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908451

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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 he is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people to increase their earnings and progress in their jobs.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	905451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>In April 2017 we reduced the Universal Credit taper rate to 63% supporting people to earn more and keep more of their earnings. And unlike in the legacy system, there are no cliff edges, so claimants know that for every extra hour they work they will be able to keep more of their earnings.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2018 16:55:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

908452

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When she last visited a personal independence payment assessment centre.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	905452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The last time I attended a Personal Independence Payment assessment centre was 12th December 2017. I was struck by the professional and helpful attitude displayed by all the staff at the assessment centre.</p><p> </p><p>My Honourable Friend, the member for North West Hampshire (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, Kit Malthouse MP) visited Vauxhall assessment centre on the 17th April 2018. Like me he found the visit extremely informative.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/05/2018 16:10:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

908453

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of people signposted or referred to food banks in areas where full service universal credit has been rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	905453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>We have made no assessment of food bank use.</p><p> </p><p>The reasons for food banks use are complex, so it’s wrong to attribute it to any one cause. The best way to help people improve their lives is through employment, and people on Universal Credit move into work faster and stay in work longer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2018 16:18:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

908454

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans the Government has to increase compliance with child maintenance responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	905454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service has wide ranging powers to enforce the collection of both ongoing child maintenance liability and arrears.</p><p> </p><p>We publish regular information about this activity which shows for example, increasing use of the Financial Investigation Unit with over 1000 more complex earner investigations referred this year compared with last.</p><p> </p><p>We recently consulted on a new Compliance and Arrears Strategy with the aim of increasing these powers. The Government’s response to this consultation will be published later this summer.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2018 16:27:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

908455

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Pension Protection Fund: Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that support is provided for former Carillion employees whose pensions will not be covered by the Pension Protection Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	905457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>There are 12 Carillion DB schemes in the Pension protection Fund (PPF) assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>The PPF are working with scheme administrators to determine whether they can pay pensions at or above PPF benefits. Where a scheme cannot do this, the PPF will assume responsibility and pay compensation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individuals above their scheme’s normal pension age will receive 100% of their accrued pension, and all other members will receive 90%, subject to an overall cap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/05/2018 16:38:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

908456

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Long Term Unemployed People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of trends in long-term unemployment.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	905458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of long term unemployed (over 12 months) stood at 358,000 in the 3 months to March 2018, down by nearly 30,000 in the past year. It has fallen by 430,000 since 2010, a decrease of 54.5%.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2018 15:56:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

908877

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Hearing Impairment: Telecommunications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to setting up a free-to-access video relay service for public services in England; and what assessment they have made of the take-up of such services in Scotland.
tabling member printed	Lord Bruce of Bennachie
uin	HL8039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>British Sign Language (BSL) users already have a well-established, free-to-access Video Relay Service network allowing accessible communication with a range of public services in England, including the Department for Work and Pensions, NHS providers and Local Authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Equality legislation means that public bodies and others have to provide services in BSL and other formats when it is reasonable to do so and the Public Sector Equality Duty requires public bodies to have due regard to the needs of all those with protected characteristics.</p><p> </p><p>BSL is a devolved matter and the Scottish Parliament decided to introduce the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act and have different arrangements to England and Wales. We are looking at developments in Scotland including the take-up of such services to inform our thinking for England and Wales.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 05/06/2018 16:29:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	615 label Biography information for Lord Bruce of Bennachie

908879

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Government Departments: Sign Language
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they recognise sign language as a valid and legal means of communication with all Government departments.
tabling member printed	Lord Bruce of Bennachie
uin	HL8041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>British Sign Language (BSL) was recognised as a language in its own right by the UK Government in March 2003. All Government departments are under a legal duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments when communicating with disabled people, which might include the provision of BSL interpreters.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 05/06/2018 16:02:21 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	615 label Biography information for Lord Bruce of Bennachie

908880

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Sign Language
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to support any proposed legislation to give recognition to British and Irish Sign Language on the same basis as Welsh, Gaelic and Cornish.
tabling member printed	Lord Bruce of Bennachie
uin	HL8042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 and the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, recognise the Welsh and Gaelic languages respectively and provide for the status of the languages in each of those devolved territories. The Cornish language was recognised by the Government in 2002 under the Council of Europe’s European Charter for Regional or Minority languages.</p><p>The Government already recognises British Sign Language as a language in its own right. The Equality Act 2010 also places a duty on public bodies, employers, and service providers to provide services in BSL and other formats when it is reasonable to do so. In addition the Public Sector Equality Duty also requires public bodies to have due regard to the needs of all those with protected characteristics. We do not believe that any additional legislation would add to that</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 05/06/2018 16:27:53 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	615 label Biography information for Lord Bruce of Bennachie

908881

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Sign Language
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spend in supporting sign language users across the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Bruce of Bennachie
uin	HL8043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested to answer the question in full, is not centrally available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 05/06/2018 16:09:49 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	615 label Biography information for Lord Bruce of Bennachie