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registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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: Motor Neurone Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure the prompt payment of benefits to people with motor neurone disease; whether his Department plans to make changes to that regime for such people; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	111059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to processing all claims as quickly as possible, while ensuring we have all the evidence we need to make the right decisions. In Personal Independence Payment around 81,000 claims are processed each month compared with 80,000 per month this time last year. As at July 2017 the average claimant was waiting 8 weeks for an assessment for both new and reassessment claims. Where a claimant is terminally ill, their claim is fast tracked, these cases are currently taking just 6 working days to clear.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/11/2017 14:58:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

685606

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
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	Veterans: 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 he has made of the effectiveness of process by which veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder access their personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	63200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department has been working closely with the Royal British Legion, the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessment Providers and other stakeholders to enhance the service provided to service veterans, particularly those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Specific condition insight reports on PTSD, and the needs of service veterans, are now available to all health professionals working for our Assessment Providers and we are in the process of co-producing additional, tailored advice for veterans who may want to claim or are claiming PIP or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).</p><p> </p><p>Our Green Paper Consultation includes specific questions and consultation event for the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/02/2017 13:25:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

427316

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent from the public purse on the payment of social security benefits to non-UK citizens in each European Economic Area country for each year from 1997-98 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The full information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions checks the nationality and immigration status of benefit claimants to ensure the benefit is paid properly and to prevent fraud. While this information is used, it is not recorded as part of the benefit payment administrative systems.</p><p>Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables are published on Gov.UK. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/474453/expenditure-by-country-and-region-2014-15.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/474453/expenditure-by-country-and-region-2014-15.xlsx</a></p><p>Please note that these figures include a breakdown for UK regions and a combined figure for expenditure abroad or where the region is unknown. Expenditure is not broken down by nationality.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 15455 question first answered 16/11/2015 14:46:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

427317

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent from the public purse on the payment of social security benefits to non-UK citizens in each non-European Economic Area country for each year from 1997-98 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The full information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions checks the nationality and immigration status of benefit claimants to ensure the benefit is paid properly and to prevent fraud. While this information is used, it is not recorded as part of the benefit payment administrative systems.</p><p>Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables are published on Gov.UK. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/474453/expenditure-by-country-and-region-2014-15.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/474453/expenditure-by-country-and-region-2014-15.xlsx</a></p><p>Please note that these figures include a breakdown for UK regions and a combined figure for expenditure abroad or where the region is unknown. Expenditure is not broken down by nationality.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 15457 question first answered 16/11/2015 14:46:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

427318

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent from the public purse on the payment of the state pension to non-UK citizens in each European Economic Area country for each year from 1997-98 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>Entitlement to UK State Pension is based on UK national insurance contributions and credits which enables pensioners, many of whom are UK nationals, to receive their state pensions abroad.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold data on the nationality of State Pension claimants however;</p><p>State Pension expenditure by country of residence is published on Gov.UK <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464096/state-pension-by-country-2014-15.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464096/state-pension-by-country-2014-15.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Expenditure is not broken down by nationality.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 15453 question first answered 20/11/2015 14:58:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

427319

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent from the public purse on the payment of the state pension to non-UK citizens in each non-European Economic Area country in each year from 1997-98 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>Entitlement to UK State Pension is based on UK national insurance contributions and credits which enables pensioners, many of whom are UK nationals, to receive their state pensions abroad.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold data on the nationality of State Pension claimants however;</p><p>State Pension expenditure by country of residence is published on Gov.UK <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464096/state-pension-by-country-2014-15.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464096/state-pension-by-country-2014-15.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Expenditure is not broken down by nationality.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 15456 question first answered 20/11/2015 14:58:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

390670

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Pension Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of UK pension fund (a) equity assets, (b) fixed income assets, (c) real estate assets, (d) private equity assets, (e) private equity assets (f) infrastructure assets, (g) hedge fund assets and (h) cash held in (i) the UK and (ii) overseas.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	7580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/07/2015 16:04:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching