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1470575

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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: Long Covid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of classifying long covid as a condition eligible for Personal Independence Payments.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	18776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is intended to act as a contribution towards the extra costs that arise from needs related to a long-term health condition or disability. It is assessed on the basis of functional needs not a diagnosis or condition. The needs arising from long Covid are assessed in the same way as for all other health conditions or disabilities.</p><p>From March 2021 we amended PIP statistical classifications to include the category “Coronavirus COVID-19”. Data on the PIP caseload by a range of factors, including main disabling condition, can be extracted from Stat-Xplore <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">(Stat-Xplore - Log in (dwp.gov.uk</a>)) . Information on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">Getting Started (dwp.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2022 14:25:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1470669

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure her Department allocated in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021, to (a) internal communications and (b) the employment of staff to work on internal communications.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	19037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The roles within Communications Directorate are multifunctional, it is not possible to breakdown the roles further.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/06/2022 16:49:00 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1470671

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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: Information Officers
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 were employed by her Department to work on internal communications in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	19038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The roles within Communications Directorate are multifunctional, it is not possible to breakdown the roles further.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/06/2022 16:49:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1470672

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure was allocated by her Department in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 to the (i) production of digital and video content, (ii) the employment of in-house staff to produce digital and video content and (iii) payment of external companies and individuals to produce digital and video content.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	19039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/06/2022 13:23:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1470673

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) photographers and (b) video producers were employed by her Department in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	19040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/06/2022 13:18:15 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1470686

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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: 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, whether all Universal Credit claimants will receive the proposed cost of living payments at the same time as everyone else.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	18929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>Due to the volume of people entitled to the payment, it is not possible to issue all of the Cost of Living Support Payments at the same time. Issuing payments will be staggered, but not by benefit type, starting on 14/07/2022.</p><p> </p><p>We currently expect the majority of payments to be made by the end of July, there may be potential delays for a small minority of cases due to their unique characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/06/2022 13:34:31 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 7523 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1470695

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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: 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 assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of cost of living payments on future Universal Credit payments for claimants.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	18930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The Cost of Living Payments will not will not affect a person’s entitlement to social security benefits, (including Universal Credit) or tax credits - either as ‘capital’ or as ‘income’. They will also not count towards the benefit cap. This approach will allow households to retain the full value of the payments they receive.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/06/2022 16:26:07 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1470736

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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 data her Department collects via the Universal Credit journal on claimants' skill (a) levels and (b) needs; and whether data collected is used to identify (i) potential barriers to work and (ii) the support, including training, needed to overcome those barriers.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	18896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Universal Credit journal is not intended to collect data on claimant’s skills, levels and needs. It is a service used by claimants and staff to communicate and is one of several channels for claimants to notify of changes, ask for help or update the work coach on job search activities.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/06/2022 16:16:36 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1470738

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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 support his Department provides to Universal Credit claimants on (a) payment of childcare and (b) support in accessing free childcare when appropriate.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	18897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>Through Universal Credit, eligible parents can claim back up to 85% of their registered childcare costs each month up to the maximum amount of £646.35 for one child and £1,108.04 for two or more children each month, regardless of the number of hours they work. For those who need extra financial support for their first set of childcare costs when moving in to work, or when they are significantly increasing their work hours, they can apply for help from the Flexible Support Fund. Importantly, the UC childcare element can be used to top up a claimant’s eligible 15 or 30 hours of free childcare if further childcare is required to support a working parent.</p><p> </p><p>We also have products in place to ensure Work Coaches are able to explain the free childcare offer to parents. Work coaches signpost to the Childcare Choices website for more information about the wider Government childcare offers available.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/06/2022 10:26:18 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1470740

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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 support is available for Universal Credit claimants to access a registered or approved childcare provider.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	18898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>Through Universal Credit, eligible parents can claim back up to 85% of their registered childcare costs each month up to the maximum amount of £646.35 for one child and £1,108.04 for two or more children each month, regardless of the number of hours they work. For those who need extra financial support for their first set of childcare costs when moving in to work, or when they are significantly increasing their work hours, they can apply for help from the Flexible Support Fund. Importantly, the UC childcare element can be used to top up a claimant’s eligible 15 or 30 hours of free childcare if further childcare is required to support a working parent.</p><p> </p><p>We also have products in place to ensure Work Coaches are able to explain the free childcare offer to parents. Work coaches signpost to the Childcare Choices website for more information about the wider Government childcare offers available.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/06/2022 10:23:03 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern