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1171418

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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: Torfaen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people transferred onto universal credit in Torfaen constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	4415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 4416 4417 4418 question first answered 21/01/2020 18:24:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1170704

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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: Torfaen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in Torfaen constituency claim universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	3253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.7 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit for the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/01/2020 12:48:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1001922

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that a claimant will not receive less money in benefits as a result of moving to universal credit under the managed migration process.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	188120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Welfare claimants whose circumstances remain the same will not see their benefit entitlement reduced as a direct result of being moved on to Universal Credit through managed migration, as they will receive transitional protection. This will ensure that claimants who are managed migrated will have total entitlement to Universal Credit that is at least as great had been their total entitlement to existing benefits at the point they are migrated, so safeguarding their benefit entitlement until their circumstances change.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants whose entitlement is less in Universal Credit than their legacy entitlement will receive transitional protection to ensure their benefit allowance remains the same at the point of transition. The other claimants who are migrated onto Universal Credit as part of managed migration will receive the same or an increased entitlement as they receive on legacy benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we have announced that Tax Credits claimants with capital in excess of the £16,000 capital threshold will now receive a 12-month grace period during which they can receive transitional protection if eligible.</p><p> </p><p>We have also announced that, from 16 January 2019, we will prevent those claimants who are, or have been within the past month entitled to an award of an existing benefit that includes a Severe Disability Premium (SDP), from naturally migrating to Universal Credit following a change of circumstances. These claimants will continue to receive the relevant legacy benefit(s) appropriate to their change of circumstance and will only move to Universal Credit via managed migration (and therefore be eligible to transitional protection), safeguarding their existing benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>We will also provide both an on-going monthly payment to eligible claimants who have already lost the SDP as a consequence of moving to Universal Credit and an additional monthly payment to cover the period since they moved. Eligibility for these payments will depend on a number of criteria being satisfied, which include whether the basic qualifying conditions for SDP continue to be met.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/11/2018 14:33:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

999645

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Pensions: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to consult on proposals for mandatory participation in pensions dashboards by pension providers.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	187095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Autumn Budget, The DWP will consult on the detailed design for pensions dashboards, and on how an industry-led approach could harness innovation while protecting consumers. As part of the consultation, due to be published shortly, the DWP will explore how to maximise the participation of pension schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/11/2018 12:43:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

838432

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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	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 mandatory PIP reconsiderations resulted in the original decision being upheld in 2016-2017.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	127260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of Personal Independent Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) cleared can be found in the official published statistics: “Data tables: Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to October 2017”. The relevant data can be found in Table 7b. This data shows the number of mandatory reconsiderations for New Claims and Reassessments broken down by month since PIP was introduced and split by outcome type:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>Latest available data to October 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/02/2018 12:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

830175

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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, how many people were refused personal independence payment in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	124839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The figures requested are given in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Initial claims made in 2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of people refused PIP</p></td><td><p>390,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of whom:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration</p></td><td><p>28,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal</p></td><td><p>32,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures are for Great Britain.</p><p>Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 124840 124841 question first answered 05/02/2018 17:28:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

830177

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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 people who were refused personal independence payment had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	124840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The figures requested are given in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Initial claims made in 2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of people refused PIP</p></td><td><p>390,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of whom:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration</p></td><td><p>28,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal</p></td><td><p>32,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures are for Great Britain.</p><p>Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 124839 124841 question first answered 05/02/2018 17:28:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

830179

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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: Tribunals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were refused personal independence payment had that decision changed at Tribunal in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	124841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The figures requested are given in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Initial claims made in 2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of people refused PIP</p></td><td><p>390,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of whom:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration</p></td><td><p>28,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal</p></td><td><p>32,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures are for Great Britain.</p><p>Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 124839 124840 question first answered 05/02/2018 17:28:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

828015

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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 and Support Allowance: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) received employment and support allowance for inflammatory bowel disease in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	123975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Inflammatory bowel disease is a term commonly used to refer to either Crohn’s disease or Ulcerative Colitis. The information available is shown in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Number of individuals making an initial claim to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) whose main disabling condition was recorded as Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, by year of claim start Jan 2010 to Mar 2017: Great Britain</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of ESA claim start</p></td><td><p>Initial ESA<br> claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (Jan - Mar)</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of individuals assigned to the ESA Support Group or the ESA Work Related Activity Group following their Work Capability Assessment (for initial, repeat or IB reassessment claims), whose main disabling condition was recorded as Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, by year of claim start or IB reassessment referral, Jan 2010 to Mar 2017: Great Britain</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of ESA claim start</p></td><td><p>Initial ESA<br> claims</p></td><td><p>Repeat ESA<br> assessments</p></td><td><p>IB<br> reassessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1100</p></td><td><p>1300</p></td><td><p>1300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td><td><p>1900</p></td><td><p>2300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1200</p></td><td><p>1200</p></td><td><p>1800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1200</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1200</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1000</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (Jan - Mar)</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source for Tables 1 and 2: Application data is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by the Healthcare Provider.</p><p> </p><p>Notes for Tables 1 and 2:</p><ol><li>The figures are rounded to the nearest 100. – denotes figures that are zero or less than 50.</li><li>The information for 2017 is provided up to March 2017 only; this is the latest data available at time of request.</li><li>National roll-out of IB reassessments began in March 2011. As a result, the 2011 figures for IB reassessment in Table 2 cover the period from March to December.</li><li>An individual may have made more than one ESA claim or assessment in any given year. These individuals will only be counted once in each of the figures provided.</li><li>The primary medical condition recorded on the claim form does not itself confer entitlement to ESA. So, for example, a decision on entitlement for a customer claiming ESA on the basis of Crohn’s disease or Ulcerative Colitis would be based on their ability to carry out the range of activities assessed by the work capability assessment.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 29/01/2018 16:11:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

828016

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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 and Support Allowance: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with inflammatory bowel disease applied for mandatory reconsideration of their claim for employment support allowance in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	123976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 123977 question first answered 29/01/2018 12:34:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds