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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"T9. I am very grateful to Crawley DWP staff, who successfully helped with the transition to universal credit in June. Will my right hon. Friend update the House on the support available to claimants who are transferring?..."
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Written Question
Unemployment
Friday 16th November 2018

Asked by: Henry Smith (Conservative - Crawley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate the Government has made of the number of workless households in (a) Crawley constituency and (b) England.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

The Office for National Statistics use the Labour Force Survey to provide estimates for workless households in the UK.

However, the percentage and number of workless households in Crawley are unavailable due to small sample sizes.

For April-June 2018, there were 331,000 workless households in the South East region, which was 11.8% of households in the region.

For April-June 2018, there were 2,391,000 workless households in England, which was 13.7% of all English households.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"T6. I put on record my thanks to Department for Work and Pensions staff in Crawley for the roll-out of universal credit, which has gone so well over the past month. There is just one case in which there has been a difficulty, and I am grateful to my right …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"T6. Universal credit is scheduled to be introduced in Crawley on 6 June. What support will be offered to my constituents who will be affected?..."
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Written Question
Personal Independence Payment: Mental Health
Wednesday 7th February 2018

Asked by: Henry Smith (Conservative - Crawley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to include provision to consider mental health issues on the personal independence payments assessment form; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Sarah Newton

The assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) looks at an individual’s ability to carry out a series of everyday activities. The assessment considers the overall impact of a claimant’s health condition or impairment on their functional ability, rather than focusing on a particular diagnosis. Therefore the PIP assessment forms that underpin the assessment include provision to consider mental health issues as well as physical issues.

66% of PIP recipients with mental health conditions get the enhanced rate daily living component, compared with 22% who received the highest DLA care component. And 31% of PIP recipients with mental health conditions get the enhanced rate mobility rate, compared with just 10% of DLA recipients.

Written Question
Universal Credit: Christmas
Tuesday 19th December 2017

Asked by: Henry Smith (Conservative - Crawley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are being taken to ensure that Universal Credit claimants are paid on time over the Christmas season.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The Department will advance the timing of all payments for people affected by bank holidays, to make sure they have money over the festive period. This year, we have also added a faster payment contingency function for people who need a Universal Credit advance.

Universal Credit payments due to be received on 23, 24, 25 & 26 December will be paid no later than 22 December.

Universal Credit payments due to be received on 30, 31 December & 1 January will receive payment no later than 29 December.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Dec 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. What steps has the Department to taken to help older people who are looking, perhaps after redundancy or caring responsibilities, to get back into work?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"A constituent who recently contacted me is concerned about how long they are having to wait for a tribunal hearing. Will my right hon. Friend make representations to the Ministry of Justice about the efficiency of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Feb 2017
Personal Independence Payments

"I commend the Secretary of State for his response. Through the PIP improvement plan, can he assure constituents of mine who find it difficult to travel to assessments that they will be supported?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What steps the Government are taking to ensure that people have the information they need to make informed decisions about how they use their pension investments. ..."
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