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65092

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my Rt.Hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), official report, 7 July 2014, column 5-6w.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 203538 question first answered 08/07/2014 12:13:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

65094

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specific steps the Department took to reduce the delays to personal independence payment (PIP) claimants using special rules; and when PIP claimants using normal rules will benefit from efforts to reduce waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>So far we have introduced:</p><p> </p><p>• A dedicated phone service with specially trained staff;</p><p><br> • An electronic transfer of information between a claimant's health professional, DWP and assessment providers.</p><p><br> • Trialling a new process to enable decisions to be made in-house with support from health care professionals</p><p><br> • Clearer guidance for DWP staff</p><p><br> We are absolutely committed to reducing the delays. By the Autumn, we expect no one to be waiting for an assessment for longer than 26 weeks and by the end of the year, we expect no one will be waiting longer than 16 weeks.&quot;</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 14:00:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65095

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's target time is for people to receive an accurate decision for claiming the personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There are no legal requirements to complete action on a claim to PIP within a specified time, but we continue to monitor how long the claimant journey is taking and implement measures to speed up the process.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 14:10:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65096

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process a mandatory reconsideration of a work capability assessment is; and what steps the Government is taking to support employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants whose work capability assessments are being reconsidered, but who are unable to claim ESA during the reconsideration or claim job seeker's allowance because they do not meet the entitlement criteria because they are too ill to seek work.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	203404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is collecting information to understand how the introduction of mandatory reconsideration is operating, including completion timescales. However, this data is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental statisticians need to assure themselves of the quality of administrative data sources before releasing information as Official statistics, and before the exact timing and format of statistics can be confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst it is correct to say that ESA cannot be claimed during the Mandatory Reconsideration stage, it is not correct to say that Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) cannot be claimed. These claimants have been found fit for work and the benefit for them is JSA. To be entitled to JSA the conditions of entitlement, including the signing of a Claimant Commitment, must be satisfied. Where someone presents with health issues the conditions are modified and the Claimant Commitment drafted accordingly - disability advisers support claimants in this position and provide specialist advice</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 13:47:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

65097

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department will include data on clearance times of personal independence payment applications using normal and special rules claims in its quarterly statistical publication.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication but releasing them at this stage would give an incorrect representation of the process since the system has not yet reached maturity, and further quality assurance of the data is required. Departmental analysts are currently assessing the quality of this data to ensure it meets the standards set by the UK Statistics Authority before it can be published.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with UK Statistics Authority guidelines, we will pre-announce our intention to release these statistics, at least one month prior to their publication, on the UKSA hub and also on our PIP statistics webpage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 203324 question first answered 07/07/2014 14:32:05 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65099

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Pensioners: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to enable elderly people to claim their benefits manually without requiring an online application.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The main benefits claimed by elderly people are State Pension, Pension Credit, Attendance Allowance, Carer's Allowance and Housing Benefit. Claims for State Pension can be made online, by telephone or by letter. Claims for Pension Credit can be made by telephone or by paper application.</p><p> </p><p>Claims for Attendance Allowance are made by paper application. For Carer's Allowance, claims can be made either on line or through a paper application. Claims for Housing Benefit can be made by paper application and in certain circumstances by telephone. In addition, people over women's State Pension age receive a Winter Fuel Payment, which in most cases does not need to be claimed since the Department already holds the information necessary to make the payment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 07/07/2014 13:29:57 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

65100

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Unemployment Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department does not distinguish between those in paid and those in unpaid work when assessing their eligibility for out-of-work benefits; if he will revise his Department's policy in this area; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	203295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There are a number of working age benefits and each has slightly different rules. Working age benefits are usually affected by earnings and, depending which benefit is in payment, the amount payable may be affected. If work is unpaid because it is voluntary work, this would, in most cases, not affect the benefit award. If work is unpaid and it is not reasonable for it to be unpaid, the income related benefit rules allow an amount of notional earnings to be assumed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 13:35:39 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

65180

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department are working on claims for attendance allowance for older people; and how many staff were employed in each of the last 16 quarters.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Please see the data in the table below which shows the number of staff processing all claims to Attendance Allowance over the periods requested.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>10-11 Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10-11 Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10-11 Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10-11 Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>769.19</p></td><td><p>773.64</p></td><td><p>733.37</p></td><td><p>709.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 11-12 Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 11-12 Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 11-12 Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 11-12 Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>701.01</p></td><td><p>665.40</p></td><td><p>641.66</p></td><td><p>619.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 12-13 Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 12-13 Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 12-13 Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 12-13 Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>598.92</p></td><td><p>588.56</p></td><td><p>578.18</p></td><td><p>564.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 13-14 Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 13-14 Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 13-14 Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 13-14 Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>548.67</p></td><td><p>536.25</p></td><td><p>528.19</p></td><td><p>508.31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The headcount figures are in Full Time Equivalent form whereby part time staff are counted as a proportion of one Full time staff member depending on the number of hours they work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 15:09:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65181

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current target turnaround time is from application to decision for attendance allowance for older people.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The DWP does not currently have a “target turnaround time from application to decision for Attendance Allowance”.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 13:50:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65182

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average claims for attendance allowance for older people took from application to reach a decision in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The data that is available is the Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT) which is the average time taken between an application being made and the date the customer was notified of the decision on their claim.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the most recent AACT data in the table below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Attendance Allowance (AACT)</p></td><td><p>National Year-end 2009/10</p></td><td><p>National Year-end 2010/11</p></td><td><p>National Year-end 2011/12</p></td><td><p>National Year-end 2012/13</p></td><td><p>National Year-end 2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14.3 days</p></td><td><p>13.1 days</p></td><td><p>14.7 days</p></td><td><p>14.5 days</p></td><td><p>16.3 days</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 14:07:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green