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759455

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting people with long-term progressive health conditions who are in receipt of the higher rate care and mobility personal independence payment components, from reassessment for that payment.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	9988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 July 2017 to <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-17/5325/" target="_blank">Question UIN 5325</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/09/2017 13:47:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

759454

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to the responses to his Department's consultation entitled, Work, Health and Disability: Improving Lives; and whether he plans to publish a White Paper on that subject.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	9987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Improving Lives; the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper was published on 31 October 2016 and the consultation closed on 17 February 2017. The Green Paper explored a range of ways to improve the prospects and transform the lives of disabled people by removing barriers that prevent them from working, and helping ensure that they are able to remain in employment. We received around 6000 responses and engaged in a wide range of conversations with stakeholders during the consultation period. We are now carefully considering the consultation responses and next steps for longer-term reform and will set these out in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/09/2017 13:55:50 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

759453

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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, if he will make it his policy to maintain the exemptions from conditionality and sanctions accorded to people in the employment and support allowance support group.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	9986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Currently DWP does not have plans to change its policy on exemptions from conditionality and sanctions, for those people in the Employment and Support Allowance Support Group.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/09/2017 13:49:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

759450

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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, which organisations his Department consulted when drawing up the criteria for exemption from employment and support allowance reassessments for people with long-term health conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	9977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>This change will come into effect in autumn 2017 and will apply to those with the most severe health conditions and disabilities who are placed in Employment and Support Allowance’s Support Group and the Universal Credit equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with stakeholders to finalise the criteria, once completed, the amended guidance will be incorporated into the Work Capability Assessment Handbook published annually on GOV.UK. This change will be reflected in the summer 2018 update.</p><p> </p><p>Through the development of the criteria we have consulted with a range of organisations, including representatives from some of the major health and disability charities through a stakeholder representative group.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9976 question first answered 14/09/2017 17:00:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

759449

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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, when he plans to publish the criteria for exemption from employment and support allowance reassessments for people with long-term health conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	9976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>This change will come into effect in autumn 2017 and will apply to those with the most severe health conditions and disabilities who are placed in Employment and Support Allowance’s Support Group and the Universal Credit equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with stakeholders to finalise the criteria, once completed, the amended guidance will be incorporated into the Work Capability Assessment Handbook published annually on GOV.UK. This change will be reflected in the summer 2018 update.</p><p> </p><p>Through the development of the criteria we have consulted with a range of organisations, including representatives from some of the major health and disability charities through a stakeholder representative group.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9977 question first answered 14/09/2017 17:00:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

759451

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	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, whether he has plans to increase mental health training for personal independent payment and employment and support allowance assessors.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	9943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Training for Health Professionals on how to identify the impact of mental health conditions on a claimant’s ability to carry out the activities in either assessment, is already a key feature of the training programmes provided by the Assessment Providers.</p><p> </p><p>All Assessment Providers frequently engage with medical experts, charities and relevant stakeholders including mental-health organisations, to strengthen, review and update training programmes for all their Health Professionals.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/09/2017 15:35:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

418295

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Rules of Engagement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what statutory provisions provide for members of the British Army to conduct military combat operations in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	9867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The deployment of the British Army in combat operations in the UK is provided for under Royal Prerogative.</p><p>The legal authority to use Service personnel in operations under Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) is governed by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and the Emergency Powers Act 1964 (Section 2).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/09/2015 15:04:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

418294

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Legal Opinion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what legal support is provided by his Department to members of the British Army in cases related to military combat operations within the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	9866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence Lawyers will be involved in the strategic elements of the initial preparation and deployment which includes the legal basis and parameters, through to the operation itself and the post operational legal issues including any resulting litigation against the department or its personnel</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/09/2015 15:04:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

732353

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	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, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the cap on the Access to Work grant on the ability of (a) deaf and (b) other disabled people to enter the workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>In May 2015 the Government published an Equality Analysis of the impact of the reforms to Access to Work, which may be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426416/future-of-access-to-work-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426416/future-of-access-to-work-equality-analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This year the Cap is set at £42,100 per annum, calculated at one-and-a-half times the current annual average earnings figure. Access to Work has set up specialist teams, including dedicated high-value award teams, who are working with employers and customers to support them in making the most efficient and effective use of their awards.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring the application of the Cap and consider whether any further flexibilities may be required.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/06/2017 15:54:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

418293

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many interpreters who have worked for the British Army in Afghanistan have been relocated to the UK in each of the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	9841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Over the last six months we relocated the following numbers of Locally Employed Staff (LES) including former interpreters and their immediate families.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>LES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immediate Family</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>119</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>126</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Visas have been issued for a further 32 LES and 65 family members who we expect to be relocated shortly. Visa applications for the relocation of 80 LES and 160 family members are being processed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/09/2015 15:02:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker