:35:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1605203

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
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, when each cost of living payment will be made in the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	168025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and is taking action to help through the Cost of Living Payments and through a wider package of support.</p><p> </p><p>We will be delivering the means-tested cost of living payment of up to £900 in three separate payments. The first payment of £301 will be made from spring 2023, the second payment of £300 from autumn 2023 and the third payment of £299 from spring 2024. People on qualifying disability benefits will receive a Payment of £150 during Summer 2023 and pensioner households will receive a £300 Pension Cost of Living Payment alongside their winter fuel payment in winter 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Qualifying dates for the means-tested and disability Cost of Living Payments are being set out in secondary legislation and payment dates for the vast majority of people will be announced on our dedicated page on gov.uk once the relevant regulations have been made. We have an extensive communications plan in place, including a media and digital campaign, that sets out everything customers need to know about Cost of Living Payments.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2023 16:16:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1605214

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
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: Chronic Illnesses and Disability
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 policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, how he will test the use of financial incentives to encourage employers to purchase occupation health services; how many employers will participate in the test; what the financial incentive will be; and where the test will be taking place.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	168041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>Increasing access to quality occupational health (OH) services can support disabled people, and people with health conditions, to remain in, and thrive in, work, which contributes to reducing health-related inactivity.</p><p> </p><p>In ‘Health is Everyone’s Business’, the Government committed to testing a financial incentive (subsidy) for SMEs and the self-employed to understand whether the scheme can help to increase access for these groups. It was announced in the Spring Budget that this test will be expanded. User-centred design is underway with some small-scale testing of the service planned in 2023. Details of the scheme will be shared ahead of launch activity, including eligibility criteria, subsidy level and location for initial testing.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/03/2023 10:08:25 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1605217

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
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: Chronic Illnesses and Disability
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 policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, when the new advice and information service for employers to support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in the workplace will be established.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	168042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The DWP is developing a digital service for employers, offering quick and easy to use guidance on supporting health and disability. An early version of this is currently being publicly live-tested and is available nationally. This is a key outcome of the “Health is everyone’s business” consultation (2019).</p><p /><p>We are continuing to add features and broaden content iteratively, based on feedback from service users. This includes signposting to wider resources, including Disability Confident.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/03/2023 10:22:25 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1605218

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
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: Mental Health Services
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 received support from the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	168043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>Access to Work official statistics are published annually and include figures on the number of people in receipt of an Access to Work payment(s) by element type. The table below (Table 7 in the statistics) summarises how many people received a payment for Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) in the last five financial years.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2022" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>2021/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Number of people in receipt of an MHSS payment</strong></p></td><td><p>2,230</p></td><td><p>3,630</p></td><td><p>5,740</p></td><td><p>7,480</p></td><td><p>8,550</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/03/2023 10:10:12 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1605219

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
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: Chronic Illnesses and Disability
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 Health and Disability White Paper published 15 March 2023, what new support is being tested under the pilot Access to Work enhanced package; and how long that pilot is expected to last.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	168044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>Access to Work Plus is testing a new offer for disabled people who need more support than the existing Access to Work scheme can provide, to enable people with complex disabilities, such as learning disabilities or complex autism, to move into employment. Access to Work Plus is testing two new elements: the first offers an enhanced package of personal support; and the second recognises employers who are willing to make adjustments to the workplace and/or shape the job roles. Access to Work Plus is working to change employer attitudes, encouraging them to think differently about their vacancies to help un-lock employment opportunities for disabled people. Taking a test and learn approach, we expect the test to last up to 12 months ensuring that participant numbers for a good sample size are achieved.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/03/2023 10:15:07 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1605222

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
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: Chronic Illnesses and Disability
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 Health and Disability White Paper, CP 807 published on 15 March 2023, (a) what plans he has to introduce a 'tell us once' service for DWP communications and (b) when he expects to roll out that service.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	168045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>As we set out in the White Paper, we will transform customer notifications. Once a person tells us their preference, we will be able to share that across benefits services.</p><p> </p><p>Transforming customer notifications is a highly complex process that is part of our wider service modernisation, and it is important that we take the time to get it right. We will make further announcements on customer notifications in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/03/2023 16:58:29 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1604785

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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 Schemes: Disability
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 Financial Statement and Budget Report of 15 March by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Official Report, column 843, how he plans to assess the degree of illness or disability of people who will be supported back into work.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	167272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>We published <em>Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper on 15<sup>th</sup> March 2023. </em>This responds to feedback from <em>The Health and Disability Green Paper</em> consultation.</p><p> </p><p>In the White Paper, we announced that we will legislate to remove the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), so that in future there will only be one health and disability assessment, the PIP assessment. This will remove the need to be found to have limited capability for work, and limited capability to prepare for work, to receive additional income-related support for a disability or health condition, giving people confidence that they will receive support, for as long as it is needed, regardless of whether they are working.</p><p> </p><p>We will also introduce a new personalised system of health conditionality and support which will be tailored to the individual and will involve work coaches having personalised conversations with claimants focused on what they can do, rather than on what they cannot do.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that, for many disabled people and people with health conditions, work or work-related activity is not possible or appropriate; and where this is the case, they will not be expected to participate in these activities to receive their benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>We will work with our work coaches to develop these proposals and ensure they have the right training and support needed to fulfil this change in their role. We will also continue to work with disabled people, people with health conditions and their representatives as we develop this approach.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/03/2023 14:00:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell