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1007758

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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 steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for reassessment of child maintenance following a change in circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	191985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The processing of changes of circumstance remains a key priority for the Child Maintenance Service. The numbers of people working within the Child Maintenance Service is reviewed regularly to ensure we have sufficient resources to answer customer calls and progress cases.</p><p>So far in 2018, we have recruited 835 people into the Child Maintenance Service, with these people joining us between February 2018 and October 2018, and we have plans in place for a further 40 people to join the Child Maintenance Service between November 2018 and January 2019.</p><p>The performance and timeliness of progressing changes to circumstances is under regular review and forms part of our external publication offering. We continue to explore opportunities to introduce improvements and efficiencies within the Child Maintenance Service and we are currently in the process of implementing Real Time Information from HMRC which will ensure that we have access to the latest income information to make efficient changes to assessments.“</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/11/2018 16:33:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1006898

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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: Fraud
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 tackle benefit fraud.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	191358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is committed to reducing benefit fraud across all benefits administered by or on behalf DWP.</p><p> </p><p>DWP’s key focus is on preventing potential benefit fraud before it occurs. Internal and external data matches are increasingly helping inform benefit payments and alerting staff to check for any undeclared changes in people’s circumstances.</p><p>The Department’s Risk and Intelligence Service uses data and analytics to identify fraud and uses that information to direct investigations. The Department is investing significantly in this area, which will enhance its future risk assessment capability.</p><p>DWP takes effective action against people who commit benefit fraud. This includes the use of tough financial penalties referred to as administrative penalties and where appropriate prosecution. DWP convicted nearly 5,000 people of benefit fraud last year alone, as well as issuing over 5,500 Administrative Penalties.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/11/2018 13:58:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1006974

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Pensions: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to encourage uptake of the Pension Wise guidance service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	191267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Take up of the Pension Wise guidance service is growing with more and more people having appointments. Between 2015/16 and 2017/18, take up of appointments more than doubled and continues to increase.</p><p> </p><p>Pension schemes and providers are required to signpost people to Pension Wise at key contact points. Pension providers are consistently cited by around half of the people who contact Pension Wise as the place they first heard of the service. The FCA have consulted on changes to these requirements with a view to increasing the take up of Pension Wise guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Pension Wise marketing strategy across TV, Radio, web, Press and Video on Demand, as well as search engine optimisation, aims to get maximum reach amongst the target audience. This has proven to an effective way of both raising awareness of the service and driving take-up of appointments.</p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise is also working with employers nationally and locally to engage with their employees at their place of work. Pension Wise delivery partners also undertake local promotional activities, raising awareness of the service at local events.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 establishes a new Single Financial Guidance Body which will bring together the services currently provided by the Money Advice Service, The Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise. The new body will make it easier for people to access information and guidance to help them make effective financial decisions. This Act also set a framework for implementing a stronger final nudge towards Pension Wise at the point people seek to access their pension and we are engaging with providers to find the most effective approach.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/11/2018 14:56:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1007156

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Pensioners: 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, how many people of pensionable age in Wansbeck Constituency are in receipt of (a) attendance allowance, (b) disability living allowance or personal independence payment and (c) pension credits.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	191419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of individuals of pensionable age in receipt of either Attendance Allowance (AA), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP), or Pension Credit (PC) in Wansbeck Constituency is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/11/2018 14:38:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1006127

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many successful applicants there were for personal independence payment in the special rules for terminal illness stream in (a) 2017, (b) 2016 and (c) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	190955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) registrations and clearances split by Terminally Ill Indicator (whether the claim was made under Normal Rules or Special Rules for the Terminally Ill) and clearance type (whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) every month for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found on Stat Xplore at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on the average clearance times in working days for PIP claims every month from April 2013 to July 2018 for Special Rules for the Terminally Ill for both New Claims and Reassessments can be found in Table 5B of the tables: “Data tables: Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to July 2018” at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 190954 190956 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:03:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

1006128

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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: Terminal Illnesses
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 time taken to process personal independence applications in the special rules for terminal illness stream was in (a) 2017, (b) 2016 and (c) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	190956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) registrations and clearances split by Terminally Ill Indicator (whether the claim was made under Normal Rules or Special Rules for the Terminally Ill) and clearance type (whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) every month for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found on Stat Xplore at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on the average clearance times in working days for PIP claims every month from April 2013 to July 2018 for Special Rules for the Terminally Ill for both New Claims and Reassessments can be found in Table 5B of the tables: “Data tables: Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to July 2018” at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 190954 190955 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:03:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

1006191

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has a target timescale for hearing appeals against its decisions on the eligibility of people for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	190865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no targets for processing a mandatory reconsideration. Our focus is on ensuring the decision is correct. The time necessary to do this can depend on the circumstances of the case.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not administer appeals, which is the responsibility of HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS).</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 190864 question first answered 19/11/2018 13:48:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1005744

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants have been refused industrial injuries disablement benefit for prescribed disease D12 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	190497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The available information is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Industrial Injury Disablement Benefit - first diagnosed prescribed diseases all assessments and decisions following a new claim, in each quarter for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (formally known as chronic bronchitis/emphysema) (D12)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Total number of Assessments made in each month</p></td><td><p>Number of claims in payment after assessment</p></td><td><p>Number of claims disallowed after assessment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:49:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1005746

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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 has taken to ensure that the current occupational qualification to receive industrial injuries disablement benefit for prescribed disease D12 reflects current research into the industrial causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	190498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I am advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) which is a non-Departmental public body made up of independent experts, representatives of employers and employees on matters relating to the Industrial Injuries Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Council’s primary role is to make recommendations about which diseases should be included in the list of diseases covered by the Industrial Injuries Scheme and the prescription criteria for those diseases.</p><p> </p><p>The legal framework underpinning the Industrial Injuries Scheme makes it clear that compensation should not be paid for a disease unless a link between a particular occupation and the disease can be established or presumed with reasonable certainty. A link is presumed where there is evidence that, on the balance of probabilities, work in the prescribed job or occupational exposure doubles the risk of developing the disease.</p><p> </p><p>The Council keeps all occupational diseases under continuous review to ensure they are in line with current scientific evidence, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and is always prepared to receive and consider new robust evidence from any source.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:28:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1005786

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will remove social security sanctions in circumstances where someone is (a) pregnant and (b) caring for a severely disabled person.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	190429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Claimants who are 11 weeks (or less) before their due date and claimants who have substantial and regular caring responsibilities (35 hours or more per week) for a severely disabled person are not subject to any work-related requirements that could result in a new sanction.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who are more than 11 weeks before their baby is due, or who have less than 35 hours of caring responsibilities per week, will have their requirements tailored to their individual circumstances and what they can reasonably do.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/11/2018 15:21:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris