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1336564

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2021
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date she plans to (a) commence and (b) complete the rollout of recorded personal independence payment assessments for all applicants that wish to opt for one.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	16146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants, invited to a telephone assessment, can opt to have their assessment recorded by assessment providers, who will provide the equipment necessary to allow this service to proceed.</p><p> </p><p>The department is currently working with PIP assessment providers to deliver an audio recording service for face to face assessments, that removes the requirement for the claimant to provide the equipment. Work is also ongoing to introduce an audio recording facility for video assessments. This will bring the audio recording of face to face and video assessments in line with the recording of telephone assessments and we aim to complete both as soon as it is practically possible.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, PIP claimants invited to a face to face assessment, can record their assessment themselves, subject to the conditions set by the department. These are listed in the PIP Assessment Guide, and are contained within correspondence sent to claimants from the assessment providers.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/06/2021 12:49:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1192311

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are awaiting an assessment for (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment support allowance, and (c) the limited capability for work element of universal credit in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, and (iii) Glasgow South West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	42102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The number of individuals awaiting an assessment can be found below. However, we are unable to provide data at constituency level or to separate out individuals for the Limited Capability for Work element of UC. I have therefore provided the total number of individuals claiming UC awaiting an assessment.</p><p> </p><p>(a) As of the 27 April 2020, the number of individuals claiming PIP with either an assessment scheduled or awaiting scheduling in the UK was 166,630. This PIP data does not include Northern Ireland. 20,870 of these cases were in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>(b) As of the 4 May 2020, the number of individuals claiming ESA with either an assessment scheduled or awaiting scheduling in the UK was 101,910. 14,460 of these cases were in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>(c) As of the 4 May 2020, the number of individuals claiming UC with either an assessment scheduled or awaiting scheduling in the UK was 121,640. 13,510 of these cases were in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Data supplied by Assessment Provider reports, and rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>Please note this is unpublished data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest published journey time for PIP is 8 weeks on average for a new claim assessment and 10 weeks for a DLA to PIP reassessment (based on the latest published data) and 9 weeks for ESA and we are working with our suppliers to ensure those claimants currently going through the assessment journey are seen as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/05/2020 17:07:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1308232

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
	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 are repaying overpayments of carer's allowance; and what the total value being repaid is.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	179232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>As of 13th April 2021, 42,400 people were repaying Carer’s Allowance overpayments.</p><p> </p><p>The total original value of those debts was just over £138million; the total amount currently outstanding is £89million.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a duty to recover overpaid benefits as quickly and efficiently as possible, but it is not intended that the recovery of an overpayment should cause any customer undue financial hardship.</p><p> </p><p>Overpayment recovery of Carer’s Allowance, as with all benefits is subject to various legislative limitations and safeguards.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/04/2021 14:45:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1277455

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	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, claimants with personal independent payment claims in which period since March 2020 should have had their claim extended.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	139054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 139051 question first answered 21/01/2021 14:16:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

942870

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) parents with care and (b) non-resident parents with a Child Support Agency case there were in Glasgow South West constituency in the latest period for which figures were available.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	165081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>As at March 2018 there were 1500 parents with care with a Child Support Agency case in the Glasgow South West constituency.</p><p> </p><p>As at March 2018 there were 1460 non-resident parents with a Child Support Agency case in the Glasgow South West constituency.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 16:03:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

942869

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency (a) arrears-only and (b) arrears cases involving a current liability for a child are open in Glasgow South West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	165080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>As at March 2018, there were 1,470 arrears only cases in the Glasgow South West constituency held by the Child Support Agency.</p><p> </p><p>As at March 2018, there were 20 arrears cases involving a current liability in the Glasgow South West constituency held by the Child Support Agency.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 16:03:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1179814

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	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: Visual Impairment
	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 (a) new claimants of personal independence payment (PIP) and (b) new claimants of PIP identifying as having a primary condition of (i) sight loss and (ii) a visual impairment did not receive an award during their initial PIP assessment but received an award at (A) mandatory reconsideration and (B) tribunal in the UK since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	19954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Initial decisions following a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment for Great Britain since 1<sup>st</sup> January 2018 up to 30<sup>th</sup> June 2019 are as shown in the table below. Figures are based on decisions where the primary health condition was classed as Visual Disease. This data is for new claims only; it excludes Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claims that have been reassessed for PIP.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Initial decisions following a PIP assessment – new claims – initial decisions made 1st January 2018 to 30th June 2019</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Visual Disease</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>All</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Initial decisions following PIP assessment</p></td><td><p>5,230</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>531,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awarded</p></td><td><p>3,010</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>297,170</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed</p></td><td><p>2,220</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>233,830</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of those disallowed at initial decision</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Award changed at Mandatory Reconsideration (MR)</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>12,360</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Award unchanged at MR, appeal lapsed</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>3,840</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Award unchanged at MR, decision overturned at tribunal hearing</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>10,580</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>Percentages have been rounded to the nearest percent.</p><p>Data is for new claims only – it does not include DLA reassessment claims.</p><p>Great Britain only.</p><p>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions but only the primary condition is reflected in these statistics. It is not possible to break down the condition of “visual disease” into sight loss or visual impairment from the data.</p><p>A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at tribunal.</p><p>Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.</p><p>The Northern Irish Assembly has devolved responsibility for social security benefits. The responsibility for statistics in Northern Ireland lies with the Department for Communities: <a href="http://www.communities-ni.gov.uk" target="_blank">http://www.communities-ni.gov.uk</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/02/2020 17:41:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1202405

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments for (a) personal independence payments, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) the limited capability for work component of universal credit were scheduled to take place after 1 March 2020; and how many of those assessments have taken place.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	58015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>Our priority throughout this Covid-19 period continues to be to protect the public and staff, while ensuring people receive the benefits they are entitled to quickly and safely. We suspended face-to-face assessments, reviews and reassessments. We continue to assess people based on written evidence alone, where that is possible, and have introduced telephone assessments. We also automatically extended awards where necessary for certain health and disability benefits, providing reassurance to those in receipt of them. This action enabled us to prioritise activity on new claims and changes of circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The number of assessments that were scheduled to have taken place between 1 March 2020 and 30 May 2020 and the number of assessments that took place during that time can be found in the table below:</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Assessments</strong> <strong>Scheduled</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assessments</strong> <strong>Completed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>187,700</p></td><td><p>117,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>20,370</p></td><td><p>14,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UC</p></td><td><p>34,530</p></td><td><p>19,890</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>Figures do not include paper based reviews.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>PIP</strong></p><p>The Assessments Scheduled data has been produced by the assessment providers (Capita and Independent Assessment Services).</p><p>The Assessments Completed data is derived from unpublished contractual management information produced by the assessment providers which was collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.</p><p> </p><p>Face-to-face assessments for PIP were paused due to Covid-19 from 17 March 2020. Telephone assessments began a piloted roll out from 23 March 2020 for Capita and 03 April 2020 for IAS.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>ESA and UC</strong></p><p>Face-to-face assessments for UC and ESA were paused due to Covid-19 from 17 March 2020. Telephone assessments began a piloted roll out from 04 May 2020 where only Limited Capability for Work Related Activity recommendations were being made.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to process both New Claims and Changes of Circumstance and encourage anyone with a change in their needs to contact the Department so that we can ensure they are receiving the correct level of support.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/07/2020 14:07:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 28975 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1183048

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in receipt of personal independence payment (PIP) are being paid a rate of employment and support allowance or the limited capability for work component of universal credit, including associated premiums, that does not fully reflect their PIP entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	25697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department publishes annual statistics on fraud and error in the benefit system, which are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system</a>. These include estimates of underpayments due to errors relating to premia and income from other benefits. The information requested on the total number of claimants receiving ESA or Universal Credit payments inconsistent with their PIP and other relevant living and care arrangements is not available and it would incur disproportionate cost to determine this number.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 25698 question first answered 10/03/2020 11:19:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1175535

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	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 claimants' personal independence payments have been stopped as a result of a claimant being unable to attend an assessment in (a) Glasgow South West constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	11547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Award Review and Change of Circumstances clearances can be found in the published data tables “Data tables: PIP experimental statistics on planned award review and change of circumstance registrations and clearances to October 2019” available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>This data is broken by type of clearance including claims that were disallowed due to failing to attend an assessment and is broken down by various geographical areas, including region and parliamentary constituency within Great Britain. This data can be found in Tables 2B (i), 2B (ii), 2C (i) and 2C (ii) of the published statistics above.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that whilst we hold data on the number of Award Reviews disallowed for failing to attend an assessment, we do not hold recorded data on the reason that a claimant failed to attend an assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is only responsible for benefits in Great Britain. Social security benefits, including PIP, are a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and your questions regarding PIP in Northern Ireland should be directed to the Department of Communities in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/02/2020 10:57:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens