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418986

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments in connection with claims for employment and support allowance have been carried out in (a) Inverclyde, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	10296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A total of 5,100 work capability assessments were carried out in Inverclyde; 221,900 in Scotland, and; 1,914,000 in Britain between April 2013 and March 2015. All figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. The assessments include Employment and Support Allowance initial assessments, repeat assessments and Incapacity Benefit reassessments.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/09/2015 11:06:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

381964

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	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	Funerals
	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 the number of people who are unable to afford a low-cost funeral; and what steps his Department is taking to assist such people with funeral costs.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government does not collect data on total numbers of people unable to afford a low-cost funeral.</p><p> </p><p>The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment scheme provides help towards funeral costs. In 2013/14 over 33,000 awards were made to people in Great Britain. These payments were worth £44.7 million with an average award of £1,347. Social Fund Budgeting Loans are also available to help those on income related benefits to cover the costs relating to funeral expenses.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:30:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1185808

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the five-week wait for claimants to receive their first universal credit payment during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	30849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As both the Prime Minister and Chancellor have made clear, the Government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by COVID 19 and we have been clear in our intention that no one should be penalised for doing the right thing. These are rapidly developing circumstances, we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">New Claims Advances are available to support those in immediate financial need until their first Universal Credit payment is made and the Department is committed to delivering advances as soon as possible to people who have requested them.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Universal Credit assessment period and payment structure are fundamental parts of the design and the current advance system works, and works quickly.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">It is not possible to award a Universal Credit payment as soon as a claim is made, as the assessment period must run its course before the award of Universal Credit can be calculated. In order to allow the Universal Credit system to cope with the unprecedented demand, we must limit the changes made to its framework.</ins></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/03/2020 13:00:43 question first ministerially corrected 15/04/2020 15:02:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 14660 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1185807

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	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	Basic Income: Coronavirus
	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 introducing a basic income to provide financial assistance to people affected by covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	30848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As both the Prime Minister and Chancellor have made clear, the Government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by COVID 19 and we have been clear in our intention that no one should be penalised for doing the right thing. These are rapidly developing circumstances, we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have strengthened the safety net for the most vulnerable with over £6.5 billion invested into improving our welfare system for this year. There is no intention to introduce a universal basic income.</ins></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/03/2020 17:15:56 question first ministerially corrected 15/04/2020 14:59:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 14069 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1128574

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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: Market Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department had with charities and third sector organisations on ensuring market research on her Department's polices was accessible for people with that disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>All social research the Department undertakes complies with the principles laid out in the Government Social Research ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/515296/ethics_guidance_tcm6-5782.pdf" target="_blank">Ethical Assurance for Social Research in Government’</a> framework. This includes Principle 3 (Enabling participation), which states that:</p><p> </p><p>‘The potential impact of choices in research design (such as sample design, data collection method and so on) on participation should be considered. In particular, the effect of research design on such groups as ethnic minorities, those with caring responsibilities, and those with physical or mental impairment should be considered. Consideration should be given to issues likely to act as a barrier to participation, and reasonable steps taken to address these.’</p><p> </p><p>Accessibility requirements are therefore considered on a project by project basis in accordance with this Principle.</p><p> </p><p>No record has been kept of any specific discussions with charities and third sector organisations on ensuring that research undertaken by the Department for Work and Pensions is accessible for people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/06/2019 14:27:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

626120

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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 many Child Support Agency (a) arrears-only and (b) arrears cases involving a current liability for a child there are in Inverclyde constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>As at June 2016, there were 1270 arrears only cases and 350 arrears cases involving a current liability in the Inverclyde constituency, held by the Child Support Agency.</p><p><br>Notes:</p><p>1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2) Cases have been allocated to a parliamentary constituency by matching the residential postcode of the parent with care or non-resident parent for all cases administered on the CS2 and CSCS computer systems and cases managed off system to the Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory.</p><p>3) A case is classed as having a ‘Current Liability’ if it is open, has children of a qualifying age and has a positive liability (i.e. assessment to pay maintenance). This includes cases due to pay via Maintenance Direct.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/11/2016 14:06:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

626109

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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 many (a) parents with care and (b) non-resident parents there are in Inverclyde constituency with a current (i) Child Support Agency case and (b) child maintenance case.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>As at June 2016, there were 1730 parents with care in the Inverclyde constituency that have a case with the Child Support Agency. As at June 2016, there were 1740 non-resident parents in the Inverclyde constituency that have a case with the Child Support Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Information on geographical breakdowns on the Child Maintenance Scheme is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2) Cases have been allocated to a parliamentary constituency by matching the residential postcode of the parent with care or non-resident parent for all cases administered on the CS2 and CSCS computer systems and cases managed off system to the Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory.</p><p>3) Parents with Care and Non Resident Parents might have more than one case so an individual may be included in the figures more than once.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/11/2016 14:27:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1564672

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	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	Jobcentres: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 67074 on Jobcentres: Pay, what recent estimate he has made of when holiday pay will be issued to Jobcentre staff.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	117665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>DWP is committed to making statutory holiday payments in respect of overtime and other similar payments to colleagues and continues to work to implement a solution to enable these payments as soon as is practicable. Work is continuing to overcome significant system challenges. As a result, the Department is not yet in a position to provide a definitive estimate of when these payments will be made to colleagues.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/01/2023 16:50:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

450289

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	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: Inverclyde
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone calls his Department received to its benefit helplines from people in Inverclyde in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	25557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>DWP operates a national network of contact centres which allows calls from anywhere in the country to be routed to the next available agent, regardless of their location. This virtual national telephony network means that it is impossible to provide a definitive answer regarding the volume of calls received from any particular geographical area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/02/2016 13:25:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1545289

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2022
	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	Pension Credit: Inverclyde
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the uptake of pension credits in Inverclyde.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	95878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>Estimates for Pension Credit take-up in a financial year are only available at the Great Britain level and are available in the “Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up” publication which can be found on the statistics section of gov.uk. The latest publication relates to the financial year 2019 to 2020.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Pension Credit provides vital financial support to our most vulnerable pensioners. In Inverclyde some 2,600 pensioners already receive Pension Credit, but we want all those who are eligible to claim it. That’s why the Department launched a £1.2m nationwide communications campaign in April to raise awareness of Pension Credit and increase take-up. The campaign included:</p><ul><li>Promotion of Pension Credit on social media, via internet search engines and sponsored advertising on targeted websites that pensioners, their friends and family are likely to visit;</li><li>Information screens in Post Offices and GP surgeries across GB;</li><li>Advertising in regional and national newspapers and on national and local broadcast radio;</li><li>Advertising on the sides of buses, interior bus panels and digital street displays;</li><li>Leaflets and posters in Jobcentres, as well as digital versions which could be used by stakeholders and partners across local communities;</li><li>Engagement with Local Authorities nationwide through the Government Communication Service local network and promotional materials to enable them to support the campaign; and</li><li>In June, we held a second Pension Credit awareness media ‘day of action’ working in close collaboration with broadcasters, newspapers and other partners such as Age UK, Independent Age and the private sector to reach out to pensioners to promote Pension Credit through their channels.</li><li>An updated digital toolkit with information and resources that any stakeholder can use to help promote Pension Credit.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In December further press and radio advertising and social media activity is planned. We will be focusing on highlighting to pensioners that if they apply for Pension Credit by 18 December, it will not be too late to qualify for a £324 Cost of Living Payment – subject to Pension Credit backdating rules.</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Lords) and I have also written to MPs and Peers asking for their support and inviting them to a Pension Credit event on 7 December, where I intend to update them on our communications campaign.</p><p> </p><p>In the new year, DWP will again write to over 11 million pensioners as part of the annual uprating of State Pension. The accompanying leaflet has been updated to include the prominent campaign messaging promoting Pension Credit.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 95879 question first answered 01/12/2022 16:28:22 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan