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637264

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Employment Schemes: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to ensure the provision of specialist employment support to disabled jobseekers from 2017 onwards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL3189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Spending Review announced funding rising to at least £130 million a year by 2019/20 for the new Work and Health programme, including funding to be devolved to Scotland, focussing support on people with a disability, early access for priority groups and the long term unemployed. We are not yet able to confirm how many disabled jobseekers will access the programme but we expect the majority of people who will start the programme will be disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The Work and Health Programme is only one part of a wider package of support for disabled people. ‘Improving Lives, The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’ Cm 9342, published on 31 October, confirms that we will introduce a new Personal Support Package for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, which includes a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The Package will be delivered through Jobcentre Plus and will be coupled with significant new investment in a new Health and Work Conversation for all ESA claimants and additional Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres. We are also investing a further £15m in the Flexible Support Fund for claimants in the Work Related Activity Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, Specialist Employability Support provides employment support for those who are furthest away from the labour market and have complex needs, making other programmes unsuitable for them. The Green Paper confirmed that we are considering how we should continue this support in the future, including how to provide more places to individuals in the ESA Work-Related Activity Group and UC claimants with limited capability for work.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL3190 HL3191 HL3192 question first answered 29/11/2016 15:06:34 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

637265

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Work and Health Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many disabled jobseekers will be able to access specialist support through the proposed Work and Health Programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL3190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Spending Review announced funding rising to at least £130 million a year by 2019/20 for the new Work and Health programme, including funding to be devolved to Scotland, focussing support on people with a disability, early access for priority groups and the long term unemployed. We are not yet able to confirm how many disabled jobseekers will access the programme but we expect the majority of people who will start the programme will be disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The Work and Health Programme is only one part of a wider package of support for disabled people. ‘Improving Lives, The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’ Cm 9342, published on 31 October, confirms that we will introduce a new Personal Support Package for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, which includes a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The Package will be delivered through Jobcentre Plus and will be coupled with significant new investment in a new Health and Work Conversation for all ESA claimants and additional Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres. We are also investing a further £15m in the Flexible Support Fund for claimants in the Work Related Activity Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, Specialist Employability Support provides employment support for those who are furthest away from the labour market and have complex needs, making other programmes unsuitable for them. The Green Paper confirmed that we are considering how we should continue this support in the future, including how to provide more places to individuals in the ESA Work-Related Activity Group and UC claimants with limited capability for work.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL3189 HL3191 HL3192 question first answered 29/11/2016 15:06:34 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

637266

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Employment Schemes: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to make additional funding available for specialist employment support for disabled jobseekers from next year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL3191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Spending Review announced funding rising to at least £130 million a year by 2019/20 for the new Work and Health programme, including funding to be devolved to Scotland, focussing support on people with a disability, early access for priority groups and the long term unemployed. We are not yet able to confirm how many disabled jobseekers will access the programme but we expect the majority of people who will start the programme will be disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The Work and Health Programme is only one part of a wider package of support for disabled people. ‘Improving Lives, The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’ Cm 9342, published on 31 October, confirms that we will introduce a new Personal Support Package for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, which includes a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The Package will be delivered through Jobcentre Plus and will be coupled with significant new investment in a new Health and Work Conversation for all ESA claimants and additional Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres. We are also investing a further £15m in the Flexible Support Fund for claimants in the Work Related Activity Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, Specialist Employability Support provides employment support for those who are furthest away from the labour market and have complex needs, making other programmes unsuitable for them. The Green Paper confirmed that we are considering how we should continue this support in the future, including how to provide more places to individuals in the ESA Work-Related Activity Group and UC claimants with limited capability for work.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL3189 HL3190 HL3192 question first answered 29/11/2016 15:06:34 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

637267

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Employment Schemes: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to ensure that sufficient specialist employment support will be available next year for disabled jobseekers who want to work.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL3192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Spending Review announced funding rising to at least £130 million a year by 2019/20 for the new Work and Health programme, including funding to be devolved to Scotland, focussing support on people with a disability, early access for priority groups and the long term unemployed. We are not yet able to confirm how many disabled jobseekers will access the programme but we expect the majority of people who will start the programme will be disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The Work and Health Programme is only one part of a wider package of support for disabled people. ‘Improving Lives, The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’ Cm 9342, published on 31 October, confirms that we will introduce a new Personal Support Package for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, which includes a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The Package will be delivered through Jobcentre Plus and will be coupled with significant new investment in a new Health and Work Conversation for all ESA claimants and additional Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres. We are also investing a further £15m in the Flexible Support Fund for claimants in the Work Related Activity Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, Specialist Employability Support provides employment support for those who are furthest away from the labour market and have complex needs, making other programmes unsuitable for them. The Green Paper confirmed that we are considering how we should continue this support in the future, including how to provide more places to individuals in the ESA Work-Related Activity Group and UC claimants with limited capability for work.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL3189 HL3190 HL3191 question first answered 29/11/2016 15:06:34 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

637268

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Employment Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the loss of access to the European Social Fund on the provision of employment support; whether they are planning to replace that provision; and if so, with what.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL3193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has confirmed that it will guarantee EU funding for structural and investment fund projects signed before the UK’s departure from the EU, even when these projects continue after we have left the EU.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, British businesses and other organisations have additional certainty over future funding and should continue to apply for EU funding while the UK remains a member of the EU. There is considerable stability in the ESF programme, with around half of the programme budget (approximately £1.2bn) already committed. The Treasury announcement provides us with a helpful degree of certainty in delivering the programme.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for projects will be honoured by the government, if they meet good value for money and are in line with domestic strategic priorities. In the longer term we will want to consider the future of all programmes that are currently EU funded. Leaving means we will make our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding. Each government department will take responsibility for the allocation of money to projects in line with these conditions and the wider rules on public spending.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 29/11/2016 15:24:10 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

632749

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	Universal Credit: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they have of problems faced by asylum seekers granted refugee status when they first claim universal credit; and what steps they are taking to address such problems.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>People who have been granted limited or indefinite leave to remain as a refugee, or have discretionary leave to remain or humanitarian protection, are entitled to claim Universal Credit in the areas of the country where the full service for all claimant types is available, whilst their leave to remain in the country is valid.</p><p> </p><p>Outside these areas they are entitled to claim other benefits such Job Seekers Allowance.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 17/11/2016 15:01:12 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

632435

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Employment: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how businesses wanting to be involved with the Disability Confident Business Leaders Group can do so.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL3103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>Disability Confident is about employers influencing other employers, sharing their evidence and experiences in employing disabled people with other employers to encourage them to also make the journey. This employer led approach will be reinforced by establishing a Business Leaders Group, with membership from Disability Confident employers across a wide range of sectors, sizes and geographic areas.</p><p>We are currently finalising the Terms of Reference for the group and will then begin seeking members. Any employers interested in being involved should email <a href="mailto:disabilityconfident.scheme@dwp.gsi.gov.uk" target="_blank">disabilityconfident.scheme@dwp.gsi.gov.uk</a>, using Disability Confident Business Leaders Group in the subject heading and giving brief details of their organisation and any previous involvement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/11/2016 14:33:49 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

632436

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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: Medical Examinations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will define those individuals with severe and lifelong disabling conditions who will not be subject to repeated reassessments for benefits.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL3104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>We will be working over the coming months with medical professionals and other stakeholders to develop criteria that will help us identify those with the most severe health conditions or disabilities, for whom repeat work capability assessments can be stopped.</p><p>Rather than a list of specific medical conditions, the criteria will be based on identifying claimants with the most severe health conditions or disabilities where it would be unreasonable to expect the individual to undertake any form or amount of work or work-related activity. This change will only apply to those placed in the Support Group and Universal Credit equivalent.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/11/2016 14:18:39 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

631004

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Housing Benefit: Lancashire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of households in (1) the County of Lancashire, and (2) the Borough of Pendle, that will experience reductions in their housing benefit as a result of the new cap introduced on 7 November; and what will be the total estimated annual reduction in each area.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>It is estimated that around 1,700 households in the County of Lancashire and 100 households in the Borough of Pendle will be affected by the lower benefit cap in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>The annual benefit reduction from the lower cap is estimated to be around £3,900,000 in the County of Lancashire and £200,000 in the Borough of Pendle in 2016/17 if the cap was in place for the full financial year, however actual savings will be much lower in view of the lower cap only applying to the latter part of the year.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Estimates assume no behavioural responses - any behavioural responses to the lower cap, such as claimants moving into employment, would cause the number of households affected to reduce.</li><li>The number of capped households has been rounded to the nearest 100 households</li><li>Annual benefit reduction has been rounded to the nearest £100,000 per year.</li><li>Modelling for this assessment was conducted using administrative records held by the Department for Work and Pensions containing amounts of benefit paid (including Child Benefit, as paid by HM Revenue and Customs) and indicators of receipt of Working Tax Credit and exemption benefits such as Disability Living Allowance. This enables the separation of households into those excluded from the cap, and those which will be subject to it and by how much. The administrative records relate to November 2015, but have been adjusted to reflect the future benefit regime.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p>The benefit cap will be lowered from 7th November from £26,000 to £20,000, except in London where it will be lowered to £23,000 (a lower cap applies to single adult households). To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable Housing Benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to our welfare reforms, the Government will provide £870m funding for Discretionary Housing Payments over the next 5 years from 2016/17.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/11/2016 14:17:30 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

627562

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many national insurance numbers are currently in circulation in the UK; what is the current official population of the UK; and if these two numbers differ, what is the explanation of that difference.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested for the number of NINos currently in circulation in the UK is not available.</p><p>However, the latest available figures (04/09/2016) show approximately 92 million National Insurance number (NINo) records on the Department’s Customer Information System (CIS). These consist of approximately:</p><ul><li>69 million – Live Adult NINo records</li><li>23 million – Deceased Adult NINo records</li></ul><p>The figures provided are the result of a routine scan of the Departments Customer Information System (CIS).</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing information relating to the UK population.</p><p>Whilst we cannot confirm the number of NINos in circulation in the UK, we can advise the number of NINos held on DWP systems is always higher than the UK population. This is because once allocated, a NINo remains on the department’s computer system. This includes both deceased records and where an individual has been allocated a NINo leaves this country. This is because a NINo provides a permanent numerical link between the individual and their National Insurance record, which determines entitlement to contributory benefits and state pension.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 15/11/2016 16:40:18 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird