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1027717

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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	Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of vehicles returned to the Motability Scheme due to negative PIP reassessments.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	203291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1 June 2018 to Question UIN <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-06-01/148652/" target="_blank">148652</a>.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/12/2018 15:01:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

984823

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Parental Pay: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) financial and (b) psychological effect on self-employed people of being unable to access statutory maternity and paternity leave pay.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	177643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not conducted any analysis of the psychological or financial impacts on self-employed people who are ineligible for statutory family related leave and pay entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>Maternity Allowance (MA) is paid to eligible self-employed and employed women who are not entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay. Statutory family related leave entitlements focus on employees as they have less flexibility and autonomy over the work they do and when they take time off work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government agrees with the principle of equalising parental benefits for the employed and self-employed. But as set out in the Government Response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, it is right to only consider making changes to this area once we have carefully considered this in the wider context of tax, benefits and rights over the longer term.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/10/2018 14:00:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

931110

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Unemployment: Dudley
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 recent trends in the level of unemployment in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	157080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The level of unemployment in Dudley, using the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Annual Population Survey (APS), was estimated to be 8,300 in the year to December 2017. The unemployment rate was 5.6%, in the year to December 2017, and is estimated to have fallen by almost half (46%) since the year ending December 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the ONS Labour Force Survey shows that since the 2010 election the level and rate of unemployment has fallen in every region and country of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/06/2018 13:49:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

931111

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Unemployment: Dudley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the level of support available to unemployed people in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	157081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>In addition to national initiatives available such as the Work and Health Programme and the Enhanced Support Offer, there are currently 67 local partners available to support unemployed people in Dudley. These are in a variety of sectors and include educational, voluntary and charitable organisations. We also support employers with their redundancy programmes. To date in 2018, support has been provided to 10 employers and 432 people.</p><p> </p><p>Support for Universal Credit claimants in Dudley includes Universal Support, covering budgeting and digital skills, which is delivered by the local authority. This contracted provision is closely monitored and local partnership managers work with partners and providers to ensure the level of support available fulfils requirements.</p><p> </p><p>If training gaps are identified, additional training can be procured for customers either on an individual basis or for groups of customers with similar needs at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the support provision available and its usage are monitored and continuous customer feedback is gathered from our three Dudley borough sites: Dudley, Halesowen, and Stourbridge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/06/2018 16:52:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

931112

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Unemployment: Dudley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding her Department has made available to services which support unemployed people in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	157082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>Since February 2018, over £100,000 of flexible support funding has been used to support unemployed people in Dudley.</p><p> </p><p>Additional support can also be allocated to purchase training for customers either on an individual basis or for groups of customers with similar needs at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>Funding from national programmes such as the New Enterprise Allowance, Specialist Employability Support and the Work and Health Programme is also used to support the unemployed in Dudley.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/06/2018 16:59:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

882393

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times her Department has requested a Statement of Reason from a tribunal after a tribunal has ruled in a personal independence payment claimant’s favour.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	135300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/04/2018 15:49:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

882394

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment tribunal decisions that have ruled in favour of the claimant have subsequently been appealed by her Department; and what the outcomes of those appeals have been.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	135301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Since its introduction, the Department has appealed 283 cases of Personal Independence Payment where a Tribunal has ruled in favour of the claimant. Following appeal in twenty five of these cases the claimant was successful; in 202 cases DWP was successful and in 56 cases we are still awaiting an outcome.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/04/2018 15:37:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

882395

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Epilepsy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claimants with a primary condition of epilepsy who were awarded such payments after a tribunal ruling have (a) had a Statement of Reason requested by her Department, (b) had their tribunal decision appealed by her Department and (c) seen their award (i) decreased or (ii) removed as a result.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	135303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/04/2018 15:52:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

851694

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Revenue and Customs: Dudley
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 made an assessment of the potential roles that staff employed by HMRC at the Waterfront offices in Dudley could play in her Department, in particular with the work associated with the introduction and administration of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	130457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department and HMRC have reciprocal arrangements on filling vacancies where staff in either organisation are available for redeployment. The planning assumptions to transfer some HMRC staff and sites to the Department to support the delivery of Universal Credit were made some years ago. Since that time we have changed the way Universal Credit is delivered, with Jobcentres now joined up with Universal Credit Service Centres in local areas to provide a more seamless service for claimants.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, high levels of employment and an increase in levels of self-service and automation have meant that the Department’s resourcing needs in certain areas and for larger centralised offices have changed. Moreover, it was always expected that fewer people would be needed to support Universal Credit than the benefits and tax credits that it replaces.</p><p> </p><p>Collectively, these factors have resulted in a reduced demand for resources in the delivery of Universal Credit nationally, including the service in the Midlands. In light of this information, the decision was taken that HMRC staff employed in Dudley would no longer be required by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/03/2018 15:07:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

850022

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Revenue and Customs: Dudley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the proposed transfer of staff employed by HMRC at its Waterfront offices in Dudley to the Department for Work and Pensions has been cancelled.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	129590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The planning assumptions to transfer some HMRC staff to the Department for Work and Pensions to support the delivery of Universal Credit were made some years ago, and since then, we have changed the way Universal Credit is delivered. Jobcentres are now joined up with Universal Credit Service Centres in local areas to provide a more seamless service for claimants.</p><p> </p><p>This, alongside high levels of employment and an increase in levels of self-service and automation, means that the Department’s resourcing needs in certain areas and for larger centralised offices have changed. However, it was always expected that less people would be needed to support Universal Credit than the benefits and tax credits that it replaces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/03/2018 10:53:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley