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1728268

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	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 steps her Department is taking to reduce the length of time to undertake a PIP review.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Katie White
	uin	4836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>We continue to prioritise new claims to PIP to ensure claims are put into payment as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this means many customers are waiting longer than expected for their review to be undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>We have been actively recruiting additional Case Managers to meet increased demand for PIP, which means we are now in a position to begin to deploy additional resource onto award reviews. This will increase the number of review cases we can complete ‘in house’.</p><p> </p><p>We have just moved to a new contract for the delivery of health assessments and our new suppliers will be taking steps to ensure they have sufficient capacity to deliver the required volume of assessments. However, this may take time and there is an extensive training period for new Healthcare Professionals to ensure quality standards are maintained.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced processes to increase efficiency and move cases through the system more quickly:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Where sufficient evidence/information is available, Case Managers can make decisions on reviews, avoiding the need for a functional assessment, which means many customers receive a decision faster.</li><li>Healthcare Professionals now complete most assessments by telephone, which means the vast majority of customers who need an assessment do not need to attend a face-to-face appointment at an Assessment Centre.</li><li>We’ve introduced a change for customers with the most severe conditions, on the highest level of support, who now receive an ongoing PIP award which is only subject to a light touch review every 10 years. .</li></ul><p> </p><p>For customers waiting for a review, we keep them regularly updated using SMS text messages. We also ensure all PIP customers awaiting a review remain in payment, extending awards for up to 12 months where necessary, notifying customers in writing to allay concerns.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 16/09/2024 10:48:28 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	tabling member	5260

1726059

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	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 estimate she has made of the number of claimants known to her Department who applied for personal independence payments but died with six months of making their application.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
	uin	3456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of claimants who died within 6 months of their PIP application per year up to 2023, the last year for which complete data is available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of PIP Application</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Claimants who died within 6 months of PIP application</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>11,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>12,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>12,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>12,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>12,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>12,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>11,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision;</li><li>Figures are for England and Wales only; <ul><li>These figures include claims made under normal rules and special rules for end of life;</li></ul></li><li>Volumes are rounded to the nearest 100.</li></ul> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 09/09/2024 11:34:23 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	tabling member	5168

1723852

	registered interest
	date	26/07/2024
	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 her Department will replace cash payments for the Personal Independence Payment.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	1957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>We will be reviewing the responses people have made to the previous government's consultation on Personal Independence Payment, which closed on Monday 22 July.</p><p> </p><p>The proposals in this Green Paper were developed by the previous government. We will be considering our own approach to social security in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 30/07/2024 14:55:58 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1719106

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2024
	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, with reference to his Department's statistics entitled Unfulfilled eligibility in the benefit system: financial year 2023 to 2024 estimates, published on 16 May 2024, what steps his Department is taking to tackle unfulfilled Personal Independence Payment eligibility.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	26895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring people can access financial support in a timely manner and understand the importance of paying people their correct entitlement. For PIP, we encourage all claimants in our communications with them and on Gov.UK to inform us if their needs have changed for better or worse.  We are also prioritising claims where a claimant reports a change in their needs to ensure we are paying individuals the right amount.</p><p>The statistical release notes that all unfulfilled eligibility for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) awards was due to claimants failing to inform the department they needed more help or their condition had deteriorated.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 26896 question first answered 23/05/2024 14:11:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1719109

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2024
	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, with reference to his Department's statistical release Unfulfilled eligibility in the benefit system: financial year 2023 to 2024 estimates, publish on 16 May 2024, whether his Department has made an assessment of the reasons for unfulfilled Personal Independence Payment eligibility.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	26896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring people can access financial support in a timely manner and understand the importance of paying people their correct entitlement. For PIP, we encourage all claimants in our communications with them and on Gov.UK to inform us if their needs have changed for better or worse.  We are also prioritising claims where a claimant reports a change in their needs to ensure we are paying individuals the right amount.</p><p>The statistical release notes that all unfulfilled eligibility for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) awards was due to claimants failing to inform the department they needed more help or their condition had deteriorated.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 26895 question first answered 23/05/2024 14:11:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1718547

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	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 15 May 2024 to Question 24964, when he plans to publish the data on Personal Independence Payments made since January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	26528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The next quarterly release of Official Statistics on Personal Independence Payments will take place on 18 June 2024 9:30am. The release will include back series and new data for the three months to April 2024.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 14:08:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1717860

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	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 PIP applications have been disallowed in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	26162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearances can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. In particular, the requested data can be found in ‘PIP Clearances’ dataset by going to ‘Clearance Type Detail’, choosing ‘Disallowed’ from the drop-down list and selecting the most recent 12 months from the ‘Month’ drop-down menu.</p><p>You may also wish to filter for “DWP policy ownership” under ‘Geography’ due to the devolution of some disability benefits to Scotland.</p><p>You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/05/2024 17:03:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1717146

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	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, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, how the outcome of the Personal Independence Payment consultation will interact with the reforms proposed in Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published 16 March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	25662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is removing the Work Capability Assessment because it is committed to doing everything it can to help disabled people and people with long-term health conditions start, stay and succeed in work.</p><p>The consultation, <em>Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper</em>, considers potential changes to the welfare system. Currently, no decisions have been taken on potential changes.</p><p>As we develop any proposals, we will consider the interactions with the removal of the Work Capability Assessment. This will be carefully worked through before we consider introducing any changes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 15:05:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1716003

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2024
	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 waiting for a decision on their PIP application on 1 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	24962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The number of outstanding PIP cases on the 1 of January 2024 was 263,000. Claims are considered outstanding when the claim has been registered but a decision has not yet been made by a Case Manager on whether to award PIP.</p><p>Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions after January 2024 cannot be shared as the information is intended for publication at a future date. In line with National Statistics protocols, the department does not make any indication of the statistics public ahead of release.</p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Source: PIP Atomic Data Store;</p><p>- Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000;</p><p>- Figures are for England and Wales only;</p><p>- These figures include claims made under normal rules and special rules for terminal illness and include both new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24963 24964 question first answered 15/05/2024 15:38:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1716004

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2024
	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 waiting for a decision on their PIP application on 1 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	24963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The number of outstanding PIP cases on the 1 of January 2024 was 263,000. Claims are considered outstanding when the claim has been registered but a decision has not yet been made by a Case Manager on whether to award PIP.</p><p>Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions after January 2024 cannot be shared as the information is intended for publication at a future date. In line with National Statistics protocols, the department does not make any indication of the statistics public ahead of release.</p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Source: PIP Atomic Data Store;</p><p>- Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000;</p><p>- Figures are for England and Wales only;</p><p>- These figures include claims made under normal rules and special rules for terminal illness and include both new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24962 24964 question first answered 15/05/2024 15:38:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft