Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

871710

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to help young people with disabilities into work.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	904565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to enabling young disabled people to fulfil their potential and achieve their aspirations. We provide a range of programmes and initiatives to support them, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Jobcentre support for schools, which targets young people that schools identify as being at risk of becoming NEET (not in employment, education or training), or who may otherwise be disadvantaged in the labour market – for example those with a health or disability issue.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Young Person’s Supported Work Experience programme, which offers a personally tailored supported work experience opportunity for young people (aged 18 – 24) to enable them to fully benefit from time in the work place. This proof of concept is being tested in five Jobcentre Plus districts.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Tri-Work, a supported work experience proof of concept aimed at young people with special educational needs in years 10/11 in schools and special schools. This proof of concept is being tested in three local authorities.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Local Supported Employment (LSE) proof of concept ‘place and train’ model, which aims to move disabled people into real jobs, at the going rate of pay, with support for both the individual and employer. This is being tested in nine local authorities.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Supported Internships, which all qualified post-16 education providers in England have been able to deliver Since September 2013. These are personalised study programmes, based primarily at a prospective employer, for young people with complex learning difficulties and/or disabilities.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Access to Work, which already offers support to disabled people undertaking a number of opportunities that help them to prepare for paid employment, including work experience, apprenticeships, supported internships and traineeships.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/03/2018 16:47:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

871711

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to strengthen families.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	904566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP takes a range of steps to strengthen families. This includes helping families meet their eligible childcare costs when claiming Universal Credit; and providing Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance. Our child maintenance reforms and new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme also aim to help parents collaborate, whether they are together or separated.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2018 16:23:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

871712

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	What steps she is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people in progressing at work and increasing their earnings.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	904567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit provides us with the opportunity to support people to progress in work and we are currently developing the evidence base on how best to do this.</p><p> </p><p>Building on our existing suite of trials, which includes a large scale Randomised Control Trial on in-work progression, we have committed an additional £8m to testing different approaches to supporting people to progress.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/03/2018 16:15:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

872240

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many support for mortgage interest claimants in Scotland have been contacted by (a) letter and (b) telephone.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	134154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>At 15th March 2018, DWP has sent an estimated 460,000 individual items of correspondence to SMI claimants and made 370,000 telephone calls to claimants regarding the conversion of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) into a loan. Data is not broken down by region so is not available specifically for Scotland.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/03/2018 11:37:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

872241

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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: Kirkcaldy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had in respect of staff at her Department's office in Kirkcaldy; and what the outcome of those discussions has been.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	134155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>There have been no such discussions.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/03/2018 11:03:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

872245

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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
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 the potential merits of the recommendation in the Brain Tumour Charity’s report entitled The Price You Pay, published in March 2018, on including brain tumours in the list of health conditions requiring additional support in the personal independence payment assessment guide.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	134159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessment Guide makes it clear that the list of health conditions requiring additional support is not exhaustive, rather it provides examples of conditions that may mean the claimant could struggle to engage with the claims process. Claimants with or recovering from a brain tumour who require additional support are therefore included.</p><p> </p><p>More information can be found in Part 1, section 1.12, of the PIP Assessment Guide: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers" target="_blank">Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guide for assessment providers - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 04/04/2018 15:30:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

872252

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2018 to Question 131814, on Universal Credit: Scotland, on what date his Department held early discussions with the Scottish Government on the split payment policy for universal credit; whether these discussions took the form of a meeting; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	134166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Officials from Scottish Government and DWP are in regular contact to successfully implement Universal Credit policy in Scotland. DWP and the Scottish Government have had early discussions about the Scottish Government’s split payment policy over the past year. The most recent meeting took place on 22 March.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/03/2018 14:43:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

872253

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2018 to Question 131814, on Universal Credit: Scotland, what information the Scottish Government has provided to her Department on its split payment policy; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	134167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP and Scottish Government continue to share information on split payment policy to ensure a successful implementation, equivalent to the close working relationship DWP and Scottish Government successfully established to implement Scottish Choices in 2017. As this is the subject of on-going policy development between DWP and the Scottish Government, the Department is not in a position to share information it has been provided with.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/03/2018 14:40:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

872254

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that women are able to control the way in which benefits that are paid to them as an individual are spent.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	134168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Under the equalities legislation a woman can be treated no differently to men with regards to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/03/2018 14:35:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

872277

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women aged between 60 and 65 are in receipt of the state pension; the level at which that state pension is paid; and how many women aged between 60 and 65 only receive their National Insurance contributions.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	134191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>As at August 2017, the most recent date for which figures are available, there were 649,564 women aged between 60 and 65 years of age (inclusive) in receipt of State Pension. The average weekly amount received by these women was £136.37. Of these, 582,226 received a State Pension based on their own National Insurance contributions; either a Category A pension under the pre-2016 system, or from April 2016 under the new State Pension (nSP).</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/03/2018 10:42:27 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson