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225780

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many personal independence payments have been claimed since introduction; how many of those claims have been processed; and, of those, how many are being paid to recipients of the disability living allowance which preceded personal independence payments.
tabling member printed	Lord Kinnock
uin	HL5544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The requested information is in the table below. These statistics are available from the Personal Independence Payment statistics home page and will next be updated on 18 March 2015.</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><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Personal </strong><strong>Independence</strong><strong> Payment (PIP) claims registered, cleared and awards in payment – at </strong><strong>31 October 2014</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All PIP claims registered, of which:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>669,200</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New claims</p></td><td><p>592,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reassessment Claims</p></td><td><p>76,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All PIP claims cleared, of which:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>382,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>New claims</p></td><td><p>352,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>Reassessment claims</p></td><td><p>29,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All PIP awards in payment, of which:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>207,500</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>New Claims</p></td><td><p>184,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>Reassessment claims</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>Source, DWP statistical release, published 17 December 2014 and Stat-Xplore.</p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>Figures are for claims from people under the normal rules and special rules for those who are terminally ill.</p><p>“Reassessment claims” are claims to PIP from those who were entitled to Disability Living Allowance.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 11/03/2015 15:17:32 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	693 label Biography information for Lord Kinnock

224330

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many National Insurance numbers were (1) created, and (2) deleted due to death, in each of the last 10 years; and what was the total number of valid numbers at the end of each year.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL5352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The information relating to how many National Insurance numbers were created in the last 10 years could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>For a National Insurance number to be allocated under the adult allocation process, which mainly affects adults entering the UK from abroad, an individual must be 16 or over, be able to prove their identity and immigration status. For employment related applications individuals must be able to prove that they have a legal right to work in the UK. There are no conditions for tax status.</p><p> </p><p>Information and documents provided to support a National Insurance number application are checked and corroborated with Other Government Departments and third parties. The only legislative conditions that DWP will seek to verify are with the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The allocation of National Insurance numbers under the adult allocation process is processed centrally for Great Britain but Northern Ireland is administered separately by the Department for Social Development Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Upon the death of an individual, DWP receive automatic updates from the three General Register Offices (GRO), England &amp; Wales, Scotland on a daily basis and Northern Ireland on a weekly basis. DWP undertakes a rigorous matching process against the updates received from the GROs to ensure that DWP IT Customer Information System (CIS) records are annotated with the Date of Death within 24 hours of the GRO notification being received.</p><p> </p><p>Also when notified of a death DWP staff can input death data, as long as it is supported by appropriate documentation i.e. death certificate, which is updated in real time to the DWP IT Customer Information System.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to advise how many non-British nationals have UK National Insurance numbers.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL5353 HL5354 HL5355 HL5356 question first answered 10/03/2015 16:20:03 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

224331

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the conditions in respect of (1) age, (2) nationality, (3) residence status, (4) tax status, and (5) identity, which have to be fulfilled before a National Insurance number is issued to an individual; and whether the Department for Work and Pensions seeks to verify those conditions with (a) the Home Office, (b) HM Revenue and Customs, (c) the Department of Health, and (d) the Department for Transport, before issuing such numbers.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL5353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The information relating to how many National Insurance numbers were created in the last 10 years could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>For a National Insurance number to be allocated under the adult allocation process, which mainly affects adults entering the UK from abroad, an individual must be 16 or over, be able to prove their identity and immigration status. For employment related applications individuals must be able to prove that they have a legal right to work in the UK. There are no conditions for tax status.</p><p> </p><p>Information and documents provided to support a National Insurance number application are checked and corroborated with Other Government Departments and third parties. The only legislative conditions that DWP will seek to verify are with the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The allocation of National Insurance numbers under the adult allocation process is processed centrally for Great Britain but Northern Ireland is administered separately by the Department for Social Development Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Upon the death of an individual, DWP receive automatic updates from the three General Register Offices (GRO), England &amp; Wales, Scotland on a daily basis and Northern Ireland on a weekly basis. DWP undertakes a rigorous matching process against the updates received from the GROs to ensure that DWP IT Customer Information System (CIS) records are annotated with the Date of Death within 24 hours of the GRO notification being received.</p><p> </p><p>Also when notified of a death DWP staff can input death data, as long as it is supported by appropriate documentation i.e. death certificate, which is updated in real time to the DWP IT Customer Information System.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to advise how many non-British nationals have UK National Insurance numbers.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL5352 HL5354 HL5355 HL5356 question first answered 10/03/2015 16:20:03 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

224332

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the issuing of National Insurance numbers is processed centrally for the whole of the United Kingdom or whether it is administered separately in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL5354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The information relating to how many National Insurance numbers were created in the last 10 years could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>For a National Insurance number to be allocated under the adult allocation process, which mainly affects adults entering the UK from abroad, an individual must be 16 or over, be able to prove their identity and immigration status. For employment related applications individuals must be able to prove that they have a legal right to work in the UK. There are no conditions for tax status.</p><p> </p><p>Information and documents provided to support a National Insurance number application are checked and corroborated with Other Government Departments and third parties. The only legislative conditions that DWP will seek to verify are with the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The allocation of National Insurance numbers under the adult allocation process is processed centrally for Great Britain but Northern Ireland is administered separately by the Department for Social Development Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Upon the death of an individual, DWP receive automatic updates from the three General Register Offices (GRO), England &amp; Wales, Scotland on a daily basis and Northern Ireland on a weekly basis. DWP undertakes a rigorous matching process against the updates received from the GROs to ensure that DWP IT Customer Information System (CIS) records are annotated with the Date of Death within 24 hours of the GRO notification being received.</p><p> </p><p>Also when notified of a death DWP staff can input death data, as long as it is supported by appropriate documentation i.e. death certificate, which is updated in real time to the DWP IT Customer Information System.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to advise how many non-British nationals have UK National Insurance numbers.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL5352 HL5353 HL5355 HL5356 question first answered 10/03/2015 16:20:03 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

224333

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the administrative arrangements for notifying the Department for Work and Pensions of the death of holders of National Insurance numbers; and how soon after death they aim to be able to mark as deceased the records of the deceased person.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL5355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The information relating to how many National Insurance numbers were created in the last 10 years could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>For a National Insurance number to be allocated under the adult allocation process, which mainly affects adults entering the UK from abroad, an individual must be 16 or over, be able to prove their identity and immigration status. For employment related applications individuals must be able to prove that they have a legal right to work in the UK. There are no conditions for tax status.</p><p> </p><p>Information and documents provided to support a National Insurance number application are checked and corroborated with Other Government Departments and third parties. The only legislative conditions that DWP will seek to verify are with the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The allocation of National Insurance numbers under the adult allocation process is processed centrally for Great Britain but Northern Ireland is administered separately by the Department for Social Development Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Upon the death of an individual, DWP receive automatic updates from the three General Register Offices (GRO), England &amp; Wales, Scotland on a daily basis and Northern Ireland on a weekly basis. DWP undertakes a rigorous matching process against the updates received from the GROs to ensure that DWP IT Customer Information System (CIS) records are annotated with the Date of Death within 24 hours of the GRO notification being received.</p><p> </p><p>Also when notified of a death DWP staff can input death data, as long as it is supported by appropriate documentation i.e. death certificate, which is updated in real time to the DWP IT Customer Information System.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to advise how many non-British nationals have UK National Insurance numbers.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL5352 HL5353 HL5354 HL5356 question first answered 10/03/2015 16:20:03 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

224334

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many non-British nationals currently hold United Kingdom National Insurance numbers; and how many of those are citizens of other European Union countries and non-European Union countries respectively.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL5356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The information relating to how many National Insurance numbers were created in the last 10 years could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>For a National Insurance number to be allocated under the adult allocation process, which mainly affects adults entering the UK from abroad, an individual must be 16 or over, be able to prove their identity and immigration status. For employment related applications individuals must be able to prove that they have a legal right to work in the UK. There are no conditions for tax status.</p><p> </p><p>Information and documents provided to support a National Insurance number application are checked and corroborated with Other Government Departments and third parties. The only legislative conditions that DWP will seek to verify are with the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The allocation of National Insurance numbers under the adult allocation process is processed centrally for Great Britain but Northern Ireland is administered separately by the Department for Social Development Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Upon the death of an individual, DWP receive automatic updates from the three General Register Offices (GRO), England &amp; Wales, Scotland on a daily basis and Northern Ireland on a weekly basis. DWP undertakes a rigorous matching process against the updates received from the GROs to ensure that DWP IT Customer Information System (CIS) records are annotated with the Date of Death within 24 hours of the GRO notification being received.</p><p> </p><p>Also when notified of a death DWP staff can input death data, as long as it is supported by appropriate documentation i.e. death certificate, which is updated in real time to the DWP IT Customer Information System.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to advise how many non-British nationals have UK National Insurance numbers.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL5352 HL5353 HL5354 HL5355 question first answered 10/03/2015 16:20:04 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

224224

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the written statement by Lord Freud on 27 November 2014 (HLWS32), when they plan to bring forward the measure to prevent claimants being paid the Employment Support Allowance assessment rate if they have already been found fit for work but have made a repeat claim, and what consideration they have given to the implications this will have for disabled people and those with fluctuating conditions.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL5277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Regulations that implement the measure making changes to how repeat claims for Employment and Support Allowance are dealt with were laid before Parliament on 5th March.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations can be found at <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/437" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/437</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The criteria for eligibility for the support group in Employment and Support Allowance remains the same for men and women.</p><p> </p><p>The updated guidance for healthcare professionals on the assessment of risk in claimants with a Mental Health condition was developed with input from senior psychiatrists. It differentiates between men and women in relation to suicide risk because the suicide rate in men is significantly higher than in women.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance makes clear that the assessment of risk needs to focus both on the claimant’s health and whether the claimant could cope with work-related activity.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL5278 question first answered 11/03/2015 16:49:33 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

224225

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the scoring for Work Capability Assessment applicants with mental health problems has been loaded to make it more difficult for women to qualify for the support group than it is for men; and, if so, why.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL5278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>The Regulations that implement the measure making changes to how repeat claims for Employment and Support Allowance are dealt with were laid before Parliament on 5th March.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations can be found at <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/437" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/437</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The criteria for eligibility for the support group in Employment and Support Allowance remains the same for men and women.</p><p> </p><p>The updated guidance for healthcare professionals on the assessment of risk in claimants with a Mental Health condition was developed with input from senior psychiatrists. It differentiates between men and women in relation to suicide risk because the suicide rate in men is significantly higher than in women.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance makes clear that the assessment of risk needs to focus both on the claimant’s health and whether the claimant could cope with work-related activity.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL5277 question first answered 11/03/2015 16:49:33 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

223922

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	Jobseeker's Allowance Sanctions Independent Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which of the recommendations of the independent review by Matthew Oakley in July 2014 of the operation of Jobseeker’s Allowance sanctions validated by the Jobseekers Act 2013 have been implemented; and what plans there are to implement any outstanding recommendations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL5273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government has published our response to the Oakley Report and a copy can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332137/jsa-sanctions-independent-review-government-response.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332137/jsa-sanctions-independent-review-government-response.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We have accepted all recommendations made by the Oakley Report and we have already implemented a number of improvements. Our response sets out a number of target completion dates for recommendations made by the Oakley Report.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government Response to the Oakley Review we committed to report on the progress of the Communications Review by the end of 2014. The Department published an update on improvements to communications following the review, on 18 December 2014. This can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387727/jsa-sanctions-independent-review-government-response-update.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387727/jsa-sanctions-independent-review-government-response-update.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We will continue to implement the remaining recommendations and will keep the House informed on progress.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 10/03/2015 14:39:51 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

223924

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will undertake an independent review of the operation of Employment and Support Allowance sanctions, with particular emphasis on their impact on those with mental health problems.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL5274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As with all of our policies, we keep the operation of the sanctions system under review to ensure that it continues to operate effectively and as fairly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to make improvements to the sanctions system as committed to in our response to the Oakley Review. The Government has gone further than the scope of the Review, for example, we are reviewing all claimant communications and sanctions processes, not only for those Jobseekers Allowance claimants who come under the remit of the Review, but all Jobseekers Allowance claimants and also all Employment Support Allowance claimants.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 10/03/2015 15:07:26 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester