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date	18/05/2021
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the take up of carers' allowance by eligible people.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	3187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>1 million carers were entitled to Carer’s Allowance in 2010/11. By 2025/26 we forecast that this will have increased to just over 1.5 million.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Carer’s Allowance is widely available, including online through Gov.uk. Organisations supporting carers, and other stakeholders and partners, also make information available on carers benefits, including Carer’s Allowance.</p><p /><p>Carer’s Allowance can be applied for online and since this option was made available in October 2013 over 1.5 million people have applied that way. Since April 2020, over 90% of Carer’s Allowance applications have been made online and over 90% of those customers have said they are happy with the online service.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/05/2021 13:43:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1240283

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish the conclusions of her Department's review of the special rules for terminally ill welfare claimants.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	99135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Parliamentary Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-09/87602" target="_blank"> 87602 </a>on 9<sup>th</sup> September 2020.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/10/2020 14:59:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1030179

registered interest
date	21/12/2018
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	What assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of universal credit in helping people into work.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	908382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit has had a positive impact since its start, as shown through published research and analysis. This research shows us that people are spending more time looking for work, applying for more jobs and even doing jobs they would not have considered doing before. Our Labour Market Impacts Analysis is available online at gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/01/2019 18:02:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

435630

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on the auto-enrolment of people onto workplace pensions.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Mr Henry Bellingham
uin	902580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>DWP’s latest evaluation report on Automatic Enrolment shows that since it’s introduction in 2012, participation in workplace pension saving by eligible workers in the private sector has increased by 21 percentage points.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/12/2015 17:40:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham