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1010212

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average waiting times for calls to each of her Department's benefit telephone lines were in each of the last 18 months for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	192734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the average waiting times for the benefit telephone lines for comparison with PQ<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-05-08/141701/" target="_blank">141701</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The information is for the most recent 18 month period in which data is available for, May 2017 to October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware of a potential issue, which is being investigated, whereby a call could be terminated by a customer but potentially remain in the system and continue to be recorded as a ‘live call’. This issue produces statistical anomalies which impact on the reliability of the data available.</p><p> </p><p>Average Speed of Answer</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Last 18 Months</p></td><td><p>October 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National DLA Adult</p></td><td><p>00:03:26</p></td><td><p>00:04:51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment and Support Allowance Enquiry</p></td><td><p>00:15:19</p></td><td><p>00:11:30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseekers Allowance Enquiry English</p></td><td><p>00:08:51</p></td><td><p>00:03:43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income Support Enquiry</p></td><td><p>00:08:38</p></td><td><p>00:11:07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobcentre Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>00:06:05</p></td><td><p>00:04:48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Independence Payment</p></td><td><p>00:05:31</p></td><td><p>00:06:46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Universal Credit Live Service</p></td><td><p>00:09:17</p></td><td><p>00:16:26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Universal Credit Full Service</p></td><td><p>00:05:01</p></td><td><p>00:03:58</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information requested regarding the shortest and longest wait time could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Please Note:</p><p> </p><p>Data Source: BT - OPMIS and Historical Management Information (GI2 – HMI)</p><p>The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/12/2018 16:33:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1011270

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to postpone the extension of the policy to provide support to a maximum of two children to new Universal Credit claimants.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth
uin	HL11631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The policy aims to strike the appropriate balance between support for claimants with children and fairness to taxpayers and families with children who support themselves solely through work. A benefits structure that adjusts automatically to family size is ultimately not sustainable, and parents who support themselves solely through work would not generally expect to see their wages increase simply because of the addition of a new child to their family.</p><p> </p><p>There are exceptions in place to support those unable to make choices about the number of children in their household.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 04/12/2018 13:07:31 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4314 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth

1013077

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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: Slough
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 universal credit claims in Slough, if she will make an assessment of how many (a) claims were made by EEA nationals, (b) of those claims by EEA nationals how many were refused due to residency requirements, (c) requests for mandatory reconsiderations were made by those EEA nationals and (d) of those mandatory reconsiderations were granted in favour of the claimant.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	195084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally collect statistical information on claims made by nationality group and this could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 10:51:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1013093

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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 estimate her Department has made of the number of claimants of tax credits that will not be eligible for universal credit as a result of the savings limit qualification.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	195088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We have, however, made an estimate for the number of tax credit claimants with capital in excess of £16,000 likely to be managed migrated, across Great Britain, which is around 35,000.</p><p> </p><p>As announced on 7 June 2018, for claimants with capital exceeding £16,000 who are managed migrated onto Universal Credit by the Department, any capital which exceeds the limit will be disregarded for 12 months, which means they are entitled to Universal Credit. This protection period for claimants is contingent on parliamentary approval of the required legislation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 16:21:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1015069

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit sanctions have been issued to people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East in receipt of (i) jobseekers allowance, (ii) employment and support allowance and (iii) universal credit in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	195495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The available information on Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support and Universal Credit sanction decisions by parliamentary constituency is published and can be accessed at: <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 publishes quarterly statistics on sanctions, including a breakdown by sanction referral reason, as part of the Benefit Sanction Statistics publication:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions</a></p><p> </p><p>We take a number of steps to make sure our decisions are fair. When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good cause, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 16:06:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

1015070

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number and proportion of unemployed people who are entitled to claim (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) universal credit but are not doing so in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) the North East.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	195496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer to <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-19/192726/" target="_blank">PQ192726</a>, answered on 27 November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 16:18:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

1015117

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of successful personal independence payment applicants have a diagnosed serious mental health condition.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	195650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim outcomes (clearances) at disability level are not readily available and have not previously been published as Official Statistics. We are producing the statistics requested and issuing them in an Official Statistics release on 11<sup>th</sup> December 2018 in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of individuals in receipt of PIP payments broken down by disability are already available on Stat Xplore:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 195651 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:21:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1015119

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Schizophrenia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claimants are diagnosed with schizophrenia.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	195651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim outcomes (clearances) at disability level are not readily available and have not previously been published as Official Statistics. We are producing the statistics requested and issuing them in an Official Statistics release on 11<sup>th</sup> December 2018 in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of individuals in receipt of PIP payments broken down by disability are already available on Stat Xplore:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 195650 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:21:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1015842

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 19 November (HL11445), what is the maximum level of lodging expenses per night Department for Work and Pensions officials can claim when they have longer term arrangements for detached duty.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL11842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The maximum amount of lodging expenses is £53 per night in London and £37 per night elsewhere.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 04/12/2018 13:06:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1016483

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
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 paragraph 54 of the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom, how many non-UK EU nationals (a) currently living in the UK and (b) expected to be living in the UK over the next 15 years will qualify for social security support from the public purse; what benefits those people will be eligible for; and what estimate he has made of the cost of providing those benefits.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	196900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics (ONS) provide data on the population of the UK by country of birth and nationality. In addition, overall population projections for the UK (though not split by nationality) are made. These can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/populationoftheunitedkingdombycountryofbirthandnationality" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/populationoftheunitedkingdombycountryofbirthandnationality</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationprojections/bulletins/nationalpopulationprojections/2016basedstatisticalbulletin" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationprojections/bulletins/nationalpopulationprojections/2016basedstatisticalbulletin</a></p><p> </p><p>The ONS estimate that there around 3.7m EU nationals living in the UK as of 2017/18. However, they do not have figures on the number of EU nationals expected to be resident in the UK in 15 years’ time.</p><p> </p><p>In the Political Declaration we have agreed to consider addressing social security coordination in the light of future movement of persons.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 10:49:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 89712 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel