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1667926

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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
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 financial impact of proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessment on disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The consultation closed on Monday 30 October. Over 1300 individuals and organisations submitted a response and 14 public consultation events were held, both face-to-face across Great Britain, and virtually.</p><p> </p><p>The department has developed estimates of the number of claimants impacted across the range of options that were considered in the Work Capability Assessment consultation.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to refine these estimates as responses are considered following the end of the consultation period.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/11/2023 15:49:54 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1134624

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
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: Chronic Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help people recently recovered from long-term illness find and return to work.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	269056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>DWP is committed to helping people with health conditions and disabilities including those recently recovered from long-term illness, move nearer to the labour market and, when ready, into work, by building more personalised tailored employment and health support. For example:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Work and Health Programme, which rolled out between November 2017 and March 2018, will support around 275,000 people over five years - the majority whom (around 220,000) will be disabled people who can volunteer for the programme at any time.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The new Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, which is due to be rolled out across England and Wales at the end of 2019, will provide highly personalised packages of employment support for people with both disabilities and complex barriers to employment who are considered by DWP work coaches to be more than 12 months from the labour market without intensive support.</li></ul><p> </p><p>People who have recently recovered from long-term illness but whose health condition or disability affects the way they do their job can apply for in-work support from Access to Work scheme. Access to Work can also offer support for interviews and voluntary pre-employment opportunities, such as Work Experience and Work Trials, which may lead to paid employment.</p><p>In addition, DWP is engaging with employers through the Disability Confident scheme - supporting them to feel more confident about both employing disabled people, including autistic people, and supporting disabled employees to realise their potential. Nearly 12,000 employers have signed up to the scheme so far.</p><p>Looking forward, DWP is working in partnership with DHSC to publish a consultation on how employers can best support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to stay and thrive in work. The proposals included in the consultation not only seek to benefit disabled people, but all employees who experience or are at risk of a long term sickness absence.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/07/2019 11:07:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1131397

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	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, what support his Department provides for disabled individuals who need to move due to the changing nature of their disabilities but may be prevented from doing so due to the recovery of a Support for Mortgage loan.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	263148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Over time someone’s house is likely to increase in value, so it is reasonable to expect those who have received taxpayers’ help towards their mortgage to repay from the equity released when the property is sold. However, the repayment of the loan should not be a barrier to people improving their lives. We have considered this and I am pleased to announce that we will be introducing the option for home-owners to defer repayment of their SMI loan when moving to a new home. This means that claimants who need to move, for example, because of the changing nature of a disability or for better career opportunities, are not prevented from doing so. These new arrangements require changes to regulations which I will bring forward as soon as the Parliamentary timetable allows.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/06/2019 09:30:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1128350

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
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	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, what support her Department provides to people with a support for mortgage interest loan (SMI) who need to move house but are unable to do so due to having an SMI loan secured on their property.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	257581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Owner-occupiers possess a valuable capital asset which may increase in value over time. It is reasonable to ask claimants who receive help towards the costs of this asset to repay that when they are able to. Most SMI claimants already have significant equity accrued upon take-up of an SMI loan and those with an SMI loan secured against their property are likely to continue accruing value beyond the repayment of an SMI loan, facilitating a move if necessary.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/06/2019 16:07:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1123885

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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 Social Security Benefits: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to support people with learning disabilities access (a) benefits and (b) employment opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	249271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit provides enhanced personalised support for all claimants. All claimants receive continuous tailored support managed through personal work coaches, who know each person. Our work coaches receive extensive training to ensure they can offer effective support to different claimant groups, including those with learning disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 April 2019 Citizens Advice (England and Wales) and Citizens Advice Scotland are delivering the new <strong>‘</strong>Help to Claim’ support to claimants making a new Universal Credit (UC) claim or moving from a legacy benefit to UC because of a change of circumstances. The Citizens Advice Help to Claim service offers tailored, practical support to help people make a UC claim up to receiving their first full correct payment on time. It is available online, through web-chat, through a Freephone number and face to face through local Citizens Advice services.</p><p> </p><p>Telephony support is also available through the Universal Credit Freephone line for claimants who cannot make or maintain their claim online. Where a claimant is unable to manage their own affairs, an appointee can act on their behalf, taking responsibility for making and maintaining a claim.</p><p> </p><p>Personal Independence Payment can be paid to disabled people irrespective of their employment status. Claimants with a severe mental health or behavioural condition, learning disability, developmental disorder or cognitive problems, who may have difficulty engaging with the claims process, and with no support network in place can be provided with additional support during the claims process if they need it. This support can include help filling in the form or the questionnaire and additional protections for failing to return the questionnaire or for failing to attend a face-to-face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting disabled people, including those with learning disabilities, to prepare for employment, enter and retain work through a range of initiatives, for example: Access to Work; the Local Supported Employment proof of concept; and the new Intensive Personalised Employment Support scheme, which is expected to be running by the end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/05/2019 13:18:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1123133

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Pensioners: Disability Living Allowance
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 of pensionable age have had disability living allowance removed since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	247695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Under the provisions of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Transitional Regulations 2013, all claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) who were under the age of 65 on 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013 will be invited to claim PIP regardless of their age at the time they’re invited or the status of their DLA claim.</p><p> </p><p>For your information the latest available data on PIP clearances split by age in whole years and by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>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></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 247696 247697 question first answered 02/05/2019 14:09:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1123134

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Pensioners: 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 people of pensionable age have been successful in applying for personal independence payment since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	247696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Under the provisions of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Transitional Regulations 2013, all claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) who were under the age of 65 on 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013 will be invited to claim PIP regardless of their age at the time they’re invited or the status of their DLA claim.</p><p> </p><p>For your information the latest available data on PIP clearances split by age in whole years and by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>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></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 247695 247697 question first answered 02/05/2019 14:09:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1123135

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Pensioners: 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 people who have had disability living allowance removed and are of pensionable age have been successful in applying for personal independence payment since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	247697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Under the provisions of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Transitional Regulations 2013, all claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) who were under the age of 65 on 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013 will be invited to claim PIP regardless of their age at the time they’re invited or the status of their DLA claim.</p><p> </p><p>For your information the latest available data on PIP clearances split by age in whole years and by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>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></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 247695 247696 question first answered 02/05/2019 14:09:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

857090

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on lowering the taper rate for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	131602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>We have made the taper more generous by reducing the rate from 65 per cent to 63 per cent in April last year. This lowered the rate at which Universal Credit payments reduce when a claimant starts working, meaning claimants can keep more of every pound they earn. We expect this to benefit 3 million families once Universal Credit is fully rolled out.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As the Chancellor set out in the 2017 Autumn Budget, we keep these matters under review.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/03/2018 11:41:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland