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994508

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	183817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>a) Documentary evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Department as part of our wider pre-employment checks to ensure that individuals meet Civil Service Nationality Rules. This information is not retained beyond the point at which it has served its purpose. The Department’s staff are not required to record whether they are citizens of non-UK EU countries.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The Department does not have any agencies on which to report.</p><p> </p><p>(c) DWP has four non departmental public bodies. Documentary evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment and this information is not retained beyond the point at which it has served its purpose. Individuals are not required to record whether they are citizens of non-UK EU countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/11/2018 12:43:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

994547

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants of employment support allowance that will be classified as vulnerable as a result of the managed migration to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	183954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>There are many reasons why someone could be vulnerable or in need of additional support, and we work hard to ensure that the support we provide for each claimant is tailored specifically to their circumstances, making individual assessments of the help that each claimant needs.</p><p> </p><p>This will also be true of the migration process which will begin in 2019, with small-scale testing of up to 10,000 claimants to ensure our process works well before the volume of migration increases. We are committed to ensuring that all claimants and particularly the most vulnerable are fully supported through the migration process.</p><p> </p><p>Many claimants will be better off on Universal Credit, as currently over £2.4bn of legacy benefits remains unclaimed. Universal Credit will ensure (through the managed migration regulations which will be subject to parliamentary scrutiny later this autumn) that 700,000 more households, including those who are vulnerable, will receive the money they are entitled to.</p><p> </p><p>More severely disabled people will also receive higher payments under Universal Credit, with around 1 million disabled households gaining on average about £110 more per month. Transitional protection payments will also ensure that no-one loses out at the point of transition to Universal Credit under the managed migration process.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/11/2018 14:41:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

994548

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours of training are planned to be undertaken by her Department's work coaches to identify people that (a) are vulnerable and (b) have complex needs in relation to the managed migration of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	183955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>Work coaches delivering Universal Credit undergo comprehensive training designed to equip them with the tools, skills and behaviours required to provide a high quality service to all claimants. Specific training and guidance is provided for working with different vulnerable groups and those with complex needs.</p><p>We are providing all work coaches with an additional two day workshop, designed by experts in mental health and psychologists, and delivered where possible alongside external mental health partners. The training began in November 2017 and will be completed by end of March 2019. Some further examples of other learning currently undertaken by work coaches include:</p><ul><li>Introduction to Working with Customers with a Mental Health Condition – 6 hours</li><li>Drugs and Alcohol Awareness – 3 hours</li><li>Complex Needs – 4 ½ hours</li></ul><p>The draft regulations provide the flexibility and fail-safes to protect vulnerable claimants and those with complex needs. Earlier this month we held a large scale stakeholder event, engaging with over 70 organisations, including those representing vulnerable claimant groups, seeking their detailed input on the managed migration process. We are designing a process that works well for everyone and ensures a smooth transition with continuous support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/11/2018 14:43:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

994549

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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
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 allocated additional funding for the home visiting service in advance of managed migration to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	183956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>This year we have allocated £1 million of funding for the home visiting service. For 2019/20 the total fund allocated will rise to just under £2 million, and will continue to increase to over £5.5 million per year by 2023/24, as the number of claimants moving to Universal Credit under the managed migration process increases.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/11/2018 14:55:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

994561

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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: Housing
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 universal credit excludes a housing (a) benefit and (b) costs element for people living in temporary or hostel accommodation; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that policy on the standard of living of people in that accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	183855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Since April 2018, people who are living in temporary accommodation but claiming Universal Credit, have their housing costs met through Housing Benefit. It is a statutory duty for local authorities to provide temporary accommodation to certain groups of vulnerable people and this change ensures local authority funding for vital emergency housing services continues.</p><p> </p><p>For people living in hostels and other types of supported accommodation, following the consultations held on achieving a sustainable funding provision for this sector, we announced in August that we will maintain Housing Benefit for all supported housing groups including hostels. This decision reflects the needs of those vulnerable groups of people and the Government’s commitment to protect them.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the effect of the above policies on the standard of living of people in that accommodation, no such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/11/2018 13:00:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

994592

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of increasing the carer's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	183965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises and appreciates the vital contribution made by informal carers who provide invaluable support for relatives, partners, friends and neighbours who may be ill, frail or disabled.</p><p>The Government is already supporting carers in a number of ways, including through the benefit system. Since 2010 the rate of Carer’s Allowance (CA) has increased from £53.90 to £64.60 a week, meaning an additional £550 a year for carers. By 2022/23 we are forecast to spend £3.7bn a year on CA, a real terms increase of more than a third since 2016/17. The new rate of CA for 2019/20 will be announced in due course as part of our annual uprating statement.</p><p>And there is additional help for those carers on the lowest incomes who need help the most. For example, in 2017, six out of ten households on Universal Credit (UC) with a carer entitlement received a monthly award amount of over £400: this is on top of any CA they may receive. Many carers receiving UC will receive more money than others who receive these benefits, including some jobseekers for example.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/10/2018 16:48:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

994654

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Disability: Wrexham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people aged 16 to 64 by category of disability there are in the Wrexham constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	183889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>Table 1 below shows the estimated number of people aged 16 to 64 who have a disability in Wrexham. It also shows the disability prevalence, as well as the equivalent figures for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates for constituencies are based on small sample sizes and are therefore subject to a margin of uncertainty. Therefore, these estimates should be treated with caution. The “confidence interval” of 4 percentage points means that we can be 95% confident that the true value lies between 13% and 20% (calculated using unrounded figures).</p><p> </p><p>Sample sizes are too small to provide reliable estimates of categories of disability by constituency.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: the number and percentage of disabled people, aged 16 to 64, in Wrexham, and the UK, July 2016 to June 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Number of disabled people</p></td><td><p>Total population</p></td><td><p>Disability Prevalence (%)</p></td><td><p>Confidence Interval (percentage points)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>44,000</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>7,386,000</p></td><td><p>41,081,000</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Annual Population Survey, available at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The Annual Population Survey was used to provide a larger sample size to provide constituency breakdowns. Therefore, estimates for the UK will not exactly match estimates from the Labour Force Survey published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in their UK Labour Market statistics bulletin.</li><li>Estimates are provided for the period July 2016 to June 2017 which is the latest period published by ONS without health warnings. More recent estimates remain subject to health warnings while ONS complete their investigations into an unexpected increase in reporting of disability in July to September 2017.</li><li>In summary, the disability definition covers people who report:</li></ol><ul><li>(current) physical or mental health condition(s) or illnesses lasting or expected to last 12 months or more</li><li>the condition(s) or illness(es) reduce their ability to carry out day-to-day activities.</li></ul><ol start="4"><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 1000. Percentages are rounded to one percentage point.</li><li>Estimates are subject to sampling variation and are therefore subject to a margin of uncertainty. The ‘confidence interval’ measures this uncertainty, such that we can be 95% confident that the true disability prevalence falls within that distance of the estimate.</li></ol> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 31/10/2018 10:22:27 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

994659

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the state pensions of UK pensioners living in the EEA will continue to be up-rated annually after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	183890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK State Pension will remain payable worldwide following our departure from the EU. We have now reached agreement with the EU to maintain State Pension up-rating for those covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, subject to reciprocity. This information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-the-position-of-eu-citizens-in-the-uk-and-uk-nationals-in-the-eu" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-the-position-of-eu-citizens-in-the-uk-and-uk-nationals-in-the-eu</a></p><p> </p><p>For UK State Pension recipients living in the EU on the specified date, this includes those who are already receiving their UK State Pension as well as future UK State Pension recipients. We will wish to discuss State Pension up-rating for individuals not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement in future talks. We are currently in discussion with the EEA-EFTA states (Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein) and Switzerland on agreements to protect the rights of UK nationals living in those countries and their nationals living in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/11/2018 14:55:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

994668

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Work Capability Assessment: Mental Illness
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 have any plans to amend the qualifying criteria for the home work capability assessment for people suffering from mental health concerns.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	183993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Work is ongoing with the Work Capability Assessment provider to fully review their process for dealing with requests for a home visit. This review will consider all aspects of the process, including how claimants requiring a home visit can be identified more effectively at the beginning of the process, the ease with which a claimant can request a visit, and how we can make more efficient use of existing evidence to support the decision on whether a home visit is required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/10/2018 10:50:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

994670

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments were conducted at home for people suffering from (a) mental illnesses and (b) physical illnesses in (i) Barnsley, (ii) South Yorkshire and (iii) England in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	183995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Information is not held by mental or physical illness, nor is it broken down by specific location. To obtain this information would involve disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>From May 2015 to September 2018 there have been 18,599 Home Visits for Work Capability Assessments conducted throughout England.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/10/2018 16:55:17 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis