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1569012

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2023
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Equality
	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 ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representatives.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	128658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>DWP takes its responsibility to comply with Equality Act 2010, Public Sector Equality Duty and Civil Service Management Code seriously. We have adopted an Equality Analysis approach to embed inclusive decision making and equalities considerations and monitoring within all of our policies and practices.</p><p> </p><p>In DWP Equality Analysis is undertaken at policy/project level, and to ensure compliance we have embedded equalities thinking and monitoring within our change processes and have developed comprehensive guidance to support Senior Responsible Officer’s to effectively discharge their responsibilities. In addition, we have dedicated resource in place to provide bespoke support on all aspects of Equality Analysis, including monitoring and evaluation to policy/project leads as requested.</p><p> </p><p>Policy/Projects with an employee impact are actively encouraged to implement Trade Union engagement and the sharing of their Equality Analysis as part of their Stakeholder Management Plans.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/01/2023 16:14:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1579743

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward the payment date for Spring 2023 cost-of-living payments.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	130061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and has made substantial support available to households this winter. 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><p> </p><p>This support comes on top of the Cost of Living Payments which have already been made to the most vulnerable households during 2022. DWP, HMRC and MoD successfully delivered 8.4 million £326 means-tested benefit Cost of Living Payments (as of 8th September 2022), 8.3 million £324 means-tested benefit Cost of Living Payments (as of 12th December 2022), 6 million £150 disability benefit Cost of Living Payments (as of 30th September 2022) and 11.6 million pensioner Cost of Living Payments (as of 20th December 2022).</p><p> </p><p>For those who require additional support this winter the current Household Support Fund, running in England from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023, is providing £421 million of funding. The devolved administrations have been allocated £79 million through the Barnett formula.  As announced at Autumn Statement, the Household Support Fund will continue until March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The government intends to make the forthcoming Cost of Living payments throughout the financial year 2023/24 as follows:</p><ul><li>£301 – First Cost of Living Payment – during Spring 2023</li><li>£150 – Disability Payment – during Summer 2023</li><li>£300 – Second Cost of Living Payment – during Autumn 2023</li><li>£300 – Pensioner Payment – during Winter 2023/4</li><li>£299 – Third Cost of Living Payment – during Spring 2024</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/01/2023 16:18:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1580098

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	Poverty: Children
	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 implications for his policies of the report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group Child of the North, entitled Child Poverty and the Cost of Living Crisis, published on 24 January; and what steps he is taking to tackle child poverty in areas of deprivation.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions engage regularly with their Ministerial counterparts in other Departments, taking a collective approach to the policies and interventions that can make a difference.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting low-income families. We will spend over £245bn through the welfare system in 2022/23 including £111bn on people of working age.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023/24, subject to parliamentary approval, we are uprating all benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%, in order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions the benefit cap levels are also increasing by the same amount.</p><p /><p>With 1.16 million job vacancies across the UK, our focus remains firmly on supporting parents to move into, and progress in work, an approach which is based on clear evidence about the importance of employment - particularly where it is full-time - in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children.</p><p> </p><p>To help people into work, including parents, our Plan for Jobs is providing broad ranging support for all Jobseekers with our Sector Based Work Academy Programmes (SWAP), Job Entry Targeted Support and Restart scheme. We are also extending the support Jobcentres provide to people in work and on low incomes. Through a staged roll-out, which started in April 2022, around 2.1 million low-paid benefit claimants will be eligible for support to progress into higher-paid work.</p><p> </p><p>The government is also increasing the National Living Wage by 9.7% to £10.42 an hour from April 2023, representing an increase of over £1,600 to the annual earnings of a full-time worker on the National living wage, benefitting over 2 million low paid workers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 131247 question first answered 30/01/2023 16:17:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1580099

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on providing support to households to tackle early years child poverty.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions engage regularly with their Ministerial counterparts in other Departments, taking a collective approach to the policies and interventions that can make a difference.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting low-income families. We will spend over £245bn through the welfare system in 2022/23 including £111bn on people of working age.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023/24, subject to parliamentary approval, we are uprating all benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%, in order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions the benefit cap levels are also increasing by the same amount.</p><p /><p>With 1.16 million job vacancies across the UK, our focus remains firmly on supporting parents to move into, and progress in work, an approach which is based on clear evidence about the importance of employment - particularly where it is full-time - in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children.</p><p> </p><p>To help people into work, including parents, our Plan for Jobs is providing broad ranging support for all Jobseekers with our Sector Based Work Academy Programmes (SWAP), Job Entry Targeted Support and Restart scheme. We are also extending the support Jobcentres provide to people in work and on low incomes. Through a staged roll-out, which started in April 2022, around 2.1 million low-paid benefit claimants will be eligible for support to progress into higher-paid work.</p><p> </p><p>The government is also increasing the National Living Wage by 9.7% to £10.42 an hour from April 2023, representing an increase of over £1,600 to the annual earnings of a full-time worker on the National living wage, benefitting over 2 million low paid workers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 131246 question first answered 30/01/2023 16:17:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1580103

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	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 he is taking to ensure that households entitled to social security benefits are claiming all they are entitled to.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> provides information on eligibility and how to make a claim for benefits, including signposting to telephony routes (including textphone and Relay UK) for people who are unable to complete forms online. There are videos on the DWP YouTube channel that provide further information on a range of benefits including Personal Independence Payment, Universal Credit, Winter Fuel Payment, Pension Credit and DLA for Children and these explain how to claim and what to expect once a claim has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> includes information on benefits people may be able to claim and other financial support. This includes housing support, help with council tax and direct payments for social care. Where appropriate DWP letters include signposting to additional help and support</p><p> </p><p>We have produced 39 easy read guides, over 90 British Sign Language videos and are ensuring benefit claim forms are accessible to all, covering a variety of DWP benefits and services. These provide disabled people with information on benefit type, who can apply, how to make a claim and assist with making a claim.</p><p> </p><p>Operational staff also have access to a database of known support called a District Provision Tool. It covers national and local information. This contains support for customers such as housing, debt, domestic abuse, modern slavery and other complex needs alongside specific organisations that support people with disabilities or specific health conditions. This tool is used to facilitate signposting discussions with customers so they can access tailored support where required.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone who requires support to make a new claim to Universal Credit - whether they are claiming benefits for the first time, have had a change of circumstance on legacy benefits which has initiated a move to Universal Credit, or have chosen voluntarily to move to Universal Credit - will be able to access the Help to Claim support, funded by DWP and provided by Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/01/2023 14:22:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1580160

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	Personal Independence Payment and Work Capability Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on awarding new contracts to carry out work capability assessments and Personal Independence Payment assessments from August 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Procurement of the new Functional Assessment Service contracts is well underway, with the expectation that contracts will be signed shortly. Following a transition period, the new service will begin from March 2024. This is part of the Health Transformation Programme’s broader work to modernise health and disability benefit services. The new contracts will bring together current Health and Disability Assessment Services and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments under single geographic contracts. These will form a building block for a new integrated Health Assessment Service, which is being developed through the programme.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/01/2023 11:52:03 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1580190

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	Disability: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the Disability Action Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I announced on 1 December 2022 that a new Disability Action Plan will be consulted on, and published in, 2023. The plan will set out the action the Government will take in 2023 and 2024 to improve disabled people’s lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Action Plan will set out how we will go further, taking concerted action across government to improve disabled people’s lives. Ensuring the voice of disabled people is properly heard is a priority for this Government. We will run a full public consultation and engagement on the plan in 2023. The consultation will be accessible to ensure all disabled people who want to take part, can do so. More information will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 131286 131287 question first answered 30/01/2023 12:00:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1580191

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	Disability: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to launch a consultation on the Disability Action Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I announced on 1 December 2022 that a new Disability Action Plan will be consulted on, and published in, 2023. The plan will set out the action the Government will take in 2023 and 2024 to improve disabled people’s lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Action Plan will set out how we will go further, taking concerted action across government to improve disabled people’s lives. Ensuring the voice of disabled people is properly heard is a priority for this Government. We will run a full public consultation and engagement on the plan in 2023. The consultation will be accessible to ensure all disabled people who want to take part, can do so. More information will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 131285 131287 question first answered 30/01/2023 12:00:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1580192

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	Disability: Government Assistance
	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 take steps to ensure that (a) disabled people, (b) organisations representing disabled people and (c) other interested parties contribute to the Disability Action Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I announced on 1 December 2022 that a new Disability Action Plan will be consulted on, and published in, 2023. The plan will set out the action the Government will take in 2023 and 2024 to improve disabled people’s lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Action Plan will set out how we will go further, taking concerted action across government to improve disabled people’s lives. Ensuring the voice of disabled people is properly heard is a priority for this Government. We will run a full public consultation and engagement on the plan in 2023. The consultation will be accessible to ensure all disabled people who want to take part, can do so. More information will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 131285 131286 question first answered 30/01/2023 12:00:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1580198

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of permitting Universal Credit claimants to receive their payments every two weeks rather than every month during increases in the cost of living.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/01/2023 14:15:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins