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808280

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people to progress at work and increase their earnings.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	902994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Universal credit provides us with the opportunity to support people to progress and we are developing the evidence base about what works.</p><p>Building on our existing suite of trials, which includes a large scale Randomised Control Trial, we have committed an additional £8m to testing different approaches to supporting people to progress.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/12/2017 17:37:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

808849

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	Work Capability Assessment: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to ensure higher standards of service and stricter key performance indicators to improve performance when the contract for work capability assessments is up for renewal in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	119958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The contract for the delivery of Work Capability Assessments expires in February 2020. As part of the two year extension agreement, we have agreed higher standards of service and improved Key Performance Indicators.</p><p> </p><p>During the remaining term of our current contract both the Department and our supplier will continue its drive for continuous contractual performance improvement and even higher standards. We will review our future requirements as part of our preparations for re-contracting.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 15:24:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

753029

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to provide transitional financial support to women affected by the change in the retirement age; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	5448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has already made a concession worth £1.1 billion that will reduce the impact of these increases on those women most affected by them.</p><p> </p><p>This issue has been debated numerous times and numerous statements have already been made. Introducing further concessions cannot be justified given the imperative to focus public resources on helping those most in need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/07/2017 10:04:08 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

533001

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Brexit
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 potential policy implications for his Department of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	41913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe will need to begin under a new Prime Minister, and we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements. In the meantime, Departments continue working to deliver the Government agenda.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/07/2016 15:27:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

525722

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations were submitted in relation to entitlement to disability living allowance for children in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	40842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Mandatory Reconsiderations received for the last three years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disability Living Allowance </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child Mandatory Reconsiderations received</p></td><td><p>18,543</p></td><td><p>21,647</p></td><td><p>27,015</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information for the second question could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>Mandatory Reconsiderations were introduced from October 2013 as part of Appeals Reform. The figures shown in the table above for 2013/14 include reconsideration clearances (pre-reform) to enable the full year to be provided.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source: </strong>Department of Work and Pensions, Disability Living Allowance Computer System</p><p> </p><p>This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice and should be used with caution.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 40696 question first answered 27/06/2016 15:10:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

525725

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
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 existing claimants of disability living allowance for children were re-assessed and awarded a lower rate of entitlement in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	40646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Children are given fixed term awards and it is the responsibility of the parent to make a new application once the award ends if the child still has additional needs as a result of disability. If a relevant change of circumstances is reported then the claim could be reassessed. Although data is held on numbers of renewals and supersessions we do not hold data on outcomes from these.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 40693 question first answered 27/06/2016 14:25:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

525728

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations for re-assessments of entitlement to disability living allowance for children were (a) upheld and (b) rejected in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	40696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Mandatory Reconsiderations received for the last three years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disability Living Allowance </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child Mandatory Reconsiderations received</p></td><td><p>18,543</p></td><td><p>21,647</p></td><td><p>27,015</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information for the second question could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>Mandatory Reconsiderations were introduced from October 2013 as part of Appeals Reform. The figures shown in the table above for 2013/14 include reconsideration clearances (pre-reform) to enable the full year to be provided.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source: </strong>Department of Work and Pensions, Disability Living Allowance Computer System</p><p> </p><p>This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice and should be used with caution.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 40842 question first answered 27/06/2016 15:10:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

525729

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments for disability living allowance for children have been conducted in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	40695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Disability Living Allowance Claims Managers assess child claims and make decisions on claims. The table below shows the number of decisions cleared for the last three years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLA New Claims decisions made</p></td><td><p>81,517</p></td><td><p>95,351</p></td><td><p>95,914</p></td><td><p>272,782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLA Renewal decisions made</p></td><td><p>54,772</p></td><td><p>68,148</p></td><td><p>69,436</p></td><td><p>192,356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLA Supersession decisions made</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>23,801</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>26,437</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>30,672</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>80,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Change of Circumstance)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLA Reconsideration decisions made</p></td><td><p>14,753</p></td><td><p>24,913</p></td><td><p>27,597</p></td><td><p>67,263</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Total cleared includes Normal and Special Rules Claims</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong>Source</strong>: Department of Work and Pensions, Disability Living Allowance Computer System - RDA 80123 report</p><p> </p><p>This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice and should be used with caution.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/06/2016 15:00:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

525731

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of disability living allowance for children re-assessments resulted in a change in the award entitlement in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	40693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Children are given fixed term awards and it is the responsibility of the parent to make a new application once the award ends if the child still has additional needs as a result of disability. If a relevant change of circumstances is reported then the claim could be reassessed. Although data is held on numbers of renewals and supersessions we do not hold data on outcomes from these.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 40646 question first answered 27/06/2016 14:25:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

525732

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many re-assessments for people already receiving disability living allowance for children have been conducted in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	40694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>For Disability Living Allowance children are given fixed term awards and it is the responsibility of the parent to make a new application once the award ends if the child still has additional needs as a result of disability. If a relevant change of circumstances is reported then the claim could be reassessed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below shows the number of Renewal decisions cleared on an existing award and the number of Supersession decisions cleared which relate to a change of circumstance on an existing award, for the last three years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disability Living Allowance </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child Renewals total clearances</p></td><td><p>54,772</p></td><td><p>68,148</p></td><td><p>69,436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child Supersessions total clearances</p></td><td><p>17,339</p></td><td><p>16,275</p></td><td><p>19,588</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Child Supersessions + Renewals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72,111</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>84,423</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>89,024</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source</strong>: Department of Work and Pensions, Disability Living Allowance Computer System - RDA 80123 report</p><p> </p><p>This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice and should be used with caution.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/06/2016 14:45:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh