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date	17/10/2018
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: Nottingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timetable is for the roll-out of universal credit in Nottingham; which categories of claimants will be included in each phase of that roll-out; and what deadline is planned for the completion of that roll-out.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Mr Chris Leslie
uin	180642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit was recently rolled out to jobcentres in Nottingham on Wednesday 17 October, and in December, Universal Credit will be live in every Jobcentre in the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Managed Migration regulations will come before Parliament in the autumn, and during 2019 we will test and refine our processes on a small scale to ensure they are working well before we take on larger volumes from 2020 onwards, and complete the process in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/10/2018 16:56:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

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The previous Positive about Disability (Two Ticks) scheme has been replaced by the new Disability Confident scheme, which was formally launched on 2 November 2016 with attendant publicity aimed at both employers and disabled people.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