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1670277

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising support for people with ADHD through the access to work scheme in the context of shortages in ADHD medication.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	2199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made - Access to Work is not intended to act as clinical support or replacement for medication.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/11/2023 14:20:03 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1670283

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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: Neurodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with neurodiverse conditions who used the access to work scheme in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	2201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Regarding the information requested, the department has not made an estimate of the number of people with neurodiverse conditions who used the Access to Work scheme in the last 12 months, as this data is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work Official Statistics are published annually and include the number of people who received a payment for Access to Work by various customer characteristics, including primary medical condition. However, the publication does not include ‘neurodiverse condition’ as a primary medical condition.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/11/2023 14:21:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1669830

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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 was the average time taken to make a decision on an Access to Work assessment from (a) October 2022 to March 2023 and (b) April 2023 to November 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The average time taken to make a decision on an Access to Work assessment from</p><p>(a) October 2022 to March 2023 was 60.5 days</p><p>(b) April 2023 to (end of) October 2023 was 47.0 days</p><p> </p><p><em>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution. </em></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/11/2023 16:47:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1670031

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Cost of Living Payments: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Disability Cost of Living Payment.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	2002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>We continually monitor Cost of Living Payments and have already published Management Information on the number of payments and the amount spent for each type of payment.</p><p> </p><p>An evaluation of the Cost of Living Payments is underway. This will seek to understand their effectiveness as a means of support for low-income and vulnerable households.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/11/2023 16:45:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1669467

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	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 establish a long-term disability strategy from 2024.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	1589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government set out its long-term disability strategy in the National Disability Strategy published in 2021. The National Disability Strategy sets out our ambition to improve the lives of all disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has recently completed a consultation on the Disability Action Plan, which will set out the immediate action the Government is taking this year and in 2024 to improve disabled people’s lives, as well as laying the foundations for longer term change.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/11/2023 16:52:12 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1669596

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	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, with reference to the consultation entitled Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptors, published on 5 September 2023, if he will make an estimate of the number of claimants that would no longer be found to have limited capability for work and work-related activity in (a) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency (b) Scotland and (c) the United Kingdom if each of the proposals in that consultation were implemented.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	1616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>DWP’s consultation on changes to the Work Capability Assessment closed on Monday 30 October. Over 1300 individuals and organisations submitted a response and 14 public consultation events were held, both face-to-face across Great Britain, and virtually. The consultation responses are now being considered and decisions will be taken in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The department has developed estimates of the impacts of these proposals on disabled people. We are continuing to refine these estimates as responses to the consultation are considered. This analysis is not available at a subnational level.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/11/2023 16:54:13 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1669657

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Universal Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) long-term sick and (b) disabled people have been referred for personalised support under the Universal Support employment programme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	1647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Universal Support is in the early stages of development, and we will publish further information in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 1648 1649 question first answered 21/11/2023 14:28:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1669658

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Universal Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) long-term sick and (b) disabled people have been referred for personalised support under the Universal Support employment programme by Jobcentre work coaches.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	1648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Universal Support is in the early stages of development, and we will publish further information in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 1647 1649 question first answered 21/11/2023 14:28:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1669271

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
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 longest waiting time was for an Access to Work decision in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	1370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The information requested about what the longest wait time was to apply for Access to Work is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/11/2023 16:50:53 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1667529

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide additional funding to the Motability Scheme over the next three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	90
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The department does not provide direct funding to Motability.  DWP transfers only the mobility part of relevant benefits to Motability for eligible customers choosing to join the scheme.  Motability is an independent charitable organisation that is wholly responsible for the terms and the administration of the scheme.</p><p /> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/11/2023 17:44:26 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell