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date	2019-07-12
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
min answer › question first answered	2019-07-17T15:55:28.043Z

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1138630

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12/07/2019

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Department for Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Welfare Assistance Schemes

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25259

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) promote and (b) fund local welfare assistance.

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Morley and Outwood

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Andrea Jenkyns

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276564

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date of answer

22/07/2019

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The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities are best placed to decide how to promote and target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision. The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2015-16 identifies a notional amount relating to local welfare provision in each upper-tier and unitary authority’s general grant, totalling £129.6 million for England. The notional allocation for local welfare provision remains at £129.6 million in England in the Local Government Financial Settlement until 2019/20. There are no plans to ring-fence this notional allocation.

answering member constituency

Reading West

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Alok Sharma

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276565
276576

question first answered

22/07/2019 15:11:48

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4014

label	Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma

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4490

label	Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1138631

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12/07/2019

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

answering dept id

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Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Welfare Assistance Schemes

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25259

pref label	House of Commons

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will allocate additional funding for local welfare assistance.

tabling member constituency

Morley and Outwood

tabling member printed

Andrea Jenkyns

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276565

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is ministerial correction

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22/07/2019

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Reading West

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Alok Sharma

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276564
276576

question first answered

22/07/2019 15:11:48

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4014

label	Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma

tabling member

4490

label	Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1138642

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date

12/07/2019

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Department for Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis

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legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Wales and (d) England (i) made new applications for personal independence payments and (ii) were reassessed from disability living allowance to personal independence payments in each year since 2013.

tabling member constituency

East Lothian

tabling member printed

Martin Whitfield

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276584

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/07/2019

answer text

The Department does not hold the data requested on the disability of a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimant at the point of registration (application) for a claim. Data on a PIP claimant’s condition is not recorded until the claimant attends an assessment. The latest available data on PIP clearances can be broken down by main disabling condition for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims for those that attended an assessment (awarded and disallowed post referral to the AP due to failing assessment), for each month from the introduction of PIP in April 2013 to the last available data in April 2019. Data can also be split by geographical area within Great Britain (region).Stat-Xplore can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a> Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a> Please note that the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is only responsible for benefits in Great Britain. Social security benefits, including PIP, are a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and your questions regarding PIP in Northern Ireland should be directed at the Department of Communities in Northern Ireland.

answering member constituency

North Swindon

answering member printed

Justin Tomlinson

question first answered

22/07/2019 14:09:21

answering member

4105

label	Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

tabling member

4626

label	Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1138643

registered interest

date

12/07/2019

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Work and Pensions

answering dept sort name

Work and Pensions

hansard heading

Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Wales and (d) England that were in receipt of disability living allowance and underwent a reassessment for personal independence payments applied for mandatory reconsideration of the decision in each year since 2013; and how many of those people (i) had their decision overturned and (ii) had their decision upheld.

tabling member constituency

East Lothian

tabling member printed

Martin Whitfield

uin

276585

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/07/2019

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The information requested on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) mandatory reconsiderations (MR) and appeals for claimants with a primary disabling condition of Multiple Sclerosis in Scotland, Wales and England can be found in the tables below. The Northern Irish Assembly has devolved responsibility for social security benefits. The responsibility for statistics in Northern Ireland lies with the Department for Communities: <a href="http://www.communities-ni.gov.uk" target="_blank">http://www.communities-ni.gov.uk</a>Since PIP was introduced 4.1m decisions have been made up to March 2019, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned. Reassessments from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP. Table 1: The number of Initial Decisions, MRs and appeals for reassessment claims to PIP with a main disabling condition of multiple sclerosis, Scotland.<table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year of Initial Decision</td><td>Number of Initial Decisions</td><td>MRs registered</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was changed</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was not changed</td><td>Appeals Lodged</td><td>Appeals where the decision was lapsed</td><td>Appeals where the decision was maintained</td><td>Appeals where the decision was overturned in favour of the claimant</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td>70</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>#</td><td>#</td><td>0</td><td>#</td><td>#</td></tr><tr><td>2015/16</td><td>370</td><td>70</td><td>20</td><td>60</td><td>50</td><td>#</td><td>10</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>2016/17</td><td>1,360</td><td>210</td><td>60</td><td>150</td><td>100</td><td>10</td><td>20</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td>2017/18</td><td>820</td><td>140</td><td>40</td><td>100</td><td>70</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>2018/19</td><td>690</td><td>120</td><td>20</td><td>80</td><td>60</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>20</td></tr></tbody></table> Table 2: The number of Initial Decisions, MRs and appeals for reassessment claims to PIP with a main disabling condition of multiple sclerosis, Wales. <table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year of Initial Decision</td><td>Number of Initial Decisions</td><td>MRs registered</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was changed</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was not changed</td><td>Appeals Lodged</td><td>Appeals where the decision was lapsed</td><td>Appeals where the decision was maintained</td><td>Appeals where the decision was overturned in favour of the claimant</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>#</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td>150</td><td>40</td><td>20</td><td>20</td><td>20</td><td>#</td><td>0</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>2015/16</td><td>250</td><td>60</td><td>10</td><td>50</td><td>30</td><td>#</td><td>#</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>2016/17</td><td>930</td><td>200</td><td>60</td><td>150</td><td>90</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td>2017/18</td><td>430</td><td>60</td><td>20</td><td>50</td><td>30</td><td>#</td><td>#</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>2018/19</td><td>240</td><td>50</td><td>10</td><td>20</td><td>10</td><td>#</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table> Table 3: The number of Initial Decisions, MRs and appeals for reassessment claims to PIP with a main disabling condition of multiple sclerosis, England. <table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year of Initial Decision</td><td>Number of Initial Decisions</td><td>MRs registered</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was changed</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was not changed</td><td>Appeals Lodged</td><td>Appeals where the decision was lapsed</td><td>Appeals where the decision was maintained</td><td>Appeals where the decision was overturned in favour of the claimant</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>#</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td>610</td><td>110</td><td>50</td><td>50</td><td>40</td><td>#</td><td>#</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>2015/16</td><td>2,720</td><td>640</td><td>160</td><td>470</td><td>300</td><td>30</td><td>40</td><td>220</td></tr><tr><td>2016/17</td><td>9,920</td><td>1,970</td><td>550</td><td>1,400</td><td>840</td><td>80</td><td>140</td><td>560</td></tr><tr><td>2017/18</td><td>7,160</td><td>1,380</td><td>330</td><td>1,040</td><td>620</td><td>100</td><td>70</td><td>350</td></tr><tr><td>2018/19</td><td>6,260</td><td>1,220</td><td>300</td><td>810</td><td>500</td><td>120</td><td>10</td><td>80</td></tr></tbody></table>New Claims to PIP. Table 4: The number of Initial Decisions, MRs and appeals for PIP new claims with a main disabling condition of multiple sclerosis, Scotland. <table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year of Initial Decision</td><td>Number of Initial Decisions</td><td>MRs registered</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was changed</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was not changed</td><td>Appeals Lodged</td><td>Appeals where the decision was lapsed</td><td>Appeals where the decision was maintained</td><td>Appeals where the decision was overturned in favour of the claimant</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>130</td><td>20</td><td>10</td><td>20</td><td>10</td><td>#</td><td>#</td><td>#</td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td>560</td><td>110</td><td>20</td><td>90</td><td>40</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>2015/16</td><td>470</td><td>120</td><td>20</td><td>100</td><td>40</td><td>#</td><td>20</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>2016/17</td><td>540</td><td>130</td><td>20</td><td>110</td><td>50</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>2017/18</td><td>500</td><td>110</td><td>10</td><td>90</td><td>40</td><td>#</td><td>10</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>2018/19</td><td>440</td><td>100</td><td>10</td><td>80</td><td>30</td><td>10</td><td>#</td><td>10</td></tr></tbody></table> Table 5: The number of Initial Decisions, MRs and appeals for PIP new claims with a main disabling condition of multiple sclerosis, Wales. <table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year of Initial Decision</td><td>Number of Initial Decisions</td><td>MRs registered</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was changed</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was not changed</td><td>Appeals Lodged</td><td>Appeals where the decision was lapsed</td><td>Appeals where the decision was maintained</td><td>Appeals where the decision was overturned in favour of the claimant</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>40</td><td>10</td><td>#</td><td>10</td><td>#</td><td>0</td><td>#</td><td>#</td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td>250</td><td>40</td><td>10</td><td>30</td><td>10</td><td>#</td><td>#</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>2015/16</td><td>140</td><td>30</td><td>10</td><td>20</td><td>#</td><td>0</td><td>#</td><td>#</td></tr><tr><td>2016/17</td><td>180</td><td>40</td><td>#</td><td>40</td><td>20</td><td>#</td><td>10</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>2017/18</td><td>160</td><td>40</td><td>10</td><td>30</td><td>20</td><td>0</td><td>#</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>2018/19</td><td>190</td><td>50</td><td>10</td><td>30</td><td>10</td><td>#</td><td>#</td><td>#</td></tr></tbody></table> Table 6: The number of Initial Decisions, MRs and appeals for PIP new claims with a main disabling condition of multiple sclerosis, England. <table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year of Initial Decision</td><td>Number of Initial Decisions</td><td>MRs registered</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was changed</td><td>MRs completed where the initial award was not changed</td><td>Appeals Lodged</td><td>Appeals where the decision was lapsed</td><td>Appeals where the decision was maintained</td><td>Appeals where the decision was overturned in favour of the claimant</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>530</td><td>90</td><td>30</td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td>3,940</td><td>650</td><td>170</td><td>470</td><td>180</td><td>30</td><td>40</td><td>100</td></tr><tr><td>2015/16</td><td>3,240</td><td>730</td><td>130</td><td>600</td><td>240</td><td>20</td><td>60</td><td>150</td></tr><tr><td>2016/17</td><td>3,040</td><td>670</td><td>90</td><td>580</td><td>230</td><td>30</td><td>70</td><td>120</td></tr><tr><td>2017/18</td><td>3,130</td><td>740</td><td>110</td><td>630</td><td>280</td><td>40</td><td>40</td><td>160</td></tr><tr><td>2018/19</td><td>2,780</td><td>640</td><td>100</td><td>450</td><td>190</td><td>20</td><td>#</td><td>20</td></tr></tbody></table>Source: PIP Computer SystemAll data rounded to the nearest 10. # refers to where there are less than 5 cases. Components may not sum to totals due to rounding. In the application process, claimants’ primary disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics. The geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode). PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants. Some decisions which are changed at MR, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at MR and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together. Lapsed appeals are where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal. Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to an MR and appeal.

answering member constituency

North Swindon

answering member printed

Justin Tomlinson

grouped question UIN

276586
277819
277820

question first answered

22/07/2019 14:08:37

answering member

4105

label	Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

tabling member

4626

label	Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1138644

registered interest

date

12/07/2019

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Work and Pensions

answering dept sort name

Work and Pensions

hansard heading

Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Wales and (d) England that made a new application for personal independence payment applied for mandatory reconsideration of the decision in each year since 2013, and how many of those people had had their decision (i) overturned and (ii) upheld.

tabling member constituency

East Lothian

tabling member printed

Martin Whitfield

uin

276586

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/07/2019

answer text

answering member constituency

North Swindon

answering member printed

Justin Tomlinson

grouped question UIN

276585
277819
277820

question first answered

22/07/2019 14:08:37

answering member

4105

label	Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

tabling member

4626

label	Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1138669

registered interest

date

12/07/2019

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Work and Pensions

answering dept sort name

Work and Pensions

hansard heading

Mesothelioma: Death

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference the report entitled, Asbestos-related diseases in Great Britain, 2018, published in October 2018, how many deaths from mesothelioma there were in each (a) region and (b) local authority area.

tabling member constituency

Wentworth and Dearne

tabling member printed

John Healey

uin

276514

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/07/2019

answer text

The latest mesothelioma death statistics for Great Britain by region and local authority were published on the HSE website on 3 July 2019 and are summarised in the report at <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/mesothelioma/mesoarea.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/mesothelioma/mesoarea.pdf</a>.Mesothelioma deaths and Standardised Mortality Ratios by region and local authority area for the period 1981-2017 are available in tables MESOAREA01 and MESOAREA02 for males and females respectively at <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/tables/mesoarea.xlsx" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/tables/mesoarea.xlsx</a> . The statistics are further broken down by a 5-year time-period in tables MESOAREA03 and MESOAREA04 for males and females respectively.Standardised Mortality Ratios allow an assessment of whether the death rate in each area is higher or lower than that for Great Britain as a whole, after allowing for population age differences.

answering member constituency

North Swindon

answering member printed

Justin Tomlinson

question first answered

22/07/2019 12:50:42

answering member

4105

label	Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

tabling member

400

label	Biography information for John Healey

1138692

registered interest

date

12/07/2019

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Work and Pensions

answering dept sort name

Work and Pensions

hansard heading

Social Security Benefits: Disability

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on administering reviews and appeals against disability benefits in each of the last ten years.

tabling member constituency

Coventry South

tabling member printed

Mr Jim Cunningham

uin

276510

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/07/2019

answer text

The table below gives the operational costs for disability benefits for the years from 2013/14 to 2018/19. This is the only comparable data available for the period requested due to changes in benefit delivery. The question asks for the cost of ‘administering reviews’ which is not a recognised DWP terminology so we have assumed the request is for the cost of Reconsiderations, as well as Appeals.Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution. <table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"> </td><td>18/19</td><td>17/18</td><td>16/17</td><td>15/16</td><td>14/15</td><td>13/14</td></tr><tr><td>£m</td><td>£m</td><td>£m</td><td>£m</td><td>£m</td><td>£m</td></tr><tr><td>Appeals and Reconsiderations</td><td>66.93</td><td>66.07</td><td>49.33</td><td>37.21</td><td>39.20</td><td>51.03</td></tr></tbody></table>

answering member constituency

North Swindon

answering member printed

Justin Tomlinson

question first answered

22/07/2019 13:09:36

answering member

4105

label	Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

tabling member

308

label	Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1138697

registered interest

date

12/07/2019

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Work and Pensions

answering dept sort name

Work and Pensions

hansard heading

Welfare Assistance Schemes

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of supplementing the Local Welfare Assistance Scheme with a centrally allocated fund.

tabling member constituency

Ealing Central and Acton

tabling member printed

Dr Rupa Huq

uin

276576

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/07/2019

answer text

answering member constituency

Reading West

answering member printed

Alok Sharma

grouped question UIN

276564
276565

question first answered

22/07/2019 15:11:48

answering member

4014

label	Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma

tabling member

4511

label	Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq