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Whole Day Download the Hansard Monday Volume 695 17 May 2021 No. 4 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Monday 17 May 2021 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2021 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 389 17 MAY 2021 390 House of Commons Oral Answers to Questions Monday 17 May 2021 WORK AND PENSIONS The House met at half-past Two o’clock PRAYERS The Secretary of State was asked— [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] PIP Application Process Virtual participation in proceedings commenced (Order, 4 June and 30 December 2020). Matt Vickers (Stockton South) (Con): What plans [NB: [V] denotes a Member participating virtually.] she has to review the application process for personal independence payment awards. [900000] NEW MEMBER The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work The following Member made and subscribed the (Justin Tomlinson): We are currently reviewing the Affirmation required by law: application process for all personal independence payment Anum Qaisar-Javed, for Airdrie and Shotts. claimants. Building on our covid response PIP 2 online service, whereby claimants can receive and submit their Mr Speaker: I will suspend the House briefly to PIP 2 online, we are in the early stages of developing a enable the necessary arrangements for the next business new end-to-end application process and plan to test it to be made. later this year. 2.35 pm Matt Vickers: As we return to normality, what steps Sitting suspended. are being taken to ensure that PIP claimants are assessed Speaker’s Statement promptly, so that those in need of support can access it as quickly as possible? 2.36 pm Justin Tomlinson: I am conscious that my hon. Friend Mr Speaker: I have a short statement to make about has raised some specific cases directly with me. As we the number of Members permitted in the Chamber. At return to normality, we have received more claims than its meeting this morning, the House of Commons normal. We are working hard to get through those as Commission decided that, in accordance with Public quickly as possible, with average clearance times slightly Health England advice, it is now possible to safely up from 16 to 19 weeks. As face-to-face assessments increase the number of Members able to participate start to return, those unable to be assessed through physically in the proceedings of the House. These changes paper-based reviews, telephone or video assessments mean that a total of 64 Members are now able to speak will be prioritised. in the Chamber—almost double the original number. The changes include seven marked seats in the Under Support for Tenants with Rent Arrears Galleries beyond the Bar of the House that have had new microphones installed to enable this. Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con): What steps her Department is taking to ensure that the welfare system I remind Members to sit only in the marked seats and helps support tenants with rent arrears to sustain their to contribute only from those seats, as I do not want to tenancies. [900001] disappoint them if they are not taken. I also remind Members that they must wear a mask when in the The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work Chamber, other than when speaking. That is one of the and Pensions (Will Quince): At the start of the pandemic, steps that means we are able to allow more Members we invested almost £1 billion in local housing allowance into the Chamber. rates, and we have made £140 million available in I am grateful, as I am sure all Members of the House discretionary housing payment funding for local authorities are, for the quick work by the House service that has in England and Wales, to support those struggling with made these changes possible in response to the improving housing costs. We continue to work closely with the public health situation. I understand that many Members Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government will be keen to attend the House in person to participate to support people to sustain their tenancies. in debate. Although capacity in the Chamber has increased, it is still limited, and I must remind colleagues that I will Nigel Mills [V]: I thank the Minister for that answer. suspend proceedings if I consider that the Chamber is Would he accept, however, that there are many tenants becoming overcrowded. Nevertheless, I believe that every who, through no fault of their own, will be in significant additional Member in this Chamber brings us a step rent arrears and therefore facing eviction in the next few closer to returning to normality, which I and all other months, and will he therefore work on a cross-Government Members wish to see. basis to find a solution that means those arrears can be cleared over a sensible period and those tenancies secured? Will Quince: I thank my hon. Friend for his question. Wecontinue to work very closely with the MHCLG to find long-term solutions to housing challenges. Work coaches are trained to identify people with potential housing issues and to provide tailored support, including referrals to homelessness services or debt advice. Discretionary 391 Oral Answers 17 MAY 2021 Oral Answers 392 housing payments are available, and the Government Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab): Hard-working, will make available a £310 million homelessness prevention law-abiding families without indefinite leave to remain grant for local authorities. However, I would of course have not had as much support as others during the be very happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss what covid-19 outbreak because of the effect of the no recourse further measures we may be able to take. to public funds condition. Some of those families have been able to benefit from the job retention scheme, so Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab): With the how will they be supported after that scheme closes in end of the eviction ban imminent, more than half of September? claimants needing help with housing costs face a shortfall between the help available and their actual rent—£100 a Will Quince: The right hon. Member knows that we month in the case of universal credit claimants. The are restricted, as per legislation, in what we can do in Government always say that discretionary housing relation to the benefits system and those with no recourse payments are the answer to these shortfalls, so can the to public funds. I know this is an issue that he cares very Minister explain to us why discretionary housing payments passionately about and has raised numerous times. I have suffered a real-terms cut and will be lower this year would certainly be very happy to raise this issue with than they were before the pandemic? the Immigration Minister—the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member Will Quince: I thank the hon. Lady for that question. for Torbay (Kevin Foster)—and if we have a meeting, I We take this issue incredibly seriously. That is why we will certainly invite the right hon. Member along. pumped an additional nearly £1 billion into the local housing allowance and have frozen it in cash terms for a Universal Credit Uplift further year, and why we have the two-week run-on of housing benefit, direct payments to landlords available, Hannah Bardell (Livingston) (SNP): What recent £140 million in DHPs, the homelessness prevention assessment she has made of the potential effect of grant, work coach support and, of course, Money and removing the £20 uplift to universal credit on recipients Pensions Service support. We stand ready to support of that benefit. [900003] any tenant who needs that support to sustain their tenancy and prevent homelessness. Allan Dorans (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (SNP): Covid-19: Support with Essential Living Costs What recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of removing the £20 uplift to universal credit on recipients of that benefit. [900010] Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): What steps her Department is taking to support people with essential The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work living costs during the covid-19 outbreak. [900002] and Pensions (Will Quince): Since the start of the pandemic, the Government’s priority has been to protect lives and The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work people’slivelihoods.In March, the Government announced and Pensions (Will Quince): The Government are delivering that we were extending the temporary £20-a-week increase an unprecedented package of support, injecting billions in universal credit for a further six months. It is right into the welfare system. This includes a £20 uplift to that the Government should now shift our focus to universal credit and a one-off payment of £500 to working supporting people back into work, and we have a tax credit recipients, as well as rolling out our covid comprehensive plan for jobs to help us to achieve this. local support grant scheme, worth over £260 million to local authorities. Hannah Bardell: This Tory Government chose to cut the lifeline of the £20 universal credit uplift in October, Michael Fabricant [V]: As a good Conservative, I at the worst possible time, clashing with the withdrawal believe in devolution, and I think local government is of the furlough scheme which the Office for Budget far better placed than national Government to provide Responsibility warned will lead to UK unemployment emergency support. Does my hon. Friend the Minister levels peaking, hitting young people particularly hard. agree with me, and if not, why not? Will the Minister apologise to those whom his Government have pushed into further poverty and ask the Chancellor Will Quince: I thank my hon.
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