Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving personal independence payments are in receipt of both the mobility and daily living components.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility components a claimant is receiving can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a primary condition of epilepsy who receive personal independence payments that are in receipt of the mobility component.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility component a claimant is receiving and by their main disabling condition can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a primary condition of epilepsy receiving personal independence payments (PIP) are in receipt of the PIP daily living component.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility component a claimant is receiving and by their main disabling condition can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a primary condition of epilepsy receiving personal independence payments (PIP) are in receipt of both the mobility and daily living components of PIP.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility component a claimant is receiving and by their main disabling condition can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving personal independence payments are in receipt of the PIP mobility component.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility component a claimant is receiving and by their main disabling condition can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving personal independence payments are in receipt of the PIP daily living component.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment which can be split by the Daily Living and Mobility component a claimant is receiving and by their main disabling condition can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of free television licences issued to residents in (a) Kirklees borough and (b) Dewsbury constituency in each of the last three years; and what the total annual value of those licences was.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
In the 2015 funding settlement, the Government agreed with the BBC that responsibility for the concession will transfer to the BBC in June 2020.
The government and the BBC agreed at the time that this was a fair deal for the BBC. The BBC benefited as the government closed the iPlayer loophole and committed to increase the licence fee in line with inflation. And to help with financial planning, the government agreed to provide phased transitional funding over 2 years to introduce the cost to the BBC.
This reform was subject to public discussion and debated extensively during the passage of the Digital Economy Act 2017 through Parliament.
On 10 June 2019, the BBC announced that the current scheme will end. From 1 June 2020, a free TV licence will only be available to a household with someone aged over 75 who receives Pension Credit.
The table below provides estimates of the costs and caseloads for 2015/16 through to 2017/18 of providing free TV licences to people aged 75 years and over in the geographical areas requested. Expenditure in nominal prices. The figures for 2018/19 will be available in September.
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| Caseload (thousands) |
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(a) Kirklees borough | 26.2 | 27.1 | 27.4 |
(b) Dewsbury constituency | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.0 |
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| Expenditure (£m) (Nominal) |
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(a) Kirklees borough | £3.73 | £3.78 | £3.94 |
(b) Dewsbury constituency | £0.95 | £0.96 | £1.01 |
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of people with epilepsy entering employment.
Answered by Sarah Newton
We are taking steps to support disabled people and people with health conditions, including those with epilepsy, to enter employment through initiatives like the Work and Health Programme, Personal Support Package and the recently-announced Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme (IPES), which will see more than £40m invested in a new highly personalised package of support to disabled people who are at least a year away from moving into work. We also offer extensive, personalised support to new and existing disabled workers through Access to Work.
In addition, we engage with employers through Disability Confident. The scheme, developed by disabled people, employers and disability organisations, encourages employers to think differently about disability and to take action to improve how they attract, recruit and retain disabled employees. Over 10,500 businesses have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme since it was launched in November 2016.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
What assessment her Department has made of the effect of explicit consent restrictions placed on advice agencies on the ability of people to make a claim for universal credit.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
Explicit consent is not required to make a new claim. If claimants cannot make or manage their claim on-line, they can receive face to face support through their local jobcentre or assistance through our Freephone telephone number. Once the claim is made, claimants who require agencies to act on their behalf can provide explicit consent.
In our response to the Social Security Advisory Committee in November 2018 in respect of the managed migration regulations, we have agreed to explore options for improving the process of explicit consent in collaboration with the committee.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who the diversity champion is on his departmental board.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
All Executive Members of the Departmental Board have a Diversity Champion role as follows:
Additionally, the following members of the Department’s Executive Team have Diversity Champion roles as follows: