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626126

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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers are currently accredited under the Two Ticks scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	50986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The previous Positive about Disability (Two Ticks) scheme has been replaced by the new Disability Confident scheme, which was formally launched on 2 November 2016 with attendant publicity aimed at both employers and disabled people. Prior to the change there were about 3,500 employers listed as “Two Ticks”. There are currently more than 2,400 employers signed up to Disability Confident, with that number growing daily.</p><p> </p><p>The new scheme has been designed to give employers the tools they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff. Employers currently registered with the Two Ticks scheme are invited to transfer to Disability Confident. If they accept, they are sent the Disability Confident Employer self-assessment pack and allowed 12 months to undertake the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Some employers have chosen to undertake the self-assessment straight away. In submitting details to be awarded Disability Confident Employer, the employer is required to confirm that they have undertaken the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>No validation of the self-assessment is required. However, to reach the highest level of Disability Confident Leader, a business must put that assessment up for external challenge, which could include examination by disabled groups, disabled staff networks or professional assessment bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The new Disability Confident scheme went live in a test and learn phase from July 2016. Feedback was considered and changes made to the scheme before it was launched on 2<sup>nd</sup> November. The effectiveness of the scheme will now be closely monitored, looking at the number of employers signed up by sector and by geographic area, as well as such issues as what offers of employment, apprenticeships, internships, etc. they are making and delivering.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 50987 50988 50989 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:09:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

626127

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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people are made aware that the Two Ticks scheme is being transferred to the Disability Confident scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	50987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The previous Positive about Disability (Two Ticks) scheme has been replaced by the new Disability Confident scheme, which was formally launched on 2 November 2016 with attendant publicity aimed at both employers and disabled people. Prior to the change there were about 3,500 employers listed as “Two Ticks”. There are currently more than 2,400 employers signed up to Disability Confident, with that number growing daily.</p><p> </p><p>The new scheme has been designed to give employers the tools they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff. Employers currently registered with the Two Ticks scheme are invited to transfer to Disability Confident. If they accept, they are sent the Disability Confident Employer self-assessment pack and allowed 12 months to undertake the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Some employers have chosen to undertake the self-assessment straight away. In submitting details to be awarded Disability Confident Employer, the employer is required to confirm that they have undertaken the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>No validation of the self-assessment is required. However, to reach the highest level of Disability Confident Leader, a business must put that assessment up for external challenge, which could include examination by disabled groups, disabled staff networks or professional assessment bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The new Disability Confident scheme went live in a test and learn phase from July 2016. Feedback was considered and changes made to the scheme before it was launched on 2<sup>nd</sup> November. The effectiveness of the scheme will now be closely monitored, looking at the number of employers signed up by sector and by geographic area, as well as such issues as what offers of employment, apprenticeships, internships, etc. they are making and delivering.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 50986 50988 50989 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:09:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

626128

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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that employers transferred from the Two Ticks scheme to the Disability Confident scheme are meeting the requirements for which they are being accredited.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	50988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The previous Positive about Disability (Two Ticks) scheme has been replaced by the new Disability Confident scheme, which was formally launched on 2 November 2016 with attendant publicity aimed at both employers and disabled people. Prior to the change there were about 3,500 employers listed as “Two Ticks”. There are currently more than 2,400 employers signed up to Disability Confident, with that number growing daily.</p><p> </p><p>The new scheme has been designed to give employers the tools they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff. Employers currently registered with the Two Ticks scheme are invited to transfer to Disability Confident. If they accept, they are sent the Disability Confident Employer self-assessment pack and allowed 12 months to undertake the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Some employers have chosen to undertake the self-assessment straight away. In submitting details to be awarded Disability Confident Employer, the employer is required to confirm that they have undertaken the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>No validation of the self-assessment is required. However, to reach the highest level of Disability Confident Leader, a business must put that assessment up for external challenge, which could include examination by disabled groups, disabled staff networks or professional assessment bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The new Disability Confident scheme went live in a test and learn phase from July 2016. Feedback was considered and changes made to the scheme before it was launched on 2<sup>nd</sup> November. The effectiveness of the scheme will now be closely monitored, looking at the number of employers signed up by sector and by geographic area, as well as such issues as what offers of employment, apprenticeships, internships, etc. they are making and delivering.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 50986 50987 50989 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:09:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

626129

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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation he has made of the effectiveness of the Disability Confident scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	50989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The previous Positive about Disability (Two Ticks) scheme has been replaced by the new Disability Confident scheme, which was formally launched on 2 November 2016 with attendant publicity aimed at both employers and disabled people. Prior to the change there were about 3,500 employers listed as “Two Ticks”. There are currently more than 2,400 employers signed up to Disability Confident, with that number growing daily.</p><p> </p><p>The new scheme has been designed to give employers the tools they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff. Employers currently registered with the Two Ticks scheme are invited to transfer to Disability Confident. If they accept, they are sent the Disability Confident Employer self-assessment pack and allowed 12 months to undertake the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Some employers have chosen to undertake the self-assessment straight away. In submitting details to be awarded Disability Confident Employer, the employer is required to confirm that they have undertaken the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>No validation of the self-assessment is required. However, to reach the highest level of Disability Confident Leader, a business must put that assessment up for external challenge, which could include examination by disabled groups, disabled staff networks or professional assessment bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The new Disability Confident scheme went live in a test and learn phase from July 2016. Feedback was considered and changes made to the scheme before it was launched on 2<sup>nd</sup> November. The effectiveness of the scheme will now be closely monitored, looking at the number of employers signed up by sector and by geographic area, as well as such issues as what offers of employment, apprenticeships, internships, etc. they are making and delivering.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 50986 50987 50988 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:09:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

573943

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment: Cystic Fibrosis
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) adults and (b) children with cystic fibrosis who have previously claimed disability living allowance have received no award when assessed under the new personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	44565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department intends to provide detailed breakdowns of DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes in due course. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 11:26:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

483236

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Disability Living Allowance: Cystic Fibrosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of disability living allowance between the ages of 16 and 64 qualifying for each rate of (a) care and (b) mobility component have a main disabling condition of cystic fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	31869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>DLA care component with Cystic Fibrosis as an identified main disability condition, aged 16-64 - August 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>3,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Rate</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lower Rate</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middle Rate</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nil Rate</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>DLA mobility component with Cystic Fibrosis aged 16-64 - August 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>3,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Rate</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lower Rate</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nil Rate</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: DWP 100% WPLS.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Totals show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and excludes cases where the payment has been suspended e.g. if they are in hospital.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>3. A diagnosed medical condition does not mean that someone is automatically entitled to DLA. Entitlement is dependent on an assessment of how much help someone needs with personal care and/or mobility because of their disability. These statistics are only collected for administrative purposes.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>4. DLA care and mobility components can be paid together or on their own. The nil payment row is where the claimant is in receipt of the care component and not the mobility component 5. This information does not include PIP which replaced DLA for new claimants aged 16 to 64 from 8 April 2013.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/03/2016 09:23:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

427284

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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	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, how much his Department spent on tackling benefit fraud and error in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	15652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Fraud and error is tackled within a number of areas across the Department. Specifically, the Fraud, Error and Debt Programme which commenced in June 2013 and delivers major change projects.</p><p>Spending on the Fraud, Error and Debt Programme for the 5 years between 2010/11 and 2014/15 was £300m, delivering savings of circa £2bn. Further savings in the region of £2.9bn are expected by the end of 2021- 2022.</p><p>In addition the Fraud and Error Service is a specialist organisation focused on identifying and correcting benefit fraud and the many Operational teams across the Department also play a critical role in preventing fraud and error occurring. The Department also provides financial incentives to Local Authorities with regard to identifying fresh initiatives to support the reduction of fraud and error in housing benefit.</p><p>To provide a breakdown of how much the Department spent in aggregate on tackling benefit fraud and error in the last five years would incur disproportionate costs and we have therefore not provided a breakdown.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/11/2015 15:27:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

427285

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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	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 plans his Department has to work with credit reference agencies on addressing benefit fraud and error.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	15653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>We already use credit reference agency data in the Fraud and Error Service on a case by case basis to support investigations, for example once high suspicion has already been identified which could be via a Hotline allegation or staff referral for example. In debt recovery the use of credit reference agency data enables us to have more informed discussions with the debtor and to reach agreement on rates of repayment that are sustainable for the debtor and meet our needs.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/11/2015 15:36:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

427287

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to transfer housing benefit fraud investigation powers from local authorities to national investigation service.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	15651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The current intention is for Local Authority powers to prosecute Housing Benefit cases to be turned off from 02 April 2016, at which time the Department for Work and Pensions Fraud and Error Service will assume overall responsibility, following the full implementation of the Single Fraud Investigation Service Project.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/11/2015 15:28:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

427289

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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	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 the cost to the public purse was of benefit fraud in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2013-14; and what proportion of total expenditure on housing benefit that cost represented in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	15668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Overpayments in the benefit system have fallen to a record low of 1.8% for 2014-15.</p><br /><p>In 2013-14 total benefit expenditure excluding housing benefit was £140bn, of which the cost of benefit fraud was £0.77bn (0.55%). Similarly, Housing Benefit expenditure was £24.2bn, of which the cost of benefit fraud was £0.43bn (1.78%).</p><br /><p>In 2014-15 total benefit expenditure excluding housing benefit was £144bn, of which the cost of benefit fraud was £0.71bn (0.49%). Similarly, Housing Benefit expenditure was £24.3bn, of which the cost of benefit fraud was 0.59bn (2.43%).</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/11/2015 15:19:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie