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43869

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken from an application for reconsideration of an employment and support allowance decision to a decision being made on the case was in each month since October 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	192738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>Mandatory reconsideration was introduced for Employment and Support Allowance for decisions notified from 28 October 2013. The Department is collecting information to understand how it is operating from the point of its introduction, including the time taken from an application for reconsideration of an ESA decision to a decision being made on the case. </p><p> </p><p>At present, this data is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 192886 192887 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

43877

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	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 paid in disability living allowance and personal independence payments to recipients in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	192484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The amount paid in Disability Living Allowance in 2012/13 can be found in the table below. </p><p> </p><p>As Personal Independence Payment was only introduced in April 2013 there was no expenditure in 2012/13. </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2012/13<br /> £m</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>DLA</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock &amp; Loudoun</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DWP statistical data</p><p> </p><p>Note: Expenditure is shown for the last complete financial year. The benefit expenditure for Disability Living Allowance can be found in the Parliamentary Constituency tables as per link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266825/pc-tables-201213.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266825/pc-tables-201213.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

43879

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	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 to assist deaf people in seeking employment.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	192486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not target our employment support exclusively at individuals with particular impairments. Instead, through a range of programmes, we aim to identify and meet the needs of the individual, including the needs of deaf people.</p><p> </p><p>The Work Programme is the biggest single Welfare to Work programme, which provides personalised back-to-work support for unemployed people, including disabled people. For those that have more complex needs, we have a range of specialist disability employment programmes, including Access to Work, Work Choice and Residential Training Colleges, all of which support deaf people to take up and remain in employment. In particular, Access to Work can provide funding towards tailored support for deaf people such as specialist aids and equipment and British Sign Language Interpreters.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre Plus Disability Employment Advisers can provide support and advice for disabled people who need help finding and retaining employment.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

43880

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	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 paid in jobseeker's allowance to recipients in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	192485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The amount paid in Jobseeker's Allowance in 2012/13 can be found in the table below. </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2012/13<br /> £m</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock &amp; Loudoun</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DWP statistical data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note: Expenditure is shown for the last complete financial year. The benefit expenditure for Jobseeker's Allowance can be found in the Parliamentary Constituency tables as per link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266825/pc-tables-201213.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266825/pc-tables-201213.xls</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

43882

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	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 disability living allowance claims took longer than 40 days to process in each of the last three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	192527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Please see the table below showing the percentage of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) new claims, for Normal Rules (NR), that took longer than 40 days to process. Claims not yet processed within 40 days, include cases where we are awaiting additional information from the claimant and/or medical evidence.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of Claims Cleared</strong></p></td><td><p>402,861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of claims cleared after 40 working days </strong></p></td><td><p>89,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% of </strong><strong>DLA</strong><strong> New Claims (NR) <br /> cleared after 40 working days</strong></p></td><td><p>22.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Prior to 2012/13 the measure reported against was an Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT). This is the cumulative clearance days divided by the number of cleared events within the reporting period.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the table below for 2010/11 and 2011/12: </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of Claims Cleared</strong></p></td><td><p>431,572</p></td><td><p>412,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AACT (Level 37.7 days)</strong></p></td><td><p>30.3</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The reported figure only relates to DLA (NR) new claims. NR claims are those where the claimant is not terminally ill and the normal rules of entitlement therefore apply. </p><p> </p><p>The figures above cover the period from 1st April to 31st March and shows the national position including working age and child claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The AACT level (37.7 days) shown in the above table is a measure based on a prior year's performance.</p><p> </p><p>We have not provided data for 2013/14 due to not having a full financial year available at this time. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Source: Department for Work and Pensions – RDA 80123 report - DLA Management Information Statistics</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

43918

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the processing time target is for personal independence payment (PIP) claims; and what proportion of such claims took longer than this target time to process since the introduction of PIPs.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	192751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As you will appreciate, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit and processes are currently bedding in. There are no time limits or targets on processing times to claims for PIP but we are taking the necessary action to improve the processing times. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

43872

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	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 work capability assessments appeals that were found in favour of the claimant heard by January 2014, were awarded zero points at the initial decision; and what proportion of such decisions were awarded to (a) the WRAG and (b) the Support Group.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
	uin	192577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested for all Work Capability Assessments is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

43871

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	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 take steps to ensure that employers with employees who earn less than £10,000 per year will be legally obliged to provide those employees with an auto-enrolment pension scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Mr John Leech
	uin	192722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Jobholders who earn less than the automatic enrolment earnings trigger of £10,000 and who are not eligible for automatic enrolment may opt in to pension saving. Employers are legally obliged to enrol anyone who opts into an automatic enrolment qualifying scheme and to pay the required employer contribution. </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1543 label Biography information for Mr John Leech

43874

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations for deaf people his Department consulted before the Access to Work guidance on support workers was amended.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	192591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>There have been no recent amendments to Access to Work guidance on support workers. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

43875

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the maximum grants for funding support workers under the Access to Work scheme were determined.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	192589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>There is no maximum grant level set for the funding of support workers under the Access to Work programme. Our aim is to use the programme budget to assist the maximum possible number of disabled workers across all industry sectors. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller