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758319

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	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	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, when he plans to extend the Access to Work scheme to (a) internships and (b) apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	9243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <ol><li>Young people who start a work placement with an employer as part of the Department for Education supported internship programme or a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy traineeship are eligible to apply for Access to Work support for the period of the work placement.</li></ol><p> </p><ol><li>People undertaking apprenticeships are also eligible for Access to Work support, as they receive a wage and have a contract of employment.</li></ol><p>We will publish our response to “<em>Improving Lives: The Work, Health, and Disability Green Paper“ </em>this autumn, in which we will explore options for improving the service offered through AtW.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/09/2017 14:07:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

780640

	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	Social Security Benefits: Ashfield
	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) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance appeals in Ashfield constituency resulted in decisions to reject applications being overturned in the last 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	110209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>(a) In the last 12 months in the Ashfield constituency the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims initially disallowed, where this decision was upheld at mandatory reconsideration (MR), and where the decision was changed at appeal is 30. This figure represents 50% of outcomes of appeals against decisions where the claim was initially disallowed and this was upheld at MR. This figure also represents 4% of all disallowed claims in the Ashfield constituency in this time. Over the same time period, 560 PIP awards were made.</p><p> </p><p>Period covered: August 2016 – July 2017 (latest available data).</p><p> </p><p>(b) The information for Employment Support Allowance (ESA) is not readily available and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/11/2017 16:28:21 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

748579

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	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	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 complaints have been made regarding factual inaccuracies in employment and support allowance and personal independent payment assessments in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many of those complaints were upheld.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	3141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>0.06% of assessments received complaints about factual inaccuracies in Employment Support Allowance assessments in the last 12 months. Information on the number of complaints which were upheld is not recorded.</p><p> </p><p>0.2% of assessments received complaints about factual inaccuracies in Personal Independence Payment assessments in the last 12 months, of which 8.1% were upheld.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/07/2017 09:49:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

576527

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	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	Attendance Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on advertising the attendance allowance scheme in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	44901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>2015/16 advertising costs for the Attendance Allowance scheme are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/09/2016 14:57:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

598332

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Scotland
	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 paid as personal independence payment assessors in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	47756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>378 people were working as Personal Independence Payment Health Assessors in Scotland (6 October 2016).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/10/2016 11:21:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

768222

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	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, how many PIP2 forms were (a) completed and returned within the four week deadline, (b) completed and returned outside the four week deadline and (c) never returned in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	107054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>473,000 claimants under Normal Rules returned their PIP2 questionnaire within 28 days and 350,000 claimants returned their questionnaire outside 28 days. A further 129,000 claimants were not recorded as having returned a PIP2 questionnaire. The status of claims as 'Normal Rules' is shown as at the point of the registration. It is possible for claims to transition between Normal/Special Rules during the course of the claimant journey. Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claimants are not required to complete PIP2 questionnaires.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that a PIP claimant is given one calendar month from the day after the date of issue to return the PIP2 questionnaire. Claimants who require additional time to complete and submit their PIP2 questionnaire are able to do so where that is reasonably required. The letter accompanying the PIP2 encourages claimants to contact the Department if they require more time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Normal Rules only. Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claimants are not required to complete PIP2 questionnaires.</li><li>The status of claims as 'normal rules' is shown as at the point of the registration. It is possible for claims to transition between normal/special rules and new claims/reassessments during the course of the claimant journey.</li><li>The 'Issue of Part 2 to return of Part 2' clearance time is measured as the time between the date the Part 2 form is sent to the claimant and the date the form is received back by the Department as recorded on Department systems.</li><li>Unpublished data which may be subject to revision and should be used with caution.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>Totals may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>Great Britain only.</li></ol> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/10/2017 13:57:34 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

711827

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2017
	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: Appeals
	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 plans to take to reduce the (a) number of appeals against decisions on personal independence payments and (b) success rate of such appeals.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	68243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>7%, of all Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions have been appealed and 3% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>As part of on-going review and improvement of PIP, we are continuing to make efforts to ensure that all decisions, whether made initially or at Mandatory Reconsideration (MR), are the best informed decisions. For example, the department is running a series of trials which looks at the end to end PIP decision making process with a particular focus on MR and explores the different ways we can improve the quality of our decision making.</p><p> </p><p>However, it is important that claimants can appeal their award decision if they are unhappy with it. Moreover, a request for an appeal does not mean that the decisions taken initially and as part of Mandatory Reconsideration were not right. Claimants often provide new, relevant evidence at the tribunal stage.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/03/2017 14:27:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

631257

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of foreign children adopted by UK parents who are not eligible for disability living allowance because of the past presence rule.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	52007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I am replying to this question as assessments of the effect of the benefit cap are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Evaluation evidence in relation to the existing cap showed very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small numbers of capped households who have been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Where claimants need further financial support with their housing costs in order to adjust to the benefit cap, for example while they find work or move to more suitable accommodation, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To help Local Authorities protect the most vulnerable and to support households adjusting to the reforms, the Government will provide £870 million funding for the Discretionary Housing Payments scheme over the next 5 years.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><ins class="ministerial"><p>The information is not held.</p></ins><p> </p></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/11/2016 15:05:14 question first ministerially corrected 16/11/2016 15:41:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 20545 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

758321

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what transitional arrangements are in place for claimants whose health deteriorates when in receipt of jobseeker's allowance if their claim is stopped and they are advised to claim employment support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	9203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Since August 2017 we have been focussing on more proactive case management to reduce delays and speed up the clearance of mandatory reconsiderations for personal independence payment. A similar exercise for mandatory reconsiderations for employment and support allowance has started, looking at the entire journey from when the customer first challenges the Department’s decision, from which we expect to be able to identify opportunities to reduce delays in the current process and speed up clearance of mandatory reconsiderations.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The median monthly clearance time for employment and support allowance mandatory reconsiderations in July 2017 was 13 days, 1 day less than in April 2017. However it is important that sufficient time is allowed for customers to provide any additional evidence that will help to support their case. Accordingly there is no target time for clearing mandatory reconsiderations – each is done without delay, but based on its merits.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">If a JSA claimant’s health deteriorates, and the period of sickness is expected to exceed 13 weeks, a claim should be made to ESA or Universal Credit (UC) in relevant geographical areas.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In this instance the claimant would need to close their JSA claim and make a new claim to ESA. ESA can be claimed immediately following the closure of a JSA claim and, provided the claim to ESA was made within 12 weeks of closing their JSA claim, the claimant would not have to serve waiting days.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There are no transitional arrangements between the benefits however, the aim is for there to be no unnecessary interruption of funds to the individual. Where a claimant is in urgent financial need whilst their ESA claim is being processed, they can apply for additional support in the form of an advance on their first payment, known as a “short term benefit advance”, or a hardship payment. The claimant will receive a benefit advance payment on the same or next working day.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">If the JSA claimant’s period of sickness is likely to be for less than 13 weeks (referred to as an Extended Period of Sickness (EPS)), the claimant may choose to remain in receipt of JSA rather than claiming ESA/UC. If they choose to do this, they will receive the same amount of JSA benefit.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To qualify for an EPS the claimant must not be fit for any work and this will be determined based on the medical evidence supplied. During this period the claimant will be treated as being available for work, and the Work Coach will tailor the conditionality requirements on their Claimant Commitment, taking into account the claimant’s health condition.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">An EPS can only be declared for one continuous period of sickness of 13 weeks or less in any 12 month period calculated from the start of the period of sickness. Once it is clear the period of sickness will last for 13 weeks or more, the claimant will be advised to make a claim to ESA or UC.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In areas where UC Full Service is in place, the claimant will be advised to claim UC rather than ESA.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">One of the policy designs of Universal Credit is that it removes the need for claimants to switch between different benefits as their circumstances change, simplifying the system and ensuring continuity for claimants.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As stated, there are no transitional arrangements for UC. Where a claimant advises they cannot manage financially until their pay day (UC is paid monthly, unlike JSA and ESA which are fortnightly), an advance can be made. This advance is recoverable from further payments of UC, at a rate agreed between the claimant and the Work Coach.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Universal Credit is a much simpler system with clearer rules and clearer rates. It has an easy to use online account, where claimants can report changes of circumstance in real time. UC Support for disabled people under UC reflects two core components of the old ESA system, ensuring that more severely disabled people benefit from higher payments.</ins></p></ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/09/2017 14:56:40 question first ministerially corrected 04/10/2017 11:07:49 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 13091 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

767707

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	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	Statutory Sick Pay
	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 11 September 2017 to Question 8608, when he plans to announce the proposed next steps on statutory sick pay.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	106680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p><em>Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper</em> was published on 31 October 2016 and the consultation closed on 17 February 2017. As noted in response to PQ 8608, this included consultation on how Statutory Sick Pay could be reformed to encourage supportive conversations between the employer and employee and make it easier for people to make a phased return to work.</p><p>The issues addressed by the Green Paper are wide-ranging and complex and as such received a high level of responses. We are now carefully considering the consultation responses and next steps for longer-term reform and will set these out in the autumn.</p><p>The Government is committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment underpins this with a clear and time-bound goal-to see 1 million more disabled people into work over the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/10/2017 11:47:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms