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46705

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence his Department has collected on public perception of health and safety regulation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	195116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I have been asked to respond as Minister with responsibilty for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).</p><p> </p><p>Reviews of health and safety regulation carried out for the Government by Lord Young and by Professor Ragnar Löfstedt, and endorsed in HSE's recent triennial review, found a near universal agreement that the UK legal framework is fit for purpose. However, there does exist some misunderstanding about what H&amp;S legislation actually requires.</p><p> </p><p>Partly in response to this, the Health and Safety Executive's Myth Busters Challenge Panel allows the public to challenge decisions and policies ascribed to health and safety if they believe them to be incorrect.</p><p>To date the Panel has considered over 270 cases. Details can be found at http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/index.htm</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

46962

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 318W on the Personal Independence Payment, what assumptions have been made by his Department while preparing the budget for the Personal Independence Payment scheme; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who will receive the (a) enhanced and (b) standard rate mobility component of the personal independence payment in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	195171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The latest forecasts of benefit expenditure on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) were published on the 27th of March 2014 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The expenditure estimates are determined by the migration timetable for reassessment and the distribution of new awards between the different rates, including nil awards. The other key input is the monetary value of the standard and enhanced rate of each component of PIP, which are set at the equivalent DLA rates.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below shows estimates of the number of people aged 16-64 who will be eligible for the standard and enhanced rate of mobility of Personal Independence Payment in 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17. These estimates are consistent with Autumn Statement 2013 forecasts. They will be updated in due course.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Personal </strong><strong>Independence</strong><strong> Payment caseload, aged 16-64</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Standard rate of mobility</strong></p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>250,000</p></td><td><p>430,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Enhanced rate of mobility</strong></p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>220,000</p></td><td><p>390,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DWP modelling. Estimates are annual averages and have been rounded to the nearest 10,000.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

46964

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 waiting time for applicants for the personal independence payment (PIP) in each region of the UK is between submission of the PIP2 form and the date of receipt of the first payment after an assessment from each assessment provider.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	195169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the hon Member for <strong>Liverpool</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>West Derby</strong><strong>,</strong> official report, 5 March, column 850W.</p><p> </p><p>In order to manage the gap between Personal Independence Payment go-live and the first release of Official Statistics in Spring 2014, we are assessing whether we can release some further information. If the quality assurance of this information shows that it is sufficiently robust and reliable then we will publish it via ad-hoc statistical releases.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 195168 195170 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

46965

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 waiting time for applicants for the personal independence payment (PIP) in each region of the UK is between submission of the DS1500 form and the date of receipt of the first payment after an assessment by each assessment provider.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	195170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the hon Member for <strong>Liverpool</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>West Derby</strong><strong>,</strong> official report, 5 March, column 850W.</p><p> </p><p>In order to manage the gap between Personal Independence Payment go-live and the first release of Official Statistics in Spring 2014, we are assessing whether we can release some further information. If the quality assurance of this information shows that it is sufficiently robust and reliable then we will publish it via ad-hoc statistical releases.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 195168 195169 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

46966

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 waiting time for applicants for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in each region of the UK is between submission of the PIP2 form and the date of the face-to-face PIP assessment from each assessment provider.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	195168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the hon Member for <strong>Liverpool</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>West Derby</strong><strong>,</strong> official report, 5 March, column 850W.</p><p> </p><p>In order to manage the gap between Personal Independence Payment go-live and the first release of Official Statistics in Spring 2014, we are assessing whether we can release some further information. If the quality assurance of this information shows that it is sufficiently robust and reliable then we will publish it via ad-hoc statistical releases.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 195169 195170 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

46628

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for reconsideration of an employment and support allowance decision have been subject to a decision since 28 October 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	194972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>While mandatory reconsideration data is being collected, it is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is looking into what can be published. The data will need to be validated in order to ensure that it satisfies the relevant standards.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 194910 194911 194973 194974 194975 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

46629

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for reconsideration of a jobseeker's allowance decision have been made since 28 October 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	194973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>While mandatory reconsideration data is being collected, it is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is looking into what can be published. The data will need to be validated in order to ensure that it satisfies the relevant standards.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 194910 194911 194972 194974 194975 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

46631

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for reconsideration of a jobseeker's allowance decision have been subject to a decision made since 28 October 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	194974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>While mandatory reconsideration data is being collected, it is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is looking into what can be published. The data will need to be validated in order to ensure that it satisfies the relevant standards.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 194910 194911 194972 194973 194975 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

46632

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for reconsideration of an employment and support allowance decision have been submitted since mandatory reconsideration came into effect on 28 October 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	194975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>While mandatory reconsideration data is being collected, it is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is looking into what can be published. The data will need to be validated in order to ensure that it satisfies the relevant standards.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 194910 194911 194972 194973 194974 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

46641

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
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 waiting time for a decision for a reconsideration of a jobseeker's allowance decision has been since 28 October 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	194911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>While mandatory reconsideration data is being collected, it is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is looking into what can be published. The data will need to be validated in order to ensure that it satisfies the relevant standards.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 194910 194972 194973 194974 194975 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning