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57887

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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
	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, if he will amend the access to work scheme to enable deaf people to employ a full-time salaried support worker.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	198733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Access to Work programme currently allows for support to be organised in this way if it offers the most cost effective and practical solution and there is clear customer need for that level of support. We are taking a close look at the Access to Work programme over the next three months, focussing on how we can assist the largest number of disabled paople in work. We will incude in that process a consideration of how best to address the needs of customers requiring support for a large number of hours each week on an on-going basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 16:50:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

60464

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2014
	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
	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 have made claims for personal independence payment following a stroke in the UK since April 2013; and how many have received a decision from his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	199453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The available data on claims to Personal Independence Payment was published on 5 June 2014 and is available here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-official-statistics-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-official-statistics-june-2014</a>. Information on the numbers of successful new claimants is available against a range of conditions, including neurological conditions which will include those who have had a stroke. The information is published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a>.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/06/2014 15:02:15 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

60969

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payments claims, not under the special rules for terminally ill people, have been made by residents of (a) Washington and Sunderland West constituency, (b) the Sunderland local authority area and (c) the North East region in each month for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>Information on claims to Personal Independence Payment is only available at national level. Provisional data was published on 5 June 2014 and is available here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-official-statistics-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-official-statistics-june-2014</a>. Information on the numbers of successful new claimants is available across a range of geographical breakdowns, including Parliamentary constituency. The information is published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a> . Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: <strong><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199855 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:52:46 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60968

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payments claims not made under the special rules for terminally ill people, by claimants resident in (a) Washington and Sunderland West constituency, (b) the Sunderland local authority area and (c) the North East region were successful in each month for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>Information on claims to Personal Independence Payment is only available at national level. Provisional data was published on 5 June 2014 and is available here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-official-statistics-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-official-statistics-june-2014</a>. Information on the numbers of successful new claimants is available across a range of geographical breakdowns, including Parliamentary constituency. The information is published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a> . Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: <strong><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199857 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:52:46 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

65379

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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
	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, how many decisions based on work capability assessments were overturned during the completion of the mandatory reconsideration period in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	203624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is collecting information to understand how the introduction of mandatory reconsideration (MR) is operating.</p><p> </p><p>However, this data is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available at this time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 14:22:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

63010

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Independent Living Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of the closure of the Independent Living Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	201575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The ILF currently makes direct cash payment. These are not intended to pay for healthcare or to replace services already provided by the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/06/2014 15:44:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

60465

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2014
	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
	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, what volumetric models have been used to identify where backlogs of personal independence payments might develop in his Department's administration of claims, as recommended by the National Audit Office; and when he plans to publish those models.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	199454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>We have no plans to publish any volumetric models.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/06/2014 14:56:51 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

76961

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) mobile telephones, (b) tablet computers and (c) office furniture in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	204974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>(a) The Department for Work &amp; Pensions (DWP) has spent £121,699 on mobile phones during 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>(b) DWP has spent £21,378 on tablet computers during 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>(c) DWP occupies the majority of its estate under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) known as the PRIME Contract.</p><p> </p><p>Under this PFI, the Department leases back fully serviced accommodation from its private sector partner Telereal Trillium. The Department pays an inclusive unitary price for the space occupied, which includes the provision of office furniture.</p><p> </p><p>However, for those buildings and furniture requirements outside of the scope of the PFI contract, the Department's spend (in the financial year (2013/14) was £608,000.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/07/2014 16:38:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

57829

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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
	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 Capita have been given additional funding to deal with backlogs of personal independence payments assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	199051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>1)The information is commercial in confidence.</p><p> </p><p>2) The Department regularly meets with both Assessment Providers to discuss performance. Failure to meet contractual obligations will result in the Department applying service credits (financial remedies) in line with the contract.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199045 question first answered 11/06/2014 16:54:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

57830

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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
	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 Capita will incur penalties for delays in carrying out personal independence payments assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	199045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>1)The information is commercial in confidence.</p><p> </p><p>2) The Department regularly meets with both Assessment Providers to discuss performance. Failure to meet contractual obligations will result in the Department applying service credits (financial remedies) in line with the contract.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199051 question first answered 11/06/2014 16:54:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff