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837231

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department is taking to ensure that personal independence payment assessments are undertaken fairly and efficiently.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	903749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring claimants receive high quality, objective assessments. The Department holds regular performance meetings with Assessment Providers at local and senior levels. Assessments are independently audited and Departmental clinicians periodically observe assessments. Both providers have increased personalised clinical support to all Health Professionals. PIP Assessment Providers cost less than 4% of the total annual benefit spend on PIP.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 17:25:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1041585

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	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 the Written Statement of 20 December 2018, Personal Independence Payment, HCWS 1224, what resources are being redirected from other areas of PIP; and what those other areas are.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	208867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>At the start of the RJ/MH administrative exercise Disability Services redirected a number of experienced people from PIP Reassessments into the administrative exercise. Within PIP those gaps were filled through a combination of recruitment and redeployment from other areas of DWP operations.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the 250 recruited to increase resources, the total number of people redirected onto the administrative exercises was 244.</p><p /> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/01/2019 13:25:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

807158

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	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, with reference to the Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCWS218, whether previous personal independence payment applicants who may benefit from the update to PIP Assessment Guidance but whose applications were unsuccessful before 9 March 2017 should (a) reapply for PIP, (b) await contact from his Department regarding their claims or (c) request a review of their initial claim in light of the updated guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	119806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Anyone in payment, or who has had a decision since 9 March, will be covered by the Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practices (LEAP) exercise.</p><p> </p><p>The judgment only affects entitlement from the 9 March.</p><p> </p><p>In line with legislation, anyone who was disallowed before 9 March would need to re-apply.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/12/2017 16:07:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

972383

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	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	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 the Written Statement of 19 January 2018 on Welfare, HCWS414, how many of the 1.6 million personal independence payment cases have been reviewed by her Department to date.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	174060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Written Statement of 25 June 2018 (HCWS793), my Department is carrying out an administrative exercise to identify anyone who may be entitled to more support under Personal Independence Payment (PIP) as a result of the MH and RJ judgments.</p><p> </p><p>As additionally outlined in the Written Statement of 25 June 2018, I am committed to updating the House regularly and a statement on progress of this exercise will be tabled in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The administrative cost of the exercise will depend on a number of factors, including the number of cases identified.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 174061 question first answered 09/10/2018 10:44:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

806597

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	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, with reference to his Department's publication ADM Memo 30/17, whether (a) all qualified PIP assessors and (b) other assessors are qualified to undertake a LEAP exercise review of a claimant's awards.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	119673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice exercise review of claimants’ awards will not be carried out by external assessment providers, but by the Department’s decision makers alone. As this is a complex exercise, the decision makers are receiving further training to undertake the review.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/12/2017 12:10:55 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

807157

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	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, with reference to his Department's publication ADM Memo 30/17, if he will publish the criteria used in the LEAP exercise to review awards of personal independent payment claimants who may be affected by the updated PIP Assessment Guidance detailed in the Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCWS218.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	119805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Assessment Guidance has been updated to reflect changes in how the Department considers whether an activity can be performed ‘safely’ and whether supervision is required.</p><p>The criteria that will be followed in the Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practices exercise to review awards of PIP is set out in in this guidance.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/12/2017 16:09:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

917427

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	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 her Departments withdrawal of appeals in the cases Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v AN & JM CPIP/1882/2015 and CPIP/1159/2016, whether her department has made an estimate of the number of claimants of personal independence payment daily living allowance 3 that have been underpaid in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Merseyside and (d) Wallasey constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	149940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>We have withdrawn appeals in the cases Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v AN &amp; JM CPIP/1882/2015 and CPIP/1159/2016 to provide certainty to the claimants in question. The decision to withdraw from these appeals affects only the two claimants in the appeals, as outlined in the statement given by the Secretary of State, 4 June 2018, <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-06-04/debates/CCD1E23E-45EB-422C-A52C-A3CC06730FFD/PersonalIndependencePayments" target="_blank">Official Report</a>, Columns 29-30.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/06/2018 14:00:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

934944

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2018
	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	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 her Department's press release, personal independence payment assessment guidance updated, published on 2 November 2017, whether the review team has been set up to review claims of people with epilepsy made between 9 March 2017 and 13 November 2017; and when that new guidance was implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	161186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Written Statement (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-06-25/debates/18062515000008/PersonalIndependencePayments" target="_blank">HCWS793</a>) on 25 June 2018, the Department has begun the administrative exercise to identify claims who may be affected by the Upper Tribunal judgment in RJ, which concerned how we consider whether an activity is carried out safely considers a claimant to be carrying out an activity safely and whether they need supervision to do soconsiders a claimant to be carrying out an activity safely and whether they need supervision to do so. Since November 2017, new claims for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) have been assessed under the new guidance.</p><p> </p><p>For further information on the administrative exercise, I refer the Hon. Member to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document that I laid in the House Library on 2 July 2018 (Deposit Reference - DEP2018-0644).</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/07/2018 15:59:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

921928

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	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	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 Table 8, page 21 of Equality Analysis PIP assessment criteria: Upper Tribunal judgments on daily living activity 3 and mobility activity 1, published by her Department in February 2017, and to paragraph 4.112, page 135, of Office for Budget Responsibility: Economic and fiscal outlook, published on March 2018, for what reason the estimate of the number of claimants affected by the judgment of RF v Secretary of Stat for Work and Pensions has been reduced from 336,500 to 165,000.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	152297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>The previous figure published by DWP was a preliminary estimate of the expected impact of implementing the judgment; we have since updated the analysis with a larger sample. The estimated impacts arising from the later sample were not as large as seen in the earlier, smaller sample. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) are an independent body that provides scrutiny of departmental forecasts for fiscal events, including specific costing exercises such as this. OBR chose to publish the later, larger sample of the MH implementation costs, as this is likely to be more representative.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/06/2018 15:17:04 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

806531

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	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, with reference to Memo ADM 30/17, whether previously unsuccessful personal independence payments claimants who had their claims refused after 9 March 2017 will have their claim reviewed according to a (a) LEAP exercise, (b) full case review or (c) any other review.
	tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
	tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
	uin	119607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In order to ensure that claimants’ award decisions take into account the changes to the term ‘safely’ and how we consider risk of harm, we will review all previous decisions dating back to 9th March 2017. As referred to by the Memo Advice for Decision Making 30/17, this will be delivered by carrying out a Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice exercise. This will include both existing claimants who may benefit and those who have previously been assessed as ineligible for PIP since the date of the judgment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 14:41:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey