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1143294

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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 Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to row K of the Resource DEL table on page 11 of the DWP Main Estimate 2019-20 Select Committee Memorandum, if she will publish a breakdown of budgeted expenditure under Expenditure incurred by the Social Fund.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	284665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Estimates are published by HMT. DWP has no plans to publish an additional breakdown of the Main Estimate.</p><p> </p><p>There is some additional data, detailed below, already available in the public domain that may assist.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP Annual Report and Accounts for 2018-19 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812722/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812722/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-2019.pdf</a> provide a description of each DEL Estimate line on page 146 and pages 156 -159 detail more information around our 2019-20 funding although not specifically by each line in the Main Estimate.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, within the published Main Estimate Section D, Executive Arm’s Length Bodies (Net), is broken down in Part III Note E (page 156 of the published Main Estimate). Note E therefore provides a further break down of row D of the Resource DEL table and the Capital DEL table.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 284648 284656 284662 284664 284666 284667 284668 284669 284670 285048 285050 285052 285058 285072 285075 285077 285079 285083 285300 285301 285302 285303 question first answered 05/09/2019 12:42:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1143298

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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 Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to row K of the Capital DEL table on page 12 of the DWP Main Estimate 2019-20 Select Committee Memorandum, if she will publish a breakdown of budgeted expenditure under Expenditure incurred by the Social Fund.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	284667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Estimates are published by HMT. DWP has no plans to publish an additional breakdown of the Main Estimate.</p><p> </p><p>There is some additional data, detailed below, already available in the public domain that may assist.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP Annual Report and Accounts for 2018-19 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812722/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812722/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-2019.pdf</a> provide a description of each DEL Estimate line on page 146 and pages 156 -159 detail more information around our 2019-20 funding although not specifically by each line in the Main Estimate.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, within the published Main Estimate Section D, Executive Arm’s Length Bodies (Net), is broken down in Part III Note E (page 156 of the published Main Estimate). Note E therefore provides a further break down of row D of the Resource DEL table and the Capital DEL table.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 284648 284656 284662 284664 284665 284666 284668 284669 284670 285048 285050 285052 285058 285072 285075 285077 285079 285083 285300 285301 285302 285303 question first answered 05/09/2019 12:42:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1134288

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
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 Fund
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 24 June 2019 to Question 264329 on Universal Credit, what proportion of the 0.239 million of social fund over-payments recovered from claimants was (a) from a grant and (b) arose before 1 April 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	268403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>I can confirm that 0.38% of the £0.239m recoveries from UC were for SF Community Care Grant and SF Maternity Grants and that 1.77% of the £0.239m recoveries from UC were for Social Fund where the Registration Date was prior to 1 April 2010*.</p><p> </p><p>Where benefit overpayments occur, the Department ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants who are subject to deductions to repay these overpayments.</p><p><em>*The data provided in this response has been sourced from internal management information and was not intended for public release. It should therefore not be compared to any other, similar data subsequently released by the Department. </em></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/07/2019 13:26:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1110875

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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 Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social fund loan cases have been moved from the social fund computer system to debt manager since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	242715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The migration of Social Fund debts onto Debt Manager commenced in August 2016.</p><p> </p><p>From August 2016 to 10 April 2019 we have migrated 1.12m Social Fund debts onto Debt Manager. As claimants may have had multiple Social Fund debts, the number of debtors will be significantly lower than this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to build in the appropriate checks and balances to ensure that Social Fund cases migrate correctly. Where an incorrect balance has been identified we take steps to correct the case.</p><p> </p><p>Corrections can be applied for different reasons, which mean we cannot estimate the volume of adjustments made to date.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 242716 242717 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:29:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1110876

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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 Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate how many social fund loan cases moved from the social fund computer system to debt manager show an incorrect outstanding balance.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	242716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The migration of Social Fund debts onto Debt Manager commenced in August 2016.</p><p> </p><p>From August 2016 to 10 April 2019 we have migrated 1.12m Social Fund debts onto Debt Manager. As claimants may have had multiple Social Fund debts, the number of debtors will be significantly lower than this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to build in the appropriate checks and balances to ensure that Social Fund cases migrate correctly. Where an incorrect balance has been identified we take steps to correct the case.</p><p> </p><p>Corrections can be applied for different reasons, which mean we cannot estimate the volume of adjustments made to date.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 242715 242717 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:29:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1110877

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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 Fund
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 plans to take steps to rectify incorrect outstanding balances on social fund loan cases on debt manager.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	242717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The migration of Social Fund debts onto Debt Manager commenced in August 2016.</p><p> </p><p>From August 2016 to 10 April 2019 we have migrated 1.12m Social Fund debts onto Debt Manager. As claimants may have had multiple Social Fund debts, the number of debtors will be significantly lower than this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to build in the appropriate checks and balances to ensure that Social Fund cases migrate correctly. Where an incorrect balance has been identified we take steps to correct the case.</p><p> </p><p>Corrections can be applied for different reasons, which mean we cannot estimate the volume of adjustments made to date.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 242715 242716 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:29:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

828860

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Social Fund
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 15 January 2018 to Question 121721, on social fund, if she will place a copy of the 2014 review in the Library; whether she has conducted any similar reviews since that review; and whether her Department has any plans to hold further reviews.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	124480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>A copy of the Local Welfare Provision review was deposited in the libraries of the House of Commons and House of Lords on 10 November 2014 – <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2014-11-10&amp;td=2014-11-10&amp;search_term=Department+for+Work+and+Pensions&amp;itemId=119004#toggle-1446" target="_blank">DEP2014-1446</a>. The Department has no plans for a further review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/01/2018 17:25:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

828883

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Social Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of financial and in-kind support provided to low-income families in different local authority areas of the devolution of control over the Social Fund; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	124499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 have allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help.</p><p> </p><p>Our 2014 review published in November 2014 found that local authorities delivered financial and in-kind support more effectively than the previous provision under the Social Fund, and that therefore local authorities are best placed to ensure help is targeted at those who need it most, alongside their other local services. The Department has no further plans to carry out a further assessment.</p><p>Local authorities in England will receive more than £200 billion to deliver these and other community services between 2016-17 and 2019-20, and will have the certainty to plan ahead through our four-year funding settlement.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/01/2018 17:31:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

819044

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Social Fund
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 effect on low-income families in different local authorities of the devolution of control over the Social Fund; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 have allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help.</p><p> </p><p>Our 2014 review found that local authorities delivered support more effectively than the previous provision under the Social Fund, and that local authorities are best placed to ensure help is targeted at those who need it most, alongside their other local services.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/01/2018 15:35:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

596121

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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 Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reports his Department has received on the number of letters on the Social Fund sent and lost in the in the post in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	47128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 47129 47130 47131 47132 question first answered 17/10/2016 15:43:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett