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381572

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment: Scotland
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 estimate how many people in Scotland who are currently in receipt of carer's allowance and disability living allowance (a) are and (b) are not entitled to personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	2585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance cannot be paid to the same person simultaneously.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an analysis of the impact of the introduction of the Personal Independence Payment on Carer’s Allowance in February 2013. This can be found at.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have not undertaken any further analysis since then nor have we undertaken any specific analysis for Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently around 57,000 people in Scotland receiving Carer’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 2586 2587 question first answered 18/06/2015 12:55:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

381573

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment: Scotland
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 financial effect on carers in Scotland of the changes to carer's allowance as a result of the introduction of personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	2586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance cannot be paid to the same person simultaneously.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an analysis of the impact of the introduction of the Personal Independence Payment on Carer’s Allowance in February 2013. This can be found at.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have not undertaken any further analysis since then nor have we undertaken any specific analysis for Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently around 57,000 people in Scotland receiving Carer’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 2585 2587 question first answered 18/06/2015 12:55:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

381574

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment: Scotland
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 estimate how many recipients of carer's allowance in Scotland have lost their entitlement to that allowance following the introduction of personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	2587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance cannot be paid to the same person simultaneously.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an analysis of the impact of the introduction of the Personal Independence Payment on Carer’s Allowance in February 2013. This can be found at.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180970/pip-briefing-carers-allowance.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have not undertaken any further analysis since then nor have we undertaken any specific analysis for Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently around 57,000 people in Scotland receiving Carer’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 2585 2586 question first answered 18/06/2015 12:55:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

381585

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Aberdeen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payments to recipients in Aberdeen in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	2685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The latest data on disability living allowance expenditure by parliamentary constituency and local authority have been published in the Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables, last updated on 26 March 2015: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure figures for personal independence payment (PIP) have been published in the Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables, last updated on 11 June 2015:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015</a>.</p><p> </p><p>However, figures are not currently available below national level. Information on the number of claimants in receipt of PIP, broken down by the award combination at constituency and local authority level for each month since April 2013 can be extracted using the Stat-Xplore tool –</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/06/2015 14:24:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

381078

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are being tested to speed up the processing of benefit claims; what effect any such measures are having on processing times; and when he plans to implement any such measures in full.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	2505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department currently uses a suite of measures to track and manage the timeliness of payments for the range of benefits it administers.</p><p> </p><p>We steadily increased the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claims processed in 16 days from 85.8% in 2009-10 to 96.0% in 2014-15. We are now aiming to clear Jobseeker’s Allowance claims within 10 days. In 2009-10 we processed 70.8% in 10 days and this increased to 91.4% in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>We have also steadily increased the number of Employment and Support Allowance claims processed in 16 days from 72.9% in 2009-10 to 93.6% in 2014-15. We are also aiming to clear Employment and Support Allowance claims within 10 days. In 2009-10 we processed 54.9% in 10 days and this increased to 87.5% in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>We are planning to continue this approach across a range of other products.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 11:51:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

381131

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
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 people and households with no access to the internet are able to claim benefits.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Where a claimant does not have internet access at home, DWP staff may be able to support claimants to find local internet access. Claimants contacting our agents, either via the telephony channel or face to face, will be provided with up to date information on where they can find external organisations that provide free public internet access.</p><p> </p><p>There are also public internet access devices available across the Jobcentre network for those claimants who are unable to find an alternative source of access. Staff will assist claimants in using these devices where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 11:34:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

381132

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
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 support benefit claimants in managing their money on a (a) monthly and (b) fortnightly basis.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	2503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Jobcentres often provide budgeting support and can also signpost people to locally available support services. Within Universal Credit, the Personal Budgeting Support process provides a conversation with all claimants at their initial Interview to gauge their potential support needs – this could include money advice with a mix of online, telephone and face to face support. Alternative Payment Arrangements can be made for the minority of claimants that may struggle to manage monthly payments initially.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 16:22:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

381133

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Universal Credit: Torfaen
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 set out the timetable for the roll-out of universal credit in Torfaen.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	2565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>In February of this year , we began the national roll out of Universal Credit to Jobcentre areas across Great Britain. Universal Credit has been available to new single claimants in Torfaen since April.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 11:47:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

381142

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the Children's Society findings that 6,050 children live in poverty in Walsall North constituency, of which 4,600 are in households in employment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	2576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government does not produce child poverty statistics at a constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 10:55:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

381143

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to uprate the work allowance within universal credit in 2016-17 and 2017-18; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	2447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to uprate the work allowance within Universal Credit in 2016-17 and 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 11:51:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham