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1385521

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will respond to correspondence dated 8 June 2021 from the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston on the PHSO use of the severity of injustice scale.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	87713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Despite a thorough search, we are unable to locate any correspondence from the hon. Member for this subject or date. We have contacted the hon. Member’s office for further information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/12/2021 15:59:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1381804

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of people eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in 2020 did not receive payment as a result of a computer upgrade.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	81033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>All eligible payments for the 20/21 year were issued based on the information DWP held, or subsequently reported by citizens.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/12/2021 12:19:23 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1381370

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the success rate is for applications to the Support for Mortgage Interest loan scheme compared to the previous Support for Mortgage Interest payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	80332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>Entitlement to help under the Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans system is the same as it was under the previous SMI benefit system. The key difference is that acceptance of the offer of a loan is optional. Around 20% of those eligible to receive a loan have taken up the offer so far, according to Management Information published in August 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Information on take up of SMI can be found via this link - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conversion-of-support-for-mortgage-interest-smi-from-a-benefit-into-a-loan" target="_blank">Conversion of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) from a benefit into a loan</a></p><p> </p><p>Further statistics on the numbers in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest loans can be found via the following link - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/support-for-mortgage-interest-statistics" target="_blank">Support for Mortgage Interest statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/12/2021 17:01:34 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1381371

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the actual cost of the implementation of the automated identification process in universal credit compared to estimate of £7.35 million, as stated in evidence to the court in the Johnson litigation.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	80333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>The Court of Appeal case was based on our understanding of the High Court’s decision with regards to the interpretation of Regulation 54. The Court of Appeal disagreed with the High Court’s interpretation of Regulation 54 and replaced it with a judgment of much narrower scope which was capable of implementation.</p><p> </p><p>Costs are not readily identifiable for the implementation of the automated identification process as teams work in an agile way, and make a number of changes to specific parts of the system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/12/2021 17:38:38 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1381378

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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	Rents
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 made of rental prices prior to the decision to maintain the Local Housing Allowance levels.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	80340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the year, rent officers collect data about local market rents for both new tenancies and renewals of tenancies, which is available on: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/indexofprivatehousingrentalprices/september2021" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/indexofprivatehousingrentalprices/september2021</a>.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/12/2021 17:33:40 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1359183

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were lodged with her Department in each month from September 2019.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	56253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department publish complaints received data on a quarterly basis on Gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>The data is currently published up to June 2021 and is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/complaints-about-the-department-for-work-and-pensions" target="_blank">DWP complaints data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/10/2021 14:00:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1359184

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	State Retirement Pensions
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 effect of the equalisation of the State Pension on the (a) incomes, (b) well-being and (c) health outcomes of people affected.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	56256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>Changes to State Pension age were made over a series of Acts by successive governments from 1995 onwards, following public consultations and extensive debates in both Houses of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold any recorded information of an impact assessment that informed the rises in State Pension age of the Pensions Act 1995. However, the White Paper ‘Equality in State Pension Age’ 1993 contains some consideration of impacts. The document can be found here <a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/1084399/original/Equality%20in%20State%20Pension%20age%201993.pdf" target="_blank">http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/1084399/original/Equality%20in%20State%20Pension%20age%201993.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2006 impact assessment 'The Gender Impact of Pension Reform' considered a wide range of reforms to both state and private pension systems, including proposed State Pension age changes, and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20111115164646/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/genderimpactassessment.pdf#page=33&amp;zoom=100,0,0" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20111115164646/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/genderimpactassessment.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department has carried out a number of impact assessments to consider how new regulatory legislation impact those affected by the changes. These include some mention of the impacts on income and health. Please see:</p><p> </p><p>The 2007 Regulatory Impact Assessment can be found here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121204130650/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/pensions-bill-ria.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121204130650/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/pensions-bill-ria.pdf</a></p><p>The Pensions Act 2011 Impact Assessment can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensions-act-2011-impact-assessment" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensions-act-2011-impact-assessment</a></p><p>The Pensions Act 2014 Impact Assessment can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensions-act-2014-impact-assessments-may-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensions-act-2014-impact-assessments-may-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/10/2021 13:36:59 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1359626

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	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 the cost to the public purse was of the implementation of the automated identification process in universal credit to ensure claimants receive more consistent benefit payments.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	57095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>Costs are not readily identifiable for the implementation of the automated identification process as teams work in an agile way, and make a number of changes to specific parts of the system.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/10/2021 13:55:53 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1359627

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department's policy that in circumstances where the automatic identification process has identified two wage payments in one assessment period, her Department's staff can assign one of those two payments to an earlier assessment period.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	57096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>As part of our ongoing commitment to make the Universal Credit process as simple as possible, an automatic identification process was implemented in July this year. This allows the Department to assign earnings to the correct assessment period without any claimant intervention. This ensures benefits are paid without interruption in the vast majority of circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/10/2021 16:13:37 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1359628

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants had wages assigned to different assessment periods in each week from 24 May 2021 to 31 August 2021 under the legislation introduced in response to the judgment in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Danielle Johnson, [2020] EWCA Civ 778.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	57097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The following data shows how many Universal Credit claimants had wages assigned to different assessment periods in each week from 24 May 2021 to 31 August 2021:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Week ending </strong></p></td><td><p>24/05/21</p></td><td><p>31/05/21</p></td><td><p>07/06/21</p></td><td><p>14/06/21</p></td><td><p>21/06/21</p></td><td><p>28/06/21</p></td><td><p>05/07/21</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>647</p></td><td><p>309</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>593</p></td><td><p>391</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Week ending</strong></p></td><td><p>12/07/21</p></td><td><p>19/07/21</p></td><td><p>26/07/21</p></td><td><p>02/08/21</p></td><td><p>09/08/21</p></td><td><p>16/08/21</p></td><td><p>23/08/21</p></td><td><p>30/08/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>402</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>794</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>It is important to note that this data is derived from unpublished management information and a database which relies on manual input. This was collected for internal Departmental performance use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</em></p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/10/2021 16:16:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders