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1568665

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timescale is for the Access to Work Adjustment Passports pilot; and whether he plans to publish findings from the pilot.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	127900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>To support transitions into and between employment, we are delivering a series of Adjustment Passport pilots. The Adjustment Passport has been developed with stakeholders and works to empower the user by providing a living document of the individual’s adjustments and in-work support needs, support conversations with potential employers, raise awareness of Access to Work and reduce the need for reassessments.</p><p> </p><p>The Adjustment Passport for graduates leaving university was delivered in three universities during 2022 - Wolverhampton University, Manchester Metropolitan University and Kings College London. The universities evaluated the pilot and published their findings in Autumn 2022.</p><p> </p><p>An Adjustment Passport for young disabled people participating in a vocational programme (e.g. Supported Internships, Traineeships and Apprenticeships) commenced in January 2023 and will last for a period of 12 months with evaluation expected to be available once the test has completed.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the DWP are working with the Ministry of Defence to test an Adjustment Passport for Armed Forces Personnel, which is due to commence during 2023. Details surrounding the test are still being developed with the Ministry of Defence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 24/01/2023 12:21:53 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1568122

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of invoices for support under the Access to Work scheme were paid within 30 days in (a) 2022 and (b) to date in 2023; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to pay of Access to Work scheme invoices.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	126582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The data to produce the requested information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, we are transforming the Access to Work service through increased digitalisation, which will make the service more efficient, will make the application process easier, and will improve the time taken from application through to decision. We are also currently testing a revised digital payment journey for Access to Work claims which will provide Access to Work customers with the ability to submit claim information electronically. Moving away from the current clerical process will provide a more efficient, streamlined service for customers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 24/01/2023 12:13:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1568133

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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: Appeals
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 include in his Department's Annual Report for the 2022-23 financial year a performance measure on the number and proportion of appeals against decisions by his Department to refuse (a) Employment Support Allowance, (b) Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work and (c) Personal Independence Payment that (i) lapsed in advance of the hearing and (ii) were overturned by the First Tier Tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	126796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to monitoring and reporting progress against the priority outcomes agreed for the department in the Spending Review 2021 settlement.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish our Annual Report and Accounts for 2022/23 in Summer 2023, which will include performance statistics on key measures and metrics, including customer satisfaction levels, and support provided to those in receipt of disability benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 126797 126798 126799 question first answered 24/01/2023 12:18:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1568134

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include data on (a) the number of requests for a mandatory reconsideration of decision by his Department to refuse an application for (i) Employment Support Allowance, (ii) Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work and (iii) Personal Independence Payment and (b) the proportion of those reconsiderations that resulted in a change of award as measures of performance in his Department's Annual Report for the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	126797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to monitoring and reporting progress against the priority outcomes agreed for the department in the Spending Review 2021 settlement.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish our Annual Report and Accounts for 2022/23 in Summer 2023, which will include performance statistics on key measures and metrics, including customer satisfaction levels, and support provided to those in receipt of disability benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 126796 126798 126799 question first answered 24/01/2023 12:18:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1568135

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include data on the quality of disability benefit assessments carried out by (a) Atos, (b) Capita and (c) Maximus as a measure of performance in his Department's Annual Report for the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	126798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to monitoring and reporting progress against the priority outcomes agreed for the department in the Spending Review 2021 settlement.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish our Annual Report and Accounts for 2022/23 in Summer 2023, which will include performance statistics on key measures and metrics, including customer satisfaction levels, and support provided to those in receipt of disability benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 126796 126797 126799 question first answered 24/01/2023 12:18:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1568136

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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: Disability
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 take steps to include customer satisfaction scores for people who applied for (a) Employment Support Allowance, (b) Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work, (b) Personal Independence Payment and (c) other disability benefits in his Department's annual report for the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	126799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to monitoring and reporting progress against the priority outcomes agreed for the department in the Spending Review 2021 settlement.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish our Annual Report and Accounts for 2022/23 in Summer 2023, which will include performance statistics on key measures and metrics, including customer satisfaction levels, and support provided to those in receipt of disability benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 126796 126797 126798 question first answered 24/01/2023 12:18:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1568286

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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 Schemes: Mental Illness
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 his Department's Press release entitled £122 million employment boost for people receiving mental health support, published on 10 October 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of £122 million funding on helping people (a) find and (b) into work.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	126627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The £122m funding will enable the expansion of Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies from the current 40% of England to the whole of England by Summer 2024. This joint programme by DWP, DHSC, and NHS England will see the recruitment of around an additional 700 employment advisers to support people with common mental health conditions to improve their mental health, whilst also helping them stay in, or find, work.</p><p> </p><p>As the Employment Advisers programme is rolled out across England, we will be evaluating the impact on health and employment.</p><p> </p><p>Evaluation of the trial of the service (across 40% of England) showed that Employment Advisers had a positive impact on mental health across all Talking Therapy client groups. Those who were out of work at entry to the service were 6 percentage points more likely to be in work at the end of treatment, compared to a matched comparison group which received IAPT support only.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/01/2023 15:52:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1567623

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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, with reference to his Department's PIP Assessment Guide, updated on 21 July 2022, whether his Department is taking steps to support people claiming a Personal Independence Payment who require additional support under the guidance.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	125421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>We understand that some claimants may not be able to engage effectively with the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims process due to reduced mental capacity or insight – for example, they may not understand the consequences of not returning a claim form and not have a personal acting body (PAB) to help them. Claimants identified as requiring additional support (AS) during the gathering of initial claim information have an AS marker added to their claim, and elements of the PIP claims process have been adapted to provide further support for this group. If difficulties are identified later in the claimant journey, an AS marker can be added at any point.</p><p> </p><p>The PIP Assessment Guide is guidance for health professionals carrying out assessments and includes a section (1.12) on identifying claimants who require AS to engage with the PIP application process.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/01/2023 14:33:32 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1567102

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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 the current wait time is between submitting an application for Personal Independent Payment and receiving a decision.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	124024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner, and reducing customer journey times for PIP claimants is a priority for the department. We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to review all available evidence.</p><p> </p><p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearance times are available as part of the PIP Official Statistics quarterly release. The latest release, with data available to October 2022, is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123400/tables-pip-statistics-to-oct-2022-eng-wales.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123400/tables-pip-statistics-to-oct-2022-eng-wales.xlsx</a><strong>. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Table 1A in this release shows that the median average clearance times for normal rules new claims are currently (October 2022) 16 weeks “end to end” (from registration to a decision being made).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>The status of claims as 'normal rules' and 'new claim' is shown as at the point of the claim registration. It is possible for claims to transition between normal and special rules, and between new claims and reassessments, during the course of the claimant journey;</li><li>The figures in Table 1A are the average clearance time of claims completing the relevant stage of customer journey within that calendar month;</li><li>The 'Registration to DWP decision (end to end)' clearance time is measured as the average time between the date of registration of the claim and the date of the DWP decision to either award or disallow the claim. It does not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by DWP pre-referral to the Assessment Providers (e.g., for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria or failure to return the Part 2 form within the time limit);</li><li>The median time is the middle value if you were to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value. The median is presented here instead of the mean because the mean can be unduly affected by outlying cases (e.g., cases where the person has been hard to reach due to being in prison, hospital, failed to attend the assessment on numerous occasions etc.);</li><li>Data provided is for claimants residing in England and Wales, plus those with unknown or abroad addresses only.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/01/2023 10:48:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1567104

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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 proportion of Personal Independence Payment applications were processed within his Department's service standard of 12 weeks in (a) 2019-2020, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	124025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>As referenced in the response of 19 July 2022, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-12/34999" target="_blank">UIN 34999</a>, there is no target for clearance times to Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Clearance times for claims to PIP are published quarterly and can be found from the PIP Statistics page available on GOV.UK: <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 Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/01/2023 11:46:59 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West