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1141796

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date	24/07/2019
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	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 10 July 2019 to Question 273727, whether her Department has written to the GPs of all those employment and support allowance claimants whom her Department sent an ESA65B letter between August 2017 and 3 June 2019 to correct the advice that they no longer need to provide fit notes for patients.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	281556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Prior to the revised ESA65B letter going live in June, GPs were reminded of all the circumstances in which fit notes may continue to be issued for those found fit for work. GPs were also sent a copy of the final version of the revised ESA65B.</p><p> </p><p>The standing guidance for all GPs, clearly setting out the circumstances in which fit notes should be issued, has been in place since 2013. The guidance has always been clear that no further fit notes will be required unless the patient wishes to appeal the decision, their patient’s condition significantly worsens or they develop a new disability or condition.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/09/2019 14:50:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1141816

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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 claimants over 65 have (a) been unsuccessful in their application for personal independence payment, (b) received benefit at a lower rate and (c) received benefit at a higher rate when transferring from disability living allowance.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	281692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the outcomes of Daily Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment claims broken down by whether the award was increased, unchanged (maintained), decreased, disallowed post referral to assessment, disallowed pre referral to assessment and withdrawn for claimants aged 65 or over at the point of decision. This data is from the introduction of PIP in April 2013 to October 2018, the most recent date for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>Table: Outcome of DLA to PIP reassessment claims for claimants aged over 65 at the date of clearance. (April 2013 to October 2018).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Increased</p></td><td><p>Unchanged</p></td><td><p>Decreased</p></td><td><p>Disallowed Post referral</p></td><td><p>Disallowed Pre referral</p></td><td><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>85,340</p></td><td><p>31,670</p></td><td><p>58,320</p></td><td><p>29,880</p></td><td><p>5,930</p></td><td><p>2,320</p></td><td><p>213,460</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: PIP Computer System claimant records, DLA Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study claimant data and Customer Information System data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/09/2019 14:36:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1141818

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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, how many adults born after 8 April 1948 are awaiting a decision in their application to transfer from disability living allowance to personal independence payment; and how many of those people are (a) aged 66 to 69 and (b) aged 70 or older.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	281693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department is currently investigating a discrepancy with data on registrations to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for the quarter ending April 2019. As a result, registrations data are only available up to 31<sup>st</sup> January 2019. We are therefore unable to release data on the number of claimants who have registered for PIP since 31<sup>st</sup> January 2019 and therefore the number of those claimants who have not yet had a decision.</p><p>Registrations data are expected to be available in future releases when the issue has been resolved.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/09/2019 14:44:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1141823

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the appropriateness of requiring claimants with mental health conditions to attend face-to-face interviews as part of the social security benefits assessment process.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	281655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that attending a face-to-face assessment can be a stressful experience for some people, including for people who have a mental health condition. That is why we do not require people to attend face-to-face consultations where there is enough existing evidence to determine benefit entitlement.</p><p>Furthermore, where a face-to-face consultation is required, we encourage claimants to bring another person with them where they would find this helpful, for example, reassure them or to help them during the consultation. The person chosen is at the discretion of the claimant and might be, but is not limited to, a parent, family member, friend, carer, or advocate.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/09/2019 15:24:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1141826

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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 Credit: Fraud
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 22 July 2019 to Question 278344 on universal credit: fraud, what recourse is available to people, particularly vulnerable people, who have benefited financially but who were unaware that a universal credit advance was the source of the money.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	281563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 09/09/2019 16:04:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe