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809570

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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	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, pursuant to his observations on the public petition entitled PIP Assessment Criteria and Process of 21 November 2017, if he will make it his policy to specify minimum qualification and training requirements for all assessors.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	120228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>As stated in the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ observations, DWP has set clear requirements on the professions, skills, experience and training of the Health Professionals that the Assessment Providers can use to carry out Personal Independence Payment assessments. In addition to their qualified profession, they must have at least two years’ experience following registration, as well as awareness training in specific conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Health Assessment Providers frequently engage with medical experts, charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen review and update training programmes for all their assessment staff.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/12/2017 13:00:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

809571

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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	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, pursuant to his observations on the public petition entitled PIP Assessment Criteria and Process of 21 November 2017, what timescale his Department proposes for the development of video content for PIP claimants which sets out the (a) claim process and (b) responsibilities of the claimant to provide supporting information with their claim.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	120229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government response to the second independent review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment, published on 18 December 2017, agreed with the recommendation that claimants should be given a clear explanation of their responsibilities and what information they should provide with their claim. It further set out that we will develop video content for PIP claimants, outlining the claim process and setting out the responsibilities of the claimant to provide supporting information with their claim. A series of four short videos are currently in development which will explain the PIP customer journey. The videos focus on the key stages of pre-claim, making a claim, providing supporting information and the PIP decision, and we aim to have them available to claimants in early 2018.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 15:45:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

694292

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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	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, for what reasons brain tumours are not included in the list of health conditions requiring additional support needs in the most recent Personal Independence Payment Assessment guide.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	65538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Claimants to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) who cannot engage effectively with the claims process due to a lack of mental capacity or insight, and who do not have any support from another person or organisation, are considered to require additional support from the DWP and elements of the PIP claims process have been adapted to provide further support for this group.</p><p> </p><p>The PIP Assessment Guide provides guidance for Health Professionals carrying out assessments for PIP on who is likely to require additional support and describes the broad health conditions which would give rise to a lack of mental capacity or insight together with some specific examples. The guidance would not preclude someone with a brain tumour from being considered for additional support if the tumour gave rise to a lack of mental incapacity or insight.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/03/2017 15:14:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

710656

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of the 2 March 2017 to Question 65538, on personal independence payment, if he will assess the potential merits of the personal independence payment assessment guide to permit claimants' companions to provide an account of the claimant's health condition or impairment in cases where that claimant has speech or hearing problems.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	67548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is designed to treat people as individuals, considering the impact of their impairment or health condition on their everyday life and how each claimant has personally adapted to living with a disability.</p><p>We recognise that information given by companions could be useful, particularly in cases where the claimant may lack insight into their condition, understate the challenges they face or have difficulty. We have made it very clear that when attending a face-to-face consultation, claimants can bring someone with them in order to support them or help them and in some cases we will also carry out consultations in claimants’ homes.</p><p>Since its inception, the system of assessing claimants’ eligibility for PIP has been continually reviewed and refined in order to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. We continue to work extensively with PIP assessment providers and disability representatives to make improvements to guidance, training and audit procedures in order to ensure a quality service is maintained. This includes in response to the Independent Review conducted by Paul Gray.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/03/2017 15:30:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

710660

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of the 2 March 2017 to Question 65538, on personal independence payment, what the criteria is for a lack of mental capacity or insight for assessing a person with a brain tumour as eligible for additional support when assessing a personal independence payment claim.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	67547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is designed to treat people as individuals, considering the impact of their impairment or health condition on their everyday life and how each claimant has personally adapted to living with a disability. The PIP assessment is not a medical assessment, requiring the Health Professional to diagnose a condition or its severity and recommend treatment options; instead it is focussed on the claimant’s functional ability.</p><p>We recognise that for some individuals with brain tumour(s) additional difficulties can arise, however there is no automatic entitlement to PIP by virtue of a health condition (except in terminal illness cases), either for new claimants or those claimants who were in receipt of DLA and who are being reassessed under PIP. We recognise that the symptoms of brain tumour(s) can fluctuate over time and where an activity cannot be performed for part of a day, it is deemed that it cannot be done on that day.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/03/2017 15:37:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day