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1699184

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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	Brain: Injuries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council on classification as an industrial injury of neurodegenerative conditions linked to repeated head impacts.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	20737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department is advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC), an independent scientific body, on changes to the list of occupational diseases for which Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) can be paid. IIAC is currently considering whether there is a link between certain neurodegenerative diseases and professional sportspeople.</p><p> </p><p>IIAC has reviewed over 100 studies relating to ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and will need to give more consideration to the evidence before it can make a decision. IIAC will also likely consult experts (neurologists) in this field and will then publish its findings when the investigation is complete.</p><p> </p><p>It would be premature to speculate on how the Council’s investigation will progress or whether there is enough evidence of a link between certain neurodegenerative diseases and professional sportspeople to meet the threshold for a new ‘prescribed disease’ to be recommended by IIAC for the purpose of IIDB entitlement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>If recommendations are made by IIAC on this matter, they will be carefully considered by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/04/2024 15:57:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1699195

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Mining
	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 1 March 2024 to Question 15320 on Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Mining, for what reason not all applicants for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefits receive compensation.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	20739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>In order to be entitled to an award of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB), claimants must meet all the eligibility criteria set out in the relevant legislation. Claims may be disallowed prior to any medical assessment where certain entitlement criteria are not met (e.g. conditions around employed earner’s employment are not met, or the claimant does not satisfy the occupational criteria associated with the disease they are claiming for).</p><p> </p><p>Claims for IIDB may also be disallowed following a medical assessment if the entitlement criteria are not met, for example, if it is established at assessment that the customer does not have one of the diseases set out in the relevant legislation.</p><p> </p><p>There is not normally entitlement to a payable award of IIDB where disablement is assessed at less than 14%, with exceptions for some prescribed diseases as set out in legislation. In these cases, it is accepted that the customer is suffering from the prescribed disease, but they may not be entitled to a payable award of IIDB.</p><p> </p><p>However, IIDB may still be payable for people who claim for more than one accident or disease and the total disablement, when the effects of all the accidents and diseases are added together, is 14% or more.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/04/2024 15:54:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1691185

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is required for staff making decisions on eligibility for industrial injuries disablement benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	15317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department always aims to make the right decision as early as possible, and all staff making decisions on eligibility for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) receive appropriate training in line with this aim. This includes standardised training packages targeted at certain decision-making staff, and new staff sitting with experienced decision makers for an initial period, to observe the process for a range of different possible decisions. Further standardised training packages are also being developed.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed decision making guidance for IIDB is also made available to all decision makers. The Department publishes its “Decision Makers’ Guides” on GOV.UK, and the relevant materials for IIDB are available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vol-11-industrial-injuries-benefits-staff-guide" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/02/2024 11:22:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1691187

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to change the industrial injuries disablement benefits final decision making system.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	15318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department always aims to make the right decision as early as possible on claims for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB). Where a person receives a decision about their IIDB and they disagree with that decision, they can ask the Department for Work and Pensions to look at the decision again (this is called a Mandatory Reconsideration). If the claimant remains dissatisfied with the decision following Mandatory Reconsideration, they may appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal, where the decision will be looked at again by the independent judiciary. The Department has no plans to change its decision-making processes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/02/2024 11:23:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1691190

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions a decision made by his Department on a person's eligibility for industrial injuries disablement benefits has been found to be incorrect or unsuitable in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	15319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>We have determined this query as relating to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefits (IIDB) disputes, i.e. Mandatory Reconsiderations and Appeals.</p><p>Decisions can be overturned at a later stage in the claim journey for a number of reasons - it does not necessarily mean that the original decision was incorrect. The main reasons that decisions are overturned on appeal are: tribunals drawing a different conclusion based on the same evidence, cogent oral evidence given by the individual, or new written evidence provided at the hearing.</p><p>From October 2022 to September 2023 inclusive, 1,100 IIDB Mandatory Reconsiderations were completed. In 100 of these the decision was changed.</p><ul><li>This data is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>Figures include Industrial Injuries Disablement Allowance and Reduced Earnings Allowance.</li><li>Definition of Mandatory Reconsideration: Claimants who wish to dispute a decision made on their claim are required to ask the department to reconsider the decision before they can lodge an appeal with His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service. MRs can arise for various reasons, such as omitting to tell the DWP about relevant evidence during the initial decision-making process; this could include not returning forms required as part of the claim.</li><li>Figures are for Great Britain only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Information on First-tier Tribunal appeals is published at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a> .</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, information on the number of appeal receipts, disposals and outcomes of IIDB appeals, can be found in the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) tables: SSCS_1, SSCS_2 and SSCS_3 of the Main Tables.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/02/2024 11:37:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1691192

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Mining
	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 former miners have had an application for industrial injuries disablement benefits rejected over the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	15320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of assessments by outcome for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) for people whose Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code on which the IIDB claim is based, is ‘Mining and Quarrying’ over the last 10 years from 2013/14 to 2022/23.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Accepted - payable</strong></p></td><td><p>8,450</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Accepted - not payable</strong></p></td><td><p>4,200</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Accepted – no loss of faculty</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Disallowed</strong></p></td><td><p>19,570</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not applicable / Unknown</strong></p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>34,290</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Individual outcome categories do not sum to total due to rounding.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) assessments by decision type and Standard Industrial Classification code can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.</p><p> </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 01/03/2024 10:16:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1691193

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions his Department's final decision on a person's eligibility for industrial injuries disablement benefits has differed from the medical opinion of the recommendation of Maximus staff in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	15321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) assessments by decision type can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.</p><p> </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 29/02/2024 11:39:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1652878

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2023
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) algorithmic and (b) other automated decision making systems his Department uses; and for what purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	194016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department does use algorithms and automated decision making in some services and processes, which allow us to improve accuracy, speed up delivery and free up colleagues’ time so they can support the people who need it most. A list of the services and processes which fall under Article 22(1) of the UK GDPR was contained in <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-02/187258" target="_blank">PQ187258</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Review or appeal options are built in to all DWP benefit processes, even where this is not specifically required by data protection laws. The Department is always careful to process data lawfully, proportionately, and ethically with safeguards for the protection of individuals. DWP does not use Artificial Intelligence for automated decision making. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/personal-information-charter" target="_blank">DWP’s Personal Information Charter</a> explains how and why we use personal information and citizen’s rights and responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/07/2023 09:50:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1645944

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Data Protection
	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 the oral contribution of the Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure of 14 June 2023 at Topical Questions, T7, Official Report, column 286, what plans his Department has to (a) utilise the provisions in Part 3 of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill and (b) use smart data in new sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	190410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>There is potential to explore Smart Data in further sectors, beyond Open Banking. Government, regulators and industry experts are working together via the Smart Data Council to ensure that the UK continues to be at the forefront of developments in this space.</p><p>Before committing to utilise the provisions in Part 3 of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill in any given sector, there is work to be done to understand how Smart Data can empower consumers and turbo charge competition.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 27/06/2023 12:49:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1186226

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2020
	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	Low Incomes: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to prevent low-paid workers from being pressured to work when Government guidance suggests they should self-isolate.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	31604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>As both the Prime Minister and Chancellor have made clear, the Government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by COVID 19 and we have been clear in our intention that no one should be penalised for doing the right thing. These are rapidly developing circumstances, we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/03/2020 16:43:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock