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517573

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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 criteria his Department has set to ensure that people who carry out personal independence payment assessments for Capita are fully qualified medically.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	36632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>All Health Professionals (HPs) undertaking assessments on behalf of DWP must be registered practitioners who have also met requirements around training, experience and competence.</p><p> </p><p>Approval to work as an HP must be conferred by the DWP Chief Medical Adviser on behalf of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>For the delivery of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments, they must be an occupational therapist, level 1 nurse, physiotherapist, paramedic or doctor. They must also be fully registered and have at least two years’ post full-registration experience.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to their profession, the Department recognises the importance of ensuring that individuals also have sufficient experience, skills and training to carry out their duties and PIP providers are required to ensure that the HPs carrying out assessments have knowledge of the clinical aspects and likely functional effects of a wide range of health conditions and impairments. This means that all HPs receive comprehensive training in disability analysis which includes a functional evaluation as to how medical conditions and the long-term medical treatment of those conditions affect an individual’s ability to perform day-to-day activities. Prior to carrying out an assessment the HP routinely refreshes their knowledge of any condition with which they are not fully familiar.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/05/2016 15:44:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

517574

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Social Rented Housing: Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2016, to Question 35962, what estimate he has made of the number of tenants with spare rooms who have moved to smaller accommodation following removal of the subsidy.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	36585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/05/2016 15:34:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

517578

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 35959, if he will publish the Government Social Research Code.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	36597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government Social Research code is publicly available online: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150922160821/http:/www.civilservice.gov.uk/networks/gsr/gsr-code" target="_blank"><strong>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150922160821/http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/networks/gsr/gsr-code</strong></a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/05/2016 15:39:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

517581

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) medical and (b) other guidance his Department makes available to staff making decisions on benefit claims for people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	36402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Departmental decision makers have access to specific online guidance on Joint Hypermobility Syndrome that contains a link to the Ehlers - Danlos Support UK website.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/05/2016 15:50:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

516823

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 23 February 2016, Official Report, column 82WH, on the Motability car scheme, whether the ability to walk 20 metres is one of the assessment criteria for enhanced mobility.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	36131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>As with all the activities, a claimant should be assessed as satisfying a descriptor only if the reliability criteria have been fully considered. The reliability criteria are a key protection for claimants being assessed for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and are a new introduction that did not apply under Disability Living Allowance (DLA). Claimants who cannot walk 20 metres reliably are guaranteed to receive the enhanced rate mobility component.</p><p> </p><p>PIP has also introduced a new criteria around the ability to plan and follow a journey, which is designed to recognise the mobility challenges of non-physical conditions and ensure these claimants also have access to the highest level of support where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on how the reliability criteria should be applied can be found in the PIP Assessment Guide for Health Professionals carrying out assessments.</p><p> </p><p>This guidance can be accessed on the gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449043/pip-assessment-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449043/pip-assessment-guide.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/05/2016 16:44:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

516824

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Social Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target time is for processing applications to the Social Fund; and what performance was against that target in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	36132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>There is no overall target or performance data for the Social Fund as they vary depending on each of the individual programmes.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/05/2016 13:08:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

516825

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target time is for processing applications made to the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Fund; and what performance was against that target in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	36133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Please see the table below showing the target time for processing applications for the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) and the Average Actual Clearance Time (AACT) against that target.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit - Claims</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IIDB - target</p></td><td><p>55.0</p></td><td><p>53.0</p></td><td><p>50.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IIDB - performance (AACT)</p></td><td><p>53.7</p></td><td><p>52.4</p></td><td><p>39.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><p>The data has been measured using the AACT this measures the average number of Working Days (excludes weekends and English Bank Holidays) between an application being made and the date the customer was notified of the decision on their claim.</p><p> </p><p>The data refers to the period from 1st April to 31st March each year.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source</strong></p><p> </p><p>Department for Work and Pensions – IIDB Claims Tracker - Management Information Statistics. This is a Departmental performance management, data capture and reporting tool. This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/05/2016 10:39:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

516891

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Social Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2016 to Question 35019, on social fund, for what reasons management information is only held from 2013.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	36156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2016 the information previously provided was extracted from the current live Operational Activity Based Management Information System.</p><p> </p><p>The information from 2010 until 2013 is not readily available as it is archived. However we have now been able to extract the historical data which is displayed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bereavement Benefit</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maternity Allowance</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit</p></td><td><p>309</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Fund</p></td><td><p>4321</p></td><td><p>2480</p></td><td><p>1968</p></td><td><p>1552</p></td><td><p>798</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>349</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>The table above shows average Full Time Equivalent for each financial year from April to March.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source: </strong>Jobcentre Plus Activity Based Management System (L1A) and Operational Activity Based Management Information System (L1A)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/05/2016 15:36:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

516893

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Funeral Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2016 to Question 35018, how many funeral expense payments were processed by his Department in 2015-16; and what proportion of such applications were processed within (a) 15, (b) 20 and (c) 25 working days.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	36155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>For 2015/16 the Department processed 45,467 applications for Funeral Expense Payments with 69.7% cleared within 15 working days and 83.4% cleared within 20 working days. We are unable to provide data on how many applications were processed within 25 working days as the Management Information system that the Department uses for Funeral Expenses does not provide this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Number processed - Department for Work and Pensions – Management Information System Program (MISP) - Management Information Portal</p><p> </p><p>% processed - Department for Work and Pensions – Office Print Report Tool (OPRT) - Management Information Statistics</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/05/2016 12:45:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

516752

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
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, when he intends to answer the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 22 March 2016 with regard to Mr S Rizvi.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	35975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Mr Crabb) , replied on 28 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 10:38:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman