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Written Question
Universal Credit
Monday 15th May 2023

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the inflation-based rise to Universal Credit was paid to claimants in their April benefit payment.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Increases in Universal Credit come into force from the start of the first assessment period beginning on or after the first Monday of the tax year.

As Universal Credit is a calendar monthly assessed benefit that is paid monthly in arrears, a claimant will receive their uprated benefit award in payments due from 16 May.


Written Question
Cost of Living
Monday 7th February 2022

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of benefits for disabled people in the context of increases in the cost of living.

Answered by Chloe Smith

PIP is designed to provide help with extra costs arising from disability. Alongside the £9.1 billion Energy Bills Rebate announced on 3 February, the Government is providing £12 billion of support over this financial year and next to ease cost of living pressures, with help targeted at working families, low-income households and the most vulnerable.


Written Question
Employment and Support Allowance: Llanelli
Thursday 20th January 2022

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in the Llanelli constituency.

Answered by Chloe Smith

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19th January to question number 104377.


Written Question
Veterans
Thursday 29th June 2017

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training and guidance is provided to his Department's staff on dealing with veterans.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

DWP staff receive appropriate training and suitable guidance is in place to enable them to support the wide range of needs and circumstances that claimants have. For veterans, this will range from providing them with the support they need to find civilian employment after a long spell in the forces to using Service Medical Board evidence for some veterans claiming Employment and Support Allowance.


Written Question
Jobcentres: Armed Forces
Thursday 29th June 2017

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus districts have a designated Armed Forces champion.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

There are currently 46 Armed Forces Champions covering the 34 Jobcentre Plus Districts. The role of an Armed Forces Champion is to ensure that the support, advice and guidance offered reflects the needs of Service leavers and the wider Service community. The Champions work in partnership with the Armed Forces community, supporting organisations and local and national employers to identify employment opportunities and specialist support for Service leavers.


Written Question
Department for Work and Pensions: Llanelli
Friday 3rd February 2017

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of moving additional work from elsewhere to his Department's building in Llanelli to make that site more cost effective.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

The overall requirement in DWP for processing work is reducing and we do not need the same size estate we currently have. Specifically, the work undertaken at Llanelli Crown Buildings is reducing and due to end within the next 2-3 years.

The overall requirement for that work from March 2018 is deliverable out of fewer buildings which better match our strategic requirements and, therefore, the building in Llanelli will no longer be required.


Written Question
Department for Work and Pensions: Llanelli
Friday 3rd February 2017

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with other potential users of his Department's building on Llanelli on sharing the use of that space.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

The Department does not own any of the buildings within the estate, and after 20 years the leases and contracts covering many of our buildings end in March 2018. The overall requirement in DWP for processing work is reducing and we do not need the same size estate we currently have.

Our strategic review of estate has concluded that there is no requirement for the space currently occupied in Llanelli Crown Buildings and that the work currently undertaken there can be accommodated elsewhere in the network. We have not, therefore, discussed the potential for sharing use of the space.


Written Question
Department for Work and Pensions: Buildings
Friday 3rd February 2017

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost per square metre is of each office, excluding jobcentres, currently used by his Department.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

The Department is currently completing a major renegotiation of leases, and consider that the publication now of current costs risk securing the best value for money.


Written Question
Department for Work and Pensions: Welsh Language
Thursday 26th November 2015

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the forms of his Department's website are available in Welsh.

Answered by Priti Patel

The DWP has 40 published forms on gov.uk. ofwhich 27 are covered by the Welsh Language Act. Of these 9 are currently available in Welsh and the rest will be by January 2016.