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867381

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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, if she will ensure that claimants who are moved on to universal credit when employment and support allowance is withdrawn after an assessment and who subsequently get that decision overturned on appeal can claim employment and support allowance at their previous rate.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	133356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Claimants whose health condition remains unchanged and who move from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit, following a fit for work decision that is subsequently overturned, will have their Universal Credit assessed on the basis of having limited capability for work or limited capability for work and work-related activity.</p><p> </p><p>In these circumstances claimants will also be paid any arrears of Employment and Support Allowance that are due up until their claim for Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2018 14:17:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

867405

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
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 21 February 2018 to Question 128306, if he will place the evidential basis for the predicted saving of over £160m per year to the taxpayer through the introduction of SMI loans in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	133380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on savings associated with this policy is provided here: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/725/impacts" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/725/impacts</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2018 16:23:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

867431

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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: Mental Illness
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 make an assessment of the adequacy of the criteria for assessments for personal independence payments for people with mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	133406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The assessment criteria for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) have been developed to take into account the overall impact of a claimant’s physical or mental health condition or impairment on their functional ability, rather than focusing on a particular diagnosis. The inclusion in the assessment of activities around communicating, engaging with others, and planning and following journeys assists with assessing the impact of conditions affecting mental, intellectual, cognitive and developmental functions.</p><p> </p><p>66% of PIP recipients with mental health conditions get the enhanced rate daily living component, compared with 22% who received the highest DLA care component. And 31% of PIP recipients with mental health conditions get the enhanced rate mobility rate, compared with just 10% of DLA recipients.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 14:22:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

867439

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 20 March 2018 on Access to Work Scheme, HCWS563, what estimate her Department has made of the number of additional disabled people who will potentially receive assistance as a result of increasing the Access to Work grant.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	133414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Written Ministerial Statement of 20 March on Access to Work announced that the Access to Work award limit, currently £42,100 per year, will rise from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 to £57,200 per annum. This will make available an increased level of potential support to those using Access to Work. We intend to publish an update to the Equality Analysis published in May 2015 as a formal addendum.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-access-to-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-access-to-work</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 15:09:27 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

867444

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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 assessment she has made of levels of satisfaction of claimants at the mandatory reconsideration stage of personal independence payment claims in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	133419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions monitors overall levels of satisfaction for most benefits, including Personal Independent Payment (PIP), via the Claimant Service and Experience Survey. The survey includes PIP claimants who have had contact with DWP in the three months prior to interview. The latest overall satisfaction figure for PIP was 87% in 2016/17 (76% in 2015/16). The research is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-claimant-service-and-experience-survey-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-claimant-service-and-experience-survey-2016-to-2017</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has also undertaken an extensive independent three wave evaluation (PIP Claimant Experience Evaluation) examining individuals’ experiences of all stages of the PIP journey. In total over 3,600 individuals have been interviewed. The third and final wave of the evaluation examines Mandatory Reconsiderations and Appeals, findings from which will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/03/2018 13:21:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 49824 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

867479

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Guardianship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK have (a) corporate appointeeship and (b) corporate deputy.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	133454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Public Guardian has reported that there are currently 33,581 deputies in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to corporate appointees and deputies being in receipt of Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance is not collated centrally by DWP and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 133456 133457 question first answered 27/03/2018 13:25:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 49827 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

867481

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Guardianship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK with a (a) corporate appointeeship and (b) corporate deputy are in receipt of Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	133456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Public Guardian has reported that there are currently 33,581 deputies in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to corporate appointees and deputies being in receipt of Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance is not collated centrally by DWP and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 133454 133457 question first answered 27/03/2018 13:25:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 49873 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

867482

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Guardianship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK with a (a) corporate appointeeship and (b) corporate deputy are in receipt of employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	133457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Public Guardian has reported that there are currently 33,581 deputies in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to corporate appointees and deputies being in receipt of Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance is not collated centrally by DWP and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 133454 133456 question first answered 27/03/2018 13:25:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 49874 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

867484

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Guardianship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that claimants with a (a) corporate appointeeship and (b) corporate deputy can claim Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	133459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently designing a process which will allow claims to be made and managed by corporate appointees and deputies. In the meantime it is working with corporate appointees and deputies on a case by case basis, to ensure continuity of payment where claimants are migrating to Universal Credit from an existing benefit, and to facilitate new claims so that payment is made without delay.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/03/2018 16:26:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

867485

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a universal credit claimant in the support group requires a claimant commitment.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	133460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>All Universal Credit claimants are required to accept a Claimant Commitment as a condition of entitlement. Where it has been determined that a claimant has a serious health condition or disability which prevents them from working or preparing for work, they will not be required to undertake any work-related requirements and their Claimant Commitment will reflect this.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2018 14:12:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George