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1686224

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled people who are projected to move into work following the removal of the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity mobility descriptor in the Work Capability Assessment in the next (a) 12 months, (b) two years and (c) five years.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our welfare system encourages and supports people into work, while providing a vital safety net for those who need it most.</p><p> </p><p>To reflect new flexibilities in the labour market and to ensure more people are supported to move closer to work, from 2025, we will remove the Mobilising activity used to assess Limited Capability for Work- and Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) in the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). To ensure that those with the most significant mobilising limitations are still protected we will retain the LCWRA Risk regulations for physical health. This means that where work preparation would lead to a deterioration in a claimant’s physical health they would still meet the eligibility criteria for LCWRA.</p><p> </p><p>The changes to the WCA will come into effect from 2025 so impacts will be seen from 2025/26 onwards. The OBR judge that the cumulative rises in employment year-on-year from the removal of the LCWRA Mobilising descriptor are estimated to be 500 in 2025-26, 1,800 by 2026-27 and 5,900 by 2028-29. Adding to this, the expansion of the Universal Support scheme increases funding for placements of disabled people in existing vacancies and for a 'place and train' programme to support them. We expect this to increase employment by around 15,000 by 2028-29.</p><p> </p><p>Additional support will be offered to those moving from the LCWRA group into the Limited Capability for Work (LCW) group. This includes Employment Advice in NHS talking therapies, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions, and the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) programme, a supported employment model aimed at people with physical or common mental health disabilities to enable them to access paid jobs in the open labour market.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/02/2024 17:56:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1685956

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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: Disability
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 disabled people with mobility problems into employment.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government has a wide range of initiatives to support disabled people and people with health conditions, including people with mobility problems, to start, stay and succeed in work. These include:</p><ul><li><strong>The Work and Health Programme</strong> providing tailored and personalised support for disabled people;</li><li><strong>Access to Work grants</strong> helping towards extra costs of working beyond standard reasonable adjustments;</li><li><strong>Disability Confident</strong> encouraging employers to think differently about disability and health, and to take positive action to address the issues disabled employees face in the workplace;</li><li>A <a href="https://www.support-with-employee-health-and-disability.dwp.gov.uk/support-with-employee-health-and-disability" target="_blank"><strong>digital</strong></a><strong> information service for employers</strong> providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting health and disability in the workplace;</li><li>Increasing access to <strong>occupational health</strong>, including the testing of financial incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed;</li><li><strong>Increased Work Coach support</strong> in Jobcentres for disabled people and people with health conditions to help them move towards and in to work;</li><li><strong>Disability Employment Advisers </strong>in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work;</li><li>Introducing <strong>Employment Advisors to Musculoskeletal Conditions (MSK) services</strong> in England, helping individuals with MSK conditions to return to or remain in employment.</li><li>Work in partnership between the DWP and health systems, including Employment Advice in <strong>NHS Talking Therapies</strong>, and the <strong>Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC)</strong> programme, a Supported Employment model (place, train and maintain) delivered in health settings, aimed at people with physical or common mental health disabilities to support them to access paid jobs in the open labour market.</li></ul><p>Building on existing provision and the £2 billion investment announced at the Spring Budget, we announced a new package of support in Autumn Statement 2023. This includes:</p><ul><li>Doubling the number of places on the <strong>Universal Support</strong> employment programme, to provide support for 100,000 people per year when fully rolled out;</li><li>Formally launching <strong>WorkWell,</strong> which will bring together the NHS, local authorities and other partners, in collaboration with jobcentres, to provide light touch work and health support in approximately 15 pilot areas;</li><li>Building on the extension of the certification of the <strong>fit notes</strong> to a wider range of healthcare professions, exploring new ways of providing individuals receiving a fit note with timely access to work and health support; and</li><li>Establishing an expert group to support the development of the voluntary national baseline for <strong>Occupational Health</strong> provision.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/02/2024 17:34:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1683993

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Financial Assistance Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on the introduction of indexation for inflation for the Financial Assistance Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	10833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>While all legislation is kept under review as a matter of course, there are currently no concrete plans to review the Financial Assistance Scheme indexation rules, which is complex and will require careful consideration.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/01/2024 12:04:51 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1683994

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Financial Assistance Scheme: Cost of Living
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 support recipients of the Financial Assistance Scheme with the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	10834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to take action that helps to alleviate levels of pensioner poverty, including those who are receiving payments from Financial Assistance Scheme. This includes measures such as:</p><p> </p><ul><li>the triple lock - that increased the basic and new state pension by 10.1% in financial year 2023/24</li><li>Pension Credit– which was also increased by 10.1% in financial year 2023/24</li><li>a £300 payment – which has been made to pensioner households as a top up to their Winter Fuel Payment both this winter, and in the winter of 2022/23.</li></ul> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/01/2024 12:06:26 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1683995

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Financial Assistance Scheme
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 had recent discussions with the Pensions Action Group on the Financial Assistance Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	10835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with the Pensions Action Group (PAG). However, on 8 January 2024 I met with representatives of PAG in which a range of issues in relation to the Financial Assistance Scheme were discussed.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/01/2024 12:03:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1683996

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Financial Assistance Scheme
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 adequacy of the Financial Assistance Scheme for individuals who lost occupational pensions because their sponsoring employer became insolvent.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	10836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The information required to carry out such an assessment is not readily available and to obtain the detail needed would take significant time. The Secretary of State has therefore made no such assessment and does not intend to do so at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/01/2024 12:08:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1677710

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
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 the average wait time is to receive a response to a Child Maintenance application.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	6825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Between 75 and 80% of child maintenance applications are cleared within 6 weeks and a written response is issued by letter to both customers with details of the application. This is based on the last 4 quarters performance with the average at 77%.</p><p> </p><p>An application for child maintenance will be recorded as having been made on the day it is received by the Child Maintenance Service:</p><p>1. for written applications this will mean the date shown on the office date stamp</p><p>2. for telephone applications this will mean the date that the telephone conversation takes place</p><p>3. for online applications this will mean the date the client pressed the “send application” button</p><p> </p><p>Applications are considered 'cleared' when one of the following occurs:</p><p>a) the amount of child maintenance to be paid has been calculated and an arrangement to pay maintenance between the two parents has been agreed.</p><p>b) the amount of child maintenance to be paid has been calculated as zero; or</p><p>c) the child maintenance application has been closed.</p><p> </p><p>The length of time to complete an application is most impacted by the service’s ability to trace and confirm the identity of the non-resident parent from the information provided within the application.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/12/2023 11:51:59 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1677711

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
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, how much and what proportion of his Department's contact with people applying for child maintenance is by (a) telephone, (b) letter and (c) email.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	6826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>In the quarter ending September 2023, 97% of child maintenance applications applied online and 3% applied over the telephone. During the course of an application the Child Maintenance Service will need to contact both parents, and this may take the form of inbound and outbound telephone calls, emails, letters, messages on their Child Maintenance Account or through live chat. We do not routinely track or measure the total number of contacts and contact type throughout the application process.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/12/2023 15:39:17 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1677712

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
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 the average wait time is for people in receipt of child maintenance to obtain a detailed schedule of (a) payments made and (b) payments owed.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	6827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Data is not kept or reported on the average time taken to provide detailed account statements that have to be produced individually.</p><p> </p><p>All Child Maintenance new applications receive a written response, issued by letter to both customers, which details a payment schedule and any arrears owed. A renewed payment schedule and balance is issued if the liability changes due to changes in circumstance or in any event at the annual review.</p><p> </p><p>My Child Maintenance Case, Child Maintenance online portal, allows customers to view their statement back to their annual review which includes payments made and payments owed.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/12/2023 17:04:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1677397

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
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, if he will publish a breakdown of resident and non-resident parents using the Child Maintenance Service by gender.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	6561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme" target="_blank">official statistics</a> are published every three months. Statistics on the gender of paying parents using the CMS, from quarter ending March 2016 to quarter ending September 2023, can be found in the <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/opendatabase?id=CMS_PARENT" target="_blank">CMS Paying Parent</a> dataset available on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest and, if needed, can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required. The Department is considering expanding these statistics to cover more information on receiving parents.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/12/2023 15:32:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald