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506371

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Libya: International Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the capabilities, troop numbers and mission objectives of the Libya international assistance mission.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	32745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Italy is leading the planning for a Libya International Assistance Mission which is intended to provide training to Libyan security forces in response to a formal request made by the Libyan Government of National Accord. The mission is not designed to provide security for the Libyan Government.</p><p>The capabilities, troop numbers and objectives for any potential deployment are not yet sufficiently developed and will be further refined once a request for support has been received and the requirement becomes clear. No decisions have been made about the contribution of any British military forces to this mission.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/04/2016 15:58:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

780660

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	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, whether the Government plans to review the grounds on which face-to-face interviews are required for a personal independence payment assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	110315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>Key to ensuring that decisions for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are correct is getting the best evidence from a variety of sources. As part of that evidence gathering process most people will be asked to attend a face-to-face consultation with a trained, independent assessor. Such a consultation gives individuals the opportunity to put across their own views of the impact of their health condition or impairment on their everyday lives. However, we accept that face-to-face consultations may not be appropriate in every case and if there is enough evidence then the claimant will not be asked to attend a consultation. Guidance on the circumstances when a paper-based assessment may be appropriate is contained in the PIP Assessment Guide which is regularly reviewed.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/11/2017 15:36:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

783268

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Forms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to review the PIP2 form and the requirement that it be returned to his Department within four weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	111429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>Where a claimant finds it difficult to complete the “How your disability affects you” form within the 4-week period, they are advised to contact the Department who will automatically provide an additional two weeks when needed. Where a claimant still has difficulty, they will be granted further time where it is considered reasonable to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Recent research carried out by Ipsos MORI indicated that 85% of claimants were able to complete all sections of the PIP2 questionnaire and only 4% were unable to do so. This has been the subject of a government publication</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-evaluation-wave-1-claimant-survey-findings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-evaluation-wave-1-claimant-survey-findings</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/11/2017 16:01:30 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

444599

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2016 to Question 21502, airstrikes in Syria, whether the robust process referred to includes an assessment of the number of civilian workers likely to be deployed in such installations and the potential number of casualties and other collateral damage from such airstrikes.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	22496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>Yes. This is the most important part of the process.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/01/2016 16:12:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

444615

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2016 to Question 21502, on Syria: military intervention, what the evidential basis is for the statement that there have been no reports of civilian casualties as a result of RAF airstrikes in Iraq or Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	22321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>All UK airstrikes in Iraq and Syria are assessed post-strike using the best available imagery, intelligence and other sources of information to assess the impact of the strike on the target and affected area. This assessment, coupled with pre-strike checks provides the evidence base to support the statement that in the hundreds of airstrikes conducted by the RAF to date in Iraq and, more recently Syria, we have found no evidence of civilian casualties arising from UK airstrikes.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 22420 question first answered 18/01/2016 16:12:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

733153

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	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, how many people were not notified of the outcome of a personal independence payment assessment or a change in the level of their awards owing to recent IT faults; and what steps have been taken to prevent recurrence of those faults.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	1362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>We have no record of any Departmental IT failures for Personal Independence Payment in the last 12 months that have resulted in assessment decision notifications not being issued to claimants.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/06/2017 15:57:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

776239

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	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: 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, if he will make it his policy to ensure that people with motor neurone disease are not required to be regularly reassessed for personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	109079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 October 2017 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-10-18/108380/" target="_blank">UIN 108380</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 30/10/2017 11:17:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

443418

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the regular army's shortfall against (a) trained strength requirement and (b) its recruitment intake target has been in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	21668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <p>Defence Statistics publish information on a regular basis showing the Army’s Regular liability and trained strength.</p><br /><p>The most recent information is contained in ‘UK Armed Forces Monthly Service Personnel Statistics December 2015’ and associated tables which is available at the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-index" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-index</a></p><br /><p>Figures for the last ten years for the Regular Army, may be found in Quarterly Performance Reports, including those at the following links:</p><br /><p>Quarterly Personnel Report – 1 April 2015 (for 2010/11 to 2014/15)</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-quarterly-personnel-report-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-quarterly-personnel-report-2015#</a></p><br /><p>Quarterly Personnel Report – 1 April 2012 (for 2007/08 to 2009/10)</p><br /><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140116142443/http:/www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report/2012-04-01" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140116142443/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report/2012-04-01</a></p><br /><p>Quarterly Personnel Report – 1 April 2009 (for 2005 to 2007)</p><br /><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140116142443/http:/www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report/2009-04-01" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140116142443/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report/2009-04-01</a></p><br /><p>Official statistics for Regular recruitment targets are not produced.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/01/2016 13:34:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

626107

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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	Access to Work Programme
	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 is putting in place to support people currently in receipt of Access to Work awards over the annual cap and their employers to prepare them for the end of the transition phase of the annual cap for existing scheme users.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	51055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The upper limit (annual cap) was announced in March 2015 and came into effect, for new customers only, in October 2015. New applications made between October 2015 and March 2016 were capped at an annual limit of £40,800, meaning that new customers could still potentially receive an award of £122,400 over a three year period. The annual cap was increased to £41,400 with effect from April 2016 and will continue to be reviewed annually.</p><p> </p><p>Those existing customers whose awards are or were above the annual cap have been notified that they will retain their current award, subject to usual annual reviews, until April 2018, provided their needs remain the same.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, Access to Work specialist teams are conducting annual reviews with customers and employers to establish the level of support required and determine whether there are any reasonable adjustments or other changes, such as greater use of technology, that could assist the customer overcome the barriers they face. Where appropriate, Access to Work will also commission a holistic workplace assessment of an individual’s support needs.</p><p> </p><p>We will monitor the application of the cap and consider whether any further flexibilities might be required in practice.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/11/2016 17:23:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

626123

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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	Access to Work Programme
	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 by type of disability who have applied for Access to Work since the imposition of the annual cap have been given awards equal to that cap.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	51054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51036 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:23:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham